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Episode 180: Shohei Shows Out & Covid Creeps Back In

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Episode 180: Shohei Shows Out & Covid Creeps Back In

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Ashleigh Barty becomes first Australian woman to win Wimbledon singles title in 41 years (CNN)
1st African American To Win The Spelling Bee Also Holds 3 Basketball World Records (NPR)
Spectators barred from Tokyo Olympics venues amid Japan’s COVID-19 state of emergency (ESPN)
Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder set to be postponed until October due to a Covid-19 outbreak (Sky Sports)
Formula One: Australian Grand Prix cancelled for second straight year (The Guardian)
Daniel Camarena’s grand moment keys Padres’ comeback (San Diego Union Tribune)

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Episode 179: Olympics Nonsense

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Episode 179: Olympics Nonsense

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Episode 178: NCAA Comes Around, and the Sticky Stuff Crackdown

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Episode 178: NCAA Comes Around, and the Sticky Stuff Crackdown

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Update: Ty Lue is now 10-2 as a coach in games when his team has a chance to be eliminated. Best in NBA history (min. 10 games) (Kirk Goldsberry on Twitter)
NCAA to Ban Performance Based NIL Deals in Revised Guidance (Sportico)
Twelve Big Questions on Alston, NIL and the NCAA’s Next Steps (Sportico)
What It Would Take for More NFL Players to Come Out of the Closet (Slate)
NFL says: ‘Football is gay. Football is queer. Football is accepting.’ (Outsports)
What we learned from Week 1 of MLB’s sticky-stuff crackdown (ESPN)
Enforcement memo stats (Eno Sarris on Twitter)
Mariners’ Santiago suspended 10 games for foreign substance (Associated Press)
The FIA Thinks F1 Pit Stops Are Too Fast, Is Bringing In Rules To Slow Them Down (CarThrottle)

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Episode 177: Two-Sport Combat Athletes, NBA Playoff Frenzy

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Episode 177: Two-Sport Combat Athletes, NBA Playoff Frenzy

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Episode 176: College Football Shake-Up, and Naomi Osaka’s Fed Up

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Episode 176: College Football Shake-Up, and Naomi Osaka's Fed Up

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How many teams in the College Football Playoff is enough? (SportsOddsEnds on Twitter)
Unseeded Krejcikova wins maiden Grand Slam singles title in Paris (Reuters)
Davidson: Everything Naomi Osaka is saying is important, so why are so many people unwilling to listen? (The Athletic)
Crowds Are Finally Back At NBA Arenas — Along With A Rash Of Bad Fan Behavior (NPR)
12-Team Playoff Proposed by College Football Playoff Working Group (College Football Playoff)
Sources: MLB finalizing memo on rule against use of foreign substances by pitchers (ESPN)

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Episode 175: No-Hitters: Too much of a good thing?

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Episode 175: No-Hitters: Too much of a good thing?

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Will we see 9 no-hitters this MLB season? 8 is the record. We already have 6. (SportsOddsEnds on Twitter)
Five-star junior point guard ‘Scoot’ Henderson to join NBA’s G League Ignite next season (ESPN)
Matt, Ryan Bewley first high school juniors to join Overtime Elite league (ESPN)
Why Have There Been So Many No-Hitters in 2021? (NY Times)
The Historic No-hitter Pace Is Bad for Fans. But It May Be Just What MLB Needs. (The Ringer)
Will Deontay Wilder solve Tyson Fury in the trilogy fight? Where does Anthony Joshua go from here? (ESPN)
Utah Jazz Scholarship (Utah Jazz)

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Episode 174: Houston Astros Do Something Good. No, Seriously

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Episode 174: Houston Astros Do Something Good. No, Seriously

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Over/under: Albert Pujols hits 5.5 home runs for the Dodgers by the end of the 2021 MLB regular season (SportsOddsEnds on Twitter)
What works for Albert Pujols in Los Angeles that didn’t in Anaheim? (The Athletic)
These Aren’t the Hits MLB Wanted (Fangraphs)
Houston Astros to provide furnished housing to minor league players (ESPN)
Ajax melt down Dutch title trophy to make 42,000 stars to give to fans (BBC)

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Episode 173: The NBA and NHL Playoff Push

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Episode 173: The NBA and NHL Playoff Push

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Do you approve of fighting to settle disputes in hockey? (SportsOddsEnds on Twitter)
Super League Surrender: Nine Teams Apologize but New Fight Looms (NY Times)
Sorry, LeBron. The NBA’s play-in tournament is here to stay because league needs games that matter (NY Daily News)
NBA G League expands to Mexico City with landmark partnership with Capitanes (NBA.com)
The NHL’s Ugly, Self-Inflicted Fighting Controversy (Slate)
Rangers Statement (NYRangers on Twitter)
Washington Capitals’ Tom Wilson eager to move on from New York Rangers incidents (ESPN)

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Episode 170: Counter Strike Goes Dirty

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Episode 170: Counter Strike Goes Dirty

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Episode 169: Lemon Pepper Lou Goes Home

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Episode 169: Lemon Pepper Lou Goes Home

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This week’s Twitter poll: Will the Lakers and Nets meet in the NBA Finals? (SportsOddsEnds on Twitter)
Sacramento Kings, NBC Sports California partnering for first-ever all women, non-binary coverage team (ABC 10 Sacramento)
2020-21 NBA Trade Tracker (NBA.com)
San Francisco 49ers acquire No. 3 pick in 2021 NFL draft from Miami Dolphins, who then trade No. 12 to Philadelphia Eagles (ESPN)
MLBPA chief open to talk with MLB about moving All-Star Game out of Georgia following new voting laws (ESPN)

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