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In the immortal words of Brad Pitt as Billy Beane: How can you not be romantic about baseball?
It’s hard to imagine not feeling something while watching this clip of 33-year-old Pirates minor league shortstop Drew Maggi being informed that the day had finally arrived: he’s going to The Show.
Maggi had the news delivered to him by Altoona Curve manager Callix Crabbe in the clubhouse in front of the entire team.

Dion Dawkins is not only one of the best linemen in the NFL, he’s nice at cornhole. The 28-year-old doesn’t get to tailgate his own games, but would have no issue fitting in with Bills Mafia in the parking lot!
The American Cornhole League held its SuperHole IV event on Friday night in Topeka, Kansas. Dawkins and a group of Buffalo players partnered with professionals for the pro-am tournament, but none were as dominant as their offensive tackle.

Heat guard Victor Oladipo has suffered a season-ending torn patellar tendon in his left knee, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. 
Oladipo suffered the injury in Miami’s Game 3 victory over the Bucks on Saturday. With just four minutes left in the game, Oladipo was driving to the basket when he fell to the floor and immediately grabbed his left knee in pain. His teammates could be seen distraught and emotional, appearing to already know it was another serious injury for the two-time All-Star.

Yes, I am the same guy who recently wrote that I am tired of “prospect promotion” videos. But that’s for players who are blue-chippers and inevitable big leaguers. However, I’m all-in on videos of guys finally getting the call after years in the minors. That’s what happened Sunday for 33-year-old Pittsburgh Pirates “prospect” Drew Maggi.
The Arizona Diamondbacks originally drafted Maggi in 2008. But, he chose to go to college. The Pirates later selected him in 2010.
He spent five seasons in the Pittsburgh organization before bouncing around for several seasons.

It was a low blow, but it looks like the NBA is going to let it slide.
The league won’t issue further punishment to Dillon Brooks after he was ejected from Saturday’s game for hitting LeBron James in the groin area.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Sunday, “The NBA has reviewed Dillon Brooks’ flagrant 2 foul on LeBron James and there will be no additional penalty, sources tell ESPN. League reviews all flagrant fouls.”

The NBA has reviewed Dillon Brooks’ flagrant 2 foul on LeBron James and there will be no additional penalty, sources tell ESPN.

Oladipo went down in the fourth quarter of Miami’s first-round playoff win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.

As a palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum, Dr Lil Stevens has spent her career searching for traces of ancient life, traversing the globe to study fossils of extinct plants and animals.

The senior independent director of Britain’s biggest tobacco company is to take the same role at THG, the online retailer behind Cult Beauty, as it holds talks about a bid to take it private. Sky News understands that THG will announce on Monday that Sue Farr, a former advertising executive, is joining its board. Ms Farr, who is SID at British American Tobacco and Lookers, the car dealership network, will replace Damian Sanders, who was named THG’s chief financial officer several weeks ago.

When headaches plague Leigh Joseph, she doesn’t immediately reach for the Tylenol bottle. When winter’s flu strikes, cough medicines and throat soothers are acquired, but not from the pharmacy or the drug store aisle of her local supermarket. Instead, Joseph, a Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) ethnobotanist, looks to the great outdoors for remedy. The natural world, she attests, can be a great source of healing and nourishment.

Gervonta Davis is unofficially the biggest name in boxing after stopping Ryan Garcia in the seventh round of a 12-round super fight on Saturday night. But the loud-talking, hard-hitting 28-year-old is letting his 24-year-old opponent off of the hook.
A few days prior to the most-anticipated fight of the year, Garcia agreed to put his entire purse on the line. Davis and his camp were not only shocked, but completely beside themselves.
The former was set to make $350,000 for the fight, with the latter cashing $1.5 million. They were to split a percentage of the PPV sales.