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This is an article version of the CBS Sports HQ AM Newsletter, the ultimate guide to every day in sports. You can sign up to get it in your inbox every weekday morning here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfc0 Five things to know Thursday NBA Draft fallout and team grades.\u00a0The NBA Draft concluded last night, and as always, we’ve got our major takeaways<\/a>, winners and losers<\/a>, plus\u00a0full 1-60 player grades<\/a> by CBS Sports’ director of basketball scouting, Adam Finkelstein. And in the\u00a0team grades category<\/a>, the Grizzlies look like big winners, earning an A for their three picks, including No. 3 overall Cameron Boozer, while also making the draft’s only trade involving a current pro<\/a>. The Jazz and Wizards also earned an A. On the flip side, the Mavericks received a draft low C+ despite four picks across two rounds, and two ACC players might have made million-dollar mistakes<\/a> by not staying in school. Finally, the conclusion of any draft always brings the biggest snubs of 2026<\/a> and the first mock draft for the 2027 class<\/a>.Austin Reaves signed a record four-year contract to stay with the Lakers.\u00a0Reaves’ four-year, $185 million agreement is the largest deal signed by an undrafted free agent<\/a>\u00a0in NBA history. Here’s what Reaves’ pact means for the Lakers<\/a>, LeBron James and others.A timeline of the Brendan Sorsby saga.\u00a0These are certainly interesting times in the world of college athletics, but Sorsby’s saga, which saw him punished for sports betting — including at least 40 bets on Indiana while a player at the school — before filing an injunction against the NCAA, seeking to be under center for Texas Tech in the upcoming season. The ensuing firestorm saw Sorsby granted eligibility, widespread condemnation and Sorsby’s reversal and attempt to enter the NFL supplemental draft, a draft the league wound up canceling<\/a>. Jordan Dajani broke down the entire timeline of Sorsby’s saga<\/a>, which does not yet seem to be over.Conor McGregor sits down with CBS Sports.\u00a0The always brash McGregor sat with CBS Sports’ Nate Burleson in an extended interview in which the Irishman addressed his upcoming fight with Max Holloway at UFC 329 — and claimed Holloway hasn’t improved since they met more than a decade ago<\/a> — as well as admitting that he had lost his drive and “made some mistakes” in the past<\/a>.Five NFL stars who could force a Giannis-like trade.\u00a0Giannis Antetokounmpo, A.J. Brown and Myles Garrett have been involved in recent NBA and NFL blockbuster trades, showcasing the power players have in seeking to improve their own situations despite the possible wishes of the teams they wound up leaving. Garrett Podell identified five NFL players who could be next<\/a> to push for a big trade. \u26bd Do not miss this: USMNT’s final group stage match
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The United States Men’s National Team has already won its group in the group stage of the World Cup, but there is one match left before the team can focus on the knockout stage. It is nearly a lock in all projections<\/a> that Bosnia and Herzegovina await the USMNT in the Round of 32. Despite almost nothing to play for, the Americans must first deal with T\u00fcrkiye on Thursday night. <\/p>\n

There is positive news to heap on top of the other positives, with star Christian Pulisic set to return to the pitch<\/a> after missing USMNT’s 2-0 win over Australia\u00a0last Friday. Coach Mauricio Pochettino — who promised a heavy rotation against T\u00fcrkiye<\/a> — has seen the team transform completely since taking the job, embracing his attacking mentality and seeing positive returns<\/a> after a rocky start, as explained by Pardeep Cattry. <\/p>\n

Cattry: “Two games in, the World Cup run has so far offered plenty of validation to Pochettino’s methods. The players have spoken of a learning curve when it comes to the coach’s tactical vision, a fluid attack-minded strategy coming together at just the right time. He admitted, though, there was an entirely separate learning curve he and his staff had to deal with.<\/p>\n

“‘We were so naive when we signed our contract. I don’t know if I can explain,” he said on Tuesday. “We misjudged the situation. It was worse than we really believed because we were so excited, because we explained to the players from Day One when we signed, we said it’s the World Cup … It was with too much energy and then when we arrived here, we received a big bang, punch and we were knocked out for a while. We said, ‘What the f—?””<\/p>\n

Catch up on more World Cup news and notes: <\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfc8 The best NFL team from every decade
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Sometimes the best way to look ahead to the next NFL season is to look back. That’s exactly what Bryan DeArdo did, looking back at every decade in NFL history, dating back to the league’s inception in 1920, to determine the best team from each 10-year period<\/a>. <\/p>\n

From the Canton\/Cleveland Bulldogs in the 1920s to the modern-day Kansas City Chiefs, there are plenty of legendary squads on the list. A few franchises appeared on the list more than once, but only one appeared in back-to-back decades: the New England Patriots. <\/p>\n

DeArdo: “The 2010s marked the first full decade of the Super Bowl era in which only one team won multiple Super Bowls. After another Super Bowl loss to the Giants in Super Bowl XLVI, the Patriots ended their decade-long drought by upsetting the defending champion Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX. Seattle, a year after routing Manning’s Broncos in the Super Bowl, came one yard away from winning back-to-back titles.<\/p>\n

“From 2014-18, the Patriots won three Super Bowls and four AFC titles while cementing their status as the NFL’s greatest dynasty. Tom Brady and Bill Belichick also earned unofficial recognition as the greatest quarterback and coach of all time.”<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4e The best (and not-so-best) of the rest <\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcfa What we’re watching Thursday <\/p>\n

\u26be Mariners at Pirates, 12:35 p.m. on MLB.tv
\u26be Athletics at Giants, 3:45 p.m. on MLB.tv
\u26bd World Cup: Cura\u00e7ao vs. Ivory Coast, 4 p.m. on FS1
\u26bd\u00a0World Cup: Ecuador vs. Germany, 4 p.m. on FOX
\u26be Phillies at Nationals, 6:45 p.m. on MLB.tv
\u26bd\u00a0World Cup: Japan vs. Sweden, 7 p.m. on FOX
\u26bd\u00a0World Cup: Tunisia vs. Netherlands, 7 p.m. on FS1
\u26be Cubs at Mets, 7:10 p.m. on MLB.tv
\u26be Yankees at Red Sox, 7:10 p.m. on MLB Network
\ud83c\udfc0 Sparks at Tempo, 7:30 p.m. on Prime Video
\u26bd\u00a0World Cup: Paraguay vs. Australia, 10 p.m. on FS1
\ud83c\udfc0 Wings at Aces, 10 p.m. on NBA TV
\u26bd\u00a0World Cup: T\u00fcrkiye vs. United States, 10 p.m. on FOX <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is an article version of the CBS Sports HQ AM Newsletter, the ultimate guide to every day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,30097,63,726,120276,594,329233,21944,17422,9473,2873,49158,362897,785,590,12301,362896,593,10028,85,3375,787,9390],"class_list":["post-759489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-austin-reaves","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-brendan-sorsby","tag-college-football","tag-connor-mcgregor","tag-gambling","tag-grizzlies","tag-jazz","tag-lakers","tag-max-contract","tag-max-deal","tag-mma","tag-nba","tag-nba-draft","tag-nba-draft-round-2","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-sports","tag-texas-tech","tag-ufc","tag-wizards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}