Author: Michael

Folarin Balogun’s visit to Orlando during last month’s international break, which was scrutinized feverishly by American soccer fans following the striker’s social media breadcrumbs, ended without any public comment or commitment.
The 21-year-old, Brooklyn-born, England youth international (for now) visited the Orlando Magic and New York Yankees while in Florida. He had some unpublicized interaction with U.S. Soccer personnel, and then returned to France before the American men took the field against El Salvador on March 27.

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Blues alternate captain Brayden Schenn addressed the organization’s decision to not wear Pride jerseys as part of their Pride Night celebration on Tuesday against the Flyers. 
The Athletic reported Monday that the team had decided to omit the warmup uniforms from the event, though players would still be able to use Pride-themed warmup pucks and rainbow stick tape. Schenn discussed the team’s decision to forgo the warmup jerseys, as well as his own opinion on the matter.
“There’s lots of initiatives around Pride Night at the rink.

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San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado made history in spring training by becoming the first player to commit a pitch clock violation. On Tuesday, he made history again. And again, not the good kind of history.
Machado became the first Major League player to be ejected for arguing a pitch clock violation. Facing a full count in the bottom of the first inning, umpire Ron Kulpa called a pitch clock violation. Because of the automatic strike call, Machado struck out.

Manny Machado struck out due to a pitch clock violation, and was subsequently ejected for arguing the decision. pic.

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NBA legend and former UConn Huskie Ray Allen was at the NCAA National Championship game to see his alma mater throttle the San Diego Aztecs, 76-59.
After the game, Allen talked about why UConn had become such a powerhouse over the years. According to the former member of the Bucks, SuperSonics, Celtics, and Heat said that a big reason was the lack of distractions in Storrs.

Ray Allen says UConn is a ‘basketball kingdom’ and explains that there are no distractions in Storrs to keep players from focusing on basketball pic.twitter.

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Shedeur Sanders has played his entire college career in Jackson, Mississippi and played high school ball in Texas. Now he’s playing in Colorado.
The air hits different in Boulder.
Jackson State sits at an elevation of less than 300 feet. Cedar Hill, Texas sits at an elevation of 880 feet. The University of Colorado sits at an elevation of 5,318 feet.
It’s quite the contrast playing for the Buffaloes than the Tigers, or high school ball in the Lone Star State.

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Within any situation in which multiple lawyers and outside public relations firms are involved—the NFL’s equivalent to a Warren Zevon song—there is typically a salacious version of events presented by the accusatory attorneys and an indignant response from the accused, as if what’s been presented is so entirely untrue it’s barely worth the hundreds of thousands of dollars the team likely spent crafting the perfect defense to it.
In the middle? Often what really happened.

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