Author: Michael

Just as there’s more than one Peter Parker, and there’s more than one Rogers taking the mound in San Francisco this season.
As the groundbreaking 2018 animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse taught us, there’s room in this world for more than one Spider-Man. The same is true for pitchers named Rogers toeing the slab in San Francisco.
With the signing of relief pitcher Taylor Rogers this offseason, the Giants marked the fourth instance in MLB history of twins playing for the same team, with Taylor joining twin Tyler in San Francisco’s bullpen.

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Do you know what else was more entertaining than NBA All-Star Weekend?
Answer: A massive brawl in a Taiwanese pro basketball game that included former Orlando Magic star, Dwight Howard.
The bench-clearing fight occurred on Sunday between two T1 League teams: the Taoyuan Leopards and the TaiwanBeer HeroBears.
It had everything audiences could ask for: flying elbows; coaches fighting players; and Howard himself.
The action started after Leopards guard Chen Hsiao-jung swiped at his defender with a flying elbow, connecting with HeroBears captain Chiang Yu-an’s face.

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If you’re trying to get fans to create as much noise as during a college basketball game, sometimes you have to offer incentives. This was the case Tuesday night for the Virginia Tech basketball program, thanks to a sponsorship with Smithfield.
First of all, this sponsorship agreement with Smithfield is fantastic, especially when you send fans home with free bacon. But, for Virginia Tech fans to cash-in on the promotion, they needed Miami to miss consecutive free throws.

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Several NBA players attempted to squeeze extra money out of the league’s Health & Welfare benefits and are now paying the price.
On Monday, two former players linked to the fraud case received their prison sentencing. And it’s safe to say that retirees will think twice about replicating these crimes after the stiff punishments.
Keyon Dooling and Alan Anderson were sentenced to 30 and 24 months in prison, respectively.
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Alan Anderson, Oct. 2016. (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images)
Keyon Dooling, July 2019.

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