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Giancarlo Stanton’s ability to hit baseballs extremely hard and extremely far makes him one of the more unique players in the league. On Saturday night, the designated hitter showed off his unreal strength with a freakish home run over the left field wall in Baltimore.
The shot, which left the bat at 116.3 MPH and went 436 feet, was able to clear the relatively new left field wall in Camden Yards, which has become one of the toughest walls to clear in the league and earned the nickname “The Great Wall of Baltimore.

Giancarlo Stanton’s ability to hit baseballs extremely hard and extremely far makes him one of the more unique players in the league. On Saturday night, the designated hitter showed off his unreal strength with a home run over the left field wall in Baltimore.
The shot, which left the bat at 116.3 MPH and went 436 feet, was able to clear the relatively new left field wall in Camden Yards, which has become one of the toughest walls to clear in the league and earned the nickname “The Great Wall of Baltimore.

Brooks Koepka spent all of Thursday, all of Friday, and all of Saturday atop the leaderboard at The Masters. The 32-year-old returned to Augusta for the first time since joining LIV Golf and went on an absolute tear.
As he did, Koepka wore his sponsor — Nike — from head to toe.
Brooks Koepka of the United States looks over a putt on the tenth green during the continuation of the weather delayed third round of the 2023 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 09, 2023 in Augusta, Georgia.

As the NFL has entered a new era of elite quarterbacks, many people have differing opinions over who is the best in the league. For most people, Patrick Mahomes is No. 1, coming off an MVP and Super Bowl-winning season.
However, one former quarterback disagrees with that. Former Bengal Carson Palmer appeared on “The QB Room” podcast with his brother, Jordan, and said he believes that Joe Burrow has surpassed Mahomes as the top quarterback in the NFL.
“I know Patrick is phenomenal, but I just think Joe’s more consistent,” Palmer said.

New York Mets rookie pitcher Kodai Senga has made only two starts so far this season but he has made two things very clear in those outings: his ghost fork pitch is one of the coolest pitches in Major League Baseball and it’s going to make life very difficult for hitters. 
Senga, a 30-year-old right-hander who previously was a star in the Japanese league, picked up his second win of the season Saturday when he gave up just one run in six innings of work against the Miami Marlins. 
He had six strikeouts, including these three below that came via his ghost fork.

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Woods could not overcome injuries to make it through the tournament.
Tiger Woods officially withdrew from The Masters on Sunday morning.
Ahead of a marathon day of golf during which Woods would have needed to play 29 holes to complete the event, a noticeably exhausted Tiger opted out early.
“I am disappointed to have to WD this morning due to re-aggravating my plantar fasciitis,” Woods said on Twitter. “Thank you to the fans and to @TheMasters who have shown me so much love and support.

Hailey Van Lith has played a significant role in the success of Louisville women’s basketball over the last three seasons. The 5-foot-7 guard led the Cardinals in scoring during the 2021/22 season and really burst onto the scene with a team-high 19.7 points per game in 2022/23.

Hailey Van Lith Shares Honest Thought About Her Motivation: ‘God Doesn’t Think I’m An Honorable Mention’

Despite reaching the Elite Eight during the most recent NCAA Tournament, Van Lith surprised most everybody by announcing her decision to transfer on Saturday.

New York Yankees closer Clay Holmes is a big problem for any hitter that has to step in the box and try to make contact with any of his pitches. 
That was on display Saturday night in Baltimore when the right hander shut down the Orioles in the ninth inning to pick up his second save of the season in the the Yankees’ 4-1 victory at Camden Yards. 
Holmes threw one of the more disgusting pitches of the MLB season when he struck out Orioles shortstop Gunnar Nelson with a 98-mph pitch that basically looked like a cheat code.

On Saturday night, Israel Adesanya knocked out Alex Pereira and won the middleweight championship at UFC 287. The victory was sweet revenge for Adesanya, as the fighter had lost three straight fights vs. Pereira across two different combat sports.
After Pereira’s second kickboxing win over Adesanya in 2017, his son celebrated by mocking a knockout in the ring next to Adesanya after the match. Well, Adesanya did not forget that.
After his win on Saturday, Adesanya made a sleeping gesture at Pereira’s kid, to make sure he knew that he knocked his dad out.

Major League Soccer is conducting an investigation after a Red Bulls player allegedly used a racial slur in a draw vs. the Earthquakes on Saturday night. The game between New York and San Jose was paused for 18 minutes in the second half with forward Dante Vanzeir at the center of the investigation.
“MLS has zero tolerance for abusive and offensive language and takes these allegations very seriously,” the league said in a statement. “An investigation into this matter will begin promptly. Further information will be provided upon completion of that investigation.