Author: Michael

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Is there a way to make anyone care about the All-Star Game anymore?
Everything has to break before it can be rebuilt — and the NBA All-Star Game has hit rock bottom. This year’s game in Utah wasn’t just the worst game in recent memory, but everyone from the fans, to the players hated it.
The 2023 All-Star Game earned the infamous honor of being the least-watched All-Star Game of all time. Fewer people tuned in this year than watched the Pro Bowl, and almost nobody watches the Pro Bowl.

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Former USC and Tennessee Titans running back LenDale White nearly died four years ago, he revealed this week.
Speaking on the ‘I Am Athlete’ podcast, White said he suffered a major heart attack known as ‘the widow-maker’ four years ago that should have killed him.
“My (left anterior descending artery) was clogged, and I had to have two stints shot into my heart so my blood can flow again,” White told Brandon Marshall, Marshawn Lynch and Pacman Jones.
“It’s called a widow-maker because you’re really not supposed to make it back from that.

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When Calvin Johnson abruptly retired from football in 2016, the Detroit Lions were mad. Really mad. In fact, they forced him to repay some of signing bonus.
That, of course, made Johnson mad. Sure, he didn’t play out his contract. But he also delivered a Hall of Fame career for the team over nine seasons.
Calvin Johnson of the Detroit Lions is honored with a Hall of Fame ring during a ceremony at halftime at Ford Field. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images)
Johnson amassed over 11,000 yards receiving and scored 84 touchdowns for the team from 2007-2015.

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The Hall of Fame hurdler was 64.
Greg Foster, a three-time world champion and Olympic silver medalist in the 110-meter hurdles, died Sunday after being diagnosed with amyloidosis, a rare disease that causes the buildup of the protein amyloid in vital organs. He was 64.
Foster’s death comes just over three years after he had a heart transplant following a diagnosis of the disease in 2016. He also underwent chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant to treat the condition.
Foster’s alma mater UCLA announced Monday that he “passed away peacefully.

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Free bacon was on the line during Miami–Virginia Tech game.
1. “Do you believe in miracles?”
“The Giants win the pennant!”
“Little roller up along first, behind the bag, it gets through Buckner!”
When thinking about the greatest sports call of all time, those three listed above immediately come to mind.
And now we have another sensational call to add to this list, courtesy of ESPN’s Rece Davis and … bacon.
Late in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s Miami–Virginia Tech game, the Hurricanes’ Jordan Miller went to the free throw line for two shots. He missed the first.

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