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Scott Rolen elected to Baseball Hall of Fame while Alex Rodriguez again falls well short

Scott Rolen elected to Baseball Hall of Fame while Alex Rodriguez again falls well short

Scott Rolen became the rare third baseman to make the Baseball Hall of Fame. (REUTERS/Mike Blake) It took six tries, but St. Louis Cardinals great Scott Rolen is heading to the Hall of Fame. Rolen received the news that he would be enshrined in Cooperstown on Tuesday. He is the only member of the 2023 Hall of Fame class voted in by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America this year. Rolen barely got in, receiving 76.3% of the vote. Players need 75% of the vote to be enshrined in… Source link

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Israel Adesanya loses middleweight title to Alex Pereira in stunning TKO upset

Israel Adesanya loses middleweight title to Alex Pereira in stunning TKO upset

NEW YORK — Israel Adesanya was knocked out in his second kickboxing fight by Alex Pereira despite controlling most of the bout until the finish. On Saturday in the main event of UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden, history repeated itself. Adesanya was controlling the fight, hurt Pereira twice and was seemingly on the way to a decision victory. Then, out of nowhere, the hard-hitting Pereira cracked Adesanya with a combo and the course of UFC history was changed. The first right hand hurt… Source link

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Albert Pujols hits homer No. 696, tying Alex Rodriguez for 4th on all-time list. Can he reach 700?

Albert Pujols hits homer No. 696, tying Alex Rodriguez for 4th on all-time list. Can he reach 700?

Albert Pujols crushed the 696th homer of his illustrious career on Saturday night, tying Alex Rodriguez for fourth on the all-time home run list. The St. Louis Cardinals legend now has 17 homers in a surprising 2022 resurgence, with time left to reach for 700. Facing JT Brubaker of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Pujols cranked a first-pitch slider 418 feet into the left-field stands. Albert Pujols climbing toward 700-homer club The year Pujols debuted in MLB, Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs on his way to… Source link

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Raiders waive first-round bust Alex Leatherwood 1 year after drafting him 17th overall

Raiders waive first-round bust Alex Leatherwood 1 year after drafting him 17th overall

The draft media hated the Raiders’ selection of Alex Leatherwood. Sometimes the draft media is right. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) The arrival of NFL roster cutdown day means hundreds of players getting cut loose from their teams. It’s not often that one of them was a first-round draft pick a year ago. [Set, hut, hike! Create or join a fantasy football league now!] The Las Vegas Raiders waived Alex Leatherwood, the No. 17 overall pick of the 2021 NFL draft, on Tuesday, according to ESPN’s Adam… Source link

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Alex Rodriguez talks ex Jennifer Lopez

Alex Rodriguez talks ex Jennifer Lopez

Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez called it quits more than a year ago, but there’s still lots of love on his part. “Look, we had a great time,” he said on Wednesday’s episode of iHeartRadio’s The Martha Stewart Podcast. “More importantly, we always put the kids front and center in everything we do.” The former baseball star and singer-actress began dating in early 2017, and they were known as much for integrating their families — she has twins Max and Emme from her marriage to Marc Anthony,… Source link

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Alex Smith’s daughter had ‘very rare malignant tumor’ on brain

Alex Smith’s daughter had ‘very rare malignant tumor’ on brain

Alex Smith has worked as an NFL analyst at ESPN since retiring from football. (Rich Barnes/Reuters) Alex Smith revealed on Saturday that his daughter and youngest child Sloane was diagnosed in May with a rare brain tumor that required emergency surgery. The retired NFL quarterback who went though a life-threatening health scare of his own announced the news on Instagram alongside a photo of Sloane. Smith wrote that doctors were able to remove “100% of the tumor” and that Sloane “bounced back”… Source link

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