Author: Michael

Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Nick Castellanos is in Seattle for the MLB All-Star Game, but he’s courting controversy for saying his favorite superhero was Scooby-Doo.
This happened on Monday as players were getting drilled with questions including completely random ones, like who’s your favorite superhero.
He said everyone’s favorite talking, mystery-solving Great Dane.
I hate when players are asked questions like this. I know it’s done under the guise of fun, but I’m convinced the ulterior motive is to make players look like pop cultural dunces.

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We have finally made it to talkin’ season in college football. Now that conference media days are upon us, the conversation now turns towards 2023 expectations in the SEC, while Kirby Smart is bracing himself for a number of tough questions.
Kicking things off in Nashville next week, the SEC will have five quarterbacks representing their teams, as a new era is upon us. Sure, guys like KJ Jefferson, Jayden Daniels, Spencer Rattler and Will Rogers will return as starters, Tennessee’s Joe Milton will be the only quarterback at the event that didn’t start in 2022.

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Joe Cronin, Trail Blazers general manager and, on a seasonably scorching Monday afternoon in Sin City, a human pincushion for the two dozen reporters crammed into an interview room inside the Thomas & Mack Center, knew he was in for pointed questions. It had been more than a week since Damian Lillard’s trade request, and everyone from Portland to Miami wanted answers.
Was there an update on the Lillard trade talks?
“As far as any negotiations, trade details, I’m not going to talk about those,” Cronin said.

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Four losing teams from last season are in playoff position this season.
The average game takes less time with more runs than anything seen in 70 years.
Chases for 62 home runs and a .400 batting average are in play.
Every baseball season is full of surprises, but this one, which kicked off with new game-changing rules, is the mother lode of surprises. Here are the 12 biggest surprises of the first half.

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1. Shohei Ohtani is better than ever.
O.K.

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