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How the latest trend in Texas high school sports — competitive barbecue — is sweeping the state.

Errick Miron, formerly known as Ricky Williams, is no stranger to controversy. The former Texas football star and NFL running back was the subject of relentless criticism during his playing days for failed drug tests and subsequent suspensions. The experience appears to have given him an interesting perspective on another embattled athlete.
While appearing on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz on Thursday, Miron called for empathy when addressing Grizzlies star Ja Morant and the drama that has surrounded him in recent months.

June Watterson recently won the girl’s skiing state championship for California-Nevada by 17 seconds. The father of one of the girls Watterson beat has taken issue with the results seeing as how Watterson is a biological male, yet was allowed to compete against the girls as a transgender athlete.
Watterson uses she/her pronouns, which is apparently enough to deem you a girl in the eyes of race organizers.

The NBA has assigned two of its most notorious referees to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Heat and Celtics on Monday night.
Scott Foster and Tony Brothers are slated to work the game in Boston, which is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET. Foster will serve as the crew chief, and the duo will be joined by referee John Goble to round out the crew.
Foster and Brothers are arguably the two best-known referees in the NBA, which isn’t necessarily a good thing.

So much of fantasy football revolves around who your QB1 or WR2 is. But it’s the players you can’t draft, offensive linemen, that foretell success.

ESPN personality Sam Ponder is facing criticism for a tweet in which she called for “fairness” in girls sports in response to a tweet about transgender athletes competing in high school sports.
Ponder quote tweeted Riley Gaines, a former University of Kentucky swimmer who has used her platform to speak out against transgender women competing in women’s sports. Gaines’s original tweet showed text messages she received from girls and fathers in California who were upset over transgender girls being included in high school track and field competitions.

Deion Sanders wants Colorado players to know they don’t have to go to the NFL in order to get rich.
Sanders made millions of dollars playing in the NFL and has earned a decent amount of cash off the field as well. However, he doesn’t think the only way for young athletes to be successful is to get drafted into the NFL.
He made that point crystal clear during a team meeting with his newly assembled roster following massive cuts.

The Celtics are on the verge of becoming the first team in NBA history to win a series after trailing 3–0 following an unreal Game 6 win Saturday night against the Heat. And they’re doing it with the support of a former Red Sox star.
Former Boston outfielder Johnny Damon was seen at the Kaseya Center in Miami sporting his 2004 World Series ring to support the Boston squad during Game 6. That ’04 Red Sox team is the only squad in MLB history to win a series after trailing 0–3, and Damon addressed the comparisons between the two teams after Boston won Saturday, 104–103.

The Bulls privately believe that Lonzo Ball’s playing days are over due to lingering knee issues, according to 670 The Score’s Dan Bernstein. While co-hosting the Organizations Win Championships podcast, Bernstein reported that the team fears the worst in regard to the former lottery draft pick’s ailing left knee. 
“The other thing I heard is even though publicly there has been an expression of guarded optimism regarding a future for Lonzo Ball,” Bernstein said.

Liam Hendriks announced in January that he was beginning cancer treatment after being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Fast-forward just five months, and the three-time All-Star is heading back to the bigs and re-joining the Chicago White Sox.
Chicago shared an emotional tribute video on social media announcing that Hendriks had officially been added to the active roster on Sunday.
A number of different players and coaches within the organization shared heartfelt messages for the 34-year-old’s return to the bump.

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