Author: Michael

Former Cowboys and Oklahoma State running back Walt Garrison died Wednesday night at the age of 79, the Cowboys announced Thursday morning.
Garrison played for Dallas from 1966-74, amassing 3,886 yards on the ground in his nine-year career. The Denton, Tex. native is currently ninth on Dallas’s all-time rushing leaderboard.
Garrison won Super Bowl VI with the Cowboys in 1972, and was selected to his only Pro Bowl as a fullback after rushing for a career-high seven touchdowns the following season. His lifetime average of 4.3 yards per carry ranks in the top 100 all-time.

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Stricker’s golf blood runs deep and his daughter Izzi showed what kind of game she has, winning another state championship.
Izzi Stricker added another piece of hardware to the Stricker trophy case as she won her second straight Wisconsin Girls State Championship. Steve Stricker has had a strong season on the Champions Tour, but it was all about one of his daughters this time.
Izzi went 71-73 to win by two strokes over her competitors to win the individual title. She also led her team to a runner-up finish.

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ESPN’s Pat McAfee brought his hit television show over to the network as part of his five-year, $85 million contract that he signed earlier this year.
The Pat McAfee Show has become must-see TV, as the former NFL punter-turned-media mogul has landed recurring weekly interviews with Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Alabama coach Nick Saban.
While it’s clear that Rodgers and Saban both have an immense amount of respect for McAfee, we now know why they appear on ESPN on a weekly basis.
They’re paid. Handsomely.

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The Diamondbacks won Game 3 on Wednesday night to sweep the Dodgers, in large part thanks to a huge third inning. Arizona hit four home runs off Lance Lynn in one inning, becoming the first team in MLB history to do that in the postseason.
Arizona’s rally started when No. 9 hitter Geraldo Perdomo hit a solo shot, and he was followed by Ketel Marte, Christian Walker and Gabriel Moreno all doing the same. Outfielder Tommy Pham, who grounded out in the middle of the inning, humorously described what it was like to watch the big inning from his teammates.

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The AFC West is turning into a one-team show, but maybe the Broncos can pull a short week surprise over the Chiefs in Week 6.
Week 6 of the NFL season features a divisional show-down Thursday Night Football matchup between the struggling Denver Broncos and the defending Super Bowl champions, the Kansas City Chiefs. With the Broncos standing at 1-4 and the Chiefs at 4-1, this game presents an opportunity for both teams to make a statement. As the Chiefs are heavily favored with a spread of -10.

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The Liberty had not lost back-to-back games all season long. That was until New York ran into an absolutely dominant Aces team in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals. After a crushing Game 1 defeat, Sandy Brondello’s team needed a compelling response. Instead, Las Vegas took the floor even more pumped up than in the Finals opener, riding a massive Wednesday night outing to a crushing 104–76 blowout.
One win away from clinching back-to-back titles (Las Vegas would be the first team to do so since the Sparks in 2001–02), the Aces look more inevitable than ever.

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Here’s who we have winning this week.
Every NFL week in 2023 might as well be Groundhog Day, because the wild unpredictability of the season is an endless cycle and we’re just turning off the alarm.
The big whiff for everyone in Week 5 was the Jaguars beating the Bills, after everyone picked Buffalo to leave England victorious. It was less a condemnation of the Jaguars, and more that we had every belief the opposite result would happen after Jacksonville was flat against the Texans in Week 2, while the Bills dominated the Dolphins.

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