Good morning!It’s Wednesday, Feb. 8, and we begin with The Kings becoming the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. LeBron James was once asked at the start of his NBA career that if he didn’t become a first-ballot Pro Basketball Hall of Fame of Famer if he would have been looked at as a failure. Well, that question has been settled.
https://sportsnaut.com/lebron-james-breaks-nba-all-time-scoring-record/ Needing just 36 points to eclipse Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most points scored in NBA history entering Tuesday night’s game against Oklahoma City, LeBron James hit a fadeaway fadeaway jumper with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter of a 133-130 loss to Oklahoma City that sent James to the top of a mountain that Abdul-Jabbar stood on for more than 38 years at 38,387 career points. WATCH:LeBron James becomes NBA’s all-time leading scorer
3 reasons why Philadelphia Eagles will win Super Bowl LVII
https://sportsnaut.com/super-bowl-lvii-matchups-chiefs-eagles/ The Eagles and Chiefs clash on Sunday will be a matchup of the two teams that were far and away the cream of the crop in their respective conferences all season. Both fan bases have reason to be confident heading into Super Bowl LVII. However, only one team can prevail in the end, it will likely be the Philadelphia Eagles. We explain why.
Who will win Super Bowl MVP? Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts headline MVP candidates
https://sportsnaut.com/who-will-win-super-bowl-mvp-2023/ The Super Bowl MVP usually goes to an offensive player and often the winning team’s quarterback. Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp took home the honor last year, but it was a close race with teammate Aaron Donald. While an offensive player has taken the honor home in the last six years, Von Miller in 2016 is just the latest instance of a defensive player winning MVP in the Super Bowl. The predictions for this year’s MVP award starts with Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes and Eagles QB Jalen Hurts.
Eagles’ coach Nick Sirianni carries Andy Reid-sized chip on shoulder
https://sportsnaut.com/nick-sirianni-andy-reid-history-super-bowl/ Timing is everything. Nick Sirianni’s first season as Kansas City Chiefs’ wide receivers coach in 2012 coincided with the Chiefs finishing with their worst record. That ushered in the Andy Reid era. Reid cleaned house, which included the then 31-year-old Sirianni. He has not forgotten.
Aaron Rodgers embarking on ‘darkness retreat’, then will decide on playing future
https://sportsnaut.com/aaron-rodgers-darkness-retreat-playing-future/ Aaron Rodgers said Tuesday on the “Pat McAfee Show” that he will embark on a four-day/four-night “darkness retreat” soon after the Super Bowl on Sunday. “I’ve got a pretty cool opportunity to do a little self-reflection in some isolation,” Rodgers said. “And then after that I feel like I’ll be a lot closer to a final, final decision.”
How St. Louis Cardinals may have answer to MLB’s declining fan base
https://sportsnaut.com/st-louis-cardinals-continuity-solve-mlb-problems/ As major league baseball trots out new rules changes to help spur offense, pace of play and maybe more fan interest, maybe it should look to the St. Louis Cardinals and the franchise’s generational continuity for answers.
In 1993, what NFL team made off-season trades for Joe Montana and Marcus Allen?
Wednesday TV Guide
Game
Time
Channel
NBA: 76ers at Celtics
7:30 PM (ET)
ESPN
NBA: Mavericks at Clippers
10 PM (ET)
ESPN
NHL: Wild at Stars
7 PM (ET)
TNT
NCAAM: Iowa State at West Virginia
7 PM (ET)
ESPN2
NCAAM: Florida at Alabama
9 PM (ET)
ESPN2
You’re all caught up. But before we go, Kyrie Irving’s replacement with the Brooklyn Nets, Cam Thomas, is on quite a tear. In Tuesday’s game against the Phoenix Suns, Thomas became the youngest player (21 years, 117 days) in NBA history with three straight 40-point games. StatMuse points out that if Thomas keeps scoring 40 in every game, he will pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s 2nd all-time scorer in 11 seasons from today.
See you tomorrow.
(Trivia answer: The Kansas City Chiefs traded for Joe Montana and Marcus Allen in 1993. They would go on to post a record of 11-5 that year, just missing the Super Bowl when they lost to the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship game. SOURCE: usefultrivia.com)
