Author: Michael

Former Florida football star and ex-NFL quarterback Tim Tebow is set to become the co-owner of an upstart professional hockey team.
Tebow, alongside David Hodges, CEO of Hodges Management Group, will own an expansion team in the ECHL after the league’s board of governors approved their application.
The team will be located in Lake Tahoe, though a name, color scheme and logo have yet to be revealed. The franchise plans to work with fans and the community in order to collectively come up with an identity for the team.

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On April 28, Bert Eugene Neff Jr. walked into the BetMGM Sportsbook at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati in possession of a large amount of cash, looking to make a huge score. His proposed wager quickly aroused concern and suspicion among the staff.
Three people familiar with the investigation told Sports Illustrated that Neff wanted to bet more than $100,000 on a college baseball game that night: Alabama at No. 1 LSU. The game had gotten virtually no gambling traffic, and Neff’s desired bets on the Tigers far exceeded the sportsbook’s established house limit on college baseball.

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The 25th-seeded Keys used both hands to advance to the quarters
After weather caused havoc during the first week of the 2023 WImbledon Championships, conditions have settled and players are advancing to the quarterfinals.
Among those advancing is Madison Keys. The 25th-seeded advanced to the quarterfinals on Monday, defeating Mirra Andreeva 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2. This marks the second time that Keys has advanced to the quarters at Wimbledon, and the deepest she has advanced at the tournament since reaching the quarters back in 2015.

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MIAMI — Dustin Johnson celebrates making his putt on the 18th green to win during the team championship stroke-play round of the LIV Golf Invitational – Miami at Trump National Doral Miami on October 30, 2022. | Photo by Charles Laberge/LIV Golf via Getty Images
LIV Golf executives have been working behind the scenes to amend its schedule so the league’s final tournament could be played in Miami.
The Blue Monster Course at Trump National Doral in Miami will now host the final event on the LIV Golf calendar, the season-ending Team Championship.

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Mock drafts are a key component of draft day preparation. They give you an idea of which players will be available when and how your team will turn out depending on the path you take.
But when it comes time for your actual draft, it’s unlikely that everything falls into place the way it did for you in your 17th mock draft. That’s why you need a plan in place, and a flexible one at that, to set you and your team up for success this season.
That’s what this draft strategy series is all about: Team-building.

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Netflix will drop the new series Quarterback on Wednesday, a show that features Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes, the Vikings’ Kirk Cousins and now Eagles quarterback but former Falcons player Marcus Mariota.
Two days before the show’s premiere, Netflix released the first four minutes of the show on social media, which starts with a scene of Cousins reading Sports Illustrated Kids‘ “Book of Why” with his son.
Based on this look, the show doesn’t just capture footage of the quarterbacks on the field, but also with their families and at home.

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The Spurs are shutting down No. 1 draft pick Victor Wembanyama for the rest of the NBA Summer League after just two games, according to Mike Finger of the San Antonio Express-News.
The 7’ 3 1/2” forward played twice in recent days to begin his NBA career, first a lackluster performance with just nine points and eight rebounds on Friday, then a more impressive 27-point, 12-rebound performance on Sunday.

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Slowly but surely, it appears as if Heat fans are inching closer to the dream of Damian Lillard in South Beach becoming a reality. While the rumors surrounding Lillard’s next potential team have cooled off a bit since his initial trade request, the latest update seems to point to talks trending in the right direction.
The Athletic’s Shams Charania joined The Pat McAfee Show Monday afternoon and discussed the latest on trade talks between the Heat and Trail Blazers.

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