For much of this century, the NFL's best QBs were synonymous with a single team. Tom Brady and the Patriots. Drew Brees and the Saints. Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers. Matt Ryan and the Falcons. Philip Rivers and the Chargers. Eli Manning and the Giants.
Newsflash: Those days are over. With Rodgers and Derek Carr departing their long-term homes this offseason, Cowboys QB Dak Prescott — drafted by Dallas just seven years ago — is now the NFL's longest-tenured QB.
The world's richest athletes have never made more money than they're earning right now.
By the numbers: The 10 highest-paid athletes collected a record $1.11 billion before taxes both on and off the field from May 2022 to May 2023, per Forbes' estimates. That's up 12% from a year ago ($990 million) and up 5% from the previous record set in 2018 ($1.06 billion).
Early exits for the Boston Bruins and Milwaukee Bucks surely sting the Boston and Milwaukee faithful. But history says that even as No. 1 seeds, they were unlikely to reach their respective finals.
By the numbers: The National Football League is the only major North American sports league whose top-seeded teams have reached the championship round at a better-than-50% clip over the last 20 completed seasons.
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers, 4-0, in Game 7 on Monday night in Newark, N.J., to win the Battle of the Hudson and secure their first National Hockey League playoff series victory since 2012.
Between the lines: Prudential Center, home of the Devils, and Madison Square Garden, home of the Rangers, are separated by just 11 miles. That made this series special, as teams in such close proximity rarely go head-to-head in the playoffs.
