Author: Michael

Hailey Van Lith’s college career officially concluded on Monday when her TCU squad, seeded No. 2, fell to top-ranked Texas in the Elite Eight, ending with a 58-47 loss. 
As the final buzzer sounded, Horned Frogs coach Mark Campbell, a longtime mentor to Van Lith, shared a tender moment with his star player, comforting her after a tough performance that capped a memorable five-year college run.

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Stand-in ballplayer Joe Berton signs cards as “Sidd Finch.” (Credit: Darren Rovell/cllct)
Forty years ago this week, Sports Illustrated published a story about a New York Mets prospect that was too good to be true.
Literally.
Standing 6-foot-4 and weighing 170 pounds, a right-handed pitcher named Hayden “Siddhartha” Finch became one of the tallest tales in sports history.
While Big East basketball owned the cover, the April 1, 1985, issue of Sports Illustrated is more remembered for another story.

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Like it or not, the Cincinnati Reds‘ Elly De La Cruz just dumped a ton of fuel on the torpedo-style bat conversation that’s engulfed MLB.
The so-called torpedo bats − the MLB-legal, tailor-made bats with weight redistributed toward the label − were thought to have aided the Yankees as they crushed 15 home runs in their three-game set against the Milwaukee Brewers. Nine were reportedly hit with the new bats.

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