Kyle Bradish skipped over the first base line and gave his glove a hard smack. The excitement of making his major league debut seeped out then, moments before he took the Camden Yards mound for the first time. Any sign of nerves, though, did not show itself Friday against the Boston Red Sox. Bradish became…
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One of the top collegiate pass-rushers in the country and a former St. Thomas Aquinas state champion is heading to the Rockies. Oklahoma linebacker Nik Bonitto heard his name called by the Denver Broncos to end the second round of the 2022 NFL draft in Las Vegas. Bonitto became the 33rd St. Thomas Aquinas graduate…
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For just the second time in the team’s 60-year history, the Mets enjoyed no-hitting their opponent. But this time, it took five arms to accomplish the feat. Tylor Megill, Drew Smith, Joely Rodriguez, Seth Lugo and Edwin Diaz combined to throw a no-hitter across the full nine innings, silencing a Phillies lineup that had arrived…
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North Carolina offensive guard Joshua Ezeudu was emotional on Friday night recounting the Giants’ phone call at pick No. 67 of the third round. “It was very surreal,” Ezeudu, 22, said on a conference call. “You think about it so much, but [when] it actually happens, it kind of socks you. I was speechless. I…
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The Ravens addressed an immediate need in the third round of the NFL draft, picking Connecticut defensive tackle Travis Jones, a powerful interior presence regarded as a second-round talent by many analysts. The 6-foot-4, 325-pound Jones delivered 47 tackles and 4 1/2 sacks, impressive numbers for an interior lineman, in 2021. The No. 76 overall…
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While 42-year-old Boston Red Sox pitcher Rich Hill retired the first 12 Orioles on Friday night in four perfect innings in Baltimore, another pitcher in Maryland took it a step further. A lot further. Terps junior left-hander Ramsey threw a perfect game in a 13-0 victory over Northwestern in College Park, the first for a…
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It’s hard to remember the Chicago Cubs were 11 games over .500 in mid-June 2021, looking like a team on a mission to avoid a fire sale. But that’s exactly what happened, of course, and after team President Jed Hoyer’s summer sell-off led to a 91-loss season, the new-look Cubs started this season with several…
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After nearly three weeks of quiet speculation on the coaching front, the Lakers might be looking to raid the staff of the defending champions. The Athletic was first to report that the Lakers have requested permission to interview Darvin Ham, a 48-year-old assistant for the Milwaukee Bucks, who are preparing for a second-round playoff series…
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Linebacker has been a position of need for USC for a couple of seasons now, but the Trojans made a key reinforcement to the position on Friday afternoon. Arizona State linebacker transfer Eric Gentry has signed with USC, the program announced on Twitter on Friday. He arrives at USC with three seasons of eligibility remaining.…
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After sitting out the first round of the NFL draft, Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles made his first selections Friday night from Halas Hall. The Bears started the night with three picks on Day 2 — at Nos. 39 and 48 in the second round and 71 in the third round. The Bears also…
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