Favorite opening day play: Michigan State Baseball pulled a... double squeeze against Western Michigan. Terrific coaching from Jake Boss, whose Spartans scored their only runs in a 2-0 win while getting no-hit. Great jump from Parker Picot at 2B, great execution from Jacob Anderson.show more

From Lyons Township: No. 5 Brother Rice Baseball adds... two more in the top of the 6th; an RBI double from 3B Aidan Nohava (2025; Eastern Michigan) and a solo homer from 2B Jackson Natanek (2025; Illinois State) in the inning.👇 B6 No. 5 Brother Rice: 5 Lyons Township: 1show more

From Brother Rice: No. 1 Brother Rice Baseball grabs... 2 runs in B1; RF Nolan Ramoley (2026; Kentucky) hit a no-doubt solo HR & 2B Jackson Natanek (2025; Illinois State) hit an RBI single.👇 T2 No. 7 Lincoln-Way East: 0 No. 1 Brother Rice: 2show more

FINAL: Midwest Regional No.1 Game 3: No.4 Seed UIndy... Baseball 25, No.1 Seed Davenport 13 (UIndy leads best-of-three 1-0) Ian Kennedy - 4/5, 2B, 2 RBI Easton Good - 3/6, 2B, HR, 3 RBI Brayton Bowen - 3/5, 2B, HR, 5 RBI Luke Smock - 3/6, 3B, HR, 5 RBI Tre Hondras - 2/3, HR, 2 RBI, 4 R Nick Lukac - 3/4, 2B, 3B The two teams will play again tomorrow (5/17) at 12 PM ET. UIndy is one win away from a spot in the Super Regionals. #D2Baseballshow more

FINAL: South Central Super Regional Game 1 (Best-of-3): No.2... seed UT Tyler Baseball 21, No.1 seed Colorado Mesa 15 (UT Tyler leads series 1-0) All nine UT Tyler starters had at least 1+ hit and 1+ run Kaston Mason HAVE A DAY! 3/4, 2B, HR, 8 RBI Brock Bearden - 3/6, 2 HR, 4 RBI Spencer Simpson - 2/4, 2B, 4 RBI Drew Schmidt - 3/5, HR, RBI, 4 R The two teams will play again tomorrow (5/22) at 7 PM MT. UT Tyler is one win away from going back to the World Series. #D2Baseballshow more

WHAT. A. GAME. Garrett Arredondo fans former Patriot Lane... Hutchinson and No.20 UT Tyler Baseball wins Game 1 against No.2 Angelo State. A big 3-run sixth inning with an RBI single from Connor Clark and a 2-run double by Drew Schmidt. Schmidt went 3-for-3 and is 11-for-17 in the team's first 5 games. Miles Clack got the win in relief, going 3 2/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, and 1 K. Doubleheader tomorrow and we're excited to see the competition in those two games. #D2Baseballshow more

FINAL: Central Regional No.1 Game 4: No.1 seed Pitt... State Baseball ⚾️ 7, No.5 seed Augustana 1 (Pitt State to bracket finals) Zach Voss with the brilliant CG! 9 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K Dagen Brewer - 3/4, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI (2 RBI shy of breaking all-time D2 single season RBI record) Grant Nottlemann - 2/5, 2 RBI Pittsburg State will play tomorrow (5/16) at 6 PM CT against the winner of the Augustana/Arkansas Tech game. The Gorillas are one win away from going back to the Central Super Regionals. #D2Baseballshow more

FINAL: Midwest Super Regional Game 1 (Best-of-3): No.7 seed... UIndy Baseball 6 No.1 seed Grand Valley State 5 (UIndy leads series 1-0) Drake Downing is able to get out of a bases loaded, NOBODY out jam to win it for the Hounds! Gavin Duran - 3/4, 2B, 3 RBI Bret Perry - 3 R The two teams will play again tomorrow (5/22) at 2 PM ET. UIndy is one win away from going to the World Series. #D2Baseballshow more

FINAL: South Super Regional Game 1 (Best-of-3): #3 Embry-Riddle... Baseball 15, #1 Tampa 9 Eight of nine of Embry-Riddle's starters recorded either a hit or an RBI. Alex Britton - 3/5, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R Chase Bruno - 4/6, 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R Timo Aracena - 3/6, 3 R Keagan Perez got the win - 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 2 K Max Meyer - 5 K in 2 IP The two teams will play tomorrow, May 25th, at 1 PM ET. Embry-Riddle Eagles are just a win away from punching their ticket to Cary. #D2Baseballshow more

FINAL: Lone Star Tournament Game 4: No.3 Seed St.... Edward's Baseball 1, No.4 Seed Lubbock Christian 0 (St. Edward's to LSC Championship Game) Kobe Jaramillo was magnificent in the CG shutout! 9 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K Josh Graham - go-ahead RBI sac bunt in the 8th. Connor Cox - 2/3, BB, R St. Edward's will play tomorrow (5/10) at 1 PM CT against the winner of the Lubbock Christian/Angelo State game. The Hilltoppers are one win away from a LSC Tournament Championship. #D2Baseballshow more

Happy Birthday to one of my all-time favorite Domers... ever Ricky Watters. He was a member of the 1988 National Championship team and finished his career at Notre Dame with 1,814yds rushing and 21TDs and 610 yds receiving for 2TDs. He went on to have an impressive 10yr career in the NFL rushing for 10,643yds and 78TDs. To celebrate it’s a great time to relive this legendary call from Tony Roberts of Ricky returning a kickoff for a touchdown against Michigan in 1988!☘️show more

File this under the great Super Bowl what-ifs. The... Patriots used this exact strategy against us in Super Bowl LII. I was working for the Eagles at the time. At 2:12, they ran on 1st and 10 from our 26. If we tackle James White after a short gain, New England reaches the two minute warning with the ball and may close the half by outscoring us 7-0 or 3-0. Instead, White scored. We got the ball with 2:04. Ninety seconds later: the Philly Special.show more

Rockies down 2-0 in the bottom of the 9th... with runners on 1B & 2B & they base hit bunt. The Red Sox are not surprised. They close with their 3B & 1B BUT their second baseman is way out of position to get to 1B before Cole Carrigg(A plus runner). In this situation the 2B can’t hold the runner on 2B & beat Carrigg to 1B. Looked like everything slowed down due to his lateness getting to 1st base. The SS has to hold the runner at 2B & the 2B has to cheat his positioning towards 1B so he beats Carrigg. It appears like they are hedging their positioning to protect the 6 hole in case Carrigg swings the bat. You can’t play everywhere. If you expect a bunt, you have to be in the best position to defend the bunt. The bunt was excellent. It was an early turn base hit bunt. Great direction & speed. The BHB choice put Carrigg in a better position to get out of the box fast(After seeing the ball down) & just beat the play to 1B. Of course you can argue that both teams did what they were supposed to do & the Rockies just out executed the Red Sox.show more

🚨BREAKING: ANTHONY JOSHUA KNOCKS OUT JAKE PAUL IN ROUND... 6, TRUMP PRAISES PAUL'S "GREAT COURAGE" FROM AIR FORCE ONE Say what you want about Jake Paul. The man has guts. Anthony Joshua delivered the knockout, dropping Paul midway through the sixth round of their Netflix main event. The two-time unified heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist needed just six of the scheduled eight rounds to end it. Footage circulating after the fight suggests Paul may have suffered a broken jaw. Brutal. But here's the thing: Paul got in the ring. He took a fight nobody expected him to take against a legitimate heavyweight who stood five inches taller and 30 pounds heavier. Joshua has an Olympic gold medal and 26 knockouts. Paul had every reason to say no. He didn't. Jake Paul survived five rounds, got dropped twice in the fifth, answered the bell, and kept coming until Joshua finished it in the sixth. That's not nothing. Trump weighed in from Air Force One en route to North Carolina: "He did really well, especially as a display of great courage against a very talented and large Anthony Joshua. Fantastic entertainment, but kudos to Jake for his stamina and frankly, ability, against a much bigger man!" Win or lose, Paul proved he's willing to test himself against the best. Respect where it's due. Source: Yahoo / Chief Nerd / Championship Roundsshow more

USMNT Balogun Red Card Overturned by FIFA — (Video:... AI) Huge boost for the United States Men’s National Team! FIFA has suspended Folarin Balogun’s red card from the Bosnia match, making the star striker available for the Round of 16 clash against Belgium in Seattle. Balogun scored in the 2-0 win before the controversial sending off. Now he’s back as the US pushes for its first quarterfinal since 2002. President Trump is celebrating: “Thank you to FIFA for doing what was right, and reversing a great injustice! President DONALD J. TRUMP” Big win for American soccer — will Balogun help the USMNT shock Belgium? 🇺🇸⚽ What’s your prediction?show more

The FIFA football World Cup finals was not as... exhilarating as expected and throughout it looked as if only Spain should win as they made 21 attempts to score a goal against Argentina’s 2 , that too in the last few minutes. Can you believe that !? Two goals scored by Spain were disallowed by the referee and those decisions looked marginal ! For me Spain beat Argentina 3-0, not 1-0 . Messi was tightly marked and could not make any moves . Solid offensive and defensive game by Spain 🇪🇸 .Look at the solitary goal today from several angles 👇 #fifashow more

Notes on today's #Bengals practice, the most competitive and... game-like conditions we've seen so far. - Great back-and-forth with big plays from both sides. Logged six drives for ones-vs-ones and two touchdowns. Burrow connects with Andrei Iosivas and Tee Higgins for scores. - The Higgins TD was a classic back-shoulder high-point in the corner against DJ Ivey. Unguardable stuff. Jay Morrison had a perfect angle on the video. - Tanner Hudson with the play of the day for the 2nd-team offense with a fourth-down TD against a double team from Flacco. - Blitz was working forcing stops with Demetrius Knight and Barrett Carter both coming up with nice plays. 📽️ Another day, another flash play for Colbie Young, although he also dropped a contested catch in the end zone. -Jonathan Allen with a sack. - No Bryan Cook, no Dax Hill, no Jalen Davis (in team) left the DBs a little shorthanded. - Honestly, just a high-level practice for both sides. Starting to see things come together. - Check back for more analysis and plays in The Athletic and on the Growler Podcast camp recap.show more

Spent a long weekend with a group of folks... in the mountains of Switzerland. All top people in their fields: a senior position in investment banking, CFO of a bank, serial acquirers, PE investors, etc. Some of the obvious observations: 1. Everyone’s busy, grinding, working hard to get things done, to take care of their family. 2. Almost all guys work long hours, be it Friday, Saturday, or Sunday; most folks had their phones on, getting some work done at any given time. 3. Everyone’s normal people - it really comes down to having abnormal goals, desires, and the willingness to do what is necessary to accomplish all that. When you hear folks in their late 30s, 40s, and 50s building and operating roll-up companies that are doing hundreds of millions in EBITDA, in niches you do not even know exist, it’s pretty special. Shows you the importance of focus and mastering your craft. All the 72 hours we spent together was great proof that more events like this need to happen. Going from online to offline, getting out from the day-to-day. Having various short and long interactions with people in different industries... Be it while on the lift coming up from the slope, during a coffee break, dinner, after dinner, 2-3 hour conversations, long walks, and overall brainstorming. Again, very special.show more

A little-known UEFA rule could damage Chelsea's Champions League... chances. The Blues qualified for the last-16 of the tournament with a 3-2 away win against Napoli on Wednesday night. But they might be forced to give up playing their home leg at Stamford Bridge in the next round in what would be a massive blow, should it come to pass. Instead, Chelsea would have to host the game at a neutral stadium due to one of UEFA's regulations that only allow for one game to be played in a city on any given night. Arsenal and Tottenham finished above Chelsea in the group stage, meaning they take priority for the Tuesday and Wednesday night fixtures on March 17 and 18. The reasoning behind the rule is so that games can be adequately policed without stretching the security too thin. So Chelsea would have to seek special dispensation from UEFA to discard their rule while also getting support from the authorities in London to host the clash. Given that plenty of London football matches are played on the same day at the weekend, that aspect should not be an issue. UEFA say teams cannot play in the same stadium, city or in cities within 30 miles on a matchday.show more