Author: Michael

The celebrations and reactions from the United States Men’s hockey team winning the gold medal earlier Sunday over Canada continue to roll in and are great reminders that there are still plenty of people proud to be American.
One athlete who knows a thing or two about donning the Red, White, and Blue is Philadelphia Phillies superstar slugger Bryce Harper.
The eight-time All-Star has been selected to represent the USA on numerous occasions over his storied career, most recently in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, though an injury prevented him from competing.

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Jacob Bridgeman held on late to grab a one-shot win at the Genesis Invitational on Sunday in Los Angeles. (AP/Caroline Brehman )ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — Jacob Bridgeman was full of confidence when he walked off the course on Saturday night, a six-shot lead over perhaps the most popular golfer on the PGA Tour in hand. And for 15 holes on Sunday, that didn’t dwindle, either.
But when that bravado fell, it fell fast.
“I couldn’t even feel my hands on the last couple greens,” he said.

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There’s almost never a situation where grown men should be handed a stuffed animal, and doing so two minutes after a gold medal hockey game is no exception.
On Sunday, Team USA defeated Team Canada 2-1 in overtime to clinch their first gold medal in 46 years. Both teams fought like rabid animals for just over 60 minutes, giving every fiber of their being to win the final medal event of the Winter Olympics.
But in a wild game, Jack Hughes provided the wildest moment of all.

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We’re in that slow period between the Super Bowl and the new league year where it sometimes feels like the NFL world has ground to a halt. Which makes this the perfect time to ask: Where in the world are our Canal Street Chronicles readers? 
We don’t want or need your address or any personal details. Just sharing the state is fine, or city and state if you’d like to be more specific. Same thing if you live abroad… if you’d like to just share the country, that’s cool, and if you want to share more details like the city or region, that’s totally up to you.

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It’s still early in the college baseball season, but after eight games, the Oregon Ducks have shown an explosive offense, a solid defense, and really good pitching. It’s a combination that could take the Ducks a long way this year as they still look for their first trip to Omaha since reinstating the program back in 2009.
Oregonwent to 8-0 for the first time since 2012, after the Ducks completed a four-game sweep of the Youngstown State Penguins on a rainy and dreary day at PK Park.

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Michael Jordan gave high fives to Tyler Reddick’s team on Feb. 22.
Reddick won the second consecutive NASCAR Cup Series race of the season, winning the NASCAR Atlanta race. He is the sixth driver to win NASCAR’s first two races and first since Matt Keneseth accomplished the feat in 2009.
His win came after race leader Bubba Wallace, his 23XI Racing teammate, attempted a block at the top of the track and fall to eighth place.

“Really, I can’t say anything,” said Jordan, co-owner of 23XI racing and Chicago Bulls legend. Tyler did an unbelievable job.

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