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Weekend winners
Victor Wembanyama. The Spurs bounced the defending champs from OKC on the road in Game 7 on Saturday night. The 7-foot-5 unicorn known as Wemby lifted San Antonio to the NBA Finals. Gang, we can always ponder who’s next. Who will be the face of this league or that sport. But we should always remember that those generational talents are not selected, they are made. And they emerge. And Wemby is now hunting names like MJ and Kobe and is open about his intent to be in the GOAT conversation. Now he has a chance to notch title No. 1 and start the debates.
Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski. Yes, we are are late to the party on the greatness of The Mis, but holy bleep. Forget winning the weekend — which he did with seven innings, eight Ks, no runs or walks and only three hits allowed Sunday — how’s this for winning the month of May? Last month, Misiorowski made six starts and went 5-0 with a 0.23 ERA and 57 Ks in 38.1 innings. Damn.
Shedeur Sanders. In a forgettable rookie season that started with a draft freefall well into Day 3, Sanders delivered an eye-popping headline over the weekend. Sanders set a record for NFLPA group licensing income with $17.7 million in off-the-field cash fueled by jersey sales and trading cars. Sanders’ monster payday was a record for a licensing check, shattering Tom Brady’s previous single-season mark of $9.5 million when he was with the Bucs.