Author: Michael

This year’s edition of “Hard Knocks” on HBO features the New York Jets. Well, really it features Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets.
The show is set to premiere on HBO on August 8. One week away from that premiere, HBO released a short trailer of the upcoming season.
For the first three seconds, the HBO logo appears on screen. Over the next 40 seconds, the trailer includes footage from the show. Then, to complete the 50-second trailer, promos and logos fill out the final seven seconds.
During the 40 seconds of actual content, Aaron Rodgers appears 10 times. Yes, I counted.

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The first episode of the new season of HBO’s “Hard Knocks” is a week away from being released, but early footage from the show’s inside look at the New York Jets has fans excited.
The show has released multiple sneak previews of footage captured of the team during training camp. One clip, featuring a motivational speech given at practice by Aaron Rodgers to the rest of the quarterbacks in the organization is going viral thanks to Rodgers’ thoughtful message.
“I’m just happy to be out here, excited to be with you guys,” Rodgers is shown saying.

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Before WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg ever stepped into the ring, he spent five years in and out of the NFL as a defensive tackle. Now, more than three decades later, his son Gage is trying to follow in his shoes.
Gage Goldberg, a linebacker prospect in the college football recruiting Class of 2024, received an opportunity to play for the greatest dynasty of the modern era last week. Nick Saban and his staff offered him the chance to join the Alabama Crimson Tide as a Preferred Walk On.

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New York Jets wide receiver Allen Lazard says that offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett has players doing something unorthodox to remember plays: he has them making animal noises.
Sean Payton would never…
The Jets wideout revealed that Hackett has turned to the animal kingdom for inspiration on how to get his guys to remember the play.
“He gets a room of grown men to make animal noises,” Lazard said, per the Daily Mail. “It may not make too much sense, but it’s pertaining to the play.
“Whether it’s a name. Whether it’s a whale, a kangaroo, a pony, a shark.

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Being a loser is easy. Being the biggest loser ever… much tougher.
It’s been a bad year for the Edmonton Elks. Heck, it’s been a bad many years for the Elks. A once proud, perennial playoff contender and 2015 Grey Cup champions, the team has plummeted to earth and now owns the one of the worst records in North American sporting history.
The Elks lost at home 27-0 to the BC Lions on Saturday night, taking their home losing streak to an astonishing 21 games.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Justin Thomas shakes hands with Tiger Woods after their practice round prior to the 2023 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 04, 2023. | Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images
Justin Thomas spoke about the PGA Tour adding Tiger Woods to its player policy board ahead of the Wyndham Championship.
Ahead of the Wyndham Championship, Justin Thomas discussed the PGA Tour’s move to add Tiger Woods to its player policy board.

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Adidas has made some of the worst uniforms in college sports over the last 20 years. It has been trending upward in recent years with Miami women’s basketball’s Flint Tropics-like shorts and Mississippi State’s helmets, but the “Three Stripes” are typically in the bottom tier of uniforms.
That is not the case with the new threads that University of Wyoming volleyball rolled out over the weekend. Adidas got it right!
Wyoming, which lost twice as many games as it won last season, will hope to turn things around in 2023.

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Tiger Woods hasn’t been quiet when it comes to the planned merger between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), he’s been completely silent.
Woods hasn’t offered up any sort of statement or even a simple reaction to the early June announcement regarding the Tour and LIV Golf. While there are differing opinions about whether or not Woods should have jumped into the mix, the reality is that whether he is for or against the merger, there is nothing he could have said or done to change the situation.

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What an incredible performance!
China’s Guo Jincheng smashed the 50m S5 world record at the Para Swimming Championships in Manchester on Monday night, finishing over three-tenths of a second ahead of the previous record. Video of his achievement needs to be seen to be believed.

Guo sacrificed himself for the record, stretching and smashing head-first into the wall to ensure his time was as quick as possible. It paid off, as he became the first para athlete to break the 30 second barrier in the S5 classification.

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Mariners reliever Matt Brash has made a habit of making batters look foolish. Last week, he almost made Twins utilityman Willi Castro fall down with a curveball in the dirt. On Monday night, he made Red Sox infielder Yu Chang his latest victim. 
Brash worked a one-two-three seventh inning, throwing just 13 pitches in the process. The filthiest of those pitches was the second one he threw to Chang. Ahead in the count 0–1 after dropping a slider in the top of the zone, Brash went back to the slider again and Chang could only muster a feeble wave at it.

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