Alexandre Lacazette has said he is in talks with several clubs as his Arsenal contract comes to an end, and hinted that his aim is to join a Champions League side.

The 30-year-old is expected to leave Arsenal as a free agent when his agreement expires at the end of the season.

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"I'm in discussion with a lot of clubs, I'm open," Lacazette said to Canal Plus.

Arsenal's captain refused to rule out returning to his former side Lyon, whom he left in 2017 to join the north London side.

However, Lyon are out of the Champions League spots in Ligue 1 in seventh, six-points behind third-placed Rennes, who occupy the playoff spot.

"I never cut contact with Lyon since I left," he added. "Now Lyon know that I'm free, they've come by the information.

"It's a bit more complicated. I want to play in Europe. It's been a long time since I've played in the Champions League, I miss it.

"Nothing is impossible in life, but it's a bit more complicated."

Lacazette was charged with leading Arsenal's attack following the departure of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in January, but has struggled to impact games at the Emirates, scoring only six goals in 31 appearances this season, with eight assists.

He missed Arsenal's 1-0 defeat to Southampton on Saturday after testing positive for COVID-19, with the result of the match denting Arsenal's hopes for a top-four finish this season.

Bruno Fernandes is expected to be available for Manchester United's Premier League clash with Liverpool despite being involved in a car crash on Monday, sources have told ESPN.

Fernandes is scheduled to train as normal after being involved in a collision close to United's Carrington training base on Monday morning.

Sources told ESPN that no one was seriously hurt in the incident involving another vehicle in a residential part of Dunham, Cheshire. The 27-year-old was able to walk away unhurt.

Ralf Rangnick's side take on Liverpool at Anfield on Tuesday and asked about the incident in his prematch news conference, the German said: "He's training with the team. Obviously the accident happened on the way to Carrington but as far as I know nobody was injured.

"He trained with the team, he was OK and will be OK for tomorrow."

The Liverpool clash is the start of a crucial three-game run for United, who play Arsenal on Saturday before a home game against Chelsea on April 28.

Fernandes played 90 minutes in the 3-2 win over Norwich City at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said his relationship with Manchester United interim head coach Ralf Rangnick is "on hold" ahead of Tuesday's Premier League's clash between the two clubs.

Both managers faced each other during their time in the Bundesliga and Rangnick has influenced Klopp and other contemporary German coaches with his gegenpressing tactical style.

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Before Rangnick moved to Old Trafford, Klopp hailed United for hiring an "outstanding" coach but the Liverpool manager said he has been unable to contact him regularly since moving to England.

"My relationship with Ralf Rangnick is on hold," Klopp told a news conference on Monday. "I haven't spoken to him since he has been in England out of respect, but you can see the changes he has made there and the parts he has improved.

"When I prepare for the United game, I don't think about Ralf, it's about preparing for the team."

Liverpool can leapfrog Manchester City into first position in the Premier League table with a victory over United at Anfield.

Klopp's side go into the match with momentum after after beating Benfica last week to secure a Champions League semifinal spot while also booking their place in the FA Cup final with a thrilling 3-2 win over City on Saturday.

Liverpool produced a stunning display and thrashed United 5-0 in the reverse fixture in October at Old Trafford but Klopp warned that United are still a dangerous side.

"The Man United we will face, they will go for it," he added. "They want to go to the Champions League. It will be an intense 90 minutes. This time it's an incredibly important game again for both teams. That says it all. Both teams are fighting."

Mohamed Salah scored a hat trick in that memorable game at United but has failed to score for Liverpool from open play since February but Klopp is unfazed by the forward's form.

"It's a completely normal spell he is going through," he said. "We've spoken about the physical demands. I liked the game against [Manchester] City a lot, it was a really good football game, only a question of time before he scores again. He's been close enough a couple of times.

"We have had plenty of talks over the time we have worked together and at this specific moment there is no need to talk about the situation, just the normal stuff about what he has to do in the game and all these kind of things."

In an offseason that has seen record-breaking contracts for wide receivers, three of the NFL's top young players at the position are looking for new deals of their own.

Sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter that 49ers star Deebo Samuel, Titans wideout A.J. Brown and Commanders receiver Terry McLaurin are seeking new contracts and are not expected to participate in any on-field work during their respective teams' offseason programs.

The Titans and Commanders begin their offseason programs Monday, while the Niners start Tuesday. McLaurin still plans to report on time for the start of Washington's program while his contract remains unresolved, a source told Schefter.

Samuel and Brown were second-round picks in the 2019 draft, and McLaurin was a third-round selection that year. All three players have one year remaining on their rookie contracts and are in line for new deals at a time when wide receivers are getting record deals.

The Raiders signed Davante Adams to a record-setting five-year contract last month after acquiring him in a trade with the Packers. The deal is worth up to $142.5 million, includes $67.5 million in guarantees and will pay Adams an annual average of $28.5 million -- at the time, an NFL record for a non-quarterback.

The Dolphins topped those numbers one week later, signing Tyreek Hill to a four-year, $120 million deal after their blockbuster trade with the Chiefs. Hill will make a record $30 million annually, receiving $72.2 million guaranteed and also $52.535 million at signing.

Several other receivers signed lucrative deals this offseason, including the Bills' Stefon Diggs (four years, $104 million), the Jaguars' Christian Kirk (four years, $72 million), the Chargers' Mike Williams (three years, $60 million) and the Buccaneers' Chris Godwin (three years, $60 million).

Seahawks star DK Metcalf, another second-round pick in 2019, also wants a new deal, but he has been the subject of widespread trade rumors as Seattle mulls a complete roster rebuild after trading Russell Wilson.

The Seattle Times recently reported that, despite the uncertainty about his future, Metcalf is planning to participate in Seattle's on-field workouts, which begin Tuesday.

Samuel, 26, is coming off a breakthrough season during which he helped San Francisco reach the NFC Championship Game. He finished fifth in the league with 1,405 receiving yards, caught six touchdown passes and rushed for eight touchdowns -- an NFL single-season record for a receiver.

Brown, 24, battled injuries last season after eclipsing 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first two years with the Titans. He had 63 catches for 869 yards and five TDs in 13 games; Tennessee went 11-2 in the games Brown played.

McLaurin, 26, enjoyed another productive season in 2021 despite Washington's inconsistency at quarterback. He had 1,053 yards -- his second straight 1,000-yard season -- and five TDs on 77 receptions.

If NBA fans outside of Pennsylvania didn't know the name Tyrese Maxey, they sure do now.

While the Toronto Raptors were keying in on superstars Joel Embiid and James Harden, the Philadelphia 76ers' second-year guard was showcasing why he is such an important player in their success with 38 points in a Game 1 win.

If the 76ers were to make a deep playoff run, "The Maxey Game" would be the performance that sparked it all.

That got us thinking: What other X factors are hiding in the first round of the playoffs? Which under-the-radar players could swing a game -- or even a series -- by themselves?

Our NBA experts are breaking down one player from all 16 playoff teams who could get hot from long range, provide a defensive spark or come out of nowhere to lead his team to a victory.

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Cameron Johnson | SF | Phoenix Suns

Johnson just had the finest season of his young career, putting up personal bests across the board. He became one of the top Sixth Man of the Year contenders by averaging 12.5 points in just 26.2 minutes per game while shooting a sizzling 42.5% from 3.

Case in point: March 4 vs. Knicks

In a game without Chris Paul and Devin Booker, Johnson poured in a career-high 38 points in 28 minutes off the bench, including 9-of-12 from deep and the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Johnson also hit at least two 3s in 12 of the 21 playoff games he appeared in last year, offering a glimpse of what he can do on the brightest stage. His worst game out of the Suns' entire run, however, might have been in the Bucks' NBA Finals-clinching win in Game 6, when Johnson scored just three points on 1-for-5 shooting, surely giving him motivation for a bounce-back this postseason.

-- Dave McMenamin

Tyler Herro | PG | Miami Heat

Herro can get hot in a hurry and will be crucial to any major success the Heat have in the postseason. His ability to space the floor will create even more opportunities for Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and other teammates. Herro already has proved he isn't afraid of the biggest stage, as he showed during the 2020 playoffs when he repeatedly hit important shots during the Heat's run to the Finals.

Case in point: Jan. 8 vs. Suns

With the Heat playing without Butler and Adebayo, it was Herro who dropped 33 and went 12-for-20 from the field in a 123-100 rout of the league-leading Suns. The difference in Herro's game this season is his consistency. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra knew what he was getting from the Kentucky product on most nights, and that is what should help propel Herro during this postseason run.

-- Nick Friedell

Brandon Clarke | PF | Memphis Grizzlies

After logging only nine minutes in last year's playoffs, Clarke will need to play a major role in this series with Minnesota if the Grizzlies want Jaren Jackson Jr. to spend a lot of time as the primary defender on All-Star center Karl-Anthony Towns. Clarke thrives as a roll threat offensively and can guard forwards.

Case in point: Nov. 8 and Jan. 13 vs. Timberwolves

Clarke was a critical contributor in both of Memphis' wins over Minnesota this season. He averaged 17 points and 8.5 rebounds while shooting 66.7% from the floor in those two games, as the Grizzlies outscored the Timberwolves by 25 points with Clarke on the floor. Memphis was plus-20 in 23 minutes against the Minnesota this season when Clarke joined Ja Morant and Jackson on the floor.

-- Tim MacMahon

Derrick White | PG | Boston Celtics

When White arrived in Boston at the trade deadline, he was precisely the player the Celtics needed: one of the league's better perimeter defenders who also is a quick decision-maker offensively. What could make or break Boston's hopes of a deep playoff run is White's 3-point shooting. He shot under 31% with the Celtics after being at around 35% the previous two seasons.

Case in point: April 7 vs. Bucks

While Boston lost to Milwaukee late in the regular season, White's performance -- 19 points and seven rebounds, plus 4-for-8 in 3-point shooting -- is exactly the kind of showing the Celtics will want to see on a regular basis during the playoffs.

-- Tim Bontemps

Jonathan Kuminga | PF | Golden State Warriors

The Warriors played 10 players by halftime in their Game 1 win against the Nuggets. And the wild thing is, they probably could have played 11.

Kuminga didn't see rotational minutes, but Warriors coach Steve Kerr has made it clear he is the next man up off the bench. The Warriors see Kuminga as a guy who can be a game-changer. If someone on the court isn't having a good night or they just need an extra dose of energy, the Warriors will go to the 19-year-old rookie.

Case in point: March 23 vs. Heat

As Kuminga saw an increased minute load through February and March, he showed the value he can add to Golden State. Against the Heat, Kuminga was the best player on the floor for the Warriors. He not only displayed his physicality but showed off his improved ballhandling and his almost signature hesitation and spin move, and Kuminga did it against one of the league's top defenders in Bam Adebayo.

Kuminga has been able to stay ready, even when he isn't playing consistent minutes. And in a situation such as the playoffs, during which lineups and rotations can change night to night, Kuminga needs to be prepared to make his impact -- and possibly shift a game or series.

-- Kendra Andrews

Grayson Allen | SG | Milwaukee Bucks

Opposing teams have spent so much attention defending the paint in an attempt to slow down Giannis Antetokounmpo that it often has left Allen with a ton of space to shoot from 3. And Allen entered the postseason on a heater, shooting 47.9% from beyond the arc since the All-Star break. Allen already has been at the center of controversy during Bulls-Bucks matchups this season, so it would be ironic if he could swing a game with his performance.

Case in point: April 5 vs. Bulls

Allen hasn't shot well from 3 against the Bulls this season, but he has found success scoring against Chicago. In their final regular-season matchup, Allen registered 12 points in the first half -- tied for the team high -- to help deflate the Bulls' chances of an upset.

-- Jamal Collier

Dorian Finney-Smith | PF | Dallas Mavericks

Finney-Smith would have been a coveted free agent if Dallas didn't sign him to a four-year, $55 million contract extension immediately after the trade deadline. He is predominantly known as a defender -- and is taking on Donovan Mitchell as his primary assignment in the first round. But Finney-Smith also has developed into a major 3-point threat, converting 45.2% of his six attempts per game over the past two months.

Case in point: March 7 vs. Jazz

The Mavs hope Finney-Smith's performance in a late-season win over the Jazz is a sign of the impact he will make in this series. He had 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting (4-of-10 from 3-point range) in that game. More importantly, he made Mitchell work for every look, as the Jazz's All-Star guard finished with 17 points on 5-of-19 shooting.

-- MacMahon

Danny Green | SF | Philadelphia 76ers

With Matisse Thybulle sidelined for the games in Toronto because he isn't fully vaccinated, Green has been thrust into the starting lineup. And while the three-time NBA champion isn't quite as spry as he used to be at age 34, he is the only two-way wing Philadelphia has on its roster -- and he'll be leaned on throughout the playoffs as a result.

Case in point: April 7 vs. Raptors

During Philadelphia's loss in Toronto without Thybulle late in the regular season, Green finished with 18 points, five rebounds, four assists, one steal and a block in 39 minutes, including going 6-for-7 from 3-point range. That's the kind of performance Philadelphia would love to get a few times in these playoffs.

-- Bontemps

Jordan Clarkson | PG | Utah Jazz

Clarkson's production and efficiency dipped this season on the heels of his 2021 Sixth Man of the Year campaign, but his scoring off the bench continues to be a critical ingredient of the Jazz's success. Utah went 16-6 when Clarkson posted at least 20 points this season. The Jazz are 5-1 when Clarkson has scored 20 or more in playoff games.

Case in point: April 5 vs. Grizzlies

Mitchell struggled in a late-season meeting with Memphis, going 6-of-24 from a floor. The Jazz still managed to beat the Grizzlies in overtime in large part due to Clarkson delivering an efficient 22-point performance off the bench by shooting 7-of-13 from the floor. Clarkson also had five assists that night, matching his fourth-highest total of the season.

-- MacMahon

Gary Trent Jr. | SG | Toronto Raptors

Trent averaged a career-high 18.3 points and shot 38.3% from 3-point range this season, giving the Raptors a third consistent offensive weapon alongside Fred VanVleet and Pascal Siakam -- all while being a solid defender and playing 35 minutes a night.

Case in point: April 7 vs. 76ers

In Toronto's final meeting with Philadelphia during the regular season, Trent poured in 30 points and helped the Raptors secure a win. For a team that is offensively challenged at times, a performance like that could swing a game in what is expected to be a very competitive series.

-- Bontemps

Bones Hyland | PG | Denver Nuggets

While Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. were out this season, the Nuggets were in desperate need of an offensive spark whenever reigning MVP Nikola Jokic rested. They got it from their first-round pick out of VCU. Hyland averaged 10.1 points and 36.6% shooting from behind the arc, but he came on in March by averaging 14.3 points, 4.3 assists and 47.6% 3-point shooting.

Case in point: March 14 vs. 76ers

What could be bigger than Jokic vs. Joel Embiid? Look no further than when the Nuggets won at Philadelphia to see how much of an X factor Hyland can be. Hyland scored 21 points off the bench, but he was so good in the fourth quarter that he managed to overshadow the MVP showdown between Jokic and Embiid. Hyland hit four 3-pointers -- three straight in the middle of the fourth -- to help the Nuggets beat the Sixers. Already a fan favorite in Denver, Hyland's inspired game in Philadelphia came in front of Delaware firefighters and first responders who helped save him from a house fire in 2018. --

-- Ohm Youngmisuk

Coby White | PG | Chicago Bulls

Milwaukee has allowed the most 3-pointers per game in three of the past four seasons, including 2021-22, and if there's one Bulls player most poised to take advantage, it's Coby White coming off the bench. White shot a career-best 38.5% from beyond the arc this season, but he has proved to be a streaky shooter in his first three NBA seasons. If he gets hot from 3, he could go on a run to swing a game in this series.

Case in point: Feb. 11 vs. Timberwolves

White was in the midst of one of the best shooting stretches of his career in February, when he shot 48.7% from 3 on seven attempts per game. He helped spark the Bulls to victory against the Timberwolves, finishing with 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting (6-of-10 from 3), including hitting all four of his 3-point attempts in the fourth quarter.

-- Collier

Malik Beasley | SG | Minnesota Timberwolves

Beasley quietly finished fifth in the NBA in 3-pointers this season, shattering the Timberwolves' franchise record with 240 treys. Like many players who live behind the arc (75% of his shot attempts were 3s), Beasley ran hot and cold. He shot 40% in Minnesota wins and 35% in losses.

Case in point: Nov. 24 vs. Heat

When Patrick Beverley left with an adductor strain in the first quarter, Beasley stepped up. In a season-high 38 minutes, Beasley scored 29 points on 9-of-19 shooting. Minnesota was plus-12 with Beasley on the court in an impressive double-digit win over Miami.

-- Kevin Pelton

Bruce Brown | SF | Brooklyn Nets

Brown was consistent over the last two months of the season on both ends of the floor, while averaging close to 15 points a contest in March and April. Brown has proved he can knock down 3-pointers on a regular basis, providing Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving some help when teams try to load up on them. Brown shot 41.9% from beyond the arc in March, and he has been open about how defenses still aren't respecting his shot.

Case in point: Tuesday vs. Cavaliers

Brown racked up 18 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals in 40 minutes during the play-in win over Cleveland. He believes he can put up those kind of numbers each night, and Brown was a defensive spark for a Nets team that faded on that end of the floor down the stretch.

-- Friedell

Trey Murphy III | SG | New Orleans Pelicans

Murphy's shooting is what made him attractive as a prospect when selected with the No. 17 pick in last year's draft. He has been a mainstay in the Pelicans' rotation since March 7, and during that time, he has made 43.8% of his 3s on 4.3 attempts per game. Murphy can come in and score in bunches to give the Pelicans a big lift, if needed.

Case in point: Friday vs. Clippers

Look no further than the contest that sent the Pelicans to the playoffs to see what kind of game-changing ability Murphy can have. He played the final 16 minutes against the Clippers in the elimination game of the play-in tournament and knocked down four 3-pointers, including one to put the Pels up seven late and help complete their comeback.

-- Andrew Lopez

Onyeka Okongwu | PF | Atlanta Hawks

Okongwu will be called on to play a bigger role for Atlanta because of the knee injury to starting center Clint Capela. John Collins (finger, foot injuries) returned from a monthlong absence on Sunday against the Heat, but Okongwu will shoulder starting responsibilities. In six games as a starter this season, Okongwu averaged 10.5 points and 7.3 rebounds.

Case in point: March 31 vs. Cavaliers

Okongwu put up 17 points and 12 rebounds in 25 minutes against Cleveland. As a rim runner, he fits perfectly into what Atlanta wants to do with Trae Young running the offense. Okongwu also can provide a boost on the defensive end, averaging 2.2 blocks per 36 minutes during the regular season.

-- Lopez

WHEN THE SECURITY cGUARDS ARRIVED to eject them, the man and his wife were almost relieved. They quietly hustled up the stairs and out of Fenway Park on that day in 2007. Maybe, just maybe, nobody would ever know the culprit's name.

Dan Kelly had done something really dumb -- but something extremely hilarious. Something that has gone viral every Patriots' Day for 15 straight years. Something that Boston sports fans revere like, well, Paul Revere.

Both Kellys were mortified that people would be able to identify them. Perhaps they'd joke around later with some close friends about it, but they wanted to take their ejection and run back off into anonymity. A decade-and-a-half of infamy later, Kelly laughs when he thinks back on the naivete of making a clean escape.

Kelly's wife, Selina, was a high school teacher in Boston and didn't need her students or fellow faculty members to recognize her. And Kelly himself had just started a new job where he thinks he got hired partially because he seemed like such a grown-up. During a lengthy interview process for the job as a medical supply sales rep, he choked down every urge to be his authentic self ... which is, admittedly, a bit of a wiseass.

The bottled-up version of Dan Kelly got the job, and he needed it. Kelly had an engineering degree but he just didn't love it as a profession, so he turned toward sales. He always enjoyed talking to people, and people seemed to enjoy talking to him. Kelly thought once he got the job, he could loosen up a little bit and deploy his more fun-loving side to sell prosthetics and other medical products to health care providers.

His wife is more straight-laced than Kelly, but that's what makes them such a good match. He drags her 10% into the silly side of life, and he needs her to let him know when to stop screwing around.

It works for them. Their back-and-forths provide a little surge of electricity between the two. Like that time when his wife, who was born in Ireland, applied for membership in an Irish social club in Boston, and Kelly received the email confirmation that they both had been accepted.

But before she got home, he edited the letter to say that he had been accepted, and she would only be allowed to attend two gatherings per year, as long as she was escorted at all times by an official member such as Dan Kelly. She was livid and reamed out whoever picked up the phone at the social club ... only to find out later about Dan's Microsoft Word hijinks. "She should have divorced me a long time ago," Kelly says. "We eventually had a good laugh about that one."

And that's how they feel now, looking back on that day in 2007 as they tried to flee Fenway. It just took a few years to fully embrace the fact that Dan Kelly was responsible for the greatest pizza throw in history.

ON APRIL 16, 2007, Kelly and his crew -- his wife, plus five or six other friends -- had planned where they'd pregame at 8 a.m. before heading over to the Red Sox-Angels game. Boston bars receive a special dispensation for Patriots' Day to open early, and the lights are usually just coming on when packs of people like Dan Kelly line up outside.

Most years, the bars begin to empty out an hour before game time as thousands flock over to Fenway for a 10:05 a.m. or 11:05 a.m. start. But in 2007, rain was coming down and the tarp covered the field, so the majority of fans stayed camped out for an extra hour downing pints and shots during a rain delay that lasted more than two hours.

Around 11:45 a.m., the grounds crew had the field ready to go and players started to wander out of the clubhouse. Kelly and his gang paid their bar tab -- about $600 -- and headed for the stadium. They all had scattered seats around the stadium, but with about 30% of the crowd no-showing because of the rain, Kelly & Co. eventually settled into empty seats a half-hour later, about 10 rows back from the left-field line. Kelly immediately noticed that the crowd seemed to be more blasted than usual -- and he was feeling especially warm and fuzzy.

Boston starter Josh Beckett threw the first pitch at 12:18 p.m., and by 1 p.m., the Sox were up 6-1. Beckett was dealing, so the air was wet and cold and all those warm and fuzzy fans started to get bored and hungry as a sure Sox win breezed along.

As the game entered the middle innings with Boston up big, Kelly's group began to bicker with another pack of Sox fans 20 feet away. Kelly calls that group "boisterous," and it should be stated for the record that the Kelly group sure sounded like it was pretty boisterous, too.

Around the sixth inning, Kelly and his friend, Matt Madore, ducked out to grab some food and more booze for the rest of their party.

But on his way up, Madore ate it on the steps, stumbling down to the pavement in a near faceplant. The other group started goofing on him for being drunk -- "Which I was," Madore says -- and he scraped himself off the steps and kept moving.

"Don't worry, we'll get 'em," Kelly promised as they reached the top of the stairs.

At the concession stand, Kelly asked for four slices, and the cashier said, "For another $4, we have a new deal this year where you can just get an entire pizza."

Madore had won a March Madness pool by picking Florida to win the 2007 NCAA tournament and got his $800 in cash that morning. So he was basically lighting money on fire all day. He paid for the six beers and entire pizza himself ... and it might be the most memorable $96 he has ever spent.

They lugged the pizza box back to their seats, and within minutes, the rival group was asking for a slice, threatening to alert security that Kelly had smuggled in an entire pizza. Kelly tried to bark back at the man, Jason Sole, that he didn't sneak it in, that he bought it at the concession stand. But the two groups were just far enough apart, with people in between, that some of the barking back and forth got lost in translation. It was the "American Chopper" meme in real life -- a bunch of dudes yelling over each other.

They kept chirping, and tension had reached a low boil by the time J.D. Drew stepped to the plate with two outs in the seventh inning. Drew fouled off a ball down the line. Angels left fielder Garret Anderson rushed over to make a play on it but it was just out of reach, bouncing directly into the other group, causing spilled beers and some confusion about whether the ump was going to call fan interference (he didn't; the ball actually was into the stands). The ball ended up flying 30 feet onto the field, falling to the grass.

On the NESN broadcast, play-by-play announcer Don Orsillo worked through the replay as the late color commentator Jerry Remy's tone went from steady to perplexed the more they watched. The beer had bounced everywhere on the play, and on the first pass through, Remy wondered out loud about what the mark on Sole's shoulder is. At first, Remy guessed that it must be dirt, declaring that the poor guy was now covered in beer and mud.

But over the next three minutes, Orsillo and Remy launched a full deep dive into the situation, slowly losing their minds in laughter as they realized what actually happened. They cued up replay after replay, from various angles, and they quickly spotted a foreign object come skying in and drilling Sole near his neck.

It was not mud, they realized. Remy wondered at first if it was "some type of sub sandwich" as the camera went back to the next pitch. That could have been the end of it, and this story never happens.

But the announcers weren't done. As Drew stood back in the batter's box, Orsillo and Remy went back to the live crowd shot, where Sole was pointing his finger and yelling toward Kelly's group. The NESN graphics crew slapped on a "Pepsi Fan of the Game" for Sole as he continued to rage.

"Well, he's the Pepsi Fan of the Game until he gets thrown out," Orsillo said, and that was the beginning of the end for the longtime Red Sox duo.

Remy began to giggle, and the laughing spread to Orsillo as he tried to announce that Drew went down swinging for the final out of the inning. It had become one of those "SNL" skits that is twice as funny because the actors are laughing so hard.

By the time the commercial break was over, Orsillo and Remy could barely speak. Remy tried to plow through a W.B. Mason-sponsored plug for the upcoming postgame show, but Orsillo's giggles provided the soundtrack for more mayhem on the horizon. Remy had watched multiple replays during the break and was trying to choke down his analysis as the crew prepped for more replays.

Remy wound down on his read, and Orsillo jumped in. He said that the responsible party had been ejected and was walking out of the stadium at that very moment. As they went to the video again, Remy worked his way through one more slow-motion replay. Just as the camera showed the ball bouncing harmlessly to the ground and the beer landing on Sole and a buddy, Remy blurted out what would become one of his most infamous calls.

"Boom, here comes the pizza!"

AS DREW'S FOUL BALL headed toward his section, Kelly had just finished one slice and was reaching into the box for another. He watched as Sole and his friends all turned their attention toward trying to catch the foul ball in front of Anderson, and Kelly heard that voice in his head -- the one that forges Irish social club rejection letters -- say very clearly, "You wanted a slice of pizza? Well, here ya go!"

As required by Boston law, Madore hunched over to protect the beers, and Kelly covered him in case the ball landed near them. But he quickly realized the ball was hurtling just beyond them, directly into their rivals' section. Kelly leaned down toward Madore's ear and whispered, "Watch this."

With the fresh slice in his hand, he uncorked a fastball toward his nemesis. It's an incredible throw, better than anything Beckett unleashed that day. Kelly zipped it, more shot put style than a regular overhand throw, and the slice hurtled directly at Sole as he tried to catch the foul ball and beer splattered everywhere.

The slice flipped over once in the air but somehow maintained a straight line toward Sole, where it crash-landed onto his neck, splattering sauce in an almost perfect triangle mark. Off-camera, the pizza landed upside down on the railing by Anderson. The quick scramble at the perfect moment, the throw, the direct strike, the landing on the rail -- the whole thing feels like a one-in-a-million chuck. How did he do it?

On a phone call from her office at MIT, Professor Peko Hosoi analyzes Kelly's throw. She has wrapped a rubber band around a triangular-shaped notebook and attempts to re-create the whole thing. She walks back about 10 feet, picks out a target and tries to replicate Kelly's throw.

She nails it on her first try. "Bull's-eye," she says, as the sound of a flying notebook clangs off the wall in the background.

But when she is told some of the exact circumstances -- that Kelly was closer to 15 to 20 feet away, that the wind was 15 mph at Kelly's back, that he had to grab the pizza and throw it in a span of just a second or two -- she runs her experiment again. She starts talking about lift and drag, and she mentions Newton's second law of motion, that force equals mass times acceleration, and she ultimately figures Kelly must have thrown the pizza at roughly 11 mph.

Now, for her official attempt under more exact conditions, she tosses the notebook and ... no luck this time. She tries it a few more times before she finally hits one.

"Oh yeah, that was hard," says Hosoi, a co-founder of the MIT Sports Lab who teaches engineering and mathematics. "I got some more fluttering action that time. That's a tough throw. I'm not going to lie."

Kelly had only one shot, and he connected on a direct strike. He watched the slice hit its target, then immediately pulled the same move every spitball shooting seventh-grader does. He darted his head away and frantically acted like he was looking for the jerk who threw that slice of pizza. But as the dust settled in the stands, it didn't take long to figure out who the chucker was.

All eyes turned toward the guy who had been bickering for an hour with the victim, the guy with the entire pizza that seemed to be mysteriously missing one slice. Madore flamed the situation by making eye contact with the other group and feigning outrage.

"Where did that come from?" he yelled, hands raised in innocence. "Who did it? Who ... threw ... the pizza?!"

Kelly and Madore cackle to this day telling that part of the story, because it's quintessential Bahstan Red Sawx troublemaker mockery. Security showed up and asked them to leave. Kelly and Madore pushed back, trying to plead their innocence, but the security guard was insistent.

"Why?" Madore asked, still faux-shrugging.

"Because you're on national TV, you f---ing idiot," the guard said.

Sole's girlfriend, hood up over her head, scrubbed him down with napkins as Orsillo and Remy continued to cackle and break down the incident in real time. Sole cooled down pretty quickly, took a cellphone call and was shown laughing. He seemed to move on in the moment, and it seems like he also has since then -- he did one brief interview right after the game, but didn't respond to multiple attempts to reach him for this story.

Kelly thought maybe he'd never address the pizza chuck, either. And for an hour or two, it sure did seem like life might go back to normal without any repercussions. He and his wife plopped down at a bar a half-hour after getting the boot from Fenway, and they waited for the rest of their group to leave. Then he got a call from Madore to meet them at a different bar.

As soon as he and Selina walked in, they both stopped cold in the doorway. Every TV in the bar had the Red Sox postgame on it, and Orsillo and Remy were -- again -- falling apart trying to talk about the slice toss. Kelly still hoped to slink into the bar without anybody noticing it was him ... until Madore yelled, "Here comes the Pizza Chucker!"

The entire room laughed and chanted "Pizza Chucker!" and Kelly didn't have to buy any drinks for the next 20 minutes until he and his wife had to go to relieve their babysitter.

On the car ride home, both Kellys breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed like they'd escaped mostly unscathed. Nobody at the bar knew their actual names, and neither did the Red Sox announcers. Kelly texted everybody he could think of, especially his friends from the game, and asked them to keep his identity quiet.

But as his wife drove, he flipped on sports radio and heard the hosts discussing the incident in excited tones. They announced they had a special guest coming up: Matt Madore. The Kellys listened in horror as Madore talked about the buildup to the throw, then the chuck itself and its aftermath.

Finally, the host asked the dreaded question. "What's the Pizza Chucker's name?"

Kelly's eyes got big waiting for the answer, hoping Madore would say he couldn't reveal his friend's identity.

Instead, Madore hesitated for a second, then blurted out, "Absolutely. His name is Danny Kelly!"

THE LEGEND OF THE FENWAY PIZZA CHUCKER had officially drifted out of Dan Kelly's control. His phone began to chirp nonstop, so he turned it off. He later listened to voicemails from multiple pizza places about endorsing their products, and he decided to ignore them all. Deep down, Kelly thought maybe people might know his name but the whole thing might blow over.

It hasn't blown over.

The calls kept piling up in the aftermath, and Kelly had no choice but to address it publicly. He did an interview or two, and he showed up at Fenway a few years later with a friend who had a sign that said he was there with the Fenway Pizza Chucker. NESN interviewed Kelly in the stands on the air, and for the first time, he seems to have realized he was going to have to lean into it. He smiled during the entire interview and said he wished he could apologize for being such a drunken goofball that day.

In that interview, and ever since, he tries to straddle the line between being apologetic and not taking the whole thing too seriously. "I do feel like it was a food fight sucker punch because I waited for the guy to be distracted, so I'm not too proud of that part," Kelly says. "It was a total instinctive moment. It was my Will Smith moment."

As he looks back on it all during a recent Zoom, Kelly sits in the middle of what he calls "Kelly's Pub." The entire room is stocked with Boston sports stuff, ranging from a Roger Clemens autographed ball to a picture of him with Larry Bird. Behind him on the wall hangs a long rectangular frame with seven pictures in it from the seven pro sports titles won by Boston sports teams from 2001 to 2011, titled "Decade of Dominance."

At one point, he reaches back and grabs a personalized license plate he used to have on his car but got tired of paying to renew. It says ESRUC, and he takes great joy waiting as people stumble around trying to figure out what it means. "I wanted to think of something cool that nobody else thought of," he says, before the big reveal. "Its curse, reversed."

He's trying to figure out which is his favorite item from Kelly's Pub, and he eventually goes off camera and grabs a picture of his son and daughter at their first Red Sox game as a family.

But among all the items, all the pictures and jerseys and memorabilia, there's no sign of anything commemorating what makes him a Fenway legend. Where's the framed pizza slice? The ticket stub from that night? An artist rendition of the greatest throw in Fenway bleacher history? Anything? "I don't want to be known as the idiot that threw the pizza," he says.

And yet ... he's going to get calls for this, it's the 15th anniversary, and probably also for the 20th and 25th. He is the Fenway Pizza Chucker, and he always will be. Kelly is just getting comfortable with that, and when he's asked if he could hit a button and undo the whole thing, he hesitates for a few seconds.

"If you'd have asked me that 10 years ago I would have absolutely answered yes," he says. "But today my absolute answer is no. I think it's fun."

He's quiet for a moment, and you can see that the guy who alters Irish social club acceptance letters is about to enter the chat.

"I regret the whole thing," Kelly says, and his voice lowers a bit. "But not really."

Jordan Spieth carded two eagles and then pulled off a spectacular up-and-down from the bunker in a playoff to beat Patrick Cantlay and win the RBC Heritage on Sunday at Harbour Town. Here's everything you need to know from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina:

Leaderboard: Jordan Spieth (-13; won playoff), Patrick Cantlay (-13), Shane Lowry (-12), Harold Varner III (-12), Cam Davis (-12), J.T. Poston (-12), Cameron Young (-12), Sepp Straka (-12), Matt Kuchar (-12)

How it happened: After a short miss to end Saturday's round, Spieth stormed out of the gates in his final round with two eagles in his first five holes, including a hole-out from the bunker at the par-5 second. By the time Spieth birdied the finishing hole to card 5-under 66 and get into the clubhouse at 13 under, it looked as if Spieth would fall just short; Lowry was at 14 under and coming off a birdie at No. 11 while Erik van Rooyen, despite a bogey at No. 10, was 13 under with plenty of holes to play.

However, much of the lead pack then began to falter. Van Rooyen bogeyed Nos. 13, 15 and 16 to slip to T-10. Lowry double-bogeyed the par-3 14th hole after flying the green and rinsing his greenside bunker shot and made four straight pars to finish, including one after an 8-foot birdie miss at the par-3 17th. Varner, the third-round leader who had an unfortunate ruling on Friday, didn't birdie a single hole on the back nine, carding nine pars and barely missing a lengthy birdie roll at the last. Straka went bogey-birdie to close and ended up among the seven players a shot shy.

Only Cantlay had what it took down the stretch to match Spieth. His 9-foot birdie make at No. 17 tied him with Spieth and eventually forced a playoff after Cantlay missed a putt from 13 feet that would've earned him the win outright.

But in extra holes, Spieth showed off his superior scrambling ability. Fittingly, after struggling with the putter yet again this week, Spieth hit a spectacular shot from up against the front greenside bunker lip at No. 18, his ball ending up just inches from the hole. Cantlay was also in the bunker, though he blasted out some 40 feet past and failed to make the comebacker for par.

What it means: Spieth began the week an uncharacteristic 180th on Tour in strokes gained: putting for the season. He was also coming off a shocking missed cut at the Masters. While Spieth didn't roll it much better at Harbour Town, ranking 60th among the players who played four rounds (-2.545), he still found a way to win (he had two bunker hole-outs on the week). It was his first victory since he won the Valero Texas Open last Easter Sunday. What tournament wraps up next Easter? The 2023 Masters. "That's good vibes," Spieth said.

Round of the day: Fresh off his first Masters appearance, Davis fired an 8-under 63 to cap his week in Hilton Head. The Aussie said Harbour Town reminds him of Sahalee Country Club, where he plays in the Seattle area, and he shaped some great shots around tight tree corridors Sunday to allow himself to card eight birdies and no bogeys.

Shot of the day: Spieth's hole-out bunker shot at No. 2 in regulation found the cup for eagle, but his sand save in the playoff was arguably more clutch.

Biggest disappointment: Varner. While Lowry and van Rooyen both coughed up late leads, Varner had the advantage to start the day, but he could only notch two birdies and his chase for that elusive Tour win continues.

Winning quote: "I won this golf tournament without a putter. This is one of the worst tournaments I've ever putted that I've been in contention in, and I just tried to stay gritty with it, be really positive on the back nine today. After a couple missed kind-of-shortish putts, I made one on 13 and that really settled me back down, and then just needed a chance on 18. I think I'm most proud of the way I could've gone pretty negative after missing kind of a tap-in, getting lazy yesterday. I'm glad it didn't affect it." – Spieth

Dylan Frittelli thought he had made the par of his life. As it turns out, it ended up being the double bogey of his life.

Frittelli found himself in a spot of bother after yanking his tee shot left on the par-4 sixth hole Sunday at the RBC Heritage. Shockingly, his tee ball came to "rest" in some hanging moss, about 6 feet above the ground.

Instead of taking an unplayable, however, Frittelli opted to play the ball as it lies – or sways? He grabbed his driver, choked way up on it and with his eyes right behind the clubhead, he advanced the ball about 30 feet into the fairway.

Frittelli then knocked his third shot to 10 feet and sank the putt to save par. Or so he thought.

After his round, Frittelli revealed on Twitter that he was penalized two shots.

"I thought this would be the greatest par of my life," he said. "I was assessed a two-stroke penalty for 'standing astride' my intended line of play during this shot. The rules of golf remain undefeated."

Frittelli was likely penalized according to Rule 10.1c: Making Stroke While Standing Across or on Line of Play, which states:

"The player must not make a stroke from a stance with a foot deliberately placed on each side of, or with either foot deliberately touching, the line of play or an extension of that line behind the ball. For this Rule only, the line of play does not include a reasonable distance on either side."

With his par now a double bogey, Frittelli shot 5-over 76 and finished his week at Harbour Town at 1 over, good for a share of 66th place.

Talk about getting moss'd.