The World Baseball Classic championship duel between Team USA and Japan delivered on thrills as the stacked lineups faced off for one last night in Miami. Both teams brought the bats to win it all, but Japan’s pitching outshined the U.S. to best the 2017 champs.
Japan dethroned the United States, 3-2, behind a spectacular finish by international star Shohei Ohtani. The script for this game was exquisitely written by the baseball gods. All eyes were on Ohtani who faced the prospect of pitching against Angels teammate Mike Trout Tuesday night.
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What a way for the WBC to end.
The 2023 World Baseball Classic had been so fun the past few weeks so it was only fitting that the final out came to two of baseball’s best players – Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout – squaring off in the final at-bat of a what was a great championship game between Japan and Team USA in Miami.
Seriously, that ending couldn’t have been written any better – the two Angels teammates went to a 3-2 count with two outs in one-run game in the top of the ninth before Ohtani got his Angels teammate swinging at strike three to give Japan a 3-2 win.
New York City is mourning the loss of Knicks legend Willis Reed. The NY icon passed away on Tuesday at age 80.
Reed spent his career as a New York Knick and co-led the team to two championships alongside fellow legend Walt Frazier. Reed’s legacy includes having a historic game named after him.
After Reed suffered a thigh injury against the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, Los Angeles tied the championship series against the Knicks with a Game 6 win.
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His status for Game 7 was a mystery to everyone but Reed.
The Sun Devils basketball coach led the team to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2019.
Arizona State men’s basketball coach Bobby Hurley agreed to two-year contract extension that will keep him with the Sun Devils’ program through the 2026, the school announced Tuesday.
Hurley has led ASU to four seasons of 20 or more wins, inlcuing the 2022-23 campaign, where the Sun Devils finished 23–13 and fifth in the Pac-12.
Abram was a first-round draft pick by the Raiders in 2019.
Free agent safety Johnathan Abram plans to sign with the New Orleans Saints, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported Tuesday night.
Abram was selected by the Raiders with pick No. 27 of the first round of the 2019 NFL draft, following a standout career at Mississippi State. In 35 games for the Raiders, Abram made 246 tackles and recorded three interceptions.
Following a mostly disappointing career, Abram was waived by the Raiders on Nov. 8 last season.
Kyle Ford is so jacked that D.K. Metcalf doesn’t make him look small. That may not seem like a big deal, but it is. Metcalf makes everybody look small.
Just ask A.J. Brown— who is absolutely chiseled in his own right.
A,J. Brown and D.K. Metcalf
Metcalf, at 25 years old, stands 6-foot-4, 235. Ford, a fifth-year senior, is 6-foot-3, 225 pounds.
From Orange, California, Ford was a four-star recruit in the Class of 2019. He committed to USC over offers from Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Arizona and 22 other offers.
NFL fans were almost treated to a Ben Roethlisberger-led San Francisco 49ers team last season.
Big Ben caught some attention during a radio interview on Tuesday when he mentioned that the Niners reached out to him last year to gauge his interest in coming out of retirement to play in Santa Clara.
Roethlisberger pledged his allegiance to the Steelers when he passed on the opportunity, but admitted that he was tempted to join the Red & Gold.
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“There were some truths to the Niners thing,” Roethlisberger said on 105.9’s The X.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said he is thrilled with the excitement around the World Baseball Classic but hopes to see pitching staffs that are “of the same quality as our position players” in the 2026 edition.
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He stole the crown from Wayne Gretzky with his latest tally.
Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin notched his 40th goal of the 2022-23 NHL season Tuesday night against the Blue Jackets. In doing so, Washington’s captain set himself apart in league history, breaking the record for most 40-goal seasons ever.
The record was previously held by the legendary Wayne Gretzky, who recorded 12 such seasons throughout his career with the Oilers, Kings, Blues and Rangers.