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Kevin Brown returned to the Baltimore Orioles’ broadcast booth Friday night after a weeks-long suspension.

HE’S BACK pic.twitter.com/yHMrH94wgL
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 12, 2023

Brown, who was reportedly suspended by the team for highlighting the Orioles’ previously poor record against the Tampa Bay Rays, issued a statement earlier Friday night on X (formerly Twitter).

The college basketball world will welcome Cooper Flagg, one of the premier high school prospects in the world, into the fold earlier than expected following the 16-year-old phenom’s decision to reclassify.
Originally one of the top recruits in the class of 2025, Flagg announced on Instagram Friday he has decided to reclassify to the class of 2024. The seismic move now positions Flagg, who’s been touted as a future first-round pick, as a potential No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft.

The Boston Bruins are coming off the most successful regular season in NHL history (playoffs? not so much…) and a big question that’ll hang over the team during the 2023-24 season is whether or not they’ll be able to string together another season like that.
Now-former Bruin Patrice Bergeron thinks his former team will be A-okay this season.

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Steelers fans should love what they saw from Pickett and Pickens on Friday night
If Friday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is any indication, second-year players Kenny Pickett and George Pickens are picking up right where they left off for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Over Pickett’s final eight starts last season for the Steelers — six of which Pittsburgh won to put themselves into the playoff race — the rookie quarterback threw five touchdown passes, against just one interception.

José Bautista signed a one-day contract to retire with the Blue Jays, the team announced on Friday.
Bautista, 42, signed the one-day contract ahead of him being inducted to the Blue Jays’ Level of Excellence, which honors the franchise’s most impactful players.
“There aren’t many names as synonymous with Blue Jays baseball as José Bautista, and it is our great honor that he will officially retire in a Blue Jays jersey,” Blue Jays President and CEO Mark Shapiro said in a statement on Friday. “… Thank you, José, for a mesmerizing decade representing the Toronto Blue Jays.

Oakland A’s ownership is facing heavy criticism from many different parts of the sports world. But the latest criticism comes from just about the least likely place: one of the team’s own broadcasters.
Amaury Pi-González, who calls A’s games on the Spanish-language station, recently gave an interview to SF Gate in the Bay Area. And boy he did not hold back.
“Sell the team” has become a rallying cry for A’s fans, frustrated with team owner John Fisher and his apparent disregard for Oakland.
Pi-Gonzalez seemingly agrees with the chant, even though he calls their games.

With a spot in the 2023 Little League World Series on the line, an unlikely walk-off home run was all Pennsylvania needed on Friday to punch its ticket to next week’s tournament.
The aspiring Media, Pa. little league team defeated Washington D.C., 2–0, in the Mid-Atlantic Regional championship to earn a coveted LLWS berth, thanks to a two-run bomb from Trevor Skowronek on the first hit of the game.
After a scoreless 6.