Author: Michael

The San Diego Padres are running on fumes after a disastrous finish in August.
Needing to put together a winning streak to rescue their season, instead the Padres were swept in Milwaukee, then blew leads in back to back games in St. Louis. Cementing the team’s inauspicious records this season.
READ: THE SAN DIEGO PADRES AREN’T JUST BAD, THEY’RE MAKING HISTORY IN THE WORST WAY
Returning home didn’t help either. Thursday night, the San Francisco Giants rode a poor defensive inning from San Diego to a 7-2 victory.

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The 2023 Yankees may have had a rough season, but the club’s struggles took a backseat to history on Friday night thanks to the latest incredible home run from Aaron Judge.
With a 426-foot solo bomb off Astros ace Justin Verlander in the fifth inning, Judge  hit his 250th career home run—and 30th of the season—in his 810th career game, setting a new mark as the fastest player to reach 250 HRs in MLB history.
Judge’s 810-game march to 250 passes former Phillies star Ryan Howard, who took 855 games to reach the mark. Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner is third, taking 871 games to reach it.

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It didn’t take long for ACC referees to draw the ire of college football fans in 2023, thanks to a questionable targeting call that caused quite an uproar early in Friday’s Louisville–Georgia Tech game.
The Week 1 matchup was temporarily paused during the game’s third drive for a review after Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King took a hit from Cardinals defensive back Benjamin Perry on a scramble.

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Despite Alabama reportedly deciding its starting quarterback for the season opener on Friday, the offseason-long battle appears likely to extend beyond Week 1, based on recent comments from coach Nick Saban.
The Crimson Tide, after months of questions, tabbed redshirt sophomore Jalen Milroe to lead the team into Saturday’s home game against Middle Tennessee, ESPN reported Friday morning. However, less than a day prior to the news, Saban gave every indication that Bama’s new QB1 isn’t necessarily guaranteed to keep the role heading into Week 2.

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The Big Ten Conference won the conference realignment roulette spin this offseason thanks to the Pac-12’s incompetence.
After grabbing USC and UCLA in previous years, the other two most valuable remaining programs in the conference, Oregon and Washington jumped to more Midwestern pastures too.
Despite repeated denials throughout the process, the Big Ten was clearly interested in adding more teams to the existing roster. And they might not be done at becoming the Big 18.

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NHL Iron Man Phil Kessel may be willing to snap his consecutive games streak if it means signing a deal for the 2023-24 season.
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that Kessel wants to play this season after spending last season with the Stanley Cup-winning Vegas Golden Knights.
Friedman says that in addition to wanting to play, he’s willing to snap that Iron Man streak of his — which is at 1,064 regular season games — and not play every day.
His willingness to do that could be key in a team signing him.

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