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David Murphy: Can Mickey Moniak save the Phillies in center field? He says he’s ready to try.
READING, Penn. — Wearing a bright red big-league batting helmet atop a black minor league uniform, Mickey Moniak looked more like a plot device than a rehabbing center fielder as he dug into the batter’s box on Tuesday morning. The sky was gray and the stands were filled with field-tripping middle schoolers and the second-place Phillies were a thousand miles away, but here in the leadoff spot was someone to pay attention to. A hero in the middle of his journey? Or a meaningless subplot? The fate of a season — nay, an era! — hangs in the balance. Or something like that. “I’m just trying to be m...
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson says Josh Donaldson’s ‘Jackie’ taunt was never a joke to him
NEW YORK — Contrary to what Josh Donaldson said, Tim Anderson did not think the “Jackie” comment was funny in 2019, either. “I told him, we never have to talk again,” Anderson told reporters in Chicago of that prior interaction before the White Sox’s Tuesday night game against the Red Sox. “I won’t speak to you, you won’t speak to me, if that’s how you’re going to refer to me. “I knew he knew exactly what he was doing.” Anderson’s response comes three days after Donaldson explained why he said “What’s up Jackie?” to the White Sox shortstop at Yankee Stadium on Saturday. “In 2019, he came out w...
New York Daily News
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Mike Bianchi: NIL king Jimbo Fisher should embrace what Nick Saban said
Jimbo Fisher should have thanked Nick Saban; not disparaged him. He should have given Saban a paisano peck on the cheek instead of saying he should be slapped in the face. He should have fully embraced Saban’s words instead of totally recoiling from them. When Saban said last week that Jimbo’s Texas A&M program had “bought every player” in its No. 1-ranked recruiting class with millions of dollars in booster money camouflaged as Name, Image and Likeness compensation, Jimbo shouldn’t have flown off the handle and taken it as a personal affront; he should have seized the moment and used it as a ...
Orlando Sentinel
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Knicks' RJ Barrett makes three-summer commitment to Canadian National Team
NEW YORK — RJ Barrett has made a three-summer commitment to the Canadian National Team. The Knicks’ budding star was named to his nation’s “core roster” on Tuesday, with the purpose of locking in the 14 players through the Paris Olympics in 2024. Barrett is expected to participate in the World Cup qualifiers beginning July, with Canada among the favorites to qualify for the tournament next summer in Asia (Philippines, Japan, Indonesia). Canada will host Dominican Republic on July 1. It is the first FIBA game in Canada since the start of the pandemic, and, if Barrett plays, it’ll be his first m...
New York Daily News
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Gen.G partners 1Password to highlight online security
Multinational esports organisation Gen.G has announced a partnership with password manager 1Password. As part of the deal, both entities will launch ‘Quest for the Lost Console’, a series of seven web-based puzzles with the goal of educating fans on online security. RELATED: Gen.G teams up with crypto exchange Bithumb According to the release, each escape-room-style puzzle will be tied to a Gen.G content creator such as PeterPark, BeccaTilts, Stanz and NickiTaylor. Participating Gen.G creators will also be mailed a physical puzzle to solve alongside fans via live streams. Julien Benichou, Seni...
Esports Insider
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My worst moment: When anxiety strikes, it’s no joke. ‘Dirty Dancing’ star Jennifer Grey tells the story
Jennifer Grey became a household name in 1987 with the release of “Dirty Dancing,” playing a character named Baby who does some important growing up during a summer vacation to the Catskills. “Nobody puts Baby in a corner” is the famous line from the movie, so it’s fitting that the title of Grey’s new memoir is a play on that. It’s called “Out of the Corner.” In writing the book, Grey said she became something of a detective unraveling a mystery. “I had very sketchy childhood memories and I thought, how am I going to write a memoir if I have no memories before ninth grade or whatever? So I sta...
Chicago Tribune
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Top Southern Baptist leaders minimized sexual abuse claims, ‘ignored or even vilified’ victims to protect abusers, report says
Top leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention mishandled sexual abuse claims, while ignoring — or even vilifying — victims to protect abusers, an explosive new report released Sunday has found. The report is the conclusion of a seven-month investigation by Guidepost Solutions, an independent company that was contracted by SBC’s executive committee. It was released just a few weeks before SBC’s annual gathering, which will be held in Anaheim, California, from June 12 to 15. According to the 288-page report, victims of abuse tried contacting the executive committee for nearly two decades to rep...
New York Daily News
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3 teens found dead hours after 16-year-old was killed in nearby shooting, South Carolina cops say
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Hours after a 16-year-old was killed Sunday, the Newberry Police Department said officers responded to another shooting nearby where three more teenagers died. During a news conference, Police Chief Kevin Goodman wouldn’t say if the shootings were connected, but said the four victims knew each other. “In my understanding, (they) were in the same circle,” Goodman said. Mykain Davis was the teenager who died at an area hospital following the first shooting, Newberry County Coroner Laura Kneece said Monday at a news conference. The three teens killed in the second shooting were J...
The State (Columbia, S.C.)
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NYC Mayor Adams pushes for gun ‘scanners’ at Port Authority after latest subway shooting
Mayor Eric Adams is in talks with state officials about installing weapon “scanners” at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in the wake of this weekend’s horrific subway shooting. Adams told reporters at a press conference Monday that doing gun sweeps at the Midtown Manhattan bus terminal could help prevent shootings before they happen. “We’re trying now to negotiate with the Port Authority to allow us to place scanners at the bus terminal because many of these guns are coming from the South into our city, so we have to stop the flow of these guns,” Adams said. Adams did not elaborate on what type...
New York Daily News
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New York’s COVID case rate drops for 6th straight day, Hochul’s office says
NEW YORK — After weeks of uber-contagious omicron subvariants rippling across New York, something else is finally spreading: good news. The state’s weeklong COVID-19 case rate fell for the sixth straight day on Monday, hitting its lowest level since May 7, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office said. Daily coronavirus death tolls have climbed after slipping into the single digits some days last month, and the state announced 24 more deaths on Monday. But the sustained case decline offered a welcome signal as New Yorkers hope for a summer free of virus anxieties. “As we continue to monitor the numbers, I e...
New York Daily News
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