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The Braves will feel it the most, but baseball as a whole is worse off when Ronald Acuña Jr. isn’t playing. Plus: more takeaways from the weekend.

Mike Tyson suffered a medical issue during a cross-country flight from Miami to Los Angeles over the weekend. Paramedics reportedly boarded the plane as it landed following the medical scare.
According to a Tyson representative who spoke with the New York Post, the medical scare was caused by an “ulcer flare” shortly before landing.
“Thankfully Mr. Tyson is doing great,” Tyson’s representatives told The Post in an email. “He became nauseous and dizzy due to an ulcer flare up 30 minutes before landing.

As Rafael Nadal heads into what is likely his final French Open, it’s worth remembering just how much he stands out when looking at the raw numbers.

Before getting into this week’s edition of Par Talk and reflecting on the golf that was played this past weekend, we of course want to offer our thoughts, prayers, and condolences to Grayson Murray’s loved ones. It’s an incredibly sad and confusing situation with the 30-year-old, two-time PGA Tour winner taking his own life last week.
While there isn’t much to say other than that Murray’s passing is gut-wrenching, CBS’ Kyle Porter shared two things that stood out to him as the golf world reacted to the news over the weekend that are worth listening to.

Well, that was a bummer. What the hell, Racin’ Gods? First Indy and then NASCAR?
Good lord. Not your best showing yesterday, fellas! The motorsports calendar pretty much just asks for one day out of the year. That’s it. Feel like that’s a pretty reasonable ask. 
Hell, there were THREE races yesterday y’all could’ve picked to mess with, and you chose to leave the dainty F1 race alone? Are you serious? Biden’s America, I reckon. 
Anyway, enough bitching … for now! Kyle Larson will join us here in a bit, and he looked like a lost puppy last night.

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Red Bull’s Dr. Helmut Marko lamented the cost of the opening lap crash at the Monaco Grand Prix
Shortly after the 2024 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix got underway on Sunday, it stopped The reason? A massive three-car shunt involving Haas drivers Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg, and Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez. The collision knocked all three drivers out of the race and damaged a barrier, causing a lengthy delay and ending any chance those three drivers had at finishing in the points.

Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon, once again, has made some strange comments tied to Caitlin Clark.
The Indiana Fever rookie continues to face a bizarre amount of criticism from people who should be thanking her. The WNBA is finally interesting after decades of nobody caring and there’s one reason why:
Caitlin Clark.
She’s brought in tons of new fans, the TV ratings are booming and people are showing an unprecedented level of interest. Yet, some in the league and media seem more interested in tearing down Clark than being grateful for all the newfound attention.

HOOVER, Alabama – This large suburb next to Birmingham looked more like Tuscaloosa on an Alabama football Saturday than a host of a Sunday baseball tournament.
-Bumper-to-bumper traffic on all the major thoroughfares leading to Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, which has hosted the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament every May since 1998 and from 1990-96.
-Traffic backed up to the interstates two hours before opening pitch at 3 p.m. eastern time. 
-The stadium parking lot filled up shortly before the game, and overflow cars were redirected to a high school about a mile past the Met.

Kansas City Chiefs players Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce appeared at Sunday’s Dallas Mavericks home playoff games, and the players set off completely different reactions from the Mavs fans. Brittany Mahomes, who had a strong Sports Illustrated Swimsuit debut, and new Chiefs wideout Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown also attended the game.
In the group, Kelce appeared first on the Jumbotron, greeted with jeers from the crowd. Evidently, not many Kelce fans, if any, made it to the American Airlines Center on Sunday. 
When Patrick Mahomes appeared on the big screen with Mrs.

Anthony Edwards had his best game of the series, but Karl-Anthony Towns’ ongoing struggles have dragged the Wolves into a 3-0 series hole vs. the Mavericks.