Los Angeles Rams cornerback Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson hit the showers early after a facemask that nearly decapitated Denver Broncos receiver Marvin Mims Jr.
It happened on the Broncos’ opening drive of the Saturday night preseason game. Denver was on the Rams’ 4-yard line and threatening to throw six on the scoreboard.
Mims took the handoff from QB Ben DiNucci and took it wide, hoping to find some space and get into the endzone.
Hodges-Tomlinson tracked Mims down and dove to drag him to the turf.
Which, he did, only he did it with a handful of facemask.
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Apparently, home runs and strikeouts aren’t the only ways Shohei Ohtani can completely ruin an opponent’s day.
Just ask the Mets, who unexpectedly felt the wrath of one of the Angels superstar’s foul balls, and let him hear about it, early in Saturday’s game at Citi Field.
Ohtani, who’s playing through a torn UCL, showed off his power in the first inning after sending an 88 mph Carlos Carrasco pitch flying down the right-field line and into foul territory.
The race at Daytona tonight already had enough fireworks on the track before a rocket was sent into the night sky. This was the case on Saturday night at the SuperSpeedway in Florida, with Elon Musk also launching the Falcon-9 in the process.
I don’t suspect many fans that were seated in the stands expected to see a Starlink satellite being launched into space while cars were traveling 190mph down the backstretch. But, this is exactly what happened during the Coke Zero 400 tonight.
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Lionel Messi’s first MLS league goal would make Ted Lasso proud
Lionel Messi played in his first actual MLS match on Saturday night, with Inter Miami CF taking on the NY Red Bulls. To date all of Messi’s matches with Miami have been in cup competitions, whether the Leagues Cup or the U.S. Open Cup, and Saturday night was Messi’s first taste of MLS league action.
As you might expect, he now has his first official MLS goal.
Angels pitcher Chase Silseth was struck in the head by a thrown ball during Los Angeles’s game against the Mets Saturday evening, forcing the 23-year-old right-hander from the contest.
With one out in the bottom of the fourth inning and the Angels up 5–0, Silseth threw a pitch to catcher Logan O’Hoppe with two runners on base. O’Hoppe mistakenly threw the ball to first baseman Trey Cabbage as New York shortstop Francisco Lindor and second baseman Jeff McNeil appeared to attempt a double steal, and Cabbage then tried to throw the ball to third baseman Mike Moustakas.
Tom Brady isn’t playing football this fall in the NFL for the first time in over two decades—as far as we know.
But that doesn’t mean he won’t still have a hand in the game this season.
Brady is now a minority owner of the Raiders, who are being led by his former offensive coordinator in New England, Josh McDaniels, while being led under center by his former backup with the Patriots, Jimmy Garoppolo.
Since the Pirates took him with the No. 1 pick in June’s MLB draft, pitcher Paul Skenes has rocketed through the minor leagues.
In the Florida Complex League, he threw just one scoreless inning. In the Florida State League, he threw three. Those 12 outs were deemed strong enough to promote Skenes to Double-A on Monday.
Unfortunately for Skenes, Double-A proved to be a different animal than the lower levels.
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The USC QB starts his Heisman defense in style
Reigning Heisman Trophy winner and USC QB Caleb Williams probably moonlights as a magician when he’s not on the field. The ability to turn plays where nothing is going right into explosive TDs is unparalleled in college football, and in #6 USC’s opening game against San Jose State, Williams was in midseason form.
USC was faced with a first and ten from their own 24 yard line. Williams fumbles the snap, and the ball goes behind him.
However, this is when the magic happens.
Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani isn’t going to be pitching for the rest of this season, but he is hitting, and doing it with some power.
The Angels were visiting the New York Mets on Saturday night. Ohtani took his first at-bat of the evening in the top of the first inning. He worked his way to a 2-1 count then got ahold of the next offering from Mets righty Carlos Carrasco.
That ball may have been a homer had he hit it a bit more to the left. Instead, it went foul and clattered into an LED billboard advertising Coors Light.
Ohio quarterback Kurtis Rourke, the reigning MAC offensive player of the year, left the first half of Saturday’s opener against San Diego State with an apparent leg injury.
With 20 seconds to go in the first quarter, Rourke dropped back to pass on third-and-5, and was sacked. He went down awkwardly after trying to duck a defender on the initial pass rush.
Rourke laid face down on the ground for several seconds before rolling over and sitting up. He was seen trotting off the field with a limp after being attended to by team medical personnel.