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The Texas Rangers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 5 of the 2023 World Series Wednesday night to clinch the first championship in the franchise’s history. Most people heard about it via social media or news alerts. One of the most prestigious sporting events in the United States was little more than a blip for most fans, who decided that the World Series was over before it started. Though ratings have not yet been released for Game 5, the first four games of this year’s series were the least-watched World Series games outside of the pandemic in recorded history. Game 5 may enjoy a sli...
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Someone should inform the residents of Tampa, Florida, that their baseball team just got knocked out of the playoffs. They probably won’t be too distressed. The Tampa Bay Rays lost Game 2 of the American League Wild Card series Wednesday to the Texas Rangers, who will advance to the ALDS to face the Baltimore Orioles. The Rays played very poorly in both games, losing 4-0 and 7-1, finishing a 99-win 2023 season with a bitter 0-2 sweep. But with so little occurring on the field, the crowd (or lack thereof) became the story of this series. In Game 1 Tuesday, the Rays reported an attendance of 19,...
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Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams had some choice words for his own team following a 23-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 3, and it’s hard to say the situation has improved at all since. With quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo in concussion protocol Sunday, Las Vegas skidded to 1-3 in a 24-17 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, exacerbating Adams’ message to reporters that he can’t stand much more. “I don’t got time to wait around. … It’s not a personal thing,” Adams said after the team’s loss to the Steelers. “I mean it is a personal thing, but it ain’t just about me. It’s not my ...
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At some point, the New England Patriots will stop looking back on past triumphs, of which they have compiled many since the turn of the millennium. The organization and fanbase, slumping since 2020, will only be complacent for so long, and as they seek a way forward, it is becoming increasingly unclear how head coach Bill Belichick plays into that future. It is generally accepted after three subpar years that the Patriots dynasty ended when Tom Brady left after the 2019 season. Belichick and Brady ran the league together, winning six Super Bowls. But while the future Hall-of-Fame quarterback w...
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New York Mets owner Steve Cohen offered his thoughts Wednesday about his team’s recent activity ahead of the trade deadline. After entering the season with the highest payroll in MLB history, New York currently has a 50-57 record and has traded six key players in the span of one week. In an effort to rebuild and acquire young prospects, the Mets have become aggressive sellers at the deadline, sending away Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, David Robertson, Tommy Pham, Mark Canha and Dominic Leone. Far removed from the win-now attitude they assumed before the season, the Mets now more closely rese...
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After taking a noticeable step back in production last year, Deebo Samuel is prepared to bounce back stronger than ever for the 2023-2024 NFL Season. When the San Francisco 49ers drafted Deebo Samuel with the thirty six overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft, many were unsure whether the 49ers selected the correct receiver. Some felt they should have gone with the ultra-productive Ole Miss wide receiver A.J. Brown, while others were blown away by A.J.’s college teammate D.K. Metcalf’s NFL combine performance, and felt that he would be a more ideal fit in San Francisco. At the end of the day, howev...
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With the twenty-sixth pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons selected Calvin Ridley. Four years later, in the middle of the 2022 season, he’s traded to Jacksonville. Now, after being reinstated back into the NFL, he’s looking to make the Jaguars a serious playoff contender. Ridley, who is currently 28 years old, has been battling adversity all his life. Kicking off his football career with 64 receptions for 821 yards and ten touchdowns in his rookie season, many Falcons fans grew excited that their team had selected a potential star with the twenty-sixth pick of that year’s NFL draft....
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While Major League Baseball’s rule changes recently have improved fan engagement across the board early in the 2023 season, this progress did not transfer well to the league’s premier mid-season event. This year’s All-Star Game received the lowest ratings ever recorded, dipping below the previous low set in 2022. According to Sports Media Watch, an outlet tracking sports viewership, “Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game averaged a record-low 3.9 rating and 7.01 million viewers on FOX (7.09M across all platforms), down 7% from the previous lows set last year (4.2, 7.51M).” Though it is a sign of stagnat...
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Back in March 2021, the San Francisco 49ers traded up from the twelfth pick in the NFL draft all the way up to pick number three. After witnessing such a blockbuster trade, it was no secret what position the 49ers were targeting at this spot. They wanted their franchise quarterback. The entire fanbase was kept on their toes for the rest of the weeks leading up to the NFL draft. The first two picks in that year’s draft were as much as a sure thing as you can get. However, no one knew who the 49ers were going to select at number three. Mock drafts galore came out and predicted they would go with...
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Domingo German threw the 24th perfect game in MLB history Wednesday night, retiring 27 straight Oakland Athletics batters in an 11-0 victory for the New York Yankees. But as German made history and earned glowing coverage from media outlets across the country, many baseball fans on social media struggled to celebrate the achievement. Though Yankees fans who stayed up to watch the West Coast game were overjoyed with the result, the nationwide reaction to German’s perfect game was mixed, though it was the first of its kind since 2012. The source of this lukewarm reception from some was twofold, ...
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