18-time All-Star (1955-67*, '71, '74), 10 Gold Gloves ('57-59, '61-67), Hall of Fame ('80), *played in two All-Star Games in '59, '60, '61, Career stats NL Rookie of the Year (1956), NL Gold Glove ('58), NL MVP ('61), AL MVP ('66), AL Triple Crown ('66), World Series MVP ('66), eight-time NL All-Star ('56-57, '59*, '61-62*, '65), six-time AL All-Star ('66-67, '69-71, '74), All-Star MVP (1971), Hall of Fame ('82), *played in two All-Star Games in '59 and'61, Career stats 5. Which teams could shoot up the standings soon? 5 -- Oakland (1972-74), New York ('77-78), Career stats With Texas A&M coming to town this week, a healthy Young would go a long way toward avenging last season's loss in College Station. Offense continues to boom, teams continue to use the "power kill" strategy, and there are fewer empty-net goals. The list is dated for sure. If they split, the Pac-12 title game is still a possibility, but it will make the margin for error very slim. The analytics people were right all along, and Steph Curry proved it. They'll need to take advantage of every opportunity beginning this week. More often than not, Alcantara delivered. Robinson hit the next pitch for a home run. Of particular concern has to be an inability to run the ball and all the drops from the receivers against Clemson. Can you name the top NBA players of all-time according to an ESPN poll of experts from 2016? DeRozan, Bulls rout Luka-less Mavericks, 144-115, Johnson, Gibson lead DePaul to 91-70 victory over UTEP, Wheeler, Rittich lead Jets past Blackhawks 3-1, Lowe's 10 things: Vengeance from Anthony Davis, teetering instability in Atlanta and a Bucks super-sub, Under-the-radar declines and breakouts you might have missed this NFL season: Five from each side, NFC North power shift? -- Kahrl, Suzuki is experiencing a late-career resurgence, currently sporting an .802 OPS in his age-42 season. Fantasy Call toll-free 1.888.SAY.ESPN. Mike has more rings but that's because the NBA is so much more competitive then it was 25 years ago. The new system will level the odds at the top of the NBA Draft Lottery so that the teams with the three worst regular-season records will each have a 14 percent chance of winning the lottery. After TCU, the schedule is brutal: at Oklahoma, at Baylor, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Texas, Kansas State. Will Anderson Jr. was barely a top-50 recruit. ET), Next week's trip to Arizona should be a win for the Ducks and take them into their midseason bye at 5-1. Take Kobe's 2006 lakers team with Kwame Brown starting and replace Kobe with Duncan, I think not only would that team fail to make the playoffs but would be a top 7 worst team in the league. This week, we bring you the top 10 at each position, starting in the outfield. Get breaking MLB Baseball News, our in-depth expert analysis, latest rumors and follow your favorite sports, leagues and teams with our live updates. We take the temperature for all 32 bench bosses, from the blazing hot to the ice cold. Robinson's a great choice as "that guy," a two-time MVP with a Triple Crown and a couple of rings earned with a blend of power, tremendous plate coverage for a right-handed batter and speed. He played a big part in bringing it all into focus. (3:12), All-Time #MLBRank: The 10 greatest right fielders. 5. The only other active players to produce a 10-WAR season are Mike Trout, Mookie Betts and (surprise) Zack Greinke. 2 -- Pittsburgh (1960, '71), Career stats Clearly a lot of subjectivity with this list, not a lot of science or math involved. Kevin Love does not belong on this list. Harris kind of came out of nowhere to record a 5.3 bWAR, easily the highest figure among NL rookies, but my AXE ratings still saw it as pretty close between the two. 2. Final tally: Verlander 210 (30 first-place votes); Dylan Cease, Chicago White Sox 97; Alek Manoah, Toronto Blue Jays 87; Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels 82; Shane McClanahan, Tampa Bay Rays 10; Shane Bieber, Cleveland Guardians 5; Nestor Cortes, New York Yankees 3; Gerrit Cole, Yankees 1; Kevin Gausman, Blue Jays 1. But what if the game had been integrated? ET), Coach Mike Gundy didn't know how his young players would fare on the road but came away pleased, noting they gained "good experience" at Baylor. Judge (171) Florida State had gone into the game leading the ACC in both categories. However Judge's free agency turns out, he has made his mark on Yankee history in a big way. -- Alex Scarbrough, What's next: at Auburn (Saturday, 7:30 p.m. NHL. -- Schoenfield, He hit nearly 600 home runs (586) and had nearly 3,000 hits (2,943), was the MVP in both leagues and won the Triple Crown in 1966. tim duncan is definitely better than kobe, This list is in serious need of an update. ET), The Rebels continue to improve on defense and are 5-0 for the first time since 2014 after a victory over Kentucky. .305/.374/.555, OPS -- .928, Hits -- 3,771, HR -- 755, RBI -- 2,297 (all-time leader), TB -- 6,856 (all-time leader), The man who broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record also made 25 All-Star teams; received MVP votes 19 consecutive seasons, winning once; and drove in a record 2,297 runs. If the Utes want to hang on to the idea they can return to the playoff conversation after the season-opening loss to Florida, two wins are essential. We count down the top 20 this season. There haven't been very many men like Clemente in the history of the sport. By: HoopsHype. DeMar DeRozan scored 15 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter, Nikola Vucevic had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Washington Wizards 115-111 on Wednesday night. We reranked CFB's 2020 recruiting cycle: The best 25 players and top 10 classes Clemson, Georgia and Alabama ended the 2020 recruiting cycle at 1-2-3. Welcome to All-Time #MLBRank, our ranking of the top 100 players in baseball history. Kwan (124.6) Thanks. AXE has picked the right winner in both of the Rookie of the Year and Cy Young races, and has had little complaint with the lists of finalists. The Orange are 5-0 for the first time in 35 years. Quizzes you haven't seen yet. The AL record 62 homers will dominate the forever headlines, but just as impressive is the full sweep of Judge's 2022 stat line. . .314/.357/.405, OPS -- .763, Hits -- 2990, HRs -- 113, RBI -- 750, He didn't come over from Japan until he was 27, but will finish with 3,000 hits in MLB to go with his 10 Gold Gloves, an MVP Award, the all-time single-season hits record and undoubtedly more infield hits than anyone in the game's history. Will it last, and do the Bears finally have a franchise QB? Snitker (4.09) Note: AXE is an index that creates a consensus rating from the leading value metrics (WAR, from Fangraphs and Baseball Reference) and contextual metrics (win probability added and championship probability added, both from Baseball Reference). This week, we explore absolute destruction mode from AD, an unsung hero amid the chaos in Brooklyn, worrying stagnancy in Atlanta and a potential All-Star in Utah? 7 -- Boston Red Sox (1915, '16, '18), New York ('23, '27, '28, '32), Career stats Matty Beniers continues to excel for the red-hot Kraken. All on FoxSports.com. Tennessee's explosiveness and up-tempo pace on offense will give any defense fits, but the Vols have struggled to stop the pass and have given up 16 pass plays of 20 yards or longer (tied for 103rd nationally). As free agency officially begins, here are the names, teams and themes that will dominate the hot stove headlines. That he didn't, and didn't have to, instead being great at every phase of the game, says something about his remarkable balance and athleticism. UCLA may need him to play even better than he did Friday night if the Bruins want to not just remain undefeated but also show they belong with the likes of the Utes. Top-25 NBA players of 2022 25. They continue to way over hype active players. Yes, the Mets had the game's best reliever in Edwin Diaz but not only did Showalter help navigate an uncertain middle relief staff to get him the ball with the lead, but he avoided overusing Diaz, which had to be a temptation. The trip to LSU is the start of a massive two-game swing for Tennessee, which faces Alabama at home a week later on Oct. 15. Inside Justin Verlander's unprecedented return to dominance. Where's Lillard? Stephen Curry is playing at an MVP level this season: 30 points a game, hitting 43.2% from 3 with a 66.4 true shooting percentage, plus pitching in seven assists and 6.6 rebounds a game. 18 active and a whole bunch who just retired? They haven't proved themselves as hall of fame players. Robbie Beran had 20 points and 12 rebounds, Chase Audige made several key plays, and Northwestern rallied to defeat Prairie View A&M 61-51 on Sunday. A pre-integration star, Ott's greatest talent as a lefty pull hitter was his ability to exploit the short right-field line in the Polo Grounds, which was just 258 feet down the line. He won the 1989 AL Manager of the Year award to go along with his two MVPs and Rookie of the Year honors. 10 NC State, What's next: at Boston College (Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Doolittle's take: According to Baseball Reference, Ohtani put up 9.6 WAR this season. Up next: at BYU (Saturday, 10:15 p.m. NCAAF. 2. After the Rebels visit Vanderbilt, they return home to face Auburn on Oct. 15. Plus, we get into the whole brevity thing for all 32 clubs. -- Christina Kahrl, ESPN.com baseball writer, All Yankees fans know his nickname, but some might forget it was Mr. May's feud with George Steinbrenner that helped bring about the team's most recent dynasty. Get the latest CHICAGO sports teams, scores, stats, news, standings, rumors fantasy games, and more on ESPNCHICAGO.com. Final tally: Goldschmidt 380 (22 first-place votes); Manny Machado, Padres 291 (7); Nolan Arenado, Cardinals 232 (1); Freddie Freeman, Dodgers 220; Mookie Betts, Dodgers 154; Austin Riley, Braves 116; J.T. | 7 places he could land . It is a shame he is no longer with us. -- Cortes, Honors Showalter (7.72) There aren't many seasons in which Ohtani's 2022 performance would not be a slam-dunk MVP campaign. He is still third all time in WAR among Latin players. Two new teams enter the top five, while the Avalanche take a big tumble. Every outing had a big game feel to it as Marlins fans jumped on for the ride. -- Tom VanHaaren, Week 5 result: 30-20 win vs. No. Obviously Harden is going to move way up. Nevertheless, Judge's bWAR (10.6) was a full win better. See the highest and lowest player salaries in the NBA on ESPN.com Unfortunately, Kobe being better than Tim Duncan is a very popular and flawed opinion, Alonzo Mourning retired in 2008, not 2004. It didn't really show up until he was done, so we don't know. Surely you aren't trying to say he should be on this list because he had one good season where he won the MVP? Experts' picks: Alcantara (13 votes) (unanimous choice). No, but he might have been the most famous. Over a 23-year career, Aaron was good enough to warrant 97.8 percent of Hall of Fame votes, the highest at the time since Ty Cobb's 98.2. NHL. 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Get NCAA football news, scores, stats, standings & more for your favorite teams and players -- plus watch highlights and live games! -- Caple, Like a figure out of the game's earliest history, Gwynn was a hitting machine sent from the past to prove the possibilities of the present. We rank the top players. Here's a greatest ever quiz without any opinion, based solely on career win-shares: http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/103225/top-50-nba-players, this quiz is an outrage how is LeBron so damn high he is a bum he is basically the smartest kid on the shortbus. Experts' picks: Goldschmidt (6 votes), Machado (4), Arenado (3). Neil Dalal: Bradley Beal (reconditioning) is officially OUT tonight vs. Grizzlies as are Taj Gibson (neck, cervical strain) and Delon Wright (Grade 2 hamstring strain). -- Dave Wilson, Week 5 result: 40-32 win vs. No. The Boss was banned for paying a gambler to dig up dirt on Big Dave, keeping the meddling owner away from the franchise and allowing the team to build from within, en route to five pennants and four World Series titles between 1996 and 2001. If Michigan gets through Penn State, the team could be setting itself up for a collision course with Ohio State with a ton on the line at the end of the season. The 10 players below are the elite of the elite in the NBA heading into the 2022-23 season. L.A. sets franchise wins record -- again -- but has just one ring, Paul Goldschmidt announced as NL MVP by Albert Pujols (1:14), MLB Awards Week results and analysis: Goldschmidt wins NL MVP, Judge named AL MVP. -- Chris Low, Despite the inclement weather in Happy Valley on Saturday, James Franklin can't be happy with his team's ball security against Northwestern -- especially with the schedule stiffening in the coming weeks. The official source for NFL news, video highlights, fantasy football, game-day coverage, schedules, stats, scores and more. he was a great player, and i agree he's top 100 all time. Here are the players we expect to pick up some prized hardware Thursday at the Home Depot College Football Awards. Teams He was forever trying to help people, at any cost, and even died tragically while trying do so. .304/.414/.533, OPS -- .947, Hits -- 2,876, HRs -- 511, RBI -- 1,860, One of the top stars in the National League in the 1930s, the retroactive analysis says he was the best player in the league five times. Marmol (5.13) Harris (126.5) Sam Acho joins to talk about Baker and his outlook going forward. He was good, but he's sort of the best example of the Paul O'Neill type -- great in his day and his way, but not an all-time great. 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Almost every player in the Top 10 has an argument to be Top 5, and over half the list has an argument to be No. The flip side of the good-for-Goldy tale is that Arenado is now in his teammate's former position as a generational player with six top-10 MVP finishes but no award. We don't know how well he'd have done. Visit ESPN to get up-to-the-minute sports news coverage, scores, highlights and commentary for NFL, MLB, NBA, College Football, NCAA Basketball and more. But the big takeaway coming out of the 22-19 loss to Ole Miss is a need to get the ball more to explosive freshman Barion Brown. He was possibly the best player in the world at that time. The most avid NBA fans among you should take my. All on FoxSports.com. Needs to be updated, Paul Pierce is retiring this year. Judge became the fourth Yankee position player to record a season of that caliber. :/ why is blake griffin above James Harden smh. Chamberlain said Thurmons was as tough to score on as Russell. Alcantara (156) Will Anderson Jr. was barely a top-50 recruit. not then. Cy Young: AL | NL Got time to watch a 20 minute video? Either way, it has seemed clear for months that one of the pair was set to become Atlanta's second Rookie of the Year in five seasons, joining Ronald Acuna Jr. in 2018. ET), Coach Dabo Swinney should be pleased with the improved defensive effort from his team in a win over the Wolfpack -- especially with several key players out (DT Bryan Bresee did not play, while safety Andrew Mukuba was ejected early for targeting). He's on the top-75 anniversary list, but not on this top 100? Get the latest NHL hockey news, scores, stats, standings, fantasy games, and more from ESPN. Ranked from worst to best. Kawhi Leonard and Damian Lilliard do belong on this list. ET), The Demon Deacons step away from ACC play to host Army. Five turnovers, including a pair of fumbles from freshman running back Nicholas Singleton, helped stall Penn State's offensive momentum. Check out all our latest coverage and favorite stories from the slugger's historic season. (Insider), Honors How many of the top 100 players can you name? The flip side of the good-for-Goldy tale is that Arenado is now in his teammate's former position as a generational player with six top-10 MVP finishes but no award. 4. Stephen Curry is playing at an MVP level this season: 30 points a game, hitting 43.2% from 3 with a 66.4 true shooting percentage, plus pitching in seven assists and 6.6 rebounds a game. Kuzma says he believes Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Thunder is a top-5 guard in the NBA, Kyle Kuzma (non-Covid illness) and Kristaps Porzingis (groin) are not on the injury report and good to go, Kyle Kuzma was pretty sick (non-covid illness) today, he described how he was feeling this morning as fed up., Kristaps Porzingis will return tonight but Kyle Kuzma is now questionable with a non-COVID illness, Gilgeous-Alexander is currently reaching thresholds of 31.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 2.0 steals per game. However, Goldschmidt did top the AXE leaderboard and is a worthy choice. He is religious about how he treats his bats and gloves, but fans should also regard his achievements as worthy of high honors. They have back-to-back home games against Auburn and Vanderbilt. nobody in this era should be on the list period nothing but overrated bums, I disagree lebron should be on here but curry shouldnt because he only just became good. -- Caple, How good was Ruth? Scoring numbers across the league are WAY up, and it's because of Steph. His career BABIP of .341 is a reminder that BABIP is not a constant everybody regresses to. Final tally: Judge 410 (28 first-place votes); Shohei Ohtani 280 (2); Yordan Alvarez, Astros 232; Jose Ramirez, Guardians 186; Jose Altuve, Astros 142; Andres Gimenez, Guardians 141; Julio Rodriguez, Mariners 108; Mike Trout, Angels 90; Xander Bogaerts, Red Sox 50; Justin Verlander, Astros 44; Bo Bichette, Blue Jays 16; Adley Rutschman, Orioles 14; Luis Arraez, Twins 12; Rafael Devers, Red Sox 10; Kyle Tucker, Astros 8; Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays 7; Jose Abreu, White Sox 5; Alek Manoah, Blue Jays 5; Alex Bregman, Astros 4; Yandy Diaz, Rays 2; Framber Valdez, Astros 2; Sean Murphy, Athletics 1; Dylan Cease, White Sox 1. Freeman, Dodgers (136), How this year's top two NL MVP candidates, Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado, are feeding off each other, 'It's my prime, baby': Why Manny Machado is the best he's ever been at age 30. Manager of the Year: AL | NL There have already been some big names to enter the transfer portal, but who are the best of the best? And oh, he also pitched in college. Now, own basketballs greatest Moments with NBA Top Shot. Doolittle's take: The National League didn't have much in the way of Cinderella-esque emergent teams like the Orioles and Mariners in the American League, so we ended up with a race between skippers from preseason favorites. He never hit 50 home runs, hitting 30 or more 15 times while having to play through the low-scoring '60s. Note: EARL is a metric that looks at how a team's winning percentage varies from expectations generated by projections, run differential and one-run record. ET), The Wildcats made too many mistakes -- as in fumbles in the red zone, missed extra points and touchdowns being nullified by penalties -- to win a game on the road against a good team. Consider that Pena, who posted 4.8 bWAR and went on to win to win MVP honors in both the ALCS and the World Series for the champion Astros, was not a finalist. Free agency: $375M? Meanwhile, Machado is at five top-10 finishes without a win. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander now favored for #NBA Most Improved at +155. After Albert Pujols announces Paul Goldschmidt as NL MVP, Goldschmidt describes what it means to win the award for the first time. Curry just revolutionized the 3 point shot no one has ever did. That aside, of the three finalists, all leaders of high-powered, preseason favorites, I thought Showalter stood out even if the Mets faded toward the end of the season. Experts' picks: Harris (8 votes), Strider (5). I'm happy with the 4 points that my limited knowledge of basketball, NBA Jam, common last names, and reading the comments was able to cobble together for me. they're both deserved to be here. Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more. And Giannis is in the top 30 now. what is the argument that Moses Malone could possibly be ranked higher than Karl Malone? no cap of I feel you on that, best dunk ever, kobe Bryant should for sure be ahead of LeBron for the 3rd all time spot. Rodriguez, whose 6.2. bWAR was the most by an AL rookie since Aaron Judge in 2017, is going to do special things in this game, and he was the clear-cut top choice in the balloting. Listen. ET), There's not much time for the Bruins to enjoy their upset over Washington. 5 Clemson, What's next: vs. Florida State (Saturday, 8 p.m. And I blank on Steph Curry. MLB free agency grades: Wait, the Mets gave Brandon Nimmo how much!? Baker (6.45) -- Schoenfield, A right-field archetype, the guy with a cannon who was also a big-time run producer. Javan Johnson tallied 23 points, Umoja Gibson scored 22 and DePaul beat UTEP 91-70 on Saturday night. As for Cease and Manoah -- both young, emergent aces -- they'll have plenty of more shots at this honor. Georgia played just well enough to win Saturday in rallying past Missouri for a 26-22 victory. The new system will level the odds at the top of the NBA Draft Lottery so that the teams with the three worst regular-season records will each have a 14 percent chance of winning the lottery. That doesn't make the list good or bad inherently, I'm just saying to consider the source. Pat Hughes becomes the third Cubs broadcaster to receive the Ford C. Frick Award, joining Jack Brickhouse in 1983 and Harry Caray in 1989. well the things he achieved comparing to ewing is already more valuable so I think there's no arguement about that. NBA. In a time when managers are too often viewed as glorified media relations personnel and appendages of the front office, we saw a lot of evidence in 2022 that traditional managerial acuity still matters. This just happened to be one of them. Let's hope many other pitchers look to follow Alcantara's example -- and their teams let them do it. 24-time NL All-Star ('55-74*), AL All-Star ('75), NL MVP (1957), three NL Gold Gloves ('58-60), Hall of Fame ('82), *played in two All-Star Games in 1959, '60, '61 and '62, Career stats According to the new Bill James Handbook 2023, his production this season put him on the cusp of such consideration in the Hall of Fame Monitor system. Standings are updated with the completion of each game. He has been one of the game's best all-around players for nearly a decade and one of its most consistent. A new era in fandom has arrived -- beyond repping your team, or loving your favorite player. 4. Top-25 NBA players of 2022 25. Even if that had happened, I would still have leaned towards Verlander. -- Paolo Uggetti, ESPN's College GameDay is headed to Lawrence for the first time in history this week as the Jayhawks host TCU in a battle of the unbeatens. 3. White Sox's Dylan Cease will take home the most money out of all the players who qualify for the first-ever pre-arbitration bonus pool. While attributing these measures to managerial performance is presumptive, the metric does tend to track well with the annual balloting. Doolittle's take: Rookie classes are ultimately judged on what the first-timers do in addition to their inaugural seasons, as one year alone does not make a baseball career. 4. Francona (9.70) It is the featured event of NBA All-Star Weekend, a three-day event which goes from Friday to Sunday.The All-Star Game was first played at the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. Their metrics were just that close. To create our list, an ESPN expert panel voted on thousands of head-to-head matchups of 162 players, based on both peak performance and career value. Ohtani (157) The shoulder injury -- and Young's reaction to it -- didn't look good. 1. Fantasy Call toll-free 1.888.SAY.ESPN. The National Basketball Association All-Star Game is a basketball exhibition game hosted every February by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and showcases 24 of the league's star players. Thursday brings the top 10 infielders by position of all time, followed by pitchers and catchers on Friday. Just like that, it's all back on the table -- Verlander's long-stated desire to pitch into his mid-40s, his quest to win 300 games, one more monster contract, all of it. Few typified that reality more than Showalter. So you missed Westbrook too because you have to type west in to make westbrook, I just got a 96/100 and forgot Russ and Harden, EVERY SINGLE ONE EXCEPT FOR SIDNEY MONCRIEF DAMMIT, still the best point guard the bucks had, I wouldn't say it's robinson because he only spent 4 years with the bucks. He has the opportunity to add to his already-impressive Hall of Fame resume with another few months of outstanding hitting. Jump to : -- Blake Baumgartner, Week 5 result: 42-16 win vs. Oregon State, What's next: at UCLA (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. 5. Still, the Irish will be a tough matchup as well as an ample stage for BYU quarterback Jaren Hall to continue what's shaping up to be an impressive season. The ability to install rookies and win with them has long been a coveted manager trait and few skippers have done it as well as Francona did in 2022. How many of the top 100 players can you name? Nola (145) -- Kahrl, Teams MLB. Finally, Paul Goldschmidt beat out Cardinals teammate Nolan Arenado and Padres star Manny Machado for NL MVP honors. 3. -- Chris Low, What's next: at Michigan State (Saturday, 4 p.m. -- Kahrl. A year ago, the teams played an absolutely wild game that Wake Forest won 70-56. Experts' picks: Showalter (6 votes), Snitker (5), Roberts (1), Thomson (1). He touched the ball only twice on offense, and one of those was an 89-yard catch. -- Kahrl, We're counting down the greatest players in baseball history. The offensive line couldn't block anyone, and the defense gave up too many big plays. Wake Forest made a change at defensive coordinator when the season ended, so this game in particular will be a good litmus test for how much this unit has improved. 1. MLB. Old list. NBA. But based on what we saw in 2022, it's a head-scratcher that he got a second-place vote and finished ahead of Pena. The first and only Hall of Fame hitter with 2000 or more K's, but he shouldn't be the last. 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Doolittle's take: The metrics were close enough that you could make a coherent argument in favor of all of the finalists and beyond, including the Dodgers' power duo of Betts and Freeman. I typed "Michael Jordan" and thought the quiz would be over. -- Ryan Cortes, The Undefeated, Honors -- Caple, The all-time hits leader for Planet Earth. So no complaints, but neither would there have been had Hyde or Servais come out on top. (3:12). -- Andrea Adelson, Week 5 result: 42-25 win vs. Arizona State, What's next: vs. Washington State (Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Which players have stepped up their games this season and who are the former stars who have fallen off? In a 31-21 win over Florida State on Saturday, Wake Forest held the Seminoles to season lows with 112 yards rushing and zero touchdowns. These players are the best of the best that the NBA has to offer, and the 0 players with the most impact on winning in the NBA. After moving to 5-0 with a 14-11 win against Iowa State, the Jayhawks are in the AP Top 25 for the first time since Week 8 of the 2009 season (No. But he also had three kickoff returns totaling 164 yards. St. Louis didn't win it all, but no one went away unhappy with the way the campaign played out for Adam Wainwright, Yadier Molina and, most of all, Albert Pujols. Almost every player in the Top 10 has an argument to be Top 5, and over half the list has an argument to be No. James is lucky he plays in a soft era, because had he played in the Jordan era he would have gotten his butt kicked by the Pistons, Knicks, Celtic, Lakers and the Bulls. 2. The Spartans gave up 314 yards passing and 175 yards on the ground against Maryland, so Ohio State's offense should be in for another big day. Stream live NBA games, game replays, video highlights, and access featured NBA TV programming online with Watch NBA TV -- Kahrl, Robinson was the rare player who also had some success as a manager. What can Justin Fields prove the rest of the season against a super tough schedule? It is the featured event of NBA All-Star Weekend, a three-day event which goes from Friday to Sunday.The All-Star Game was first played at the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. His legacy, of course, remains incomparable, the first dark-skinned Latin superstar in MLB, revered as a role model in Puerto Rico and throughout Latin America. The 10 players below are the elite of the elite in the NBA heading into the 2022-23 season. 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