Author: Michael

On Sunday night in Denver, Terrell Davis was just another sad Nuggets fan
As a sport fan, there is nothing tougher than seeing your team lose, and having to endure the celebration of the opposition fans right in front of you.
That is the life that former Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis led on Sunday night.
After Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler buried a three to give the heat a 95-89 lead with just under seven minutes remaining, TV cameras captured some Heat fans celebrating the huge shot.

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Back-to-back weeks with playoffs on the PGA Tour is always fun, and the Memorial delivered just that thanks to Viktor Hovland putting together an unbelievable back-nine Sunday.
While it was an all-time Sunday for Hovland at the Memorial, the same can’t be said for Rory McIlroy as he turned into a real-life ghost after beginning the final round tied atop the leaderboard. McIlroy did get a win off the course, however, thanks to Phil Mickelson throwing a ridiculous take out there about Rory and LIV Golf.

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Newly retired MLB star Albert Pujols will remain close to the sport, as he was named as a special assistant to commissioner Robert Manfred on Monday.
With this new role, the former Cardinals and Angels first baseman will work on various topics around the major leagues, but he will mainly focus on player relations and issues associated with his home country of the Dominican Republic.
Additionally, Pujols will work as an on-air analyst for MLB Network.
“I couldn’t be more excited for this next chapter of my career,” Pujols said, via MLB’s press release.

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How paranoid are teams about pitch tipping? After Dodgers lefthander Julio Urías gave up four home runs to the Cardinals in the third inning May 18, Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts—while being interviewed the next inning on MLB Network—immediately speculated Urías might have been tipping his pitches.
After reviewing the video later, the Dodgers were satisfied that Urías was not tipping his pitches. (He would later go on the IL with a hamstring strain.) That Roberts arrived so quickly at the pitch-tipping theory tells you how prevalent that worry is in baseball these days.

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A lengthy European season is coming to a close this week with the Europa Conference League and Champions League finals, meaning the transfer rumor mill is starting to churn. 
And without any major international tournaments this summer, the transfer market will be at the forefront of soccer news this summer. 
Here is a roundup of the week’s biggest transfer rumors from around the world: 
Lionel Messi
The biggest domino to fall this summer will be the newly crowned World Cup champion.

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The battle between the pitcher and the hitter is the ancient core of baseball. Everything in this team sport emanates from that one-on-one duel at 24 paces contested an average of 76 times each game. The odds are stacked in the pitcher’s favor. The pitcher initiates the action. The hitter does not know what is coming. Measured by keeping the batter off base, the pitcher wins 68% of these duels.
But what if the hitter knows what’s coming? The ancient balance flips.

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Minicamps get underway this week, and that gives us plenty to get to in this week’s Takeaways …
Mac Jones sure looks like he’s the Patriots’ starter. I was out at New England’s OTAs last week, and if you dropped in there from Mars and I asked you who the first quarterback was, I don’t think you’d have much problem figuring it out. Jones was taking snaps from starting center David Andrews during early walkthrough periods. He was with the first group in just about every drill. He was with the monied skill-players during seven-on-seven work.

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