Author: Michael

The Pittsburgh Pirates have never been known as one of Major League Baseball’s biggest spending teams. Over the past six seasons, their highest payroll figure is just $84 million. Shohei Ohtani by himself is making $70 million, though with most of it deferred.
In most years, that lack of spending is irrelevant, considering the Pirates have yet to develop a consistent, quality farm system and competitive major league team.

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Davis Thompson celebrates with the trophy after winning the 2024 John Deere Classic. | Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images
Davis Thompson obliterated the John Deere Classic field, and the tournament fell on the July 4th holiday. Yet, CBS saw remarkable ratings.
Despite the July 4th holiday falling on a Thursday, leading to many days away for millions of Americans over the weekend, CBS Sports drew record ratings for the John Deere Classic.
Sunday’s final round, which saw Davis Thompson win his first PGA Tour title, averaged 2.

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Barring any sort of injury ahead of Florida State’s season opener against Georgia Tech, all signs point to DJ Uiagalelei being under center as the starting quarterback for the Seminoles this season. He’s also one of the more intriguing players in the country, as FSU will be the third different program Uiagalelei has played for since 2022. Based on those two facts alone, he’s an obvious choice to represent FSU at ACC media days, but the signal-caller has a different plan in mind.

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Bello.
If you ever thought to yourself “I like this Team USA Olympic merch, but it doesn’t have enough MINIONS in it” then today is your lucky day. An official line of branded, marketed, real-ass Olympic gear covered in Minions is going on sale ahead of the games in Paris, and finally it’s your chance to get these yellow scamps locked into a life of indentured servitude on a Team USA hoodie.

The world will quake in its boots when Kevin, Bob and Stuart show their faces on the Champs-Élysées this summer.

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