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Is it possible to cheat and stink at your sport? Apparently, the Mets are (allegedly) guilty of both.
Game officials ejected Mets pitcher Drew Smith from Tuesday’s Game 1 of their Subway Series against the New York Yankees because of suspicion of using a foreign sticky substance.

Mets relief pitcher Drew Smith has been ejected upon entering the game tonight after a substance check pic.twitter.com/cuHow7idea
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) June 14, 2023

Umpire Bill Miller throws out New York Mets pitcher Drew Smith #40 for a suspicious substance on his hands.

Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to review the planned golf partnership for antitrust law violations.

Los Angeles Country Club presents unusual challenges for the world’s best golfers with some extremely long par-3s and a very, very short one.

The Stefon Diggs drama is over if you believe the unequivocal words from Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott.
“I feel like it’s resolved,” McDermott said Wednesday afternoon after the Bills completed the second of three minicamp practices.
Diggs was present for the practice after missing Tuesday’s session. McDermott originally described Diggs as being “not in attendance” for that Tuesday session and said he was “very concerned” about it.

Hall of Fame center Henri Richard, an 11-time Stanley Cup champion during his 20-year career with the Canadiens, tested positive for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a posthumous test, his family announced Wednesday morning.
“I hope my father’s brain donation and diagnosis will lead to more prevention efforts, research, and eventually a CTE treatment,” Denis, Henri’s son, said in a statement.
Citing the Concussion Legacy Foundation, Rick Westhead of TSN in Canada reported that Henri, who died in March 2020, is the 16th NHL player known to have suffered from the disease.

After winning 10 games in 2013, Duke football was largely irrelevant over the course of the last decade— until 2022. In the first year after David Cutcliffe parted ways with his program of more than a decade, Mike Elko rattled off eight regular season wins and a Military Bowl victory over UCF.
To say that Duke is “back” would be a stretch. It was one year with a solid record and taking it to that extreme would be an overreaction, especially considering the Blue Devils’ difficult ACC schedule.

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At this point—a few years after the rule changes allowing for seismic player movement in college sports—it feels hard to be too surprised by anything that happens in the transfer portal. Yet the news out of college softball this week still managed to feel genuinely shocking.
Sophomore pitcher Jordy Bahl is leaving Oklahoma.
The announcement was stunning both in that it came from this specific player and from this specific program. Bahl won back-to-back championships in her two seasons at Oklahoma—the second of which came just last week and saw her named Most Outstanding Player.

Fantasy baseball analyst Andy Behrens takes a look at the profile of Luis Matos, who was recently called up by the Giants.

Bills coach Sean McDermott played down the drama between Stefon Diggs and the team on Wednesday after he said he was “very concerned” that the star wide receiver wasn’t there for practice during Tuesday’s mandatory minicamp. 
“There’s a lot things out there that aren’t accurate,” McDermott told reporters Wednesday. “Let me be clear—Stef did everything he was asked to do. He was here Monday and executed his physical on time.

With the proliferation of the Air Raid offense and its principles throughout college football, there’s an argument that Mike Leach made the greatest impact on the sport of the 21st century.
The innovative coach got his biggest career break at Texas Tech, and in the wake of Leach’s untimely passing in December, the school is now set to honor him with a fitting tribute.
Texas Tech will induct Leach into its Hall of Honors in September, according to The Athletic‘s Bruce Feldman.