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NASHVILLE — Nick Saban was not blown away by the quarterback play during Alabama’s spring practice, through the spring game. As a result, he added former Notre Dame signal-caller Tyler Buchner to a quarterback room with Jalen Milroe and Ty Simpson through the transfer portal.

Rare Air: Alabama Is Worried About Its Quarterback Situation? Nick Saban Felt The Need To Add Competition

There is a lot of speculation about the Crimson Tide’s plan at that position.
Some pundits believe that it is Simpson’s job to lose. Others feel as though Milroe is ready to step up.

Giants reliever Tyler Rogers has the funkiest delivery in the majors. He’s a classic submarine pitcher, bending down toward the ground and almost scraping his knuckles along the dirt of the mound as he delivers the pitch. He has the slowest average fastball velocity in the majors (82.7 mph) but he’s among the best in the bigs at limiting hard contact because his delivery is so deceptive and unorthodox.
It turns out his pickoff move is pretty deceptive too.

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With the trade deadline approaching, could a surprising team be lurking?
Shohei Ohtani is doing things baseball has not seen in over 100 years.
Currently, the Los Angeles Angels two-way player is among the league leaders in a bevy of hitting statistics. Ohtani leads all of baseball in triples (7), home runs (35), slugging percentage (.680, and no one else is above .600), and OPS (1.072). Ohtani is also ninth in batting average (.307) while leading the league in some advanced offensive metrics such as Adjusted OPS+ (186), Adjusted Batting Wins (4.

The Barcelona frenzy at Inter Miami is about to reach a fever pitch.
On Tuesday, Inter Miami owner Jorge Mas confirmed the club is exploring a move for former Barça striker Luis Suárez. The news comes after Mas announced the imminent signing of Barcelona fullback Jordi Alba, who won five La Liga titles and a Champions League trophy with Lionel Messi.
But Suárez is reportedly caught up in a contract dispute with his current club, Grêmio.

NASHVILLE — Alabama defensive back Ga’Quincy McKinstry does not go by his given legal name. He goes by ‘Kool-Aid.’
Kool-Aid McKinstry is entering his junior season with the Crimson Tide and is slated to start in the secondary for his third-straight year. Not only is he one of the most talented players on the defensive side of the ball, he is also one of the most experienced.
As such, he was in Nashville for Day 3 of SEC Media Days on Wednesday to represent Nick Saban’s Alabama program. McKinstry won the week in terms of drip.
Kool-Aid got his nickname shortly after he was born.

Hungarian tennis player Amarissa Toth has been slammed by stars across the sport for her “disgusting” behaviour at the Budapest Open which forced her opponent to retire after she appeared to suffer a panic attack on court.

The Eagles are loaded at the skill positions, but so are several other top NFC teams. Matt Harmon’s report card isn’t so kind to the Cardinals and Panthers.

Fantasy football analyst Matt Harmon hands out grades to every NFC offensive unit for 2023.

As conversations around the Sixers continue to swirl—with league MVP Joel Embiid recently saying he’d want to win a title in Philadelphia “or anywhere else” and executive Daryl Morey explaining he’d work to fulfill James Harden’s trade request to go elsewhere if he can get a sensible return for him—one factor looms heavily in the background for this coming season: Tyrese Maxey.
The fourth-year guard, who turns 23 years old in November, will almost certainly need to be sensational this coming season in order for the Sixers to make a run at the title.

Hey everyone, as we still come down from our Djokovic-Alcaraz high, here’s a Wimbledon final-wrap mailbag and lookahead:
• Here’s a reup on the 50 Parting Shots column
• Here’s a long Q&A we did with Juan Carlos Ferrero
• Come for Northwestern, stay for the Carlos/Chris/Martina chatter …
• A favorite moment of the tournament? Watch this
• Who’s in the market for a summer tennis read? Here comes Maddie Blais with a biography of Alice Marble
• Tennis treasure Colette Lewis has your Wimbledon juniors wrap.