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10 Highest Paid NHL Players in 2016-2017
Heading into the 2016-2017 NHL season, there are 10 players with a cap hit of $8.5 million or higher. Only one of them, Henrik Lundqvist, is a goaltender. Only one, P.K. Subban, is a defence player, and he also happens to be the only one switching teams this offseason, from the Montreal Canadiens to the Nashville Predators. The Chicago Blackhawks & Pittsburgh Penguins are the only teams with two players on the list.
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10 Highest Paid NFL Players in 2016
Our list for the 10 highest paid players in the 2016 NFL season is based on total cash and not base salaries, which means players receiving huge signing bonuses for more recent contract deals fill up the top 10. Five non-quarterbacks made it on the list: Muhammad Wilkerson, Justin Houston, Olivier Vernon, Fletcher Cox and Von Miller. Among quarterbacks, only one, Brock Osweiler, didn’t sign the massive deal with the team he played for last season.
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10 Oldest Head Coaches in College Football
Among the 10 oldest active coaches in college football, two are over 70, and seven of them are working for power 5 conference programs. All of the coaches in the group are 61 or older at the time of this post being written. Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati: 61 Born on September 18, 1954, Tuberville will turn […]
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Oldest Starting NFL Quarterbacks Heading into the 2016 Season
On the list of the oldest starting quarterbacks in the NFL heading into the new season, you can find Super Bowl champions like Aaron Rodgers, Eli Manning, Ben Roethlisberger and Tom Brady, next to players with almost no playoff experience like Jay Cutler, or ones with none at all, like Ryan Fitzpatrick.
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Players With the Most MLB All-Star Selections
The names on the rosters for the 2016 MLB All-Star game are out, with Miguel Cabrera (11th selection) and David Ortiz (10th selection) the only players with double digit selections. A long way to go before reaching the likes of Willie Mays, Pete Rose, Mickey Mantle, and the others on the list of players with the most All-Star appearances.
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Top 10 Biggest Stadiums in Triple-A Baseball
In Triple-A baseball (International League and Pacific Coast League only), there are 12 stadiums that have a capacity of 11,000 or more. Among those in the top 10 are Harbor Park in Norfolk, Louisville Slugger Field and Smith’s Ballpark in Salt Lake City.
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Top Ten Scorers in NBA Playoffs History
The NBA’s playoff scoring top 10 is slowly changing with LeBron James moving up the list, now making to number four overall and first among active players. Still above him on the list? Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Jordan. Tony Parker and Tim Duncan are the two other active players on the list.
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10 Oldest Baseball Players Heading Into the 2016 Season
The list of the 10 oldest baseball players starting out the 2016 season as part of the 40-man rosters includes six pitchers, two of them Cy Young winners (R.A. Dickey and Bartolo Colon) while on the hitters side of the room there are two former AL MVP winners (Alex Rodriguez and Ichiro Suzuki).
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11 Highest Paid Baseball Players Heading Into the 2016 MLB Season
The upper echelon of earners in Major League Baseball is favoring the pitchers, with seven of them appearing in the top 11, including having the only three players making over $30 million this season. The Detroit Tigers are the only team with two players on this list, although the Los Angeles Angels, represented by Albert […]
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Tallest Active Players in the NBA
They say the NBA is no longer a big man’s league, and it’s partially true. However, there are still giants way above 7-foot roaming the hardwoods, and in the case of the four tallest NBA players right now, all of them happen to be rookies: Boban Marjanovic, Tibor Pleiss, Kristaps Porzingis and Walter Tavares.