Canes busy offseason, Bronny James and hot dog drama in the sports moments of the week

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We've already learned at least one thing about new Hurricanes general manager Eric Tulsky: he's not afraid to make moves.

Even the tough ones.

Carolina has been busy in free agency, adding a slew of new signings and -- more significantly -- saying goodbye to others.

That one hurts, and so do some of the other departures we've seen.

Stefan Noesen is set to join Pesce in New Jersey, while Teuvo Teravainen is going back to the Chicago Blackhawks and Brady Skjei signed with the Nashville Predators.

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But if they want to remain among the elite teams in the Eastern Conference (remember, Carolina has won 50+ games for three straight seasons which is super rare), they're going to need some of their new signings to outperform expectations.

Defensemen Shayne Gostisbehere and Sean Walker are respected veterans, but have big shoes to fill replacing Pesce and Skjei.

Forwards Tyson Jost and Eric Robinson are low-risk signings, but seem to have a pretty limited offensive ceiling.

From afar, Carrier seems to be a poor man's version of late-career Jordan Staal. He doesn't score a lot of goals (16 is his career high), but brings intangibles and is excellent on the defensive end.

The team looks to be entering a (hopefully quick) transition period, trying to use its resources to stockpile younger assets and build around core guys like Slavin, Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov.

In general, I think it's fair to expect the Hurricanes to be good again next season (after all, they still have Rod Brind'Amour as the head coach), but 50 wins for a fourth straight season seem like a stretch.

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The 2024 NBA Draft was unlike any that I could remember (and not just because they decided to split it into two nights, which I completely forgot about until a few days before).

The same goes for the rest of the first round, including Hornets pick Tidjaun Solaun at No. 6 and Duke guard Jared McCain, who went 16th to the Philadelphia 76ers.

But even that was secondary to the 55th overall pick, who I'd wager will never record a 20-point game in his NBA career.

LeBron and Bronny are now the first father-son duo ever in the NBA, which is a testament to both LeBron longevity and Bronny's perseverance in coming back from a serious health scare last year.

Now, the elephant in the room -- and the reason that some people are hating on this move -- is that, with a different last name, Bronny almost certainly would have gone undrafted.

To suggest otherwise is pretty silly.

Bronny is a good athlete, but stands at only 6'1", averaged less than 5 points per game for a bad USC team, and (as mentioned) has some major medical red flags.

It's absolutely nepotism that got him here, but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing.

The fact that LeBron still has this much cache, at 39-years old, to get his son into the league is just plain impressive.

Is it a waste of a draft pick? Maybe.

But go back and look at any second round over the last 10 years. I bet you can't find 20 guys who had meaningful NBA careers.

This will be a cool story to follow next season. It's not going to ruin anything.

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22-year old Akshay Bhatia, who hails from Wake Forest, is having a very good season on the PGA Tour.

Very impressive, but I doubt he wants to hear anything about that this week after what happened on Sunday.

Bhatia immediately had a chance to answer, but could only manage to par the hole, setting up the all-important 18th.

Birdie that, and Bhatia would win the tournament. Par it, and he would force a playoff.

Neither of those happened.

Bhatia got onto the green in regulation and had a lengthy birdie putt, but left it much shorter than he wanted to.

It was his second bogey and first three-putt all tournament.

All you can do is chalk it up as a lesson learned.

Again, Bhatia is only 22 and absolutely trending up.

As of now, it looks like he'll skip the John Deere Classic this weekend, but keep an eye out for him moving forward.

I'll be rooting for him.

Things were really looking up for Team USA after a tournament-opening win over Bolivia last week, but oh my how things have turned.

The Stars & Stripes failed to get out of the group stage at Copa America, which a complete and utter disaster.

It was a bad loss, but there was still a path to get through, as long as Team USA could get a result against Uruguay, who had already clinched the group.

Now, it should be noted that the officiating in Monday's game was a complete disgrace.

Not that it really mattered.

The US needed a win on Monday, and in order to do that you've got to score, which they failed to do, bad referee or not.

It seems like a foregone conclusion that (UNC alum) Gregg Berhalter is going to be fired for a second time in the coming weeks. (This shot of him clearly scoreboard-watching the Panama game is a bad look.)

There are other intriguing options on the table, but at some point, we need to start blaming the players.

It certainly doesn't look that way right now.

Two years is a very short time for international teams, so unless somebody has a magic wand I don't know about, it might be time to start lowering expectations.

The countdown now stands at less than three weeks for the new EA Sports college football video game.

Gamers everywhere are giddy with excitement, but also a little ticked off, which seems about right for college football.

No surprise here, but not everyone agrees with the list.

Dave Doeren's group has a pretty established track record at this point, even without Payton Wilson. They should be an elite group once again this season.

Oh man I can't wait!

Yes, you read that right.

Joey Chestnut will not be on Coney Island to defend his hot dog eating crown on Thursday.

Whether there's an actual ban or not, there certainly does seem to be bad blood right now between Chestnut and Major League Eating (yes, that's a real thing) so he's not coming to the sport's marquee event.

Chestnut's absence will be glaring at Coney Island, but will also open the door for a new contender to grab the mustard belt.

The world record (set by Chestnut) is 76 HDB (hot dogs and buns) in 10 minutes.

I highly doubt anybody gets close to that this year, but that's why we watch!

Happy 4th! We'll see you next week.