The Yankees-Dodgers World Series could be one of the best we've ever seen

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Good morning, Winners! Happy Friday. Thanks truthful overmuch for spending a small clip pinch america present to commencement disconnected your morning.

The World Series originates Friday night! The 2 champion teams successful shot are astir to conflict successful what should beryllium a showdown of epic proportions.

HONORING VALENZUELA: The Dodgers will deterioration No. 34 patches connected their jerseys adjacent play to grant Fernando Valenzuela

On 1 side, you’ve sewage a 90-plus triumph squad pinch a apt convention MVP and location tally king waiting successful nan wings. Conversely, you’ve sewage a 90-plus triumph squad pinch a apt convention MVP and location tally king waiting successful nan wings.

Do you spot what I did there? Shohei Ohtani vs. Aaron Judge has nan imaginable to beryllium truthful special. These are arguably nan 2 champion players successful their respective leagues going head-to-head against each other. It’s nan Kobe and LeBron Finals fans successful nan NBA ne'er got. It’s nan Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady Super Bowl NFL fans person ever dreamed of. MLB fans are truthful fortunate to spot this.

To that point, location are truthful galore things that make this a once-in-a-lifetime event, NBC News’ Rohan Nadkarni writes.

It’s nan first clip nan Yankees and Dodgers person played 1 different successful a World Series since 1981. It’s nan first clip nan location tally kings from nan AL and NL person played against 1 different successful a World Series since 1956 and nan first clip they’ve ever both deed astatine slightest 50 homers successful a season.

I haven’t moreover begun to mention their teammates — immoderate of whom person had MVP-worthy seasons themselves astatine 1 clip aliases another. The combination of Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Juan Soto has been awesome this postseason, pinch nan second 2 holding their MVP down done an early postseason slump.

The aforesaid tin beryllium said for Ohtani, Kiké Hernandez and Mookie Betts connected nan Dodgers’ side. You tin propulsion Freddie Freeman successful there, too. When you commencement adding immoderate of these names up, this sounds little for illustration a World Series and much for illustration an All-Star game.

I person nary thought really this bid will extremity aliases which squad will travel retired connected top, but that’s nan beauty of this. You don’t know. It should beryllium a closely-contested bid pinch elite shot played connected some sides.

I emotion nan upsets we’ve seen successful MLB successful caller years pinch underdogs climbing their measurement into nan playoffs and competing for championships. That’s ever a cool communicative and thing highly easy to guidelines for.

But, sometimes, you conscionable want to spot nan champion of nan champion duke it retired to find retired who nan champion squad really is. We’re getting that here. I can’t hold to watch it.

Don’t interest astir nan Vikings … yet

The Minnesota Vikings person mislaid 2 consecutive games aft a blistering 5-0 commencement to nan season.

Dropping 2 consecutive successful arguably nan champion section successful shot this play could perchance beryllium a awesome setback — particularly considering 1 of those 2 games was a nail-biter against nan Lions, who are now astatine nan apical of their section and nan conference.

At 5-2, nan Vikings are still successful nan heavy of things. But nan Packers (5-2) and Bears (4-2) are some correct location and surely look to beryllium playing their champion shot correct now arsenic Minnesota has slowed down.

But it’s measurement excessively early to overreact to a mates of setbacks.

The Vikings mislaid a adjacent 1 to nan Lions connected a precocious section goal. On Thursday against nan Rams, a arguable (and VERY obvious) facemask no-call starring to a information put nan crippled retired of reach.

REFS TRIED TO EXPLAIN: But nan mentation simply isn’t bully enough.

Considering really adjacent those 2 losses were and who they were to, I’d opportunity Vikings fans should still beryllium beautiful assured successful their team.

Plus, pinch 3 consecutive weeks against AFC South opponents coming up, things should beryllium group consecutive beautiful soon.

Chet Holmgren, nan destroyer

It’s difficult to make Nikola Jokic look silly. He’s nan NBA’s reigning MVP and nan champion subordinate successful nan NBA.

But Chet Holmgren did just that more than a fewer times connected Thursday nighttime erstwhile nan Thunder perfectly dominated nan Nuggets connected nan road.

This agelong correct here? Whew, man. The block. The staredown. The dunk.

CHET HOLMGREN IS A SUPERSTAR

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— TF (@ThunderFocus) October 25, 2024

He vanished pinch 25 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks and 2 steals connected nan night. In a crippled wherever Jokic and, moreover his ain teammate, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, were playing, Holmgren was nan champion subordinate connected nan floor.

If this is nan benignant of play we’re successful for from Chet, nan Thunder’s already awesome trajectory shoots up moreover higher.

Photo Friday: The Queen of New York

Breanna Stewart was wholly successful her constituent during nan Liberty’s title parade. You perfectly emotion to spot it.

STEWIE HAD THE TIME OF HER LIFE: See much photos from nan Liberty’s parade here.

Quick hits: Robert Saleh’s revenge … The champion moments from nan Liberty parade … and more

— Robert Saleh going to nan Packers aft being fired by nan Jets feels for illustration a saccharine flimsy to Aaron Rodgers. Robert Zeglinski has much here.

— Here’s Meg Hall pinch nan 10 champion moments from nan Liberty title parade. They had truthful overmuch fun.

— Prince Grimes has nan champion prop bets for Week 8 successful nan NFL, including a large crippled for Jalen Hurts.

— Here’s Charles Curtis connected nan Cooper Kupp waste and acquisition rumors being put to furniture (for now).

— We classed nan NBA Cup courts for nan season. You’ll beryllium shocked to cognize that we hated them.

— Here’s Christian D’Andrea pinch nan champion bets for Week 8 successful nan NFL.

That’s a wrap, folks. Thanks truthful overmuch for reading. Appreciate you! Have a awesome weekend. Peace.

-Sykes ✌️