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104 years ago Major League Baseball suffered one the darkest periods it has ever experienced. The year was 1919 and the World Series involved the champions of the American League, the Chicago White Sox taking on the National League champion Cincinnati Reds. What ensued was the only known fixed baseball championship when members of the White Sox opted to throw the World Series ...

In baseball one of the most coveted awards but what is very difficult to achieve is winning the triple crown. To do that a player has to lead the majors in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in. So difficult it is to achieve that only 16 players in history have accomplished the feat. Of those 16, 10 were American Leaguers. The last time it was done came 11 years ago i ...

College football has been around for decades, and has undergone many changes over the years as it has grown in popularity. From rules to equipment and uniforms, there has been positive changes that placed college football where it is now. One notable change is about the safety of players. New technologies made it possible to introduce better helmets and pads for players and hel ...

This baseball season the Pittsburgh Pirates and their fans will welcome home a player who should have never left in the first place. 2023 marks the return of outfielder Andrew McCutchen returning to the Bucs after playing last season with the Milwaukee Brewers. McCutchen’s career began with a baseball scholarship to the University of Florida but the Pirates also drafted him wi ...

In 2022, the league batting average was .243, the lowest it’s been in 55 years; league-wide batting averages have dropped each season since 2016, aside from 2019. The staple for recognizing if a player is an elite batter has always been roughly a .300 batting average or higher. However, by 2022 standards, a .255 batting average is good enough to qualify as a better than an abo ...

It’s 1st & 10 in the fourth quarter the No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers trails the South Carolina Gamecocks. The ball is snapped, and Hendon Hooker rolls out of the pocket and falls to the ground.Just like that, Hooker’s collegiate career is over with a torn ACL. The Volunteers went on to lose 38-63 in embarrassing fashion in his absence. Weeks later, Hooker is on the sideline w ...

Now that the University of Georgia Bulldogs have won their second consecutive NCAA football championship, they’ve accomplished something that has been proven to be very difficult to achieve not just in college football but in all other sports; repeating as champions. Repeat Champions in NCAA Football Not since 2011 and 2012 has a collegiate team won the title in successive ...

The 2022 NFL regular season has come to an end. Each season lifts teams and players to glory. While the opposite is true for other players and teams. Let’s look back at notable ascensions and fall offs this season.

FIFA World Cup 2022 recently concluded in Qatar. This was one of the most thrilling editions ever. Watching Asian teams dominate European and South American teams in the group stage left everyone exhilarated. It was a dream for the likes of Ronaldo, Messi, and Neymar, among others to win this coveted trophy. With Portugal and Brazil getting knocked out in the Quarter-finals; it ...

Regardless if the Pittsburgh Steelers make the playoffs this season or not, a victory in the final game of the season against the Cleveland Browns (which is a home game for the Black and Gold) would be almost as good as a playoff victory.