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Pirates’ Carlos Tejera Hits His Way To U.S. As 17-Year-Old

Carlos Tejera is the rare international prospect to hit his way to a U.S. league as a 17-year-old. The Pirates are bought in on his upside. The post Pirates’ Carlos Tejera Hits His Way To U.S. As 17-Year-Old appeared first on College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America .

MLB Daily Recap – July 10, 2026

Here’s the TJStats Daily Recap for July 10, 2026, covering 15 completed games. All advanced metrics (Whiffs, CSW%, tjStuff+) are sourced from the TJStats pitch database. Starting Pitchers Pitcher Team Opp IP H ER K BB Pitches Whiffs SwStr% CSW% tjStuff+ GS Dec Jack Flaherty DET PHI 6.0 2 2 6 3 86 16 18.6% […] The post MLB Daily Recap – July 10, 2026 appeared first on TJStats .

World Cup Watch Thread: Quarter Finals | Spain vs Belgium

We’re into the quarter final stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and with just seven games to play (yes, we have already watched 97 games go by!), we’re close to finding out who the next world champion is. Spain have bounced back from starting the competition with a goalless draw against Cabo Verde to […]

NHL Execs Hands Rangers Brutal Take on Blockbuster Offseason Move

The New York Rangers are looking to get back into the playoffs next season and have been active in overhauling their roster.New York went out and traded for Pavel Dorofeyev to add some much-needed scoring to the lineup. The Rangers, however, then traded Vincent Trocheck to the Utah Mammoth for defenseman Sean Durzi, forward prospect […] The post NHL Execs Hands Rangers Brutal Take on Blockbuster Offseason Move appeared first on HEAVY .

Jaguars’ $48 Million Brenton Strange Gamble Draws NFL Attention

The Jacksonville Jaguars paid Brenton Strange recently, but they hadn’t received validation from the rest of the league that he’s a top dog at tight end.Now with ESPN’s tight end rankings available, his extension makes more sense.Strange did not crack ESPN’s ranking of the NFL’s top 10 tight ends entering 2026, a list based on […] The post Jaguars’ $48 Million Brenton Strange Gamble Draws NFL Attention appeared first on HEAVY .

Twenty Years of Us

Today, officially, marks a day that I honestly didn’t know I would ever see. It was on this date twenty years ago when yours truly published the first-ever post on this very website, the one that got this entire adventure started. Back then there was no gray in my hair, no arthritis in my fingers, […]

“Gutted”: 9X Olympic Medalist Forced to Announce Heartbreaking Withdrawal Due to Illness

Elite sports are littered with stories of athletes triumphing against the odds, but also falling to debilitating conditions. Unfortunately, Australia’s Kaylee McKeown has been struck by the latter. Three world records, besides being the reigning Olympic, world, and Commonwealth champion in the 100m and 200m backstroke, paint a daunting picture. Some have even called Kaylee McKeown […] The post “Gutted”: 9X Olympic Medalist Forced to Announce Heartbreaking Withdrawal Due to Illness appeared f...

A look back at Plaxico Burress

Entering the 2000 NFL Draft, there was a lot of excitement and intrigue, as there usually is. The annual event was still being held in New York City every year, and that April, everyone convened at a place then known as The Theater at Madison Square Garden. The home team, the New York Jets, had […] The post A look back at Plaxico Burress appeared first on EssentiallySports .

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Hawks Among Teams Eyeing Peyton Watson

The Clippers maintain their previously reported interest in Peyton Watson, while the Hawks have also shown “fresh” interest in the Nuggets‘ restricted free agent forward, reports Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Substack link). However, for either team to offer Watson the $25MM+ annual salary he’s reportedly seeking, a sign-and-trade would almost certainly be necessary. […]

Chargers Daily Links: Friday Open Thread

Good morning, Chargers fans! You know what to do! And now for today’s links. Chargers News: Here’s why Omarion Hampton could have a special season this year (Chargers.com) Which players will have a breakout season in 2026? (Chargers Wire) Will the Chargers need to spring for a defensive tackle early in the 2027 draft? (Bolt […]

Braves farm system is experiencing an incredible rise

For several years, the Braves farm system has been ranked among the worst in baseball — which is admittedly pretty ironic, considering they’ve continued to produce highly productive young players at an alarming rate. The overall depth, particularly at the lower levels, just wasn’t there. That’s no longer the case. Eric Hartman has taken the […]

The Kawhi Leonard Investigation Is Now Holding Up The Kawhi Leonard Trade

In September 2025, the NBA hired the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to investigate the Los Angeles Clippers for potential salary cap circumvention after Pablo Torre Finds Out reported that the team had arranged a no-show endorsement deal for Kawhi Leonard with a fraudulent tree-planting company called Aspiration. On June 30, 2026, the Clippers agreed to trade Leonard to the Toronto Raptors. That trade is now on hold because, somehow, the aforementioned investigation is still ongoing. ...