Author: Michael

Nobody had a better Senior Night than Texas A&M Corpus Christi’s Wallace ‘Tre’ Jones III, from national anthem to final out. Although the Islanders didn’t come out on top, their designated hitter gave it everything that he could.
Tre Jones, a Houston, Texas-native, committed to TAMU-CC as one of the top-1000 recruits in the Class of 2018. He saw limited action in first two years with the Islanders and then burst onto the scene in 2022.
Jones led the team in slugging percentage by over .200 and reached base 107 times with 30 extra-base hits.

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Dude Perfect’s trick shot ability has gotten more and more impressive as the group has gained popularity over the years. For its latest trick, the five-man content creation crew set a world record for the highest successful basketball shot.
The group traveled to Las Vegas, where Beardo stood in the Stratosphere Tower, 856 feet above the hoop. He then dropped the ball directly down, and it swerved its way into the hoop to set the record.
Previously, the Guinness World Record for highest basketball shot was just over 660 feet, a record set by Australian YouTuber Derek Herron in 2018.

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Two days of play have completed at Oak Hill Country Club and the damage is done. These are the most surprising names to miss the cut at the PGA Championship.
After two rounds of play, the cut has been made at Oak Hill Country Club for the 105th PGA Championship. The course played tough, putting the cutline at 5-over par. Some big names made the cut, but many highly-rated players are heading home after two rounds.
We knew Oak Hill would be a challenge, but some of the guys who missed the cut are shocking.

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Michael Block has certainly enjoyed this week at the PGA Championship go to waste as he joins the masses at a pub ahead of the final round.
Most of the guys playing in the final round of the PGA Championship likely got a good night sleep after Saturday’s round, but not Michael Block. The PGA Club Professional went out and enjoyed himself at a local pub. A fan captured a photo with the Southern California pro, proving that Block is a man of the people.
He isn’t changing who he is ahead of the final round.

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Glenn ‘Shemy’ Schembechler was on staff at Michigan for just three days before he resigned Saturday. The son of legendary Wolverines football coach Bo Schembechler was hired as the assistant director of recruiting May 17 and was out by end of day on May 20.
The decision to step down came amid scrutiny over his behavior on social media.

Shemy Schembechler, Son Of Legendary Michigan Coach, Resigns From Wolverines Staff After Social Media History Comes To Light

Schembechler was found to have liked a number of insensitive and offensive tweets with derogatory implications.

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After the Nuggets took a 3–0 lead in the Western Conference finals over the Lakers on Saturday night, Denver coach Michael Malone praised center Nikola Jokić for stepping up to help “coach” his teammates in the fourth quarter of the 119–108 win.
Despite the credit Malone handed Jokić, it sounds as if the two-time NBA MVP has no desire to land in a coaching role in the future.
Jokić was asked what “Coach Jokić is like” at his postgame media availability, and he didn’t hold back his thoughts about being a coach.
“I don’t know.

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The Tampa Bay Rays want to build a new ballpark. But if that doesn’t happen, the club has options.
According to The Athletic, at least one local businessman is looking to buy the franchise. And the Rays are also drawing interest from groups who would relocate the team to a new city.
The potential buyer is founder and CEO of DEX Imaging, Dan Doyle Jr. DEX is a Tampa company that sells office technology, like printers and copy machines. Before starting the company in 2002, Doyle was managing partner of a real estate development and holding company in St. Petersburg.

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Chelsea has offered Juventus striker Dušan Vlahović an €80 million offer as the team makes him its top priority of the summer, ESPN’s Julien Laurens reports.
Vlahović spent the last year and a half with Juventus following a four-year stint with Fiorentina in Serie A. The Serbian left Fiorentina for Juventus in January 2022 for €81.6 million, and he has three years remaining on his deal.
Over the past year, Vlahović totaled 10 goals in Serie A to lead Juventus and had 14 total goals in all competitions.

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Virginia lacrosse advanced to the Final Four with a win over Georgetown on Saturday. The Hoos took down the Hoyas on a neutral field in Albany and will face the winner of Sunday’s NCAA Lacrosse Tournament game between Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame.

We love to play this hits!
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— Virginia Men’s Lacrosse (@UVAMensLax) May 20, 2023

Virginia scored 17 goals in the three-goal win and forced Georgetown to keep its head on a swivel by playing physical and laying the wood at every moment possible. One particular instance led to some debate.

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Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray will not play at this year’s French Open, as his name was not on the entry list this weekend, per Reuters.
The 36-year-old British star will use the time off to prepare for the upcoming grass-court season and Wimbledon, his home major tournament that he’s won twice (2013, ’16). This isn’t the first time Murray has skipped the French Open to focus on Wimbledon. He’s only played at Roland Garros once since he made the semifinals in 2017.

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