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A pair of athletes who have represented Great Britain at the Olympics are not happy with Parkrun, an organization that holds weekly running events.
Parkrun hosts 5k events across the globe that invite participants to walk, run, or jog. These events, according to the organization’s website, are meant to bring communities together.
Also according to the organization’s website: “Parkrun is positive, welcoming and inclusive, there is no time limit and no one finishes last. Everyone is welcome to come along.

Being a reporter on live television can be a difficult job, especially when you’re doing it in front of a lot of fans during a sporting event. 
Bally Sports Detroit reporter Johnny Kane learned that Wednesday night in Kansas City when one of his segments during the Tigers–Royals game was interrupted by a fan who yelled a bunch of bad words. 
Those bad words were picked up by Kane’s microphone and fans watching from home got to find out that one fan at the game doesn’t really care for the Tigers.

Flopping in the NBA has become an epidemic, and the league has decided that something needs to change.
According to a report from Shams Charania of The Athletic, the NBA’s competition committee is discussing the potential of an in-game penalty for flops that would result in a technical foul free throw. Discussions are underway that could lead to a trial run of the rule during NBA Summer League in July.
As time has gone on, more and more players across the league have tried to sell fouls to the officiating, as defenders across the NBA have attempted to draw offensive fouls.

1. In Wednesday’s Traina Thoughts, I dropped in an item about Aaron Rodgers being a big Jersey Shore fan.
When I initially saw the tweet with this information, I was concerned Rodgers would cite Jersey Shore as something he knows about New Jersey instead of The Sopranos.

This makes me very nervous that @AaronRodgers12 has never watched “The Sopranos.” https://t.

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Red Bull has been dominant this year, but the Monte Carlo streets may level the playing field
Formula 1 fans hoping to see a tighter race this weekend may get their wish at the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix, according to one of the drivers that has been pulling away from the pack so often this season.
Speaking to the media on Thursday, Max Verstappen outlined how the layout in Monaco may level the playing field, and the Red Bull driver predicted a much “closer” race this weekend.

Herm Edwards has been back on the airwaves of ESPN for a handful of months now after taking a break from the media game to coach football at Arizona State. During his time in the coaching ranks, it appears he’s forgotten a few things, including the fact that the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl in 2019.
Edwards joined ‘NFL Live’ on Wednesday to discuss the Chiefs, specifically their chances to make what would be their sixth straight AFC Championship game this upcoming season.

Carter Hogg aims to create safer sports for families just like his.
When Johns Hopkins sophomore defensive back Carter Hogg was in pre-K, his dad Jason used to take him to work. With his Bob the Builder umbrella in tow, he would sit and watch, taking notes as his father worked on new technology for a credit card company.
Now as a student-athlete, Hogg is using the entrepreneur and inventor mindset that’s been passed down from his family to create the G8RSkin, a protective device that could reduce the concussion risk in contact sports, all with family on the mind.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL — Workers monitor live video feeds in the Sky Sports television broadcast truck during the second round of THE PLAYERS Championship on THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. | Photo by Stan Badz/PGA TOUR
Broadcasting golf has its unique caveats and challenges as something is always happening out on the course, as was the case at the 105th PGA Championship.
When sitting at home and watching golf, you do not realize how much goes into the broadcast from behind the scenes.
Golf broadcasting is organized chaos, especially at major championships.

Well, here’s something a college “student-athlete” cannot transfer out of on a dime.
Highly recruited Alabama freshman defensive back Tony Mitchell on Wednesday received three years of probation, 100 hours of community service, and paid a $1,560 fine for a drug charge last March. If he does enter the NCAA Transfer Portal to escape to another school, his sentencing will follow him.
Police in Florida arrested Mitchell, one of the top safeties in the country in 2022 out of Thompson High in Alabaster, Ala., and his friend Christophere Lewis during spring break on March 15.

The buildup to the 107th Indianapolis 500 is officially upon us.