Author: Michael

The series finale of Succession saw the iconic HBO series end in heartbreaking fashion with none of the Roy children winning the keys to their deceased father Logan’s media empire. Instead, Tom Wambsgans, Logan’s son-in-law, was named CEO and won the great game which led to a rather incredible viral theory regarding his name and baseball history. Unfortunately for baseball fans, there’s no truth to the viral theory. 
Wambsgans is an unusual name, so a fan on TikTok theorized that there was a significance for it that dates back over a century.

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Former Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has replied to his former New York and high school teammate Doug Mientkiewicz’s recent negative comments about him.
The former MLB first baseman, who played one MLB season with Rodriguez in 2007 after playing with him in high school, said he’s always thought Rodriguez would “die a lonely man.” He went on to share stories of how the ESPN analyst has shut their former Westminster Christian High School teammates out by not replying to group chats and not being present when they were together.

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The SEC Spring Meetings in Destin, Florida, this week are looking more like the Spring Break meetings. As in a lot of sand and talk and not a lot of accomplishment so far.
So, let’s draw a line in the sand – or 14 of them and update the annual SEC football coaches rankings. There have been a few changes from last year.

Ranking SEC Football Head Coaches 1 Through 14: Where Does Your Coach Stand?

Alabama’s Nick Saban is no longer number one in the rankings, obviously. And Jimbo Fisher has dropped much more than the price of oil.

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DUBLIN, Ohio — Rory McIlroy plays his shot from the fifth tee during the Golden Bear Pro-Am prior to the Memorial Tournament on May 31, 2023. | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images
McIlroy provided his opinion about LIV Golfers playing in the Ryder Cup in his pre-tournament press conference at the Memorial.
For more than a year now, Rory McIlroy has continually expressed his dismay with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour.
Surprisingly, McIlroy did not delve much into this subject before the PGA Championship.

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MLB’s local area blackouts are officially a thing of the past in the San Diego television market.
This became a distinct possibility not long ago, as part of the Diamond Sports group bankruptcy.
Last week, news broke that the San Diego Padres could take control of their media rights. Essentially, Bally Sports would forfeit the rights if they didn’t make payments to the team within a grace period.

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Bull Durham meets TopGolf as Mike Trout goes yard in Chicago
Remember that video from a few years ago of Mike Trout at TopGolf, where he launched a golf ball to the moon? Remember the velocity on that drive, and the sound it made, to the point where you almost felt bad for the golf ball as you watched it over and over again?
Well, Trout just did something similar in a game against the Chicago White Sox.
The Angels are in Chicago for some daytime baseball on a getaway day before heading to Houston to take on the Astros tomorrow night.

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With the PGA Tour making a stop at Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial tournament this week, The Golden Bear spoke with the media ahead of the annual event. While much of the focus was on the PGA Tour, LIV Golf was also a topic of conversation.
Nicklaus, who helped make the PGA Tour what it is today, is both predictably and understandably against the emergence of a rival golf league. The 18-time major winner made it clear he doesn’t give the Saudi-backed circuit or its players much thought.
“I don’t even consider those guys part of the game anymore. I don’t mean that in a nasty way.

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Victor Wembanyama is going to be drafted first overall in the NBA Draft, and Brandon Miller is expected to go right after the French superstar. However, according to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony, there is more to the equation.
Miller must first answer questions that he has not answered to this point. They revolve around his involvement in the death of Jamea Harris.
As the best player in college basketball last season, Miller stands 6-foot-9, 200 pounds.

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The two best NBA Draft prospects in the 2024 class picked the G League over offers from college basketball bluebloods.
The NBA started the G League Ignite program in 2020 as an alternative pathway to the league for top prospects who didn’t want to go to college or spend their pre-draft year playing professionally overseas. The Ignite have produced some top NBA prospects in every year of their existence, with Jalen Green and Jonathan Kuminga emerging as the No. 3 and No. 7 overall picks in the 2021 draft, Dyson Daniels becoming the No.

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Nevada Democrats have made it clear that they have no issue with school-aged biological males using girl’s locker rooms or competing in girl’s sports. Schools who refuse to allow trans-identifying biological males from participating in girl’s sports will now be punished financially.
What is being called ‘the Bud Light Amendment’ by some was passed on Friday without a hearing. The amendment places an administrative penalty of $5,000 per day on school board in Nevada that don’t allow students to participate in “school activities” based on their “gender identity or expression.

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