Author: Michael

Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball until further notice as the league continues its investigation into his alleged relationship with a minor, the league announced Tuesday.
“The administrative leave, effective immediately, is not disciplinary under the Joint Domestic Violence Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy,” the statement read. “We will comment further at the appropriate time.”
On Aug.

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Back by popular demand—or force of habit—we present the College Football Most Intriguing Lists. Previous 2023 editions have featured coaches, quarterbacks and nonquarterbacks. This week’s final entry turns away from the playing field to examine the Most Intriguing People in Suits.

How much longer will Phillips (left) be able to call Swinney and Clemson ACC members?
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1. Jim Phillips, Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner. The shifting realignment drama has settled on Phillips’s league for the foreseeable future.

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Since entering into cardiac arrest during a USC practice on July 24, Trojans guard Bronny James has increased his public engagement gradually. He reportedly went to dinner with family in the week following the incident and was filmed playing the piano by his father LeBron just days after the medical emergency. This Saturday, he went to see the Dodgers.
Late Tuesday night, however, the James family took their biggest step yet on a return to their version of normalcy.
LeBron and Bronny James flanked Drake as he took the stage for a concert at the Crypto.

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Julian Lewis, who is universally considered to be the top quarterback prospect in the class of 2026, committed to play for USC on Tuesday.
The 6’1”, 185-pound Lewis boasted an offer list with some of the top programs in college football, including Alabama, Florida State, Georgia and Ohio State. Instead, the Carrolton, Ga., product chose to commit to a school on the West Coast in USC and play for coach Lincoln Riley, who has no shortage of quarterback success stories.

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