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MLB Standings 2022 - League

League Leaders
American League
New York Yankees (18 - 7) GB-2
National League
Milwaukee (18 - 8) - New York Mets (19 - 9) GB-0.5


MLB Standings 2022 - Division

Division Leaders
American League
EAST: New York Yankees (18 - 7) GB-2.5
CENTRAL: Minnesota (15 - 11) GB-2.5
WEST: Los Angeles Angels (17 - 10) GB-1.5
National League
EAST: New York Mets (19 - 9) GB-5.5
CENTRAL: Milwaukee (18 - 8) GB-2.5
WEST: Los Angeles Dodgers (16 - 7) GB-0.5

GB = Games Back

 

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2022 NFL Draft: Round-1

Atlantic Coast Conference Picks
No.6: Carolina - (OT) Ikem Ekwonu, NC State
No.17: Los Angeles Chargers - (OG) Zion Johnson, Boston College
No.20: Pittsburgh - (QB) Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh
No.26: New York Jets - (DE) Jermaine Johnson II, Florida State

2022 NFL Draft: Round-2

Atlantic Coast Conference Picks
No.42: Minnesota - (CB) Andrew Booth Jr., Clemson

2022 NFL Draft: Round-3

Atlantic Coast Conference Picks
No.67: New York Giants - (OG) Joshua Ezeudu, North Carolina
No.73: Indianapolis - (TE) Jelani Woods, Virginia

2022 NFL Draft: Round-4

Atlantic Coast Conference Picks
No.115: Denver - (CB) Damarri Mathis, Pittsburgh
No.140: Green Bay - (OG) Zack Tom, Wake Forest

2022 NFL Draft: Round-5

Atlantic Coast Conference Picks
No.144: Washington - (QB) Sam Howell, North Carolina
No.169: Minnesota - (RB) Ty Chandler, North Carolina
No.173: New York Giants - (OG) Marcus McKethan, North Carolina
No.174: Chicago - (OLB) Dominique Robinson, Miami
No.177: Detroit - (TE) James Mitchell, Virginia Tech

2022 NFL Draft: Round-6

Atlantic Coast Conference Picks
No.189: Carolina - (OLB) Amare Barno, Virginia Tech
No.209: Buffalo - (OT) Luke Tenuta, Virginia Tech
No.214: Los Angeles Chargers - (CB) Ja'Sir Taylor, Wake Forest
No.215: Arizona - (OG) Lecitus Smith, Virginia Tech

2022 NFL Draft: Round-7

Atlantic Coast Conference Picks
No.228: Green Bay - (ILB) Tariq Carpenter, Georgia Tech
No.231: Buffalo - (ILB) Baylon Spector, Clemson
No.234: Green Bay - (DT) Jonathan Ford, Miami
No.255: Chicago - (P) Trenton Gill, NC State

 

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Long shot Rich Strike wins 148th Kentucky Derby

 

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Dick Vitale to be honored with Jimmy V Award at 2022 ESPYS
The Jimmy V Award is named after the late Jim Valvano, Vitale's former broadcast partner at ESPN who gave a famously impassioned speech about living with cancer when he was honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the first ESPYS in 1993. Vitale presented Valvano at the awards show that night.

 

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Mississippi Department of Human Services sues retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre, former pro wrestlers Brett DiBiase, Ted DiBiase Sr. (The Million Dollar Man) and Ted "Teddy" DiBiase Jr. over welfare misspending​

The Mississippi Department of Human Services on Monday sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre, three former pro wrestlers and several other people and businesses to try to recover millions of misspent welfare dollars that were intended to help some of the poorest people in the United States. The lawsuit says the defendants "squandered" more than $20 million in money from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families anti-poverty program. The suit was filed less than two weeks after a mother and son who ran a nonprofit group and an education company in Mississippi pleaded guilty to state criminal charges tied to the misspending. Nancy New, 69, and Zachary New, 39, agreed to testify against others in what State Auditor Shad White has called Mississippi's largest public corruption case in the past two decades.

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Tom Brady to join Fox Sports as lead NFL analyst when playing career ends​

Tom Brady will join Fox Sports as its lead NFL analyst when his playing career ends. Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch announced the news Tuesday during an earnings call. The seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback will call games alongside lead play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt and will work as an "ambassador" for Fox with a focus on "client and promotional initiatives." Brady, who turns 45 in August, becomes the latest superstar quarterback to pursue a post-retirement media career. Tony Romo has been the lead NFL analyst at CBS since 2017 after a 14-year career with the Dallas Cowboys. Drew Brees worked as a football analyst at NBC last year after 20 seasons in the NFL, and Peyton Manning and Eli Manning teamed up last season on ESPN's "ManningCast" broadcast of Monday Night Football. Brady briefly retired earlier this offseason but announced in March that he had changed his mind and will return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 2022 season.

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USFL Standings
Week-4

North (Overall, Division)
New Jersey Generals: (3 - 1, 3 - 0)
Philadelphia Stars: (2 - 2, 2 - 1)
Michigan Panthers: (1 - 3, 1 - 2)
Pittsburgh Maulers: (0 - 4, 0 - 3)

South (Overall, Division)
Birmingham Stallions: (4 - 0, 3 - 0)
New Orleans Breakers: (3 - 1, 2 - 1)
Tampa Bay Bandits: (2 - 2, 1 - 2)
Houston Gamblers: (1 - 3, 0 - 3)

 

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ACC mulls 3-5-5 college football scheduling model in an effort to scrap divisions
the opportunity to play for a division championship. Coaches did have the opportunity to offer feedback, but ultimately it is the ADs who will vote on what happens.

 

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It's Swiatek equals Serena Williams with 27-match winning streak, reaches Italian Open
Williams won the same number of consecutive matches over 2014 and 2015. The all-time longest streak belongs to Martina Navratilova, who put together 74 straight wins in 1984.

 

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Icing on the cake: Djokovic gets win No. 1,000
Djokovic, seeking his sixth Rome title, recorded the 1,000th win of his career, making him only the fifth man to reach that mark after Jimmy Connors (1,274 wins), Roger Federer (1,251), Ivan Lendl (1,068) and Rafael Nadal (1,051).

 

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The legendary Ric 'The Nature Boy' Flair to step in ring one final time in July, according to sources

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"The Nature Boy" will make the walk one final time. Ric Flair, one of the most well-known and revered professional wrestlers in history, will perform in one last match July 31, sources told ESPN on Monday. Flair, 73, will step into the ring at the Nashville Fairgrounds on an independent card that will stream live on FITE TV. Flair, a two-time WWE Hall of Famer and 16-time world champion, has not wrestled in a match since Sept. 12, 2011, a bout for Impact Wrestling against longtime rival Sting. His last WWE match was in 2008 at WrestleMania XXIV against Shawn Michaels. Flair's opponent for July 31 remains unclear. It's also unknown whether it will be a singles or tag team match. Flair, known for his "Woo!" catchphrase and famous strut, has been posting videos on social media of him training with current AEW wrestler Jay Lethal. The legendary wrestler asked for his release from WWE in 2021 and received it. Flair was most known for his work in the NWA and WCW, which was WWE's biggest rival in the 1980s and 1990s. But he also performed in WWE for parts of two decades, as a wrestler and on-screen manager.

 

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XFL reaches multiyear agreement to air all games, including playoffs, on ESPN and other networks owned by The Walt Disney Company​

Starting next year, the XFL will have all its regular-season and playoff games air on ESPN and other networks owned by The Walt Disney Company as part of a multiyear agreement, it was announced Tuesday. Beginning in February 2023 and continuing through the spring, 40 regular-season XFL games, two playoff semifinals and a title game will appear on ESPN, ABC and FX, it was revealed at Disney's upfront event. The eight-team XFL is returning under new owners Dany Garcia, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Gerry Cardinale's RedBird Capital Partners. In February, the XFL reached a partnership agreement with the NFLthat will focus on creating innovation programs and protecting the health of players.

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Finland tops Team USA at ice hockey world championship as Canada wins third straight game​

Sakari Manninen scored and added two assists as host Finland defeated the United States 4-1 to keep a perfect record at the ice hockey world championship on Monday. Finland leads Group B in Tampere with nine points from three games. Team USA has five points in third.

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Orlando Magic wins 2022 NBA draft lottery, followed by Oklahoma City Thunder; Sacramento Kings jumps into top 4

Orlando had a 14% chance to get the top pick, along with the Houston Rockets and Detroit Pistons.

2022 NBA Draft Lottery Results​

1. Orlando Magic

2. Oklahoma City Thunder

3. Houston Rockets

4. Sacramento Kings

5. Detroit Pistons

6. Indiana Pacers

7. Portland Trail Blazers

8. New Orleans Pelicans (via Lakers)

9. San Antonio Spurs

10. Washington Wizards

11. New York Knicks

12. Oklahoma City Thunder (via Clippers)

13. Charlotte Hornets

 

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Pack-12 scraps divisions after NCAA divisions I Council votes to eliminate requirements for FBS conference title games
But the legislation the ACC initially proposed never passed. When commissioner Jim Phillips took over the ACC in 2021, he said the league would once again revisit this topic.

 

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Judge denies Christian Dawkins new trial request

 

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Nike signs sister soccor players to company's first high school, image and likeness deal
Alyssa is a junior and Gisele a sophomore at Harvard-Westlake high school in Los Angeles, and both inked an undisclosed agreement only days after Nike announced deals with UCLA soccer player Reilyn Turner and Stanford golfer Rachel Heck.

 

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Valparaiso hires Charles Small as first Black athletic director in school history
Small played basketball at Pittsburgh from 2002-06, initially making the team as a walk-on.

 

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Interstatedaydream wins Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico
Starting from the ninth post, Interstatedaydream won for the third time in five career starts and has never finished out of the money.