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The Las Vegas Raiders struggled to find their footing on offense last season under head coach Antonio Pierce and offensive coordinator Luke Getsy. While a majority of their issues could be traced back to inadequate quarterback play, they failed to run the ball effectively and had a shortage of wide receiver options outside of Jakobi Meyers.
On Thursday, ESPN's Matt Miller released a mock draft in which the Raiders address their need for a top-tier pass-catcher. In his prediction, Las Vegas used the No. 6 pick on Tetairoa McMillan, a wide receiver from the University of Arizona who earned All-American honors during his third and final season with the Wildcats.
McMillan, despite erratic quarterback play, put up incredible numbers for the Wildcats. In his final two seasons, he totaled 174 catches for 2,721 yards and 18 touchdowns, which made him a consensus All-American in 2024. He also led the Big 12 in receiving yards during his final year, beating out players like Travis Hunter and Jaylin Noel.
He has a large frame, standing at 6-foot-4 and 219 pounds, which has people drawing comparisons between him and players like Mike Evans or Tee Higgins. McMillan would provide instant help for Geno Smith and the offense as a true No. 1 wide receiver alongside elite weapons like Meyers and Brock Bowers.
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Aaron Judge matches Babe Ruth with absurd Yankees record
Aaron Judge’s hot start to the 2025 season has earned him a seat right next to “The Great Bambino.” During Friday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Judge came up to the plate with a man on first and one out in the top of the 7th inning at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pa. Pirates reliever Tim Mayza threw a 94-mph sinker right down the middle to the New York Yankees’ most dangerous hitter. Judge did not waste it. The two-time AL MVP smashed the first-pitch sinker into the right-center field seats to give the Yankees a 9-1 lead. The home run was Judge’s sixth of the season. The seventh-inning big fly was also Judge’s 321st of his career, a feat he accomplished in his 1,000th MLB game. It’s the same home run total Babe Ruth had over his first 1,000 games in a Yankees uniform. Judge tied Ruth for the Yankee record. Judge does have Ruth beat in terms of plate appearances. Ruth got his 321st home run over 4,455 plate appearances, 100 more than Judge. Judge has been smoking hot to start the 2025 campaign. Over his first seven games, the 32-year-old has batted .379 with 17 home runs, six home runs, and a 1.103 slugging percentage. The man did not even need one of the Yankees’ “torpedo” bats to do it.
Rockets expose Thunder's biggest weakness in blowout win
The Oklahoma City Thunder's biggest vulnerability last season was a lack of size. Friday night, the Houston Rockets' big men dominated inside to break OKC's 11-game win streak. Last season, the top-seeded Thunder lost in the second round to the Dallas Mavericks, in large part due to the Mavs' multiple big men controlling the boards. Friday night, the Rockets started a two-center lineup with Alperen Sengun alongside Steven Adams, with 6-foot-10 Jabari Smith Jr. coming off the bench. The result was a 48-33 rebounding advantage and a 125-111 victory. Sengun had 31 points, while Adams collected 12 rebounds in just 23 minutes. Thunder big men Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein shot an efficient 14-of-19 and combined for 36 points but had 11 total rebounds, one fewer than Adams alone. Off the bench, Smith scored nine points and grabbed 17 rebounds. Oklahoma City signed Hartenstein to a big-money deal this summer in order to beef up its inside presence and even its rebounding deficit. The ball-hawking Thunder have a great defense but also rely on undersized players like 6-foot-5 Jalen Williams at forward. Williams scored 33 points Friday and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 22, while the Thunder shot a solid 48.3 percent. But they simply couldn't corral enough rebounds compared to the Rockets, who also got eight rebounds and six assists from 6-foot-7 Amen Thompson, who also blocked two shots. One of those blocks came on SGA in the final quarter. Thompson's combination of speed, strength and height make him one of the few players who can reliably check Gilgeous-Alexander, at least for a little while. The Thunder had won 11 straight, but the Rockets have won 14 of their last 16 games. While the two teams likely can't meet until the conference finals, the plus-sized Rockets are showing they could be a serious threat to the Thunder in May.
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Mookie Betts will visit the White House this year after all. Betts has won the World Series three times during his career, but next week will mark his first time celebrating the championship with his team in Washington D.C. Betts was AL MVP in 2018, the same season his Boston Red Sox won the World Series. He was among several members of the Red Sox, which included manager Alex Cora, who did not visit the White House in 2019 to celebrate the championship. Betts now says that his decision not to visit the White House in 2019 was not political. Although Donald Trump is in the White House again as he was from 2016-2020, Betts says he will join his Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House on Monday. He says it’s more important for him to attend to be there for his teammates and not take attention away from them. “I made it about me. … I’m not the same person I was then,” Betts said, via Dodgers reporter Bill Plunkett. It’s hard to believe it, but Betts has been with the Dodgers for six seasons now, which is as many years as he spent with the Red Sox. The Dodgers also won the World Series during the shortened 2020 season, but they did not make a trip to the White House due to complications from the pandemic. Now that he is 32, Betts probably recognizes he should take advantage of a chance to join his teammates at the White House while he still has the opportunity to do so.
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