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Reds first baseman Joey Votto is set to make his season debut on Monday vs. the Rockies after missing the start of the season while rehabbing from shoulder surgery.
Votto has been out since August 2022, when he needed surgery on his left shoulder to repair his torn rotator cuff and biceps. The injury meant that the 39-year-old missed Opening Day for the first time since ’08, as he has been a durable player for most of his career.
In his season debut, Votto will be playing first base and hitting sixth as Cincinnati hosts Colorado.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma was hit by three confirmed tornado touchdowns on early Sunday morning. Wind gusts reached speeds up to 100 miles per hour and caused quite a bit of damage across the region.

Tornado sirens in downtown Tulsa as severe thunderstorms with destructive winds approach #okwx pic.twitter.com/g6PdBkeSxv
— Jason Matheson (@JasonRMatheson) June 18, 2023

Trees fell, signs outside of businesses were uprooted, shingles were ripped from roofs, and power poles snapped. More than 330,000 people across the state were without power, including over 167,000 in Tulsa County alone.

Nick Saban has never backed away from a war of words, but that doesn’t mean he can’t throw a non-verbal knockout punch as well. Yes, the Alabama coach has been working on his boxing technique, preparing for any and all competition.
We know Saban likes to sound-off on the latest issues around college football. And now, it looks like the head coach is also prepping for any coach that gets in his face. I’m certainly kidding, but thanks to Saban’s daughter, we now know what kind of punch the Alabama coach has.

Draymond Green declined the $27.5 million option on his contract on Monday, setting himself up to hit free agency this offseason. 
The opportunity still remains for him to sign a new deal with the Warriors, as well as explore other options, something which was indicated by Green’s agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports. 
On Monday, following Green’s decision to opt out of his deal, Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy Jr. told reporters that the team hopes to keep the 33-year-old in a Golden State uniform.
“We really want Draymond back,” said Dunleavy, via Marc J. Spears of ESPN.

The Cincinnati Reds, inexplicably, are Major League Baseball’s hottest team. They’re on an eight-game winning streak, the longest current streak in the league. And, they appear to be getting future Hall of Famer Joey Votto back soon.
On Saturday, Votto posted several pictures — and a video — to his Instagram, showing him driving a bus.

Reigning Grey Cup champion Chad Kelly is 1-0 as the starting quarterback of the Argonauts. The 29-year-old began his reign as the primary signal-caller in Toronto and had himself a debut.
Kelly, who was drafted last overall in the 2017 NFL Draft, spent a few years with the Broncos and Colts before off-field issues caught up with him and left him on the outside looking-in. He still believes that he could start over most NFL quarterbacks and his career at Clemson, East Mississippi Community College and Ole Miss offers a compelling case.

Ja Morant and people close to him believe the NBA, along with the media, are out to get the Memphis Grizzlies’ superstar following the league’s decision to suspend him for 25 games.
The wait to see what Morant’s punishment was going to be for flashing a gun on Instagram Live for the second time in a few months came to an end on Friday. The NBA suspended him for 25 games without pay next season weeks after the Grizzlies immediately suspended him when the second gun video first surfaced in May.

Bradley Beal might be a second- or third-banana making superstar money. But that doesn’t mean he can’t be the missing piece Phoenix is looking for.

Dan Wetzel and SI’s Pat Forde discuss the weekend’s huge college athletics news after West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins stepped down from his role after receiving a DUI arrest in Pittsburgh

Cocca had been the manager of Mexico’s national team for just five months.