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Led by Zach LaVine, Chicago rallied from 19 points down in Toronto to win their 9-10 seed play-in game. The Bulls will face the Heat for the East’s final playoff spot.

Cardinals rookie Jordan Walker added his name to the MLB history books Wednesday when he recorded a hit in his 12th consecutive game to start the 2023 season.
This is the first time a rookie under 21 years of age has accomplished this feat in over 100 years. The last MLB rookie in that age range to do so was the Philadelphia Athletics’ Eddie Murphy during the 1912 season. At age 20, Walker joined Murphy with the record of 12 consecutive games.
Walker was close to ending his streak, though, on Wednesday when the Cardinals beat the Rockies, 7–4.

Bryce Harper is eager to return to action for the Phillies following the offseason surgery which has kept him sidelined at the start of the 2023 season. The two-time NL MVP is hoping to beat his previously listed timeline in order to help Philadelphia during the first half of the regular season, and it seems he’s willing to take lofty measures to do so.
According to Matt Gelb of The Athletic, Harper intends to learn to play first base in hopes of making a faster return to the Phillies’ defense.

The pitch clock has had a revolutionary effect on baseball game lengths, chopping nearly a half-hour off average times of games and putting MLB on course for its fastest-paced season in four decades.
It has also led teams to change longstanding policies surrounding beer sales, as games now end approximately in the same place past games may have met their seventh-inning beer sales limits.
The Diamondbacks, Brewers, Royals, Twins and Rangers will now sell alcohol through the eighth innings of home games, according to the Associated Press.

Red Sox right-hander Zack Kelly left Wednesday night’s game against the Rays in the fifth inning after appearing to suffer an elbow injury.
Kelly, who was relieving starting pitcher Chris Sale, threw a pitch to Rays designated hitter Yandy Diaz in the bottom of the fifth inning at Tropicana Field. The pitch hit Diaz, and Kelly covered his eyes and began crouching down on the mound while holding his right elbow as he appeared in pain.
Other Red Sox players and staff rushed to the mound to comfort Kelly as he broke out in tears.

Ex-teammates were at each other’s throats on NBA Twitter early Wednesday. Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma was trading barbs with Brooklyn Nets guard and former teammate Spencer Dinwiddie.
The two have an ongoing feud after Dinwiddie once characterized Kuzma as a selfish player on a losing team.
Spencer Dinwiddie Reignites Feud With Kyle Kuzma
Dinwiddie — the Nets guard traded by the Mavericks in the Kyrie Irving trade — appeared on FanDuel TV’s “Run It Back.

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A new city has thrown its hat into the ring for a potential MLB expansion team.
A Salt Lake City group is exploring potential avenues to attract an expansion team in the coming years, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
“Salt Lake City is a major league city,” Steve Starks, the CEO of the company behind the expansion bid, told ESPN. “We believe that as a top-30 media market in the fastest-growing state in the country with the youngest population, that’s where our attention should be.

Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani was on the mound during Tuesday’s clash against the Nationals, and amid yet another dominant outing from Los Angeles’s right-hander, home plate umpire Alfonso Marquez couldn’t help but wonder if the 28-year-old was abiding by the rules.
Ohtani, who uses the PitchCom system to call his game on the mound, was questioned by Marquez as to whether he had a foreign substance located under his armpit.

With the myriad of coaching hires Alabama made during the offseason, two made less noise than the additions of offensive and defensive coordinators. Saban added former NFL head coach Ken Whisenhunt to its staff directory as one of the team’s special assistants to the head coach in February before adding former Crimson Tide star Ha Ha Clinton-Dix as a player development coach. Whisenhunt, who spent the past two seasons as an offensive analyst at Penn State, served as a head coach for eight seasons with the Arizona Cardinals (2007-12) and Tennessee Titans (2014-15).