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Yesterday, Ian Happ hit an absolute tank for a home run. 109 off the bat. 32 deg LA. .. except, he didn't. Thanks to our friends at @WeatherApplied, we know that the wind cost him *113 feet* of distance -- which is now the largest stop in the data. --> mlb.com/news/how-ian-h…

Major League Baseball is aired in the morning for Japan. So technically they eat breakfast with it being on television. Here’s their #openingday commercial. No hyperbole, when I say this, it might be greater than any US MLB commercial I’ve seen. Well done and worth the watch for any baseball fan.

Quicker, more versatile, resilient once again: meet the 2026 #Mets pdubssportshub.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/qui…

Bracketology 2026: West Region pdubssportshub.wordpress.com/2026/03/17/bra… via @firstcausenyc

@TheTNHoller The American Civil Liberties Union has identified this as the 12th known case in the US of someone being wrongfully arrested due to errors in facial recognition technology used by police. nationaltoday.com/us/nd/fargo/ne…

#Bracketology 2026: Midwest Region pdubssportshub.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/bra…

It's that time of year again! Here's the first region of my annual #Marchmadness #bracketology breakdown. Bracketology 2026: South Region pdubssportshub.wordpress.com/2026/03/15/bra…

Ducks Acquire John Carlson - prohockeyrumors.com/2026/03/ducks-…

Padres pitcher Matt Waldron out indefinitely after 'infection in his rear end' trib.al/Q4JjnwN

Francisco Lindor trained for the season by hitting a ball off the bounce ⁉️🧐 See Lindor and Cricket star Pat Cummins swap sports during his January trip to Australia 🇦🇺 (MLB x @NewBalance)

This might be the wildest 18 seconds of basketball I’ve ever seen 😳

A Chicago teen who fought for her father's release from immigration detention while she was battling stage 4 cancer has died, a representative for her family says. abcnews.link/iS5EiXG

"WOW okay so the most amazing thing just happened to me and I can’t help but share it with the world. American Airlines instituted a new policy where you have to pay to take a carry-on onto the plane. Which is ridiculous but off topic. I consolidate my bags into one and they measure it and say it’s just a little too big. They proceed to charge me $50, except they only take credit card, no cash. Since I just got back from Europe all my cards are being declined as Chase doesn’t know I’m back. They tell me that I’m going to have to miss the flight and head back to the ticket counter to pay down there. I’m pleading, devastated after a long day of travel. Then, this man walks up and says, “How much is it?” They tell him $50 and he says “I got it.” I’m astonished and tell him it’s fine not to worry and he hands the lady his card as the American Airlines employees stand in silence shocked by this man’s generosity. They swipe the card and he tells me to have a great flight and hop on board. I’m crying as I write this and as I board the flight. This man was an angel. I stop him as he’s sitting in first class and try to give him my money but he just shook me off and told me to pay it forward. My heart is so happy. There are good people in this world. Be that person for someone because I know after this I sure will be." 💕 Update: It was NFL player, Jermaine Gresham.

The SSA (Social Security Admin) has instructed its employees to tell callers that suicide is an option.

"Ted Williams, one of the greatest natural hitters of all time was retired and giving some tips to the rookies at the Red Sox spring training camp. One of them asked how to tell apart a curveball from a slider when they were coming in. Williams replied: "Oh! That's easy. If it's a curveball, the red spot you see on the ball will be rotating clockwise - if it's a changeup, counterclockwise." They all nodded and politely thanked Ted Williams for the tip. One of the rookies turned to the others and said whispered, "Now who the f*** can even see a red spot on a ball coming at you at 95 mph?" Then Ted Williams went on to claim that he could tell exactly where on the seams he hit a baseball. No one believed him. Ted Williams was long retired at this point. Williams took a bat and covered the barrel with pine tar and they started throwing him some pitches. Ted would hit and say "across the seams" or "between the seams" or "across one seam" or whatever. They retrieved all the balls and found out Ted Williams was right, EVERY single time.

The USA hockey game today reminded me of the USWNT’s game against Colombia in the gold cup where their players played mind games and tried to get under their skin instead of playing soccer. The Italians were doing the same thing today, and again it didn’t work

Never in the history of basketball has the step through ever been illegal. Kareem’s skyhook, Hakeem’s dream shake, and Dirk’s fadeaway all use the exact same footwork. For whatever reason, when a player uses it to get closer to the basket, people start crying about a travel.

⚠️🇨🇭Switzerland head coach Patrick Fischer says forward Kevin Fiala was taken to the hospital after his late injury today vs Canada. #GoKingsGo

Hurts the NHL, obviously. Even worse for women's hockey -- try finding any highlights of those insane US-Canada games, great Olympians of the past ... almost nothing.

@camperry21 @GuruTwoey @NBA__Courtside Right, D/3 players if anything wld be the remedy to what Arenas is saying. Sure, you don't have to chase em around like some cats-but if you snooze on em, they can leak to spots and catch & shoot to do damage. Then if they have a playmaker on board, there goes that theory...

@GuruTwoey @NBA__Courtside Nah 3 and D guys at least the good ones isn't what he talking about. He talking about the defensive specialist that can sometimes hit a shot like a Lu Dort

Gilbert Arenas says that defensive players that don’t score are more liability then offensive players that don’t play defense “Here’s why. If the guy guarding me. Say Dyson Daniels, he’s guarding me, picking me up full court. I average 30, right? I have the green light to shoot, meaning I’m going to work him to death with everything, right? Let’s say he gets the best of me and I score 22. Remember, I’m going hard on offense. I’m catching my breath on defense. YOU KNOW WHY? CUZ HE CAN’T SHOOT. HE CAN’T PLAY OFFENSE, WHICH MEANS I DON’T HAVE TO PLAY DEFENSE WHATSOEVER” (Via @NoChillGilZero)