JUSTIN VERLANDER...World Series? Check. Cy Young? Check. Plenty left in the tank,? Check. capped an incredible comeback season for the with .Verlander, 39, is the fourth-oldest pitcher to win a Cy Young. Roger Clemens holds the record, as he was 42 when he won the hardware in 2004.Verlander is the 11th pitcher to win three Cy Young Awards. He also won in 2011 with the and 2019 with the Astros.Verlander led with a 1.75 ERA and finished second (and first in the AL) with 18 wins, all in his first season back from Tommy John surgery.It's yet another accomplishment in , writes MLB expert Matt Snyder.Snyder: The next question regarding Verlander is where he'll land in 2023. The Astros are still the favorites, but there Michael Brockers Jersey are , writes MLB expert R.J. Anderson.... AND ALSO A GOOD MORNING TO The ' newest ace might just be their best yet, and he now has the hardware to prove it. Sandy Alcantara, becoming the first player in franchise history to win the award. He's the first unanimous NL winner since in 2014, and it's just the second time both Cy Young winners won unanimously, along with Denny McLain and Bob Gibson in 1968. Alcantara led MLB with 228 2/3, innings pitched and six complete games.His 2.28 ERA was second in the NL behind Julio Uras, who finished third in Cy Young voting behind Alcantara and .Honorable mentionsStephen Curry , but... check out the not so honorable mentions below.No. 11 Texas crushed No. 2 Gonzaga, , behind a career-high 26 points from Tyrese Hunter. It's the Zags' largest lo s since 2014. The Longhorns are really good.ACC teams will this weekend. The Cavaliers against Coastal Carolina.Teoscar Hernndez is the .Shai Gilgeous-Alexander against the Wizards. He's been dominant to Connor Barwin Jersey start the season.Not so honorable mentionsThose 50 points from Curry were not enough! TheWarriors are now after losing to the Suns.MLB is reportedly over po sible improper communication regarding .LaMelo Ball.The Brooklyn Nets have found themselves in the news Joseph Noteboom Jersey pretty much every day this season. On Wednesday, they produced three headlines -- one for each of their biggest names.Kyrie Irvingis . He could be back Sunday against the Grizzlies. Irving has mi sed the last seven gamesafter and refusing to apologize for it in subsequent media se sions. He was givenin order to return. Among them was apologizing for the video (which shortly after the suspension was announced) and meeting with the Anti-Defamation League and Jewish leaders.Ben Simmons has mi sed five of the team's 15 games this season due to knee i sues., according to reports. This comes after him not playing at all last season following a midseason trade from the 76ers. According to the report, Simmons' pa sion for the game has been in question,though he. Simmons is scoring 5.8 points per game while shooting 48 percent from the floor and 47 percent from the free throw line --all on pace for career lows.Then there's Kevin Durant,who opened up:Durant:He's certainly not wrong, and the Nets' 6-9 record proves it.It's a good day to be a USC Trojan. The men's basketball team landed Isaiah Collier, , on Wednesday, just one day after the women's team Tyrunn Walker Jersey secured a commitment from JuJu Watkins, . Collier chose USC over Michigan and Cincinnati, among others. has been astounding. He was the No. 22 player in the cla s this time last year.Collier's commitment moves the Trojans' 2023 cla s from 33rd to 10th in , with four-star prospects Arrinten Page and Silas Demary Jr. already in tow.247Sports director of scouting Adam Finkelstein for the point guard, sayingWhile Collier is moving from Georgia to California, Watkins is staying home. She grew up 10 miles from USC's campus and currently plays at Sierra Canyon, Jared Goff Jersey the same school as Bronny James.Watkins chose USC over the defending national champion South Carolina and the 2021 national champion Stanford -- the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the nation, respectively.Despite still being in high school, Watkins with Nike.Both the Titans and Packers were No. 1 seeds in last year's playoffs and lost their first postseason game. Both traded away their star wide receiver during the offseason. It's safe to say one has adapted better than the other. Tenne see (6-3) visits Green Bay (4-6) Thursday night in a fascinating matchup, andDerrick Henry is in line for a big game, .Dubin: It's always tough to stop Henry, but trying to do so on a short week is especially difficult: In five career Thursday games, Henry has 477 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns. But will it be enough to win? Here's and .Remember Halloween? That seems like a while ago, right? Now go back a week before that. That's the last time theDevils lost a game. They're on a 10-game winning streak, they're first in our hockey expert and their formula for winning , Austin notes.Jack Hughes has six goals and 15 points in his last 10 games.Jesper Brattis tied Cooper Kupp Jersey for 11th in the in points with 21.Nico Hischier has been a big-time play driver for the Devils, and he looks more like a No. 1 overall pick.After a down year in 2021-22,Dougie Hamilton (who is a few years older than the names above) is back to looking like a true No. 1 defenseman.Add in terrific goalkeeping, and Austin says by the 1992-93 Penguins:Nivision: SMU at No. 21 Tulane, 7:30 p.m. on ESPN Titans at Packers, 8 p.m. on Prime Video