On a mission for three-time MVP 🏆

Congrats, you made it to the final stretch of 2022. I'll be taking a short break for the holidays but you'll see me back here next Wednesday to wrap up the year.

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Here's what we got goin' on today:

• The Joker is a problem 😳

• Raiders pulled it off in the last seconds 🤯

• Top teams in college hoops 🏀

• Rams won’t be running it back 🏈

🏀 The Joker is not one to be messed with

In Sunday night’s Denver vs. Hornets matchup, Jokic went to work. The center notched yet another triple double with 40 points, a career-high 27 rebounds, and 10 assists. To put up those numbers is insane.

You know it’s ridiculous when you’re only the third player in NBA history to put up a stat line like that. As they say: if it were easy, everyone would do it.

He follows the footsteps of legends like Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor to record at least 40 points, 25 rebounds and 10 assists in a game.

There’s no stopping this big man. I mean, in his past three games, Jokic has a combined 108 points!

Even coach Malone called Jokic a generational talent. It sure helps when you have a player as productive as he is that can bring it on both ends of the floor.

Tatum and Giannis better watch out. Although they’re leading the MVP convo at the moment, the Joker is comin’ for that top spot. Can he go back-to-back-to-back on em?!

🐐 Will the real GOAT please stand up

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🏈 One word for this game: WILD

Even though it seemed improbable, the Raiders pulled off a win Sunday night against the Patriots 30-24.

With only three seconds left in the game, things were all tied up at 24-24.

The Pats were so close to just sending things to OT, but things took a turn.

Rhamondre Stevenson pitched it to Jakobi Meyers, but as he threw the deep lateral to Mac Jones, the ball was intercepted and taken to the end zone by Chandler Jones.

Chandler Jones really shoved that man out. the. way.

At least Stevenson and Meyers owned up to the L. Meyers claimed he was trying to do too much, while Stevenson said he should've just ran the time out instead of giving the ball up.

One too many mistakes. That’ll do it to ya.

MNF 🤝 Aaron Rodgers 

MNF and Aaron Rodgers are a match made in heaven. In his last eight Monday night games, Rodgers has been undefeated.

He helped his team to a 24-12 victory as they went up against the Rams.

It was a whole different story for Baker Mayfield compared to his first two games. It was Mayfield’s first official start as QB on Monday, but he struggled this time around.

Even though the Packers were off to a slow start, things turned around for them after halftime.

14 points in the third quarter alone should tell you all you need to know.

A.J. Dillon recorded his first multi-rushing touchdown game of the season with two rushing touchdowns and Aaron Rodgers threw for one more. On top of that, the QB finished 22-of-30 with 229 passing yards.

With the win, the Super Bowl champs won’t have a chance to run it back, while the Packers now sit 6-8 and are still in the Playoff hunt.

The 49ers had a rookie dinner over the weekend and decided it was the perfect time to pull a prank on the newcomers.

After the dinner, rookie Drake Jackson posted how much the meal came out to be: $300K. If I saw that number on the bill, you bet I’d be freaking out.

I don't care how big of an appetite NFL players have, and I don’t care if there were three jumbo lobsters or two tomahawk steaks ordered. That’s just ridiculous.

Not to mention, that total is almost half his $705,000 salary.

Turns out, it was all a prank. The bill was actually $7,500 and the vets just wanted to give the new guys a scare.

Veteran player Arik Armstead said the players teamed up to get the waitress to give a fake bill.

Come on, they would never actually do the rooks like that.

We’re well into college basketball SZN now, so it’s time to check out the latest college hoops top 25 rankings.

Take a look at the AP poll released on Monday:

• No. 1 - Purdue

• No. 2 - UConn

• No. 3 - Houston

• No. 4 - Kansas

• No. 5 - Arizona

• No. 6 - Virgina

• No. 7 - Texas

• No. 8 - Tennessee

• No. 9 - Alabama

• No. 10 - Arkansas

No. 11-25 in order: Gonzaga, Baylor, UCLA, Duke, Mississippi State, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky, TCU, Virgina Tech, Miami, Auburn, Marquette, Arizona State

Purdue and UConn are fighting for the No.1 spot since they’re the only two schools left with undefeated records.

Though March Madness is months away, it’s never too early to call your pick.

Which school are you most excited to watch and which teams do you think will be quickly knocked off the top 25?

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• 🤣 This is what you call an MVP fit

• 😲 I would leave the match after this nonsense too

• 🥳 The champs were all the way T’d up

• ⚽️ Sheesh, this sequence was straight disrespectful

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