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January
🏈 Hail to the Victors (Jan. 8): Michigan crushed Washington, 34-13, to win its first national championship since 1997 and become the fifth team in FBS history to finish 15-0, joining 2022 Georgia, 2019 LSU, 2018 Clemson and 1897 Penn.
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- 🏈 Jan. 10: Nick Saban retired from Alabama, Pete Carroll was fired by the Seahawks, and early the next morning Bill Belichick parted ways with the Patriots as three memorable tenures* ended in one fell swoop.
- 🎾 Jan. 28: Jannik Sinner won the Australian Open for his first Grand Slam title, kicking off a dominant year that saw him win eight more tournaments (including the U.S. Open, ATP Finals and Davis Cup) and ascend to world No. 1.
Plus: Nick Dunlap became the eighth amateur to win a PGA Tour event (Jan. 21); Joel Embiid (Jan. 22) and Luka Dončić (Jan. 26) became the ninth and 10th NBA players to score 70 points in a game.
*Wild stat: There have been 25 Super Bowls and 24 college football title games this century. Belichick, Saban and Carroll coached in 22 of those games (45%) and won 15 of them (31%).
February
🏈 Back-to-back (Feb. 11): The Chiefs walked off the 49ers, 25-22 (OT), to win their second straight Super Bowl, becoming the NFL’s first back-to-back champion since the Patriots in the early 2000s and cementing their place as one of the league’s greatest dynasties.*
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- ⛳️ Feb. 12: After 27 years with Nike, Tiger Woods unveiled his new “Sun Day Red” apparel and footwear brand in partnership with TaylorMade.
- 🏀 Feb. 28: The Lakers beat the Clippers in their 98th and final meeting as co-tenants of Crypto.com Arena, a home they’d shared since 1999. The Clippers moved into the Intuit Dome this season.
Plus: Caitlin Clark broke the Division I women’s scoring record with a signature logo three (Feb. 15); William Byron won the Daytona 500 (Feb. 19); MLB’s new uniforms, see-through pants and all, became the talk of spring training (Feb. 22).
*Three titles in five years: The Chiefs joined the 1970s Steelers, 1990s Cowboys, 2000s Patriots and 2010s Patriots as the only teams to win three Super Bowls in a five-year span.
March
🏀 Caitlin passes Pete (March 3): Two weeks after breaking the women’s scoring record, Caitlin Clark (3,951 points) passed Pete Maravich (3,667) as the NCAA’s all-time scoring leader, dropping 35 points the final regular-season game of her collegiate career.
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- ⛳️ March 10: Scottie Scheffler won at Bay Hill for his first victory of the year, kicking off the best PGA Tour season* since prime Tiger Woods.
- ⚾️ March 20: News broke that Shohei Ohtani’s longtime friend and interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, had stolen $16 million from him to cover his own gambling debts. Mizuhara has since pleaded guilty and faces up to 33 years in prison.
Plus: LeBron James inaugurated the 40K points club (March 2); the KC Current opened the first venue ever built for a women’s pro sports team (March 16).
*The year of Scottie: Scheffler won nine tournaments in 2024, including the Masters, the Players, the Olympics and the Tour Championship. He made the cut in all 21 of his starts and had 18 top-10 finishes.
April
🏀 38-0 (April 7): South Carolina beat Iowa, 87-75, to become the 10th undefeated national champion (38-0) in women’s college basketball history. The game averaged 18.7 million viewers and peaked at 24 million, making it the most-watched women’s basketball game ever.
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- 🏀 April 8: UConn* beat Purdue, 75-60, to become the first back-to-back men’s basketball national champion since Florida in 2006-07.
- ⛳️ April 21: Nelly Korda won her fifth consecutive tournament at the Chevron Championship (first major of the year), joining Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) as the only women to win five straight LPGA starts.
Plus: Scottie Scheffler joined Tiger Woods as the only golfers to win the Masters and Players in the same year (April 14); Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye went 1-2-3 in the 2024 NFL Draft (April 25), which saw six QBs go in the first round for the first time since 1983.
*Huskies own the 21st century: This was UConn’s fifth men’s basketball championship since 2000. No other school has more than three this century (Duke and UNC).
May
⚽️ Four-peat (May 19): Manchester City* clinched their fourth consecutive Premier League title, becoming the first club in the 124-year history of English football to win four straight top-flight titles.
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- 🐎 May 4: Mystik Dan, an 18-1 longshot, edged both Sierra Leone and Forever Young by a nose to win the 150th Kentucky Derby in arguably the closest finish ever.
- 🎓 May 23: The House-NCAA antitrust lawsuit reached a historic settlement to pay $2.8 billion in damages to former athletes and create a landmark revenue-sharing system.
Plus: Victor Wembanyama was named the sixth unanimous ROY in NBA history (May 6); Paul Skenes threw 17 pitches of 100+ mph in his MLB debut (May 11); the Pac-12 held its final championship game before effectively disbanding (May 25).
*Then vs. now: City’s run of dominance has come crashing down this season. The reigning champs have lost eight of their last 11 matches across all competitions and are fifth in the EPL, nine points behind first-place Liverpool.
June
🏀 18 rings (June 17): The Celtics beat the Mavericks in five games to win their record 18th NBA championship, and first since 2008.
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- ⚽️ June 1: Real Madrid beat Dortmund, 2-0, for their record 15th Champions League title, and a day later signed all-world striker Kylian Mbappé. The rich get richer.
- 🏒 June 24: The Panthers won their first Stanley Cup, beating the Oilers* in Game 7 to avoid a historic collapse after Edmonton had fought back from a 3-0 series deficit.
Plus: Oklahoma completed the first four-peat in Women’s College World Series history (June 6); Bryson DeChambeau won his second U.S. Open after Rory McIlroy missed two short putts on the final three holes (June 16).
*The drought continues: No Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup since the Canadiens in 1993.
July
⚽️ Summer of Soccer (July 14): Spain won their record fourth European Championship (breaking a tie with Germany) and Argentina won their record 16th Copa América (breaking a tie with Uruguay) within hours of each other, bringing an end to the Summer of Soccer.
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- 🎾 July 14: Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final, becoming the sixth man* in the Open Era to win the “Channel Slam.”
- 🚴 July 21: Tadej Pogačar won his third Tour de France in dominant fashion, becoming the eighth cyclist (and first since 1998) to win the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in the same year.
Plus: The Summer Olympics opened in Paris (July 26) and the Team USA gymnasts gave themselves a NSFW nickname — “F.A.A.F.O” — in a viral video filmed by some guy named Kendall Baker (July 30).
*The Channel Slam: Alcaraz joined Djokovic, Björn Borg, Rod Laver, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal as the only men to go back-to-back on the clay of Roland Garros and the grass at the All England Club.
August
🥇 Gold medal in sportsmanship (Aug. 5): In the lasting image of an all-time great Olympics, Americans Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles bowed down to Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade after she beat them out for gold in floor exercise.
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- 🥇 Aug. 4: Noah Lyles* won gold in the closest 100-meter final ever, beating Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson (9.789) by five one thousandths of a second, which is less time than it takes to blink.
- 🥇 Aug. 10: Stephen Curry went nuclear in the final minutes of Team USA’s gold medal winning victory over France with a three-point explosion that I promise you won’t regret re-watching.
Plus: Algeria’s Imane Khelif beat Italy’s Angela Carini by forfeit in an Olympic boxing match that sparked a culture war (Aug. 1); Katie Ledecky won her fourth straight 800m freestyle gold (Aug. 3); Shohei Ohtani hit a walk-off homer to become the sixth member of the 40-40 club (Aug. 23).
*Ending the drought: Lyles is the first American to earn the title of “World’s Fastest Man” since Justin Gatlin in 2004.
September
⚾️ 50-50 (Sept. 19): Shohei Ohtani achieved MLB’s first 50-homer, 50-steal season with perhaps the greatest offensive performance* ever: 6-for-6 with 3 home runs, 2 doubles, 2 steals, 10 RBIs and 4 runs scored.
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- ⚾️ Sept. 26: After 57 seasons and four World Series titles, the Athletics played their final game in Oakland. They’ll spend the next three years in Sacramento before moving to Las Vegas in 2028.
- ⚾️ Sept. 27: The White Sox lost their 121st game, breaking the record set by the 1962 Mets (40-120) for most losses in an MLB season.
Plus: The Eagles beat the Packers in the first NFL game in Brazil (Sept. 6); A’ja Wilson broke the WNBA’s single-season scoring record (Sept. 11); the Commanders and Bengals played the first NFL game without a punt or turnover since 1940 (Sept. 23).
*Wild stat: Ohtani is the only player to have a game with 10+ RBI, a game with 6+ hits, a game with 5+ extra-base hits, a game with 3+ home runs and a game with 2+ steals over an entire career… And he did it all in a single game. To inaugurate the 50-50 club.
October
⚾️ L.A. over NY (Oct. 30): The Dodgers* beat the Yankees in five games to win their eighth World Series, matching their rival Giants for fifth-most all-time behind the Yankees (27), Cardinals (11), Red Sox (9) and Athletics (9).
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- 🏀 Oct. 20: The Liberty beat the Lynx in a winner-take-all Game 5, finally capturing their first WNBA championship in their sixth trip to the Finals.
- 🪐 Oct. 28: The NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL all played on the same day during the 31st Sports Equinox in history, and the only one in 2024.
Plus: Inter Miami broke the record for most points in an MLS season (Oct. 21); Jayden Daniels completed a walk-off Hail Mary to beat the Bears in the “Maryland Miracle” (Oct. 27); LeBron and Bronny James shared the court in Cleveland (Oct. 30).
*World Series MVP: Freddie Freeman homered in each of the first four games and finished with 12 RBIs, tied for the most ever in a single World Series (Yankees 2B Bobby Richardson, 1960).
November
🎾 Gracias, Rafa (Nov. 19): Rafael Nadal’s otherworldly career* came to an end with one final match at the Davis Cup. “The titles, numbers, they’re there,” Rafa said during his farewell speech. “The way I’d like to be remembered more is like a good person from a small village in Mallorca.”
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- 🏀 Nov. 20: UConn’s Geno Auriemma became the winningest coach in NCAA basketball history, earning his 1,217th victory to pass Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer, who retired in April.
- ⚽️ Nov. 23: The Orlando Pride beat the Washington Spirit, 1-0, to win their first NWSL championship and cap the best season in league history.
Plus: The Jets won 15 of their first 16 games, the best start in NHL history (Nov. 12); the Cavaliers started the season 15-0, tied for the second-best start in NBA history (Nov. 17); Max Verstappen clinched his fourth straight F1 title with a win at the Las Vegas GP (Nov. 24).
*The King of Clay: Nadal’s career is full of wild stats, but this one might be the craziest: He played in 19 French Opens and won 14 of them, going 112-4 at Roland Garros.
December
⚾️ $765 million (Dec. 8): After one season in the Bronx, Juan Soto joined the crosstown Mets after signing the richest contract in sports history: 15 years, $765 million.*
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- ⚽️ Dec. 7: The LA Galaxy beat the New York Red Bulls, 2-1, for their record sixth MLS Cup title, and their first since 2014.
- 🏈 Dec. 11: Six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick agreed to become the head coach at North Carolina, where his father spent three years as an assistant coach from 1953-55.
Plus: McLaren won its first Constructors’ Championship since 1998 (Dec. 8); Travis Hunter edged out Ashton Jeanty to win the Heisman Trophy (Dec. 14); Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker converted the NFL’s first fair- catch free kick since 1976 (Dec. 19).
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The Week in Review: In 2024, the Sport Needs to Do Better
Sunday, December 31, 2023 at 11:53 am | Back to: Shared News
Updated: December 31, 2023 at 5:16 pm
Cody’s Wish | Sarah Andrew
By Bill Finley
The remaining days in 2023 dwindled to a few last week, a welcome development considering the year that it was. Yes, there was some good news. Arcangelo (Arrogate) winning the GI Belmont S. for trainer Jena Antonucci was as good a story as we’ve seen in some time. The saga of Cody’s Wish (Curlin) continued to tug at our heartstrings. The sales continue to post huge numbers. Purses have soared in Kentucky and at Oaklawn, with maidens running for pots in excess of $100,000.
But for every good story there seemed to be 10 bad ones.
With the animal rights community and some portions of the media putting unrelenting pressure on the sport, there’s never a good time to go through a rash of breakdowns, but for it to happen surrounding the running of the GI Kentucky Derby was bad timing at its worst. There were 12 deaths at Churchill Downs crammed into just a few weeks and it got so bad that racetrack management decided to pull the plug on the remainder of the meet and move everything to Ellis Park.
Then Saratoga happened. When New York Thunder (Nyquist) broke down strides before the wire in the GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial S. the number of horse fatalities at the meet had soared to 12. It was a horrible sight to behold for a national television audience and the 48,292 in attendance. And it was a ghastly reminder of what happened three weeks earlier to Maple Leaf Mel (Cross Traffic) in the GI Test S. She, too, broke down right before the wire in a spill that was as ugly as it gets.
The Breeders’ Cup was not immune to tragedy. Though no one was seriously injured on the day of the races, Geaux Rocket Ride (Candy Ride {Arg}) and broke down and had to be euthanized and Practical Move (Practical Joke) suffered an apparent heart attack and died, both while training for the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic.
The fatalities obviously caught the attention of 60 Minutes, which, in November, aired a story that focused on the breakdowns and the sport’s doping problems while casting a brutally negative light on the sport. Then we learned that we will get more of the same sometime in 2024. In December, FX, a subsidiary of Disney Entertainment, announced that there would be an upcoming documentary, “The New York Times Presents: Broken Horses,” which it said would examine “systemic issues, questionable practices and urgent calls for change that have shaken horse racing to its core.”
When it comes to the economics of the sport, there was more troubling news. Through November, handle was down nearly $500 million on the year or 4.39%. That means we are on our way to seeing the steepest declines in handle, outside of the COVID year of 2020, since 2011. Does that have anything to do with the computer-assisted wagering (CAW) players? Probably. They have tilted the pari-mutuel pools to a point where the regular horseplayer is getting killed and getting out.
In July, 1/ST Racing announced that Golden Gate Fields would be shutting down for good at the end of the year, throwing the Northern California circuit into chaos. The track got a reprieve, but a brief one. It is now scheduled to cease operations on June 11. That’s when it will join Arlington Park, Calder, Hollywood Park, Bay Meadows and others that couldn’t make it to the finish line. Some wonder whether Santa Anita, which sits on property that is estimated to be worth $1 billion, will someday join them.
Racing can’t afford to have another year like this. Things need to change. While there are no magic bullets, here are what I believe are some practical and common sense solutions to some of the problems.
The sport needs to fully embrace StrideSAFE. StrideSAFE is a biometric sensor mechanism that slips into the saddle cloth to detect minute changes in a horses’ gait at high speed. Those changes can, and often do, signal that a horse is in the early stages of having a problem that could lead to a fatal injury. The technology has been around since 2011 and, while it has been experimented with here and there, it remains largely absent from the backstretch of America’s racetracks. Why? There’s no doubt that widespread employment of StrideSAFE will cut down on the number of horses that break down and there’s no excuse for the sport to continue to drag its feet when it comes to embracing the concept.
The CAW factor is a major issue that’s not going to go away, no matter what harm it might be doing to the overall health of the sport. It has become an unmanageable runaway train, with these players betting so much money that no track is going to turn away their business. But some guardrails would help. More tracks need to do what NYRA has done. They have effectively closed the CAW players out of the win pool by no longer allowing them to place bets at the very last second. They have also been excluded from NYRA’s Late Pick 5 and the Cross Country Pick 5.
The betting product also needs to be better and more geared toward the booming market that is made up of sports bettors. The sport has not been nearly aggressive enough when it comes to getting the on-line sports betting websites to start accepting bets on racing. To date, the only one that has been signed up is FanDuel. That also means adopting fixed-odds wagers, which are what the sports bettors know. Only Monmouth Park has gone down this road and two years after it was implemented in New Jersey the concept is limping along. No other tracks or states have tried fixed-odds betting and, in New Jersey, only the second-level tracks are available to the fixed odds bettors.
The takeout remains too high. With betting on a horse race often involving a rake of around 20%, the game is always going to have a tough time competing with other forms of gambling, where the effective takeout rate is lower. We’re seeing some progress in this area, with a number of tracks lowering the takeout on horizontal wagers like the Pick Four and Pick Five. In 2023, Hawthorne took a major step in the right direction by lowering its takeout on win, place and show wagers to 12%. But we need a lot more of the same. With so much of purse money now coming from alternative sources like slot machines, there’s no reason why tracks in places like New York and Kentucky can’t at least experiment with reduced takeout rates.
Fix the Triple Crown. It needs it. The GI Preakness S. is no longer coveted by the sport’s major trainers and has become a weak link in the Triple Crown. Everyone wants to run in the Derby and then they scramble, some pointing for the GI Belmont S., some ready to put their horses on the shelf until the big summer races. The 2022 Derby winner, Rich Strike (Keen Ice) passed on the Preakness and, this year, Derby winner Mage (Good Magic) was the only horse to go in the first two legs of the Triple Crown. The result is that the Preakness is less important than it has ever been and that only weakens the Triple Crown as a whole. When 1/ST floated the idea of running the Preakness four weeks after the Derby, NYRA reacted by announcing that it had no intention of moving the date of the Belmont. Yes, a Belmont run five weeks after the Derby works well for NYRA, but it needs to put its self interests aside and do what’s best for the sport and shift the Belmont to late June or early July.
While we’re at it, the purses for the Triple Crown races are too small. In this day and age, the $1.5-million purse for the Preakness is not going to motivate anyone to run. These are supposed to be the most important races in the sport and their purses should reflect as much. For all three races, the purses should be raised immediately to $3 million with the goal of eventually making them $5-million races.
These are things that can be done. Let’s not let another year go by in which the sport embraces the status quo while the outlook for its future continues to get worse. The year 2024 is upon us, let it be the year where the sport takes much needed steps in the right direction.
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Chelsea FC are weighing up a move to sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Man United this summer, claims report
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Tuesday 5 July 2022, 21:00 UK
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Chelsea FC are considering a blockbuster move to sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United this summer, according to reports.
The Athletic is claiming that the south west London side are weighing up a swoop for the 37-year-old after the Portugal international informed Manchester United that he wants to leave Old Trafford if a suitable offer arrives.
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Ronaldo has been linked with a transfer away from Manchester United in recent days after widespread reports claimed that the forward is looking to end his second stint back at Old Trafford.
Despite Chelsea FC’s apparent interest in Ronaldo, Manchester United have made it clear that the forward is not for sale, according to the same article.
The story also claims that new Chelsea FC co-owner Todd Boehly held a recent meeting with Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes, where a possible transfer to Stamford Bridge was among the subjects they discussed.
The article says that discussions between the pair have continued since then and that the Blues are “intrigued” about the possibility of bringing Ronaldo to Stamford Bridge this summer.
Ronaldo endured a strong campaign in front of goal for Manchester United this season but the team underperformed overall as the Red Devils limped to a sixth-placed finish to miss out on a spot in next season’s Champions League.
The former Real Madrid star – who returned to Old Trafford from Juventus last summer – scored 18 goals and made three assists in 30 Premier League games for the Red Devils last season.
The article concludes by claiming that the Chelsea FC hierarchy are “monitoring the situation” with regards to a potential move for the Portugal star.
Chelsea FC will kick off their Premier League campaign with a trip to Everton on 6 August.
Looking back at the world of sports in 2021
JANUARY
Michigan brings back coach Jim Harbaugh, leading to speculation that Urban Meyer is holding out for the St. John Bosco job.
Tim Thomas, the former Boston goaltender, confuses pundits by campaigning against masks.
Bill Belichick, finally idle at playoff time, wows the “NFL on CBS” studio show with his excellent tap-dancing.
FEBRUARY
Six people complain of sore arms after vaccinations. The Angels sign them all to minor-league contracts.
The Padres continue their spending spree by introducing their new mascot, the San Diego Duck l’Orange.
The NBA shelves its experiment to invite 19,000 mice to Staples Center for Lakers-Clippers. A spokesperson said, “We just couldn’t find enough little bitty masks.”
MARCH
The Kings begin teaching their cutouts and virtual fans the subtleties of icing, offside and chanting “Ducks suck.”
Gonzaga, Alabama A&M, James Madison and Montana State, the only four Division I teams to complete the college basketball season, arrive in Indianapolis for the Final Four.
Congressional historians confirm that Tommy Tuberville has become the first U.S. Senator to lose a Belk Bowl.
APRIL
Now at 340 pounds, Bryson DeChambeau takes a two-shot Masters lead on Sunday but falls into Rae’s Creek when the Sarazen Bridge collapses.
The Padres begin the baseball season with a parade celebrating their December pennant, on the same route Don Coryell and Dan Fouts used in August of 1979.
White Sox manager Tony La Russa writes Luis Aparicio and Nellie Fox on his Opening Day lineup card before his coaches intervene.
MAY
Denying accusations that he has perfected the “Purell cutter” in the offseason, the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw opens 2021 by no-hitting the Rockies.
Confronted by angry astronauts who feel mocked by its nickname, the Houston baseball team renames itself the Cheetahs.
Charlie Woods wins the Memorial Tournament by two strokes over Tiger Woods, is grounded for two months.
JUNE
In a Showtime special, Errol Spence and Terence Crawford leave their animosity behind and warmly reminisce about their four exciting years of not fighting each other.
The Dodgers order Cody Bellinger to stay six feet away from Kiké Hernandez.
Vanderbilt placekicker Sarah Fuller announces plans to transfer “to a place where they might actually score a touchdown every couple of weeks.”
JULY
The All-Star Game’s skills competition features awards for Best Shifter, Most Pitches Taken, and Most Spectacular Dugout Tantrum By A Starting Pitcher.
The Lakers hold JaVale McGee to 24 points and beat Cleveland in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, clinching their second consecutive title.
Scottish doctors report the complete eradication of COVID-19 after all Open Championship contestants are vaccinated with haggis.
AUGUST
USC says it can’t make up its postponed 2020 game with Alabama because it has to be at home when the landscapers show up, plus there’s a Saturday Zoom call with its financial advisers.
The Dodgers play in Philadelphia, visit Independence Hall, wonder why Austin Barnes isn’t listed among the Framers.
Mysteriously, the Cooperstown microphones stop working as Curt Schilling approaches the podium. He brings a bullhorn just in case.
SEPTEMBER
As most of the world’s best players withdraw in advance, the team of Diamond and Silk wins the women’s doubles at the U.S. Open.
The Padres lead the Dodgers 9-0 after six innings at Dodger Stadium, but Blake Snell still gestures to the dugout and brings in a reliever for Manager Jayce Tingler.
Kyrie Irving falls off Earth on the way to the Tokyo Olympics, is “questionable” to start the 2021-22 season for Brooklyn.
OCTOBER
The Angels miss the playoffs, but Stacey Abrams says she’s organized 1.5 million baseball writers to win another MVP for Mike Trout.
As players rave about the way new coach Marie Kondo has re-organized their two-minute drills, the Chargers improve to 6-0 with a 38-37 victory over Kansas City.
A judge rules that the signatures of only seven Pac-12 university presidents are required to recall Commissioner Larry Scott.
NOVEMBER
Florida Georgia Line plays the national anthem before a Jaguars-Texans game. Rookie quarterback Trevor Lawrence immediately demands a trade.
Ryan Getzlaf’s four points and Jonathan Quick’s 42 saves lead the Seattle Kraken to a 5-2 victory over San Jose in its franchise debut.
Hoping to improve her chances in 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris signs with Klutch Sports.
DECEMBER
In anticipation of global warming, the Big West Conference extends a formal invitation to Missouri State for the 2051-52 season.
NFL players object to a 17-game schedule. The owners’ counter-proposal allows them to play on 17 consecutive days if they wish.
Sierra Canyon’s basketball team secures commitments from all male babies named Antetokounmpo, Doncic and Morant.
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