What a fun story. Wyndham Clark won his first PGA Tour event this year at Wells Fargo. A little over a month later, he’s a major champion. I did a quick breakdown of the tournament in my latest pod! Shoutout to The LACC.

Also gave out some U.S. Ryder Cup thoughts! Thanks for tuning in!

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Since becoming the owner in February 2023, Suns’ Mat Ishbia has simply gone for it. He’s allowed the franchise to make two of the biggest trades in its history. Before the trade deadline, the Suns traded Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, and multiple first-round picks for KEVIN DURANT. And now here we are, they’ve kicked off the NBA off-season with a trade for BRADLEY BEAL. Unbelievable.

https://twitter.com/FOS/status/1670532216407969793

I share my quick thoughts and what lies ahead for the Suns as the offseason is just getting underway.

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I’ve been wanting to do this for a while. Each one of the four professional sports teams that I root for is in an interesting part of their history. I would cover Chelsea FC here too, but they just stink. Each part of the podcast portion has a chapter for each franchise. Hope you enjoy it!

I tried to separate this as much as possible to allow folks who are fans of only one or two of these teams to have easier access to each part! There are timestamps with NO transition sound and awkward pauses, it’s all by design!

Timestamps:

* Chapter I: The Phoenix Suns (01:10)

* Chapter II: The St. Louis Blues (10:55)

* Chapter III: The St. Louis Cardinals (30:30)

* Chapter IV: The Green Bay Packers (37:15)

* Chapter V: What’s Next/Rankings (43:03)

Chapter I: The Phoenix Suns (Build Around Phase)

The Suns hired Frank Vogel as their head coach. They enter the summer with much uncertainty around who returns around Devin Booker and Kevin Durant. In this quick chapter, I reviewed the coaching hires, Chris Paul/DeAndre Ayton, the potential roster next season, and a bit more.

Chapter II: The St. Louis Blues (Retooling)

The Blues missed the playoffs in 2022-23 for the first time since the 2017-18 season. They have a lot of picks in the 2023 NHL Draft and salary cap space to work with throughout the summer. I expect them to be very involved in free agency and trades this summer. The roster retool/reshape/rebuild (whatever you want to call it) is underway.

Chapter III: The St. Louis Cardinals (In a WEIRD Place)

They are bad. There’s not a lot to talk about. This is a short chapter with a little rant about where this franchise has been and where they are going. Brutal.

Chapter IV: The Green Bay Packers (Roster Reset, Let the Kids Play)

The Aaron Rodgers era is over. We now enter the Jordan Love era. The Packers roster is young and energetic. It’s a new phase of life for the franchise. It’ll be interesting to watch it unfold.

Chapter V: What’s Next for the Four Teams

In this chapter, I discussed my feelings on each franchise overall. As well as a ranking for coaches, general managers, stars, and most likely to win a title next. Thanks for tuning in!

Maybe I’ll do this again in the future with a guest for each team. Stay tuned!!!!

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I’ll link some tweets and articles in regard to the Vogel hiring. I did a quick podcast on the hire and the Suns’ outlook moving forward.

The Suns gave Vogel a five-year deal worth $31 million, per Shams Charania of Stadium. This comes after they fired Monty Williams and he got a $78.5 million deal to become the next head coach of the Detroit Pistons.

Vogel resembles Joe Gatto: https://twitter.com/jsandiegoo/status/1664671659196809222

Great article by Kellan Olson: https://arizonasports.com/story/3524596/frank-vogel-sets-tone-for-suns-makeover-steps-toward-1st-title/

Vogel’s terrific defensive history: https://twitter.com/GeraldBourguet/status/1664685811848052756

Lots of podcast content coming soon with some articles sprinkled in! Thanks for checking it all out!

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FIVE majors for Brooks Koepka. He goes out and GETS IT done with a Sunday 67 at Oak Hill. Shoutout to Viktor Hovland. Quick recap. Enjoy. See you next time for the U.S. Open.

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The Packers did the seemingly impossible. They made NINE picks on Day 3 and THIRTEEN overall. I went into each pick briefly and discussed some of the depth chart stuff as well.

Stay tuned to the SUBSTACK for more Packers stuff in the coming months - Aaron Rodgers reflection episode, Packers schedule, season preview, and more!

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It’s time to break down Day 2 of the NFL Draft for the Green Bay Packers. They began the event with Lukas Van Ness being their choice at No. 13. They went all offense on Day 2 and I am here for it. I went over that and the Packers’ big day to come in Day 3 with NINE (!) picks.

I’ll return tomorrow to discuss the Packers’ picks on Day 3. Thanks for listening!

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The Green Bay Packers take an EDGE rusher in the first 15 picks for the second time in the past five drafts - Rashan Gary in 2019. I give my thoughts and get set for the Packers’ second day of drafting! I also talked a little about the first round overall.

I’ll be recapping Days 2 and 3 of the Packers Draft as well! Stay tuned! The Packers will have three picks on Day 2 and a ton of them on Day 3, barring trades.

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I’m kind of excited about this Draft. Although the class doesn’t appear to be overly strong, some of the storylines are fascinating.

A yearly tradition..predicting the 32 (31 this year) first-round draft picks. I don't know what could happen, but I will give it my best shot. I went over it LIVE on-air in the podcast part, but here’s the rundown on my predictions via the MOCK DRAFT SIMULATOR on Pro Football Network:

Plenty of NFL Draft coverage still to come (specifically with the PACKERS). Subscribe!!!

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It’s not good. There’s no doubt that the St. Louis Cardinals have been an absolute disaster through nearly one month of the 2023 season. I tried to make sense of what has gone wrong in a quick podcast episode. If things continue this way, it might be time to write an entire article about it. We shall see which direction things go from here. A small breakdown of what I discussed:

* Horrific Pitching

* Marmol/Front Office

* The New Schedule

* It Will Get Better

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