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Stephen A. Smith became the latest major sports personality to weigh in on the merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf on Tuesday’s episode of First Take.
While many have criticized the controversial move, Smith took the opposite stance, praising PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan for the decision.
“I love it,” Smith said. “I want to take a moment to do something I never thought I’d do on national television, and that’s give PGA commissioner Jay Monahan some love and some credit here. This is smart business on his part, make no mistake about it.”

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Whether you want to call it good intuition or just a father looking after his kid, Aaron Murray received some pretty solid advice from his dad on a recruiting trip to Florida. The advice: Stay away from Aaron Hernandez if you commit.
The five-star quarterback took a visit to Gainesville during his crazy recruitment in 2008-2009, looking to narrow down his choices. Murray ended up signing with the Georgia Bulldogs, but that wasn’t the wildest part of his story in the SEC.

The Oakland A’s plan to move to Las Vegas is now facing a significant hurdle thanks to the Nevada legislature.
According to the Nevada Independent, lawmakers declined to proceed with a bill to help get the A’s to Las Vegas.
Several weeks ago, the team announced it had an agreement with state leadership on public funding for a new stadium.
READ: ATHLETICS HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO MOVE TO LAS VEGAS AS TEAM, FANS CONTINUE EMBARRASSING SEASON IN OAKLAND
The A’s would receive up to $380 million of assistance to build a stadium on the strip in Las Vegas.

The PGA Tour and LIV Golf now find themselves in a partnership after their shocking coming together via merger. And while that may be the present topic at hand, it doesn’t erase the very recent past.
Money was the first, second, and third reason behind the decisions made by every player who elected to join LIV Golf over the last year plus. The LIV players who stood in front of the media spewing nonsense about ‘growing the game’ ahead of the circuit’s inaugural event last June were being incredibly disingenuous.

Arguably the biggest critic of LIV Golf is Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee. He has consistently and defiantly backed the PGA Tour and concurrently criticized LIV and the Saudis at every turn.
Because of that, LIV Golf defector Brooks Koepka took to Twitter to ask an important question: how is Chamblee doing following news that the two tours are merging?

Welfare Check on Chamblee
— Brooks Koepka (@BKoepka) June 6, 2023

Additionally, golf’s top influencer Paige Spirinac got in on the Chamblee discussion on Tuesday.

Cole Leinart, the son of former Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, isn’t a lefty like his father but the apple didn’t fall far from the tree in regard to arm talent. Although he is only 16 years old, he is well on his way to big things.

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— Cole Leinart (@Cole__Leinart) January 29, 2023

Leinart, a Class of 2026 recruit, will begin his sophomore year at Mater Dei in the fall. The legendary west coast football powerhouse has produced Bryce Young, Matt Barkley, J.T. Daniels, Amon-Ra St.

The Denver Nuggets will once again face the Miami Heat on Wednesday in the 2023 NBA Finals. Here’s how you can watch all the action on the court.

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Novak Djokovic awaits the winner of Carlos Alcaraz-Stefanos Tsitsipas
The 2023 French Open is set to get underway this weekend from at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.
On the men’s side, two of the sport’s biggest names will be absent this week, but there is no shortage of talent in the field.
Defending champion Rafael Nadal announced earlier this month that he was withdrawing due to a lingering hip injury.

Triple A pitchers can breathe a sigh of relief. Elly De La Cruz is finally going to the majors. 
De La Cruz, ranked by MLB.com as the No. 4 prospect in the majors and the best in the Reds’ system, was called up by Cincinnati on Tuesday after 38 dominant games in the minors this season. In 38 games with the Triple A Louisville Bats, he hit 12 homers and posted a 1.031 OPS. He made the remarkable look routine, hitting some of the longest home runs you’ve ever seen.

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Here are our favorite sports broadcasting calls since 2000.
We came across an incredible question late last week on social media, thanks to Mike Golic Jr.:

What’s the most iconic sports broadcasting call of the 2000’s?
— Mike Golic Jr (@mikegolicjr) May 26, 2023

And it got us thinking.
Certainly there are some iconic moments that everyone can recall almost immediately. For example, the “Kick-Six” between Auburn and Alabama comes to mind, as does the legendary chip from Tiger Woods on the 16th hole at Augusta.