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Charles Oakley called out Isiah Thomas for continuing to speak on Michael Jordan 👀
“Mike does not want to be your friend Isiah."
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The Marlins vs. Twins game just ended in one hour and 57 minutes.
An under-two-hours baseball game 🤯
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❓ Best catch: Arozarena
❓ Best finish: Australia
❓ Best strikeout: By a Czechian electrician
❓ Best HR: Trea Turner's grand slam
❓ Best rhetoric: Ohtani vs. Trout
❓ Most disappointing: Colombia
Touching Base: 's WBC edition ⤵️
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Monday night’s NCAA men’s basketball national championship game drew 14.69 million viewers on CBS – making it the least-watched men’s title game on record.
and explain why this should come as no surprise:
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Twenty years ago, the Boston Red Sox assembled "The Idiots," who forged an undeniable clubhouse chemistry.
"It didn't matter if you were a Hall of Famer or the 25th player: You were going to get made fun of."
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How do you feel about the new #USWNT World Cup kits? Are you planning to buy them?
We want to hear from you!
Take our survey below ⤵️
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Female athletes talk trash. That's not only fine, it's good for basketball.
A stellar game somehow morphed into The Discourse™, writes.
theathletic.com/4378023/2023/0
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NWSL 🔜 The Bay
Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton and Aly Wagner will serve on a new board for an NWSL club in the Bay Area.
has more on "the single largest investment ever in global women’s sports."
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The Big East may not always be the best conference, but it always makes the most sense.
And it did it by sticking to, and believing in, what it knew best.
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With the women's worlds set to begin, polled players on a variety of superlatives and more.
What did she learn?
◽️ Abby Roque's trash talk is superior
◽️ Visibility and marketing is the biggest issue facing the women's game
Full survey:
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Caitlin Clark on Angel Reese’s celebration during the women’s NCAA Tournament National Championship game:
“I don't think Angel should be criticized at all. LSU deserves it, they played so well and like I said, I’m a big fan of hers.”
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From this cycle's first Consensus Big Board to its latest, we see some drastic changes.
◽️Anthony Richardson: No. 45 to No. 21 📈
◽️Will Levis: No. 16 to No. 25 📉
◽️Lukas Van Ness: No. 35 to No. 26 📈
and update the rankings.
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From : "Those who lionize White women but call Black women 'classless' when their egos become a part of their game, or the fans who revel in the men who talk trash but gasp when a woman does it, too, are just telling on themselves."
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Thiago Almada has won a World Cup and received glowing reviews from Lionel Messi.
His rapid rise has had a whirlwind feel to it.
It begs the question: Which European team could win Almada's signature? analyzes:
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Tiger Woods said his right leg “will never be the same” after his 2021 car crash, but he thinks his endurance has improved as he gears up to play his 25th Masters.
Woods will tee off Thursday in Group 12 at 10:18 a.m. ET.
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Shohei Ohtani vs. Mike Trout to decide the WBC. No one could imagine that as a real-life event. Too implausible. Until it happened.
So how can hockey achieve the same spectacle?
A Canada-U.S. Summit Series, writes .
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"David Ortiz put a big thing of blue Powerade mix in (the hot tub). I couldn’t get that s— off me for two days, man. I was walking around like a freaking smurf."
How the '03-'04 Boston Red Sox became "The Idiots": theathletic.com/4332995/2023/0
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UConn doesn’t quite fit the mold of a college basketball blue blood.
But what the Huskies have done is maybe even more remarkable than some of the OGs, writes.
theathletic.com/4379422/?sourc
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Between three red flags, standing starts, and some questionable driving, the end of the #AusGP left many with a sour taste.
explains what needs to change in the future of the sport:
theathletic.com/4379898/2023/0
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Ted's cardboard cut-out in the manager's office, an unlikely tourist attraction and Crystal Palace 'allowed' to 'kick AFC Richmond's butts' in the show.
How did #TedLasso make Selhurst Park its home? 🏟️
#CPFC | #AFCRichmond
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Several NBA players, including De’Aaron Fox and Lauri Markkanen, have ascended into Tier 3C.
Others, like Rudy Gobert and Bradley Beal, have fallen into it.
updates his NBA Player Tiers ⤵️
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From : LSU women’s basketball star Angel Reese called first lady Jill Biden’s comment about potentially extending a White House invite to Iowa “a joke” in a tweet.
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UConn just secured its fifth men’s national title since 1999.
It begs the question: are the Huskies a blue blood?
Kemba Walker, and others, weigh in with : theathletic.com/4379422/?sourc
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NFL executives think Kansas City has figured out the cheat code:
"As long as you protect (Patrick) Mahomes, nothing else matters."
There wasn't anything too dramatic for the Chiefs in free agency, but takes a look at some significant changes ⤵️
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Hilary Knight will serve as Team USA’s captain for the 2023 IIHF World Championships, USA Hockey announced.
The appointment is the 33-year-old's first as captain ahead of the tournament beginning on Wednesday.
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▪️ £2.9m loss
▪️ Sponsors TikTok & Aviation Gin locked in for 1️⃣ more season
▪️ No direct revenue expected from documentary
▪️ Match streaming success
The first set of accounts since & took over show Wrexham are in robust financial health
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Baseball’s opening weekend was, for all intents and purposes, a rousing success.
It was an exciting, quicker game, reminiscent of the rhythms of baseball’s past, courtesy of the new rules.
asks: Is this Rob Manfred's shining moment?
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Ron Rivera and Jason Wright are among the very few people who still speak to and speak publicly about Dan Snyder.
spoke to both men one-on-one about the impending changing of the guard in Washington.
"They still care about this franchise."
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Ethan Salas showed soft hands and agility behind the plate, with plenty of arm strength.
At the plate, he has an incredibly simple swing and controls the barrel very well.
Did we mention he's only 16?
analyzes the Padres prospect:
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In 2003 and 2004, the Red Sox assembled a crew of wild personalities that captured the sport's imagination.
Superstars and role players from those teams offered The Athletic a behind-the-scenes look at their, uh... unique clubhouse dynamic.
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Show this thread
Twenty years ago, the Boston Red Sox assembled "The Idiots," who forged an undeniable clubhouse chemistry.
◽️ "Like a 'Saturday Night Live' skit in the locker room every day."
◽️ "There was a lot of nudity."
◽️ "Naked pull-ups."
◽️ "We really all loved each other."
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Show this thread
From : NBA autograph hunters use bewildering methods to gain signatures. "I can never quite put my finger on how they know exactly where we are."
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On Opening Day, Anthony Rizzo gave each of his Yankees teammates two bottles of Chianti — and they weren’t cheap.
In blue ink, he wrote notes addressed personally to every single member of the roster.
details the reaction from teammates:
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NFL free agency has been as much about the deals that haven't happened as the ones that have.
spoke to anonymous executives from all 32 teams about how things have played out so far.
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The 2022-23 season has been over for several hours now. So it’s way too early to look ahead to next season.
did it anyway. How far did UConn fall after winning it all?
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The 2024 NHL Draft looks like it could be defined by a crop of incredibly strong defensemen.
With the caveat that a lot will change between now and when these names are called, has his first official look at the group.
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🔵 #CFC squad so big some players had to change in corridor
🔵 11v11 & 9v9 training games at same time
🔵 Players' 'Hogwarts' & ‘Harry' nicknames
🔵 Key influence of Eghbali
🔵 Potter liked but 'out of his depth'
The story of why Graham Potter's time at Chelsea went wrong
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It’s pretty wild that in 2023, any of us are out here writing think pieces centered on the truly groundbreaking idea:
Women talk trash.
on why the Angel Reese-Caitlin Clark feud is good for the game.
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