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Or just give Robbie Ray the damn Cy Young already…
Slow night for news last night, so we’ll jump around a bit this morning. ...

Francisco Lindor earned his... whatever it is to be a Met
Mets fans finally got a Francisco Lindor game....

Chris Bosh brought evolution to the game, but was robbed of seeing it through
There’s a chance Chris Bosh could still be an active NBA player right now....

Screw Al Michaels and screw the Bucs
It took less than one full quarter for NBC’s Opening Night broadcasting team, helmed by Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth, to demonstrate exactly how little they care for the women watching the game....

From Kap and Tiger to Herschel and Evander – Trump’s political career relies on using Black athletes
Donald Trump refuses to go away, which isn’t surprising. But, when an uninvited guest keeps showing up, at some point, discovering how they manage to get there becomes imperative. The former occupant of the White House discovered that using Black athletes for his benefit is the best vehicle....

Yo, UGA, you wanna rethink that whole ‘no masks, no vax required’ thing for the 93,000 fans headed to Sanford Saturday?
If COVID-19 was a college football team, it would be the USC Trojans from the early 2000s when they peeled off 34 straight wins between 2003 and 2005....

Just when you want in, they push you right back out
In early 2005, a California-based rock group named Audioslave released a song titled “Be Yourself,” which became the anthem that the band is perhaps most famous for many years later. ...

C.J. Stroud impressed, despite inconsistent debut in win over Minnesota - let's review
The Justin Fields era at Ohio State is over. The C.J. Stroud era has begun....

It’s hard to know who’s king twit of dumb mountain between Real Madrid, PSG, and Barcelona
The transfer window in soccer closed yesterday evening, and after Cristiano Ronaldo took his rape accusations to Manchester United, there weren’t too many surprises. Man City didn’t find the striker they were after, Chelsea added to an already ridiculous squad, blah blah blah. Perhaps everyone was j...

Hey Carlos, wherever you go, the boos will follow
Carlos Correa, the Houston Astros shortstop who won a championship with the team in 2017 with the help of some extracurriculars, has announced that he will be leaving the team after this season....

Do you know where you are? It’s called Flushing for a reason
This is what the Mets have always been....

Sporting Kansas City and the Rapids were unclear on the concept last night
As I’ve said in the past, I’m still something of an MLS novice. This is the first season I’ve truly tried to work against my “europhile” ways and really get in up to the elbow in America’s domestic league....

It would be fun if baseball still had waiver deals
Quietly, one of the more intriguing times of the baseball season had typically been waiver trades around this time of year. ...

So what’s to be done with Alexander Zverev?
The U.S. Open has a problem. The ATP has a problem. And neither is likely to do much about it. And no, it’s not the ranks of players pulling out of the tournament. ...

Down the stretch they come: Here’s what to watch out for as the MLB season hits final run
We have less than a month and a half before the MLB postseason starts on October 5. We know most of the teams that will be involved. The White Sox are pretty much locked in as either the two- or three-seed in the American League. The Brewers could potentially make a run at the top seed in the Nation...

Another fan fumbles chance to beat The Freeze in final seconds
“Ohhhhhhhhhh!”...

We still see you, Trevor Bauer
A California judge has dissolved the emergency restraining order against Trevor Bauer and denied his accuser a permanent restraining order, following a three-day hearing....

If Laila Ali and other athletes want to be anti-vaxxers, let them (but don’t listen to them)
Twenty-eight years later, and Charles Barkley is still right – for once....

Steve Cohen calls out the Mets' hitters for being 'unproductive'
Owners...they’re just like the rest of us(?) Underneath the billions and billions of dollars, they’re just fans like everyone else — prone to disappointment and rage-filled rants on Twitter. Last night, the Mets lost their fifth straight game and fell below .500 for the first time since May 5 (huh, ...