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The Angels already employ two of the most impressive players in baseball: Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. Now they’ve added another.
Ben Joyce was taken in the third round of last year’s MLB draft after lighting up radar guns in his lone season at Tennessee. Last May, he threw the hardest pitch in NCAA history, a fastball that was clocked at a blazing 105.5 mph. He zipped through the Angels’ minor league system and made his MLB debut on May 29. 

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All he’s done since then is throw absolute heat on a remarkably consistent basis.

If someone told you on good authority that sharpshooter Michael Porter Jr. and one-time NBA champion Kentavious Caldwell-Pope would shoot a combined 5-for-22 from the field—and just 2-for-14 from three-point range—over Games 2 and 3 of the NBA Finals, that would’ve been fair reason to suspect that the Nuggets would drop both games.

Let’s dive in and try to come away with a sweep in the second-to-last week of the regular season.

Several high-profile NFL rookies received quite the surprise in moments captured by heart-warming video released by Fanatics Thursday.
In the four-minute video, top rookies like Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud, Will Anderson and Anthony Richardson are welcomed to the NFL by custom video messages from players they grew up looking up to. Richardson and Titans QB Will Levis received messages from Tom Brady, while Young heard from Aaron Rodgers and Anderson’s message came from Ray Lewis.

Djokovic vs. Alcaraz showdown highlights final four in men’s French Open
Rafael Nadal is not playing the French Open this year, and with his absence comes a new air. Or, dare it be said, a new heir?
At only 20-years-old, Nadal’s countryman Carlos Alcaraz is the betting favorite to win the tournament as we enter the semifinals. Alcaraz is the current world No. 1 and defending U.S. Open champion. Though it is his ‘only’ grand slam title so far, he also boasts nine other career tournament wins, including four Masters 1000 events.

1. Usually in the lead item of “Traina Thoughts,” I write  a few paragraphs of whatever topic I’m covering, sometimes a little more.
Today, I’m barely going to write anything. 
I’m just going to tell you that the Pelicans’ Zion Williamson and his girlfriend recently announced that they are expecting a baby. This news caused an adult film star to take to Twitter and make all sorts of graphic accusations about her supposed relationship with Williamson in a series of rage tweets.
And now, without further ado, I present to you Stephen A.

The Mercury and Brittney Griner returned to the star’s home state of Texas Wednesday, as Phoenix fell 84–79 to the Wings at the College Park Center in Arlington.
In attendance for Griner’s return to Texas? Baylor women’s basketball coach Nicki Collen and her team.
In an interview at the arena, Collen—who took over at Baylor in 2021, eight years after the end of Griner’s college career—said that she plans to have Baylor retire Griner’s jersey when the school opens its new basketball arena next year.
“That’s the goal,” Collen said, via ESPN.

Middleton missed 18 games with right knee soreness before the Bucks’ first-round playoff exit.

Fantasy baseball analyst Fred Zinkie offers up his key tips for navigating the end of Week 10!

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Chasing the NBA MVP has become a fool’s errand.
In Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals, Steph Curry, the first unanimous MVP in NBA history, and reigning 2015 MVP and champion, had a shitty game. He shot 6-of-19 from the field and Golden State was outscored by three points when he was on the floor. The game was an anxious rock fight from the tip, with the Cavs storming back thanks to a Draymond nut shot and subsequent suspension, from 3-1.