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Weekend winners
› We’ll start with a surprise pick. Tennis won the weekend. Coco Gauff got her first major — and the sport always needs highly-ranked Americans — on Saturday. Then Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner — two dudes who have never been in my kitchen — delivered an epic, five-plus-hour, five-set classic title match Sunday in Paris.
› The Houston Texans. Nick Chubb has agreed to join the Texans. The addition of the former UGA star and Cleveland Pro Bowl RB is one of the more intriguing offseason moves to me. If Chubb is healthy — a big if, mind you — this could make the Houston offense scary.
› Pete Alonso. OK, Shohei has entered the Patrick Mahomes circle when it comes to MVP chatter. Shohei is the MVP. Every year, but we’re always looking for someone else to vote for. Alonso qualifies. After New York almost let Alonso walk in the offseason, the Polar Bear has crushed it for the first-place Mets. He’s at .301 with 17 homers and a league-leading 61 RBIs. And in his last five, yikes — he’s 10-for-22 with five homers and 13 RBIs.