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Xander Bogaerts and Didi Gregorius connected for an impressive out to help the Netherlands pick up their second out of the fifth inning against Cuba.

The 2023 World Baseball Classic begins Tuesday with Cuba taking on The Netherlands.

The NHL’s Minnesota Wild were hounded by critics Tuesday night following a last-minute decision to ditch their Pride-themed jerseys for warm-ups.
After promoting their special warm-up jerseys for their Pride Night matchup against the Calgary Flames, Wild players appeared on the ice Tuesday without the jerseys and set off a number of people who called the retraction “homophobic.”
The decision to not wear the rainbow-colored jerseys was slammed as dismissive of the gay community, and Wild players were called bigots for their move.

The Baltimore Ravens designated Lamar Jackson as their non-exclusive franchise tag, and surprisingly, several teams who are in desperate need of a quarterback are not interested in negotiating with the star. The New York Giants agreed to a contract extension with quarterback Daniel Jones and franchise tagged running back Saquon Barkley while the New York Jets are busy wooing Aaron Rodgers. Plus, Saquon Barkley, Darius Slayton, Sauce Gardner and J.J. Watt all take to Twitter to weigh in on NFL wheelings and dealings.

Didi Gregorius smacked a RBI single in the third inning to help the Netherlands tie the game against Cuba.

The always-amped Ballmer brought the energy at Tuesday’s Intuit Dome ceremony.
There’s a subplot in 2009’s Season 7 of Curb Your Enthusiasm in which Larry David—the co-creator of Seinfeld playing a fictional version of himself—launches a reunion of the iconic ’90s sitcom as part of an attempt to win back his ex-wife. In the show-within-a-show, the ever-eccentric George Costanza bemoans his bad luck: He made a fortune inventing an app that located the nearest public restroom—dubbed the “iToilet”—only to lose his earnings as part of the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme.

Pau Gasol became the 12th player in franchise history to have his number honored and said during a halftime ceremony Tuesday night that “it really exceeds any dream or expectation that I’ve had because it means so much.

After Sauce Gardner said Pete Carroll made last year’s pre-draft meeting “uncomfortable,” the Seahawks coach clapped back on Twitter.

The Clippers are headed to the Super Bowl.
After decades of sharing a home with big-brother LA team, the Lakers, a new venue is being built in Inglewood, Calif., for the Los Angeles Clippers to call their own.
Construction on the Intuit Dome, the Clippers’ new home, broke ground last year. The new stadium has a planned goal of 2024 for its grand opening.
Ball(mer) Don’t Lie
Clippers players went on a tour of the Dome on Tuesday.
During the tour, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer took a minute to give a bizarre speech on one of Intuit Dome’s most outstanding features: the toilets.

The Jacksonville wide receiver had a hilarious reply to a peer who chided him about the infestation.
Jaguars wide receiver Jamal Agnew made light Tuesday of the NFL Players Association’s recent report of a rat infestation inside the franchise’s facilities.
The NFLPA recently surveyed 1,300 players regarding eight categories: facilities, nutrition, weight room, strength staff, training room, training staff, locker room and travel. Out of all 32 teams in the report, Jacksonville ranked 28th.
However, regarding the cleanliness of the locker room, Jacksonville earned a D-minus.