Author: Michael

There’s no worse feeling in sports then when everybody can see that an umpire or referee blew a call. It’s frustrating and at times can even cost a team a game – or worse, a Championship.
Although it was “only a baseball game in June,” a fan had a hilarious reaction to an outside pitch that an umpire somehow called a strike when the Giants were hosting the Diamondbacks.

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These are the teams who are in the running for D-Hop right now.
It’s almost July, and DeAndre Hopkins still hasn’t signed with a team. There’s no doubt that D-Hop is still the hottest free agent on the market, and there are numerous teams who are interested in signing him — but getting that name to paper seems to be the sticking point.
As it stands there seems to be a gulf when it comes to money. Hopkins is still seeking a top-tier contract, but at this point there aren’t a lot of teams with the available cap space to make that happen.

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Fans have been anxiously awaiting to hear which NFL team will be selected for the next season of HBO’s popular show Hard Knocks. 
Some teams have outwardly expressed their desire to not be on the show, including Jets head coach Robert Saleh. Despite this, New York is reportedly “bracing” to be the focus of the show’s 2023 preseason slot, according to NBC Sports’ Mike Florio. 
The Jets have been one of the considered frontrunners for the show, especially since the team’s acquisition of new quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

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Not only is Matt Vierling one of the fastest players in baseball (95th-percentile sprint speed, according to Baseball Savant), he’s apparently also capable of using acrobatics to take an extra base. 
In the ninth inning of Monday’s game against the Rangers, the Tigers outfielder hit a soft liner into left that for most players would have been a safe single. Vierling didn’t play it safe, though. He turned the corner and headed for second as Ezequiel Durán prepared to throw. The throw beat Vierling to the bag by a mile, but he was safe thanks to an incredible slide.

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