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💔 *Fck cancer: Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo passed away at age 58 due to brain cancer. Rest in peace to a shot-blocking legend, a beloved teammate and "just a great human being."
🏈 MNF doubleheader: Jared Goff set the NFL record for most pass attempts without an incompletion (18-for-18, 292 yards, 2 TD) and added a TD catch in the Lions’ 42-29 win over the Seahawks; the Titans cruised past the Dolphins, 31-12, for their first win.
⚾️ Back to the basics: MLB players will return to wearing team uniforms for the 2025 All-Star Game. The league is ditching the annual ASG-specific jerseys that debuted in 2021.
🏀 Expansion draft rules: WNBA teams will be limited to six protected players for the Golden State Valkyries expansion draft on Dec. 6. The rest of their rosters will be exposed for the Valkyries to choose from.
⚾️ President Posey:** Giants icon Buster Posey is the team’s new president of baseball operations. He replaces Farhan Zaidi, who was fired after six years at the helm (403-506 record, one NL West title).
⚾️ How are we supposed to remember Pete Rose?
Pete Rose, MLB’s hit king who was banned from baseball for life in the wake of a gambling scandal, died Monday. He was 83.
From Yahoo Sports’ Jay Busbee:
How the hell are we supposed to remember Pete Rose?
Do we remember Rose as "Charlie Hustle," the grittiest, hardest-skulled ballplayer in baseball history, a man who by sheer force of will claimed baseball’s all-time hits record?
Do we remember him as an unrepentant gambler, a man who compromised the integrity of himself and his sport by betting on his own team, refusing every effort at atonement?
Do we remember him as a Neanderthalic throwback, an often cruel man accused of crimes far worse than gambling on baseball?
Rose’s playing exploits deserve enshrinement in the Hall of Fame. So do his crimes against the game he loved.
Baseball fans of future eras, who won’t have memories of Rose in his playing days, who won’t have the same aversion to gambling, need to understand both the man’s inspiring talent and his ruinous, self-inflicted spiral.
His story — all of his story — is essential to understanding the game of baseball, a game that both tests and reveals character.
Pete Rose is gone now. He’ll never have the chance to set the record straight. And given all the opportunities he had to clear his name, that probably suits him just fine.
Quote du jour: "I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball." — Pete Rose
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🇺🇸 Photos across America
Atlanta — The Mets and Braves advanced to the playoffs after splitting their doubleheader (ICYMI: Game 1 was one of the wildest games of the year). Sorry, Diamondbacks fans.
Los Angeles — LeBron and Bronny James made their public debut as teammates on Monday at Lakers media day. "Just pure joy, man," said LeBron when asked about his emotions.
Washington, D.C. — Declaring the U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed Team USA at the White House to honor their Olympic and Paralympic achievements in Paris, calling them the "greatest sports nation in the history of the world." The Yankees won 7-5 after Lou Gehrig hit the next pitch out of the park, and they completed the sweep the next day with a 13-6 victory.
Detroit vs Houston: A Historic Playoff Matchup
The Astros and Tigers are set to face off today in a historic playoff matchup, marking the first-ever postseason meeting between Houston and Detroit in any of the four major sports leagues.
Why has this matchup never occurred before? The answer lies in the fact that (a) Houston does not have an NHL team, and (b) the two cities have historically belonged to different conferences or leagues.
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In the NBA, the Rockets and Pistons would have had to meet in the Finals, but their championship windows never aligned in the 80s/90s.
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In the NFL, the Lions and Texans would have needed to meet in the Super Bowl, yet both franchises are among the four teams that have never made it to the big game.
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It wasn’t until 2013 when the Astros moved from the NL Central to the AL West that they could potentially face the Tigers in the playoffs.
So, who will come out on top: Will it be Space City or Motor City? H-Town or Motown?
Trivia answer: The players who have won multiple Defensive Player of the Year awards are Ben Wallace (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006) and Rudy Gobert (2018, 2019, 2021, 2024)
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