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Archives for April 2024

Sixers’ Maxey Named Most Improved Player

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Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey has won the NBA’s Most Improved Player award for the 2023/24 season, the league’s communications department tweets. Maxey edged out Bulls guard Coby White for the award. Maxey received 51 of 99 first-place votes while recording 319 voting points. White had just 32 first-place votes, but showed up on more ballots (91) than Maxey (79) and compiled 305 … [Read more...] about Sixers’ Maxey Named Most Improved Player

Washington Nationals news & notes: Dodgers take series opener in D.C., 4-1; Nats’ bullpen; Keibert Ruiz at AA…

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Notes and quotes from last night in Nationals Park... CORBIN NUMBERS MATCH EFFORT FOR ONCE: A frequent refrain from Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez following Patrick Corbin’s starts this season has been some variation on the idea that the numbers don’t tell the whole story as far as how the left-hander has fared. “Once again, the numbers show he didn’t pitch well,” Martinez … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Dodgers take series opener in D.C., 4-1; Nats’ bullpen; Keibert Ruiz at AA…

Morning After: Getting Better

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After Game 1, it would have been easy to just completely give up on this Capitals team having any chance in this series. The Caps didn’t even play that badly overall, but simply looked outclassed and it showed in the final score. Last night, though, they showed the scrappy nature that got them here in the first place – and while the result was sadly still a loss, the effort was … [Read more...] about Morning After: Getting Better