Author: Michael

1. Baseball fans have descended upon Omaha, Neb., over the past few days to enjoy the College World Series.
While there are been plenty of exciting games, the most thrilling contest may be away from the field.
Thanks to Rocco’s Pizza & Cantina  and the Twitter account  CWS Jello Shot Challenge, we can all follow along with the amount of $5 Jell-O shots that are consumed by the fan bases of the CWS teams.
This was the first update from last Thursday, the first day of the tournament.

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He plays for a first-place team and leads the league in slugging, OPS, OPS+ and win probability added, so it’s about time you consider him an MVP frontrunner. No, it’s not Ronald Acuna of the Braves. It is Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks, the phenomenal rookie who has closed what was a huge gap between Acuna and field in the MVP race.
Here is the tell-tale sign of true talent: The more pitchers see Carroll (and the more teams game plan to stop him) the more they cannot figure him out. Carroll, an extra-base machine, is posting a monster June (.349/.414/.

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Jordan Love sent social media into a frenzy on Sunday, seemingly trolling Bears fans by wishing them a “Happy Father’s Day” in what appeared to be a shot at the Packers’ archrivals. However, the video in which he made the statement appears to have been taken out of context.
On Twitter, a Bears fan admitted that he asked Love to wish a Happy Father’s Day to French Bears fans. But Love apparently just forgot to mention the “French” part. The Packers quarterback confirmed the confusion as well.

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Draymond Green is declining his $27.5 million contract option for 2023-24 season, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The move allows Green and the Warriors to discuss a new deal, sign-and-trade scenarios and even free agency. 
“We will continue to talk to Golden State and explore all options,” Green’s agent, Rich Paul, told ESPN. 
Green’s future with the team that drafted him in 2012 has been a major storyline for nearly a year now, but the 33-year-old has maintained that he never wants to play for another franchise for the rest of his career.

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Unpacking the latest rumblings ahead of Thursday’s NBA draft …
Is it reasonable to believe that Sunday’s agreed-upon trade that will send Bradley Beal to Phoenix is a bad deal for both teams?
On paper, Phoenix acquiring Beal, an ex-All-Star—albeit one with injury issues, which we’ll get to in a moment—feels like a win. The Suns were already planning for a post–Chris Paul future and swapping Landry Shamet, a back-of-the-rotation player, for a scorer like Beal is a no-brainer.

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