Author: Michael

If for some reason that whole NFL quarterback thing doesn’t work out for Joe Burrow, at least he knows he can be a designated hitter on an MLB team.

BURROW BOMB.
Joey B hitting dingers at Great American Ball Park @WLWT | #Bengals | #Reds pic.twitter.com/6G7sbIKP6c
— Olivia Ray (@OliviaRayTV) June 7, 2023

The 2020 NFL Draft No. 1 pick headed to a different Cincinnati stadium on Wednesday when he joined the Reds for some batting practice.
And he went off.

Burrow BP Bombs@JoeyB ╳ @Bengals pic.twitter.

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick, one of the most prominent and influential executives in college athletics, informed his staff Thursday morning that he will step down in 2024. His successor has already been chosen: Pete Bevacqua, chairman of NBC Sports Group and a second-generation Notre Dame alum.
“This is a dream come true,” Bevacqua says. “With the exception of my family, nothing means more to me than Notre Dame. I don’t have a memory in my lifetime, quite literally, where Notre Dame wasn’t a part of it.

Do you know how good you have to be at scoring the basketball for an opposing team to make the deliberate strategic decision to leave the best offensive player in the world … open?
Apparently, the answer is: at least as good as Jamal Murray is.
The Nuggets are back in the NBA Finals driver’s seat, taking a 2–1 lead and snatching back home court from the Heat after a dominant, 109–94 win in Game 3. Murray and Nikola Jokić were sublime Wednesday, each posting 30-point triple doubles, a first in NBA history.

The Minnesota Vikings have informed running back Dalvin Cook that he is being released Thursday, a source confirmed to OutKick.
So the dynamic running back will be on the loose.
Let the chase begin.
The Miami Dolphins and Denver Broncos, which had communication with the Vikings about a possible Cook trade earlier this offseason, are expected to explore signing the looming free agent.
The Dallas Cowboys, which had internal conversations about Cook when rumors of his availability emerged, may consider Cook.

If you thought that the drama and pettiness we’ve seen in the professional golf world over the last two years would just magically go away with the announcement of the merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, you thought wrong.
Given that the only thing we actually know about the merger is that a merger between the Tour, DP World Tour, and the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) has been agreed upon, theories and questions are still being asked. With so much unknown, shots are still being fired as well.

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.

People forget Pete Davidson was a BUCKET
I guess Pete Davidson is a hooper now?
Actor and comedian Pete Davidson stopped by UNLV’s basketball gym to get a run in with the Runnin’ Rebels, and surprisingly, he can kinda hoop!

Introducing our newest walk-on.. Pistol Pete Davidson pic.twitter.com/eqrVr68zjd
— UNLV Men’s Basketball (@TheRunninRebels) June 7, 2023

I think the wildest part of this is that Davidson doesn’t look that athletic. He’s real skinny, doesn’t look super quick, but he’s schooling these dudes.

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Get to know Elly De La Cruz now because EVERYONE is going to be talking about him 
“He’s just … different.”
That was me, Wednesday night, over and over again as I tried to explain Elly De La Cruz, the Cincinnati Reds phenom who over the course of just two games in the majors has taken the baseball world by storm. I found myself talking about launch angles, exit velocity, and speed from home to third.
Eventually she stopped me.

Belligerent ’til the end, Greg Norman fights on. The LIV Golf chief executive has declared that the breakaway league is “not going anywhere” but will instead flourish because of the merger of the Saudi sovereign wealth fund with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.

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Dalvin Cook has been cut, and these teams make sense.
The next major running back cut is in the books. On Thursday the Minnesota Vikings release Dalvin Cook, after failing to find a trade partner. Cook joins Ezekiel Elliott and Christian McCaffrey among the high-paid RB extension players who have either been cut or traded due to their cap hit exceeding their worth on the field.
It’s wild to think we’re in this position again, but it’s just how the NFL is moving now.