The Philadelphia Phillies broadcast team was none too pleased with the way Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor threw the ball to first for the second out of a double play.
In the top of the 5th inning with no outs and first baseman Kody Clemens on first, Third baseman Edmundo Sosa lined one straight to Lindor.
Probably assuming there was no way he was going to get a hold of it, Clemens was well on his way to second when Lindor snagged it. The Mets shortstop then flipped a casual throw that bounced its way to first. This left Phils’ announcers Tom McCarthy and Ben Davis big mad.
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A report that Shannon Sharpe negotiated a buyout to leave FS1 and Undisputed prompted him to like disparaging tweets about his co-host Skip Bayless.
Specifically, Sharpe liked a post likening Bayless to “Weird Al” Yankovic and himself to James Brown. He also favored a tweet accusing Bayless of growing jealous of his supposed stardom:
Suffice to say the split is not amicable, at least in the mind of Sharpe.
Tensions between the two were evident on-air, with both taking personal shots at each other over the past six months.
The NBA Finals are here, and in a matchup few prognosticated before the season, the Nuggets will take on the Heat. Denver finished as the top seed in the West, while Miami squeaked into the postseason as an eight-seed via the play-in tournament. Both, though, have been impressive during the playoffs, toppling conference stalwarts and Hall of Fame talents en route to the championship round.
Before the series tips off, the Sports Illustrated NBA staff makes their predictions for the most important matchups, players, and who will win.
Matchup to watch
Chris Herring: It’s Joker and Bam.
Emma Raducanu has split from her coach Sebastian Sachs after less than six months working together.
On the rooftop of a swanky hotel on the West Side of Manhattan, it’s clear things are about to change for UCF. A spirited group of alumni gathered to meet with coaches of the football and men’s and women’s basketball teams, and AD Terry Mohajir. The Knights are just about to finish their life cycle in the American Athletic conference and start anew in the Big 12. It’s fitting that they’ve taken their show on the road in the city commissioner Brett Yormark calls home.
The final conference matchup against rival USF will come this weekend at the AAC baseball tournament.
Kirk Herbstreit’s parents divorced when he was very young, so his friends quickly became a crucial part of his support system. That’s why he is so confused by Ja Morant’s recent string of off-court incidents.
Herbstreit, one of the most prominent voices in football, spent Wednesday afternoon speaking to many of the top recruits in the Class of 2024 at the On3 NIL Elite Series in Nashville. Although the event focused on Name, Image and Likeness, the 53-year-old spoke more holistically.
A Pittsburgh Pirates prospect has revealed his wife’s startling battle with a blood disease after a rabid raccoon attacked her.
Travis Swaggerty is an outfielder in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. On Wednesday, he took to Twitter to discuss his wife Peyton’s battle with an “extremely rare, painful blood disease that has completely taken over her body.”
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Former college football and NFL head coach Urban Meyer is not a fan of NIL collectives having such an impact on college athletics. He made that stance clear during a chat Thursday with OutKick’s Dan Dakich.
The word ‘collective’ wasn’t mentioned in the world of college athletics a handful of years ago, but now, if your school doesn’t have a collective with plenty of funding then they’re falling behind.
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After the Celtics fell into a 3–0 hole against the Heat in the Eastern Conference finals, one that the team nearly dug itself out of, team governor Wyc Grousbeck issued a fiery challenge to the roster ahead of Game 4.
Per a report from Jared Weiss of The Athletic, Grousbeck went into the locker room and told the players they needed to “play with some balls” which left the players and coaching staff stunned.
Celtics veteran Blake Griffin confirmed the report, and told The Athletic that Grousbeck, who is widely respected by the players and coaches alike, was right.
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Eight years ago to the day, Kai Kara-France fought in a very unique venue.
The Andaman Sea.
Competing on a cruise ship for a pirate-themed MMA event—incredibly, called Mixed Martial A’rr—Kara-France knocked out Dindo Camansa. The bout was Kara-France’s flyweight debut, and he held true to his “Don’t Blink” nickname, needing only 12 seconds to land the walkoff blow.
Speaking of international waters.