Author: Michael

New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart shared her distress over a recent hate message, including a death threat, received by her and her spouse, Marta Xargay Casademont.
An email received by the family allegedly read: “I hope someone shoots your wife dead.” More threats were sent to Stewart, suggesting violence against the family.
The heckler, who has a history of online harassment, according to the New York Post, reportedly threatened Stewart’s family, which includes the couple’s two kids.

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Just over one year ago, I wrote an article for this fine website about the sport of conkers.
It involves competitors trying to smash other players’ chestnuts threaded onto strings with their own and it’s popular in the United Kingdom (see what can happen when there’s no Division I college football in your country?).
Last year’s concern was that the nuts were too soggy, and I thought that would be the last time I ever wrote about conkers, though that was largely because I used my best nut jokes.

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It’s not exactly rocket science, but it turns out that baseball fans and casual observers really like big-market postseason matchups. That’s exactly what Major League Baseball lucked into with the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets.
Over the last few years, MLB’s chase for more television revenue has created mostly disappointing national postseason series.

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