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4 weeks ago | 
theguardian.com | Gabriel Baumgaertner |Melissa Jacobs |Hannah Keyser |David Lengel
Are the days of small markets teams winning the World Series over? No, because winning the World Series only requires 11 postseason wins, providing you avoid the wildcard. The best thing that any team can do to win the World Series is to get into the playoffs. Getting into the playoffs usually requires that teams spend money to employ the best players, but last year was the first time since 2018 that the team with the best regular-season record won the World Series. GBDefinitely not.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Bryan Armen Graham |Melissa Jacobs |Tom Dart |Stephanie Kaloi |Andrew Lawrence |David Lengel | +2 more
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Gabriel Baumgaertner |Bryan Armen Graham |Stephanie Kaloi |Nicholas Levine
What are you most looking forward to, on or off the court? The dissolution of the Pac-12 means some new and unusual conference battles that look like midseason Sweet 16 matchups. UCLA v Indiana in Bloomington? Arizona v Kansas in Lawrence? Regular-season basketball in the Big Ten and Big 12 will either produce battle-tested teams for the NCAA tournament … or exhausted ones. Gabriel BaumgaertnerSeeing what’s next for the women’s game.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Gabriel Baumgaertner
1) Los Angeles DodgersStrengths: Shohei Ohtani became the first player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a regular season (he finished with 54 home runs and 59 stolen bases) and behind him are former MVPs Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman. And behind those hitters is Teoscar Hernández, who finished sixth in the National League with 33 home runs. This is an extremely powerful lineup capable of torturing any big league pitching staff.
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May 31, 2024 | 
barnard.edu | Gabriel Baumgaertner
Zinnat Ferdous ’16 was not dreaming of becoming an Olympian in early 2017. All she wanted was to get her boyfriend, Edmund, a nice gift for his birthday. She chuckled when Edmund shadowboxed at stoplights, in the bathroom, and “anytime there was a void.” Until she watched him pound a heavy bag during a visit to the gym, she had no idea she had been dating an amateur boxer for the past few months.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Alex Kirshner |David Lengel |Melissa Jacobs |Gabriel Baumgaertner
Have the Dodgers made baseball unfair? Baseball has always been unfair. It wasn’t “fair” when players were bound to the same teams for their whole careers, and it isn’t “fair” that the Dodgers spend so much more than the Athletics. But I’m more concerned about the many teams that could be spending more but abstain. AKDon’t hate the player or the game.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Gabriel Baumgaertner |Bryan Armen Graham |Andrew Lawrence |Nicholas Levine
Caitlin Clark is the most exciting college player since ... Davidson’s Stephen Curry and BYU’s Jimmer Fredette were the kind of electrifying guards that make the NCAA Tournament arguably the best annual American sporting event. Clark’s range is comparable to those two, and her college legacy has already eclipsed theirs. Her games from here on out are appointment viewing.
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Jan 1, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Gabriel Baumgaertner |Tumaini Carayol |Oliver Connolly |Bryan Armen Graham |Andrew Lawrence |Nicholas Levine | +1 more
Joe Flacco leads the Browns to the Super BowlIn the year of the backup quarterback, Flacco’s encore performance has been a genuine surprise. Just when it seemed as if the 38-year-old father of five might’ve been cooked, he came off the couch to win five of six starts and rally Cleveland to their second playoff berth in 21 years. Throughout the University of Delaware product has looked as elite as in his heyday in Baltimore, where devastating defense set him up to reign bombs downfield.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
theguardian.com | Gabriel Baumgaertner |Bryan Armen Graham |Nicholas Levine
What are you most looking forward to, on or off the court? Who’s next in women’s hoops. Last year’s national title game between LSU and Iowa was watched by a record 9.9m people, another sign for the surging popularity of women’s basketball. The social media era has helped popularize talents like LSU’s Angel Reese and Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, whose play would have never made it into nightly highlight packages of years past.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
theguardian.com | Gabriel Baumgaertner
The 2023 MLB division series begin on Saturday afternoon. Only one team will win 11 more games and hoist the World Series trophy. Will the Houston Astros repeat as champions? Or could the 101-win Baltimore Orioles win their first World Series since 1983? We rank the remaining eight teams from most likely to least likely to lift the commissioner’s trophy. Strengths The 2023 Braves will be remembered as one of the greatest offenses in Major League Baseball history.
