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Here's some footage (with sound!) from the surface of another planet, and you're just gonna scroll past it without even noticing to continue looking at memes, aren't you
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Eli Manning went undercover at Penn State as walk-on "Chad Powers" and it's absolute gold.
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So let me get this straight.
“Influencers” can have “brand partnerships” with their school, but student-athletes can’t profit off their name, image and likeness? Cool
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David Ortiz’s career OBP: .380.
Barry Bonds’ career OBP if you turned all 762 of his home runs into outs: .384.
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Simone Biles: "I'm sorry. I love you guys, but you're gonna be just fine."
"You guys have trained your whole entire life for this, it's fine. I've been to an Olympics, I'll be fine. This is your first — you go out there and kick ass, okay?"
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This video of seventh-grader JJ Franks making four straight shots to win $10,000 during a halftime challenge is ELECTRIC.
He had to make a layup, free throw, 3-pointer and half-court shot in 25 seconds.
📍 Bishop Ryan Catholic School (Minot, ND)
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SPORTS:
- 🏀 NBA: 18% white
- 🏈 NFL: 27% white
- ⚾️ MLB: 59% white
- ⚽️ MLS: 38% white
- 🏀 WNBA: 17% white
MEDIA:
- ✍️ Sports editors: 85% white
- ✍️ Sports reporters: 82% white
- ✍️ Sports columnists: 80% white
Data: The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports
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Full segment from "Eli's Places"
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Rodney Mullen: Skateboard philosopher.
From the new Tony Hawk HBO doc.
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Netflix's new password-sharing rule: Every 31 days your device must log in on your home network — or it will be blocked.
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In the NCAA Tournament, we root for Cinderellas.
When the Heat made the NBA Finals as a No. 8 seed, it was celebrated.
But in baseball, when the playoffs don’t go as expected, the system is broken.
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Update: Netflix is now claiming they "errantly" posted this information (translation: they saw the feedback and pumped the brakes)
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This clip has the reveal
We thought Chad Powers looked familiar...
@EliManning
went undercover as a
@PennStateFball
walk-on and it is everything.
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Olivia Taylor of Bear River HS (Garland, Utah) with the catch of the CENTURY in the state championship game!!!!!
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When you focus on the past, that's your ego.
When you focus on the future, that's your pride.
When you focus on the present, that's humility.
Giannis is such a gift. Superstars this humble and insightful don’t come around often, if ever.
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If athletes could monetize their NIL rights, the top women's players in this year's Elite Eight would have greater earning power than the men.
Among the Elite Eight teams, eight of the 10 most-followed players on IG and Twitter are women.
Estimated earnings via
@opendorse
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Hansel Enmanuel is a junior at Life Academy Christian in Kissimmee, Florida.
He has one arm and he can flat-out HOOP. Incredible.
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Two days after posting a link to an antisemitic film (that’s still up), here’s Kyrie Irving:
- Claiming that posting a link to something isn’t promoting it 🤔
- Playing the victim
- Accusing a journalist of “dehumanizing” him by simply asking about it
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I know there’s a basketball game on but this map is insane
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Nationals grounds crew literally can't get the tarp unrolled. Never seen anything like this
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Whales are apparently returning to New York Harbor in droves.
2011: 5 humpback whale sightings
2018: 272 sightings
2019: 400+ sightings
📸 A humpback whale surfaces near the Statue of Liberty in this photo taken from a boat on New York Harbor.
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I'm obsessed with this video of Willson Contreras reminding rookie Christopher Morel to breathe in a big at-bat.
Moments later, Morel drove in the winning run with a walk-off sac fly.
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The 2022 Orioles are 44-44.
The 2021 Orioles were 44-93.
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Sources: Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Manu Ginobili all coming out of retirement. Will join Nets.
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This is the NBA coverage we deserve. Great analysis that instantly makes you a smarter fan.
More of this, less trade rumors!
More needs to be said about how the Celtics play Jrue Holiday at center in 2-3 zone, w/ him responsible for all cutters, and then morph into man when the ball breaks the free throw line.
This is something, wow.
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NOTE: Apparently the audio on this clip is not from that rover.
Via Snopes: “The source of the audio is undetermined. It's possible that the audio comes from seismic readings taken by NASA’s Mars InSight lander in April 2019.”
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Greg Olsen is better than Tony Romo and that’s not even a hot take
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Mount Rushmore of American Athletes:
Tom Brady
Michael Jordan
Tiger Woods
Muhammad Ali
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Competitive walnut smashing is a real thing that exists.
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Statement from Phil Mickelson’s longtime sponsor KPMG:
“KPMG U.S. and Phil Mickelson have mutually agreed to end our sponsorship effective immediately. We wish him the best.”
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New header photo.
"Look up arm talent in the dictionary, you see a picture of Chad. ... Not just good looking, I can throw it, baby."
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Allen Iverson's Hall of Fame speech speaks volumes about the impact Thompson had on his life and countless others.
"I want to thank Coach Thompson," Iverson said while fighting back tears. "For saving my life."
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All 17 of Mike Glennon's dropbacks today:
- Strip sack
- Interception
- Sack
- 4 yard pass
- Incomplete
- 12 yard pass
- Strip sack
- Incomplete
- 12 yard pass
- 13 yard scramble
- Pass for 4 yard loss
- Incomplete
- Sack
- Strip sack
- Incomplete
- Incomplete
- Interception
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🏀 SCOOP: ESPN is launching Fantasy Women's Basketball ahead of the 2022 WNBA season.
It's the first season-long, full-scale fantasy game dedicated to a major women's sports league.
Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
indeed!
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Can’t wait to frame my ticket! History!
this is ludicrous - 2 get-in tickets left at $560 (with fees) and then it’s pretty much $600+ across the board.
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MLB used three distinct balls in 2022, per a new report from Insider.
One type of ball with a more batter-friendly weight profile mostly showed up in two places:
- Postseason games
- Regular season Yankees games as Aaron Judge chased the HR record
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T-minus 2 days until Rodgers is on the Pat McAfee Show shooting down retirement rumors that he literally just created by posting this.
Aaron: “People read way too much into things, man. Crazy world we live in.”
Pat: “Pretty provocative post though, man!”
For what it's worth: Aaron Rodgers usually stands in between Davante Adams and Randall Cobb during the national anthem. The final picture in his Instagram post is a photo of Cobb and Adams with an empty space between them (from the game he missed).
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Steve Cohen's bid to buy the Mets has been approved by MLB's Ownership Committee, per
@soshnick
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Cohen's net worth ($14.6B) makes him wealthier than the next three richest MLB owners combined. In a league with no salary cap, that's significant.
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Folks, an all-time GIF has just been born. The uses are endless
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Pure joy
Hannah has cerebral palsy.
She's been obsessed with racecars forever. A company called Track Racer found out. They sent a car simulator.
Her sister surprised her.
Break out the tissues...
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The NHL may belong in the "Big Four" leagues ahead of MLS, but soccer absolutely belongs in the "Big Four" sports ahead of hockey.
⚽️ Italy-England averaged 6.49M viewers on ESPN.
🏒 The Stanley Cup Final averaged 2.52M viewers on NBC.
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Vin Scully's story about Madison Bumgarner and the rattle snake will never be topped. Called every pitch while telling it!
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Well folks, here it is: The wildest sports stat of the year…
2021: Braves win World Series, Auburn’s starting QB is Bo Nix.
1995: Braves win World Series, Auburn’s starting QB is Patrick Nix.
1957: Braves (then Milwaukee) win World Series, Auburn’s starting QB is Lloyd Nix.
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Someone tell Bieber he’s at the Grammys, not the 2003 NBA Draft
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This from Padraig Harrington should be required viewing for parents. Some really great advice.
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LSU finished 6-7, meaning there's now only ONE Power 5 program without a losing season this century.
Who is it?
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“It’s fucking picturesque is what it is.”
The Wire (2003)
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💔 Legendary Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson has passed away, per
@team980
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"Big John Thompson is the single most important black man in the history of D.C. sports." -
@clintonyates
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MLB instituted a pitch clock three months ago and it's working so well and seamlessly that it's not even a story anymore.
It's remarkable. One of the biggest structural changes a major sport has ever made and I barely notice it when I watch games.
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Shit has hit the fans
Not something you see every day: a sewage pipe burst at FedEx Field. 😅
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Bogey, but I’m taking off a stroke because I nailed the photo
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There's a new video of the Kawhi Leonard buzzer-beater from behind the Raptors bench and it might be the best angle yet.
(📷:
@hall_julian
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The Braves did something incredibly rare tonight, turning just the second 8-3-5 triple play in MLB history.
The only other one came way back in 1884, when the Boston Beaneaters turned one against the Providence Grays.
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Mohamed Salah has mastered the art of the "trivela pass" and it's beautiful
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The full A.J. Brown press conference about the depression and suicidal thoughts he had a year ago is even more powerful than the clip I shared earlier.
"You gotta take care of your brain just like you take care of your body."
Much respect
@1kalwaysopen
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29 years ago today ... one of the greatest moments in Olympic history. Gets me every single time.
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Among the Elite Eight teams, eight of the 10 most-followed players on Twitter and IG are women.
The story of this year's March Madness was the inequities between the two tourneys. Perhaps the story of the future will be the equal marketing opportunities.
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WILD STAT: Luke Walton has a 62-82 (.431) record with the Kings. That makes him the second-best coach in franchise history.
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Can't stop watching
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If the Facebook/Twitter comment section where shit goes off the rails was a person
This angry Florida woman argued today against the mask mandate, while bringing up the devil, 5G, Bill Gates, Hillary Clinton, "the pedophiles" and the deep state.
Enjoy...
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Not sure what's more incredible — the complexities of the human brain or the magical power of music.
Break out the tissues.
NYC Prima Ballerina Marta C. Gonzalez Valencia suffers from Alzheimer’s.
She listens to Swan Lake and it all comes back to her...
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Holy shit, what a video!
Nick Taylor sinks a 72-foot putt to become the first Canadian since 1954 to win the Canadian Open.
Fellow Canadian Adam Hadwin, one of the nicest guys on Tour, runs out to celebrate with him... gets tackled by security.
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I can’t get over this photo. It’s so good.
I wish it was 1999 and this was in “SI Kids” so I could tear it out and tape it on my wall. The good old days.
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At this weekend's U.S. Open, 18-year-old Anthony Neuer became just the fourth bowler ever — and the first since 1991 — to convert the 7-10 split on live TV.
One of the rarest feats in sports.
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Why is my man playing with a cell phone in his pocket…?!
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Full transcript from Pete Davidson's SNL opener tonight:
"This week we saw the horrible images and stories from Israel and Gaza, and I know what you're thinking: who better to comment on it than Pete Davidson."
"Well, in a lot of ways, I am a good person to talk about it…
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Where the Final Four teams were ranked in the final AP poll
10. UConn
16. Miami
18. SDSU
25. FAU
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🥍 🥍 🥍 🥍 FOUR SISTERS were involved in the same women's lacrosse game today.
From left to right:
- Daniella, Stanford
- Izzy, USC
- Sophia, Stanford
- Michaela, USC
Full story in tomorrow's
@axios
sports.
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Imagine being such a good athlete that you become one of the best college lacrosse players of all time and then just casually end up in the NBA.
What a journey for Pat Spencer.
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Three years ago, I launched a newsletter called “Sports Internet.”
The first edition went to 143 people and I almost gave up two months in.
Millions of words and one acquisition later, I’ll send tomorrow’s Axios Sports to hundreds of thousands.
Truly wild haha
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Howard has now landed a five-star recruit (Makur Maker) and one of the most sought after transfers (Nojel Eastern) in the span of a month
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ESPN's Nick Friedell on the ESPN Daily pod this AM:
"It all kind of hinges now on what [Kyrie] says the next time he speaks publicly ... If he doesn't answer the way Joe Tsai and the NBA are hoping ... it would not surprise me if ... the Nets just say, "Alright, that's enough."
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