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The media in Baltimore really only has one question for Ravens management: what’s the latest with Lamar Jackson? But the team’s public relations staff is not going to allow that kind of nonsense.
On Wednesday, Ravens leaders met with the media to discuss the NFL Draft. The panel included head coach John Harbaugh and general manager Eric DeCosta. Of course, media questions centered around Jackson.
Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh, left, and General Manager and Executive Vice President Eric DeCosta are tired of questions about Lamar Jackson.
When Austin Ekeler requested permission to seek a trade after negotiations for an extension with the Chargers did not progress, he was betting on himself and seeking to lock down a long-term deal with a new team.
However, in roughly three weeks since his announcement, Ekeler has yet to land a trade partner. While Ekeler—who turns 28 in May—does not hate the franchise, his focus remains on securing a new deal based on his current value in the league.
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Another big scandal is on the NFL’s doorstep.
Michael Bidwell has consistently been one of the worst, most-disliked owners in the NFL, but always managed to fly under the radar thanks to Dan Snyder dominating the conversation.
Aroldis Chapman is one of the most dominant closers in Major League Baseball history, and one of the hardest throwers in the league. At age 35, the Cuban fireballer is coming off the worst season in his 16-year career, but seems to have turned back the clock some in his first year with the Royals.
Chapman has made just two one-inning appearances in 2023, both in losses, but has yet to allow a run. He recorded four strikeouts and allowed one walk while facing seven batters with Kansas City.
Three of them came on Tuesday night, when Chapman came in during the ninth and struckout the side.
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AEW’s big announcement
When Tony Khan makes a promise, he intends to deliver.
Khan will make an announcement on Wednesday night’s episode of Dynamite that he believes will be pivotal to the company’s success.
“This is something I’ve dreamed of for years,” says Khan. “It’s a huge milestone for AEW, and I can’t wait to talk about it. There will be fans around the world who will be excited—it is one of the most important announcements ever in AEW.
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This is where Tiger Woods stands entering The Masters.
The deep history between The Masters and Tiger Woods is winding down.
As golf mortality battles the 47-year-old Woods and his body, it’s unclear how many times Tiger can continue to play his most famous event. Playing a limited schedule since returning from his 2021 car accident, Woods is mainly training in the hopes of winning major No. 16.
Optimism for at least a competitive weekend for Tiger at Augusta grew after February’s Genesis Invitational.
I’ve never been to Oakland — and I’m almost certain I’ll never go — so I don’t know what people do there for fun. I do know, however, it is NOT going to Oakland Athletics baseball games. That, evidently, is a big no-no nowadays out west.
The ones who do go like to heckle players — we know that. But that’s very few and far between.
The baseball isn’t dying crowd may wanna look away for a minute:
THE A’S WALK IT OFF AND THIS CROWD IS LOSING THEIR COLLECTIVE MINDS!! I CAN’T EVEN HEAR MYSELF THINK!! pic.twitter.
It’s been a tough start to the 2023 MLB season for Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Smith. His team is doing fine and he’s off to a respectable start at the plate, it’s just that he took a pitch straight to the face that forced him to get half a dozen stitches in his mug.
Now, he did get a nice bottle of whiskey for his troubles, which some booze aficionados might feel makes the situation a wash.
It was a very high, and very inside pitch from Baltimore Orioles’ left-hander Danny Coulombe that caught the former LSU Tiger in the chin.
Joe Greiner, the caddie of six-time PGA Tour winner Max Homa, used two words to describe what he witnessed from Gordon Sargent during a practice round at The Masters: holy sh-t.
That’s likely the same exact phrase patrons used who watched the world’s No. 1 amateur turn Augusta National into a pitch-and-putt during his Monday practice round with Justin Thomas and Homa.
While Gordon may just be a 175-pound sophomore at Vanderbilt, he’s a legitimate freak when it comes to the power he delivers to a golf ball.