- MLBFor The Win
Justin Upton's home run into the $1 million can doesn't count due to a lame technicality
There is a giant paint can beyond the left-center-field wall at Angel Stadium that reads, “Angels home run in the can $1,000,000.” On Tuesday, Angels outfielder Justin Upton did just that. He hit a towering solo homer into the can, but Sherwin Williams won’t be paying $1 million. According to ESPN, Sherwin Williams will not be donating the $1 million to the Angels Baseball Foundation because Upton’s 444-foot homer did not land in the can on the fly. It bounced, and apparently this technicality is a thing. The team confirmed as much to ESPN. Sherwin Williams can do what it wants with its money, and $1 million is a ton of money. But the sign did say, “Angels home run in the can.” Upton hit a home
- BasketballBT Powerhouse
Could Michigan State’s Offseason Departures Derail A Final Four Roster?
This year will be a different story for Michigan State. The Spartans will enter this upcoming season as one of the clear-cut favorites to win the national championship and will likely be the unanimous choice to win this season’s Big Ten crown. The main reason for this is because Michigan State returns a bulk of its most talented players from a year ago, including rising sophomores Miles Bridges, Nick Ward, Josh Langford and Cassius Winston. However, the Spartans did lose a pair of scoring threats and lockdown defenders from last year’s team. That includes guards Eron Harris and Alvin Ellis. Harris was the Spartans’ third leading scorer last year, while Ellis posted a career-best 6.4 points per
- San Francisco 49ersThe Draft Wire
2018 NFL mock draft: Jets, 49ers grab franchise QBs with top 2 picks
We’re only a few weeks into the 2017 football season, but projections for the 2018 NFL draft are already flying around, and the quarterback class is already taking control of the early slots. The latest 2018 NFL mock draft comes from Bleacher Report, with a pair of Pac-12 passers coming off the board with the first two picks. UCLA’s Josh Rosen grabs the top spot, landing with the New York Jets, while USC’s Sam Darnold stays in California with the San Francisco 49ers. Darnold and Rosen have both had roller-coaster performances through the first three weeks of the season, but their peaks have overshadowed their valleys to this point. They’re far from finished products, but both players have the
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