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In this episode join host Matt Schorr who talks about the Baltimore Orioles firing there manager . Some on the diamond action with the New York Mets vs New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies taking on the Pittsburg Pirates and the Washington Nationals vs Baltimore Orioles and the Texas rangers vs the Houston Astros.

5-5-25 The Bizarre File #1813 Days after claiming a $170 million dollar jackpot, a Kentucky man has been arrested for kicking a cop in the face. The Pittsburg Pirates fan who fell from the stands has woken up and is recovering. A Lancaster man burglarized a church while completely naked. A Los Angeles country club had a small plane land on its golf course. OSHA is investigating the death of a worker who fell from the roof of the UTZ potato chip factory. All that and more in the Bizarre File!

How did Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes win the NL Rookie Of The Year award by such a wide margin over Padres OF Jackson Merrill?

We welcome the amazing Nick Tsiotos to the show! Nick Tsiotos is the Sports Editor of Greek Americans in Sports and a Boston Public School teacher with a dedication to excellence in education. Passionate about sports and his Hellenic culture, Nick has also worked as a journalist for The Hellenic Chronicle, as Sports Editor for The Hellenic Voice, and contributed to The AHEPA Magazine. Nick and his colleague former Boston Globe Columnist Andy Dabilis are longtime chroniclers of Boston sports history, co-authoring several books including Harry Agganis, The Golden Greek, An All-American Story; The 1903 World Series: The Boston Americans Red Sox vs. Pittsburg Pirates, the first World Series won by Boston; and Running With Pheidippides, the dramatic post-World War II true story of the 1946 Boston Marathon contest between good friends Johnny Kelly and Stylianos Kyriakides, a race that was considered the first charity run for The Boston Marathon. This book was also translated and published in Greece, Γεννημένος Nικητής, η απίστευτη ιστορία του Στέλιου Κυριακίδη. The book was featured in the Emmy Award Winning 2004 Athens Olympics documentary Journey of A Warrior, introduced by Bob Costas and seen by over 100 million people during the Closing Ceremonies of the Athens Games. Nick has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows talking about topics ranging from The Olympics, Hellenism, sports, Harry Agganis, and The Boston Marathon. A professional entertainer, Nick was voted by New England sports fans as The Boston Herald's “Wrestling Personality of the Year” in 1991 and 1992, and as “Nick the Greek, Master Predictor of Wrestling,” with his magical and mystically powerful Delphi Cane. Nick led a grassroots fundraising effort to erect a statue of Harry Agganis for the Sports Museum of New England in 1995, working closely with current Curator Richard Johnson and world-renowned artist Armand La Montagne. This community effort would resurrect the beloved Agganis legacy and lead to a Boston University street named Harry Agganis Way, the naming of Agganis Arena, and a bronze statue of Agganis at Boston University, donated by BU alumni Mike and Greg Agganis. He has diligently worked and raised funds for a variety of charities, including his tenure as President of The Harry Agganis Team Fund, The Viking Pride Foundation, Boston Children's Hospital Hellenic Cardiac Fund, Hellenic Nursing Home, AHEPA's Cooley's Anemia Project, and AHEPA Olympic 1996 Tribute, ALS, and other causes. Tsiotos graduated from Winthrop High School, where he captained his legendary Hall of Fame Coach Henry McCarthy's basketball team (17-1) to the old Boston Garden State Tech Tournament, and went on to play in two Suffolk University NCAA Basketball Tournaments for New England Hall of Fame Coach Jim Nelson. He also played professionally in Greece and was involved in the Greek American basketball circuit for many years nationally. He has been a devoted member of The Boston Cathedral and Saint George Greek Orthodox Church, a long-time member of AHEPA, Sparta (Vassara) Society, Kalavrita (Kokova) Society, The Federation of Hellenic American Societies, and other organizations. greekamericansports@gmail.com instagram.com/greekamericansports facebook.com/greekamericansports greekamericansports.com See more at GreekAF: https://www.greekradio.app

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When you win eleven Gold Gloves in eleven years, you know you're one of the best. Keith Hernandez knew he was one of the best. A contact hitter with a career .296, he won two World Series rings, five All-Star appearances, and picked up the NL batting championship award in 1979. Five years into his career, he cracked the .300 ceiling and never looked back. Yet for this week's game, we will go back to the very first month of his MLB career. It's September 14th, and Hernandez has been in The Show for three weeks. He was brought up from the minors by the St Louis Cardinals for a challenging September as they unsuccessfully chased the Pittsburg Pirates for the NL East top spot. Today, they're on the road to the Philadelphia Phillies, who have fallen out of the pennant race but still want a head-to-head victory over the Cardinals. Hernandez is fifth in the order and looking to make a difference… Your KMOX Cardinals radio team of Jack Buck, Mike Shannon and Bob Starr take you through the game. You can find the boxscore here: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI197409140.shtml This game was played on September 14,1974.

Pat McCarthy has the highlights of the Mets 14-2 loss to the Pirates, which saw Pittsburgh hit 7 home runs, including two grand slams. 

Pittsburg Prirates' pitcher Paul Skenes has already picked up a stat that only he has. 

This hour, Steve Geller and Charlie Long brings on Eric Edholm, lead draft writer for NFL Media, to share some of his prediction of who will be each NFL teams' MVP will be this upcoming season. Then, the guys get into their 'Triple Option' to reveal an awesome Paul Skenes stat. 

From the Infinity Sports Network, Rich Herrera joins the show to talk about the rise of Pittsburg Pirates rookie Paul Skenes and the Oakland A's plan for home games if they make the move to Las Vegas. Transition period for the NBA going into the 2024 Finals

The Pittsburg Pirates have officially lost their mind! In just the second start if his MLB career, Paul Skenes was working on a no-hitter through 6 innings. To the surprise of the MLB community, Skenes did not return for the 7th. Stefana nd Tyler discuss.

Dominic Cotroneo and Craig Coshun react to the Brewers 4-3 win over the Pittsburg Pirates, including some incredible play by Sal Frelick.

Shannon Griffith fills in for Justin Kenny. The Colts have re-signed Julian Blackmon to add depth at safety, Purdue is on a historic run that compares to John Wooden's UCLA teams, Bronny James reportedly will enter the transfer portal, Matt Painter's pace in making the Final Four and how he compares to all-time greats in winning a 1st title, the Colts' bet on Anthony Richardson means they must draft a WR or Brock Bowers in the 1st round, Justin Cohn of the Journal Gazette joins to discuss the Newfoundland franchise terminated by the ECHL, adding new franchises to the league and the Komets' playoff push, and the Pittsburg Pirates are selling a foot-long hot dog called the renegade complete with pierogis, pot roast and onions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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O'Neil Cruz & Ke'Bryan Hayes Are The Young Guns For The Pittsburg Pirates This Season ! Find Out What Dom Thought About Their 2023 Season ! Locked On Fantasy Baseball Covers The 2023 Fantasy Baseball Season For The Pittsburg Pirates !  Please subscribe, rate, comment and review if you like what you hear ! Follow us on all social media platforms & find us on your favorite podcasting app as well ! Join The Diamond Club On SubText Here - https://joinsubtext.com/lockedonfantasybaseballLinks For Everything Here - (https://linktr.ee/LockedOnFantasyBaseball)https://link.chtbl.com/LOFantasyBaseball?sid=SocialBunchesDownload the Bunches App today and when you do, our friends at Bunches have featured the LOCKED ON MLB Bunch in the “Discover” tab. Find the Locked On MLB bunch HERE. FanDuelMake Every Moment More. Place your first FIVE DOLLAR bet to get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in Free Bets – win or lose! Visit Fanduel.com/LockedOn today to get startedUltimate Baseball GM Download the ultimate baseball GM app today and experience what it's like to be an MLB GM ! Use promo code LockedOn for when you download the app for a 100% bonus ! Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONMLB for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Again, create an account and redeem code LOCKEDONMLB for $20 off.  DoorDashGet fifty percent off your first DoorDash order up to a twenty-dollar value when you use code lockedonmlb at checkout. Limited time offer, terms apply. ebay MotorsFor parts that fit, head to eBay Motors and look for the green check. Stay in the game with eBay Guaranteed Fit. eBay Motors dot com. Let's ride. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply. RocketMoneyStop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions -- and manage your expenses the easy way -- by going to RocketMoney.com/lockedonmlb.BirddogsToday's episode is brought to you by Birddogs. Go to birddogs.com/lockedonmlb and when you enter promo code, LOCKEDONMLB, they'll throw in a free custom birddogs Yeti-style tumbler with every order.SleeperSwing for the Fences on Sleeper Picks and you could win up to a 100X your money. Download the Sleeper app and use promo code LOCKEDON and you'll get up to a $100 match on your first deposit. Terms and conditions apply. See Sleeper's Terms of Use for details. DaveDownload Dave today at Dave.com/mlb. You could get up to $500 in 5 minutes or less! No credit check. No late fees. NutrafolTake the first step to visibly thicker, healthier hair. For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering our listeners ten dollars off your first month's subscription and free shipping when you go to Nutrafol.com/men and enter the promo code LOCKEDONMLB. Jase MedicalToday's episode is brought to you by Jase Medical. Empower yourself when you purchase a Jase Case, providing you with a personal supply of 5 antibiotics that treat 50+ infections. Get yours today at jasemedical.com, that's J-A-S-E medical.comFANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ted Simmons was one of the MLB's greatest catchers.  Two games with the St Louis Cardinals in 1968 started his career in the game, but after a year in AAA his natural debut came in 1970. When he retired after 21 years in the majors, he held the catcher records for 2,472 career hits (with 483 doubles), ranked second for RBIs with 1389 runs, and 10th for home runs with 248 out of the park. Throw in seven years batting over .300, and catching two no-hitters with the Cardinals, and you get an idea of how much confidence he gave to his pitchers. We're going to pick up his career in 1971, with Simmons now established as the starting catcher for the Cardinals. On the mound is another legend, pitcher Bob Gibson. What magic can they produce as they visit the Pittsburg Pirates? Jack Buck is behind the KMOX microphone. You can find the boxscore here: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT197108140.shtml This game was played on August 14th, 1971. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/classicbaseballradio/message

He was a standout pitcher for the Pittsburg Pirates – one of four Pirates pitchers from the same extended family in northwestern Connecticut in the 1960s. Steve Blass, who had the longest and most successful career of the four graduates of Housatonic Valley Regional High School, played his earliest baseball on the Town of Canaan's Segalla Field – a Field of Dreams style setting. He remains the last National League pitcher to throw a complete 9 innings in the 7th game of a World Series – the 1971 series, in which he pitched two complete games. Only one other human has done that. Hear his incredible story, from Connecticut to Pittsburgh.

Pittsburg Pirates baseball team bus driver gets DUI while driving team to new city. Flight attendant makes a bomb threat to stop her ex from flying to Miami with new lover. Bus 666 to HEL had to change their number after Christians complained. // Weird AF News is the only daily weird news podcast hosted by a comedian and recorded in a closet. Show your SUPPORT by joining the Weird AF News Patreon where you'll get bonus episodes and other weird af news stuff http://patreon.com/weirdafnews  - WATCH Weird AF News on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/weirdafnews - check out the official website https://WeirdAFnews.com and FOLLOW host Jonesy at http://instagram.com/funnyjones or http://twitter.com/funnyjones

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 4, Pittsburg Pirates 0 Chicago White Sox 8, Cleveland Guardians 3 Houston Astros 7, Chicago Cubs 3 Tigers 4, Pirates 0 – Michael Lorenzen has season-high 7 strikeouts, Tigers beat Pirates 4-0 Michael Lorenzen had a season-high seven strikeouts in six innings, Spencer Torkelson doubled twice and the Detroit Tigers beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 on Tuesday night. Lorenzen (2-2) gave up five hits and two walks and has allowed just two runs in his last three starts. Will Vest worked two scoreless innings, with three strikeouts, and Jose Cisnero pitched the ninth. Torkelson scored and knocked in another run. Riley Greene had three hits. Shut out for the second time in three games, Pittsburgh has lost 12 of 14 games while scoring just 22 runs. Luis Ortiz (0-2) allowed four runs, three earned, and seven hits in three-plus innings. White Sox 8, Guardians 3 – Robert homers for 4th straight game, White Sox beat Guardians 8-3 Luis Robert Jr. homered for the fourth straight game, Gavin Sheets and Jake Burger went deep off Shane Bieber in Chicago’s six-run fifth inning, and the White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 8-3. Lance Lynn allowed three runs — one earned — on seven hits in seven innings. Robert’s solo shot to deep left in the eighth was his AL-leading 12th homer of the season. He became the first White Sox player to homer in four straight games since Matt Davidson in 2017. Sheets’ three-run shot and Burger’s two-run drive were among six straight hits by the White Sox with two outs in the fifth as Chicago jumped ahead 6-0. Astros 7, Cubs 3 – Alvarez, McCormick each have 2 hits, Astros beat Cubs 7-3 Yordan Alvarez had two hits and drove in two runs and Chas McCormick added two hits and made a nifty grab in the Houston Astros’ 7-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. Justin Steele (6-1) hadn’t given up more than three runs in a game this season before the Astros jumped on him for four runs in the fourth inning for a 5-1 lead. The Astros had four of their season-high six doubles in that inning en route to their third consecutive victory. Steele allowed five hits and five runs with eight strikeouts in six innings. Cristian Javier (4-1) allowed two hits and one run in six innings for his second straight win. Tonight Pittsburgh (Hill 3-3) at Detroit (Rodriguez 4-2), 1:10 p.m.        News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 12:45 Chicago Cubs (Smyly 4-1) at Houston (France 1-0), 8:10 p.m. Cleveland (Battenfield 0-4) at Chicago White Sox (Clevinger 2-3), 8:10 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Conference Finals (Best of 7) Last Night Western Conference Finals Denver Nuggets 132, Los Angles Lakers 126                            (DEN leads 1-0) Nuggets 132, Lakers 126 – Nikola Jokic leads Nuggets past Lakers 132-126 in West opener Nikola Jokic’s powerful display at both ends of the court propelled the Denver Nuggets past the Los Angeles Lakers 132-126 in the opener of the Western Conference Finals. The Nuggets led by as many as 21 points before the Lakers made a late push before falling short of winning an opener on the road for the third time in these playoffs. Anthony Davis scored 40 points for the Lakers and LeBron James came up one assist shy of a triple double to go with his 26 points and 12 rebounds. Last Night Eastern Conference Finals Miami Heat at Boston Celtics, 8:30 p.m.                                  (Game 1) NBA – The Wembanyama sweepstakes and draft lottery has a winner: It’s the Spurs Victor Wembanyama is now set to begin his NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs, after they won the NBA draft lottery and the No. 1 overall pick on Tuesday night. The Spurs were one of three teams with the best odds — 14% — to land the No. 1 pick, which they’ll almost certainly use on Wembanyama. The 7-foot-3 French 19-year-old is one of the most highly touted prospects in NBA history and will be expected to make an immediate impact on the league.  Detroit had the worst record in the NBA and was one of the three teams with the best odds of winning. The Pistons wound up falling all the way to fifth, the worst of their possible outcomes.   Indiana has the 7th pick and the Bulls pick at 11 was traded to Orlando in the deal for Nikola Vucevic. WNBA – WNBA suspends Hammon 2 games for player’s allegation she was bullied The WNBA has suspended Las Vegas coach Becky Hammon, one of the league’s marquee figures, for two games after former Aces player Dearica Hamby said she had been bullied and manipulated for being pregnant. Hammon, who in her first season last year led the Aces to the WNBA championship, was suspended without pay Tuesday after a monthslong investigation. The league also rescinded the Aces’ first-round pick in the 2025 draft for a different issue — a violation of league rules regarding impermissible player benefits involving Hamby. Hammon and the Aces have not responded to requests for comment. NHL – Arizona Coyotes’ bid for new arena appears to be rejected by voters The Arizona Coyotes’ bid for a new arena appears to be dead. In the first release of results from Tuesday’s referendum, voters in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe were strongly against three propositions to build a $2.3 billion entertainment district that would include a new arena for the Coyotes. Opposition to the three propositions had a double-digit lead over those in favor, with only ballots dropped off Tuesday left to count. The Coyotes had hoped a new arena in Tempe would finally allow the franchise to settle down after playing in three different venues since moving to Arizona. Now it appears the franchise has to search for a new home again. NFL – ESPN announces ‘Pat McAfee Show’ will join afternoon lineup Pat McAfee’s show is moving to ESPN as part of a new multiyear deal. McAfee first joined ESPN as a college football analyst for its Thursday night games in 2019. He returned to the network last year and became part of the “College GameDay” crew as well as hosting some alternate presentations of ESPN games, including the CFP National Championship. That will continue, but it is McAfee’s show that has created the most buzz. ESPN also announced a documentary series on Serena Williams and four major matchups for the upcoming college football season. NFL – Peacock will exclusively carry NFL playoff game in a first for streaming service The NFL is taking another big step into streaming by putting one of its playoff games exclusively on a digital platform for the first time. The league and NBCUniversal announced that the Saturday night game on Wild Card weekend will be on Peacock. It will be preceded by a late afternoon playoff game on NBC and Peacock that will kick off at 4:30 p.m. EST. The Peacock game will also be broadcast on NBC stations in the markets of the two teams. Subscription rates for Peacock start at $4.99 per month. Soccer – CTE cases in soccer players raise fresh questions about safety of heading the ball Four more former professional soccer players have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The Concussion Legacy Foundation says the North American Soccer League veterans were found to have the degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions in athletes, combat veterans and others who have sustained repeated head trauma. English star Jimmy Fryatt was one of them. He was considered one of the best at heading the ball. Researchers say the practice is dangerous and should be phased out, especially for children. The new diagnoses come as soccer officials gather in Chicago for a Head Injury Summit. Some of the ex-players’ families say hearing from those who suffered from the disease is a key to preventing and treating it. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan 11, Great Lakes 10 Lake County 6, Lansing 5 South Bend 9, Beloit 4 Today Lake County Captains at Lansing Lugnuts, 11:05 a.m. (DH) South Bend Cubs at Beloit Sky Carp, 12:05 p.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m. MHSAA – 1-and-1 free throws to be eliminated at the high school level next season One-and-ones are done in high school basketball. High school basketball teams now will shoot two free throws for common fouls when in the “bonus” instead of having to make the first free throw to get a second after seven fouls. Rules changes for next school year were approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations’ basketball rules committee, then by its board of directors. In addition to awarding two foul shots for all common fouls, teams will reach the bonus when their opponent commits five fouls in each quarter and team fouls will reset at the end of each quarter. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Baseball Lakeshore 10, Portage Central 9 Michigan Lutheran 12, New Buffalo 1- Game 1 Michigan Lutheran 18, New Buffalo 3 – Game 2 Brandywine 3, Watervliet 2 – Game 1 Watervliet 4, Brandywine 1 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Christian 5, Buchanan 1 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Christian 4, Buchanan 0 – Game 2 Bridgman 11, Coloma 0 – Game 1 Bridgman 17, Coloma 0 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 10, South Haven 0 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 7, South Haven 3 – Game 2 River Valley 1, Eau Claire 0 – Game 1 River Valley 8, Eau Claire 4 – Game 2 Niles 7, Plainwell 6 – Game 1 Plainwell 1, Niles 0 – Game 2 Otsego 12, Paw Paw 2 – Game 1 Otsego 5, Paw Paw 0 – Game 2 Sturgis 11, Three Rivers 0 – Game 1 Three Rivers 3, Sturgis 1 – Game 2 Vicksburg 12, Edwardsburg 8 – Game 1 Edwardsburg 8, Vickburg 5 – Game 2 Vicksburg 14, Edwardsburg 3 – Game 2 Forest Hills Eastern 10, Mattawan 0 – Game 1 Mattawan 3, Forest Hills Eastern 0 – Game 2 Gobles 21, Holland Black River 1 – Game 1 Gobles 12, Holland Black River 2 – Game 2 Parchment 8, Kalamazoo Hackett 2 – Game 1 Parchment 13, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 2 Centreville 2, Colon 1 Comstock 19, Marcellus 7 – Game 1 Comstock 16, Marcellus 1 – Game 2 Softball St. Joseph 13, Dowagiac 3 – Game 1 St. Joseph 11, Dowagiac 6 – Game 2 Mattawan 16, South Haven 3 – Game 1 South Haven 15, Mattawan 6 – Game 2 Buchanan 2, Kalamazoo Christian 0 – Game 1 Buchanan 9, Kalamazoo Christian 3 – Game 2 Coloma 10, Bridgman 0 – Game 1 Coloma 12, Bridgman 3 – Game 2 Niles 11, Plainwell 3 – Game 1 Niles 16, Plainwell 1 – Game 2 Otsego 4, Paw Paw 3 – Game 1 Otsego 8, Paw Paw 0 – Game 1 Three Rivers 17, Sturgis 2 – Game 1 Three River 28, Sturgis 0 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 11, Vicksburg 10 – Game 1 Vicksburg 14, Edwardsburg 3 – Game 2 Portage Central 15, Battle Creek Cent. 0 – Game 1 Portage Central 15, Battle Creek Cent. 0 – Game 2 Parchment 16, Kalamazoo Hackett 1 – Game 1 Parchment 13, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 2 Centreville 5, Colon 0 – Game 1 Centreville 15, Colon 6 – Game 2 Girls Soccer Michigan Lutheran 1, Berrien Springs 0 Watervliet 6, Coloma 1 Bangor 1, Hartford 1 – Tie Fennville 3, Lawton 1 Kalamazoo Hackett 7, Parchment 0 GR Covenant Christian 2, Holland Black River 1 Today Girls Soccer SMAC Tournament Portage Central at Mattawan, 6:30 p.m.              Championship game Lakeshore at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m.                       3rd place game Battle Creek Lakeview at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m.      5th place game Portage Northern at Kal. Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m.     7th place game Kalamazoo Central 9th place Battle Creek Central 10th place Wolverine Paw Paw at Niles, 6:30 p.m. Three Rivers at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Edwardsburg at Sturgis, 6:00 p.m. Plainwell at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m. BCS Our Lady of the Lake at Covert, 5:00 p.m. SAC Delton-Kellogg at South Haven, 6:30 p.m. Saugatuck at Allegan, 6:30 p.m. Coloma at Constantine, 5:00 p.m. Non-Conference Buchanan at Comstock, 5:00 p.m. Marcellus at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Bridgman at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. Battle Creek Central at Calhoun Christian, 5:00 p.m. Baseball Our Lady of the Lake at Benton Harbor, 4:00 p.m. Battle Creek Lakeview at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Martin at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. Mendon at Cassopolis, 4:30 p.m. Zion Christian at Saugatuck, 4:30 p.m. Softball Battle Creek Lakeview at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Martin at Saugatuck, 4:30 p.m. Mendon at Cassopolis, 4:30 p.m. Comstock at Grant, 4:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 4, Pittsburg Pirates 0 Chicago White Sox 8, Cleveland Guardians 3 Houston Astros 7, Chicago Cubs 3 Tigers 4, Pirates 0 – Michael Lorenzen has season-high 7 strikeouts, Tigers beat Pirates 4-0 Michael Lorenzen had a season-high seven strikeouts in six innings, Spencer Torkelson doubled twice and the Detroit Tigers beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 on Tuesday night. Lorenzen (2-2) gave up five hits and two walks and has allowed just two runs in his last three starts. Will Vest worked two scoreless innings, with three strikeouts, and Jose Cisnero pitched the ninth. Torkelson scored and knocked in another run. Riley Greene had three hits. Shut out for the second time in three games, Pittsburgh has lost 12 of 14 games while scoring just 22 runs. Luis Ortiz (0-2) allowed four runs, three earned, and seven hits in three-plus innings. White Sox 8, Guardians 3 – Robert homers for 4th straight game, White Sox beat Guardians 8-3 Luis Robert Jr. homered for the fourth straight game, Gavin Sheets and Jake Burger went deep off Shane Bieber in Chicago’s six-run fifth inning, and the White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 8-3. Lance Lynn allowed three runs — one earned — on seven hits in seven innings. Robert’s solo shot to deep left in the eighth was his AL-leading 12th homer of the season. He became the first White Sox player to homer in four straight games since Matt Davidson in 2017. Sheets’ three-run shot and Burger’s two-run drive were among six straight hits by the White Sox with two outs in the fifth as Chicago jumped ahead 6-0. Astros 7, Cubs 3 – Alvarez, McCormick each have 2 hits, Astros beat Cubs 7-3 Yordan Alvarez had two hits and drove in two runs and Chas McCormick added two hits and made a nifty grab in the Houston Astros’ 7-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. Justin Steele (6-1) hadn’t given up more than three runs in a game this season before the Astros jumped on him for four runs in the fourth inning for a 5-1 lead. The Astros had four of their season-high six doubles in that inning en route to their third consecutive victory. Steele allowed five hits and five runs with eight strikeouts in six innings. Cristian Javier (4-1) allowed two hits and one run in six innings for his second straight win. Tonight Pittsburgh (Hill 3-3) at Detroit (Rodriguez 4-2), 1:10 p.m.        News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 12:45 Chicago Cubs (Smyly 4-1) at Houston (France 1-0), 8:10 p.m. Cleveland (Battenfield 0-4) at Chicago White Sox (Clevinger 2-3), 8:10 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Conference Finals (Best of 7) Last Night Western Conference Finals Denver Nuggets 132, Los Angles Lakers 126                            (DEN leads 1-0) Nuggets 132, Lakers 126 – Nikola Jokic leads Nuggets past Lakers 132-126 in West opener Nikola Jokic’s powerful display at both ends of the court propelled the Denver Nuggets past the Los Angeles Lakers 132-126 in the opener of the Western Conference Finals. The Nuggets led by as many as 21 points before the Lakers made a late push before falling short of winning an opener on the road for the third time in these playoffs. Anthony Davis scored 40 points for the Lakers and LeBron James came up one assist shy of a triple double to go with his 26 points and 12 rebounds. Last Night Eastern Conference Finals Miami Heat at Boston Celtics, 8:30 p.m.                                  (Game 1) NBA – The Wembanyama sweepstakes and draft lottery has a winner: It’s the Spurs Victor Wembanyama is now set to begin his NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs, after they won the NBA draft lottery and the No. 1 overall pick on Tuesday night. The Spurs were one of three teams with the best odds — 14% — to land the No. 1 pick, which they’ll almost certainly use on Wembanyama. The 7-foot-3 French 19-year-old is one of the most highly touted prospects in NBA history and will be expected to make an immediate impact on the league.  Detroit had the worst record in the NBA and was one of the three teams with the best odds of winning. The Pistons wound up falling all the way to fifth, the worst of their possible outcomes.   Indiana has the 7th pick and the Bulls pick at 11 was traded to Orlando in the deal for Nikola Vucevic. WNBA – WNBA suspends Hammon 2 games for player’s allegation she was bullied The WNBA has suspended Las Vegas coach Becky Hammon, one of the league’s marquee figures, for two games after former Aces player Dearica Hamby said she had been bullied and manipulated for being pregnant. Hammon, who in her first season last year led the Aces to the WNBA championship, was suspended without pay Tuesday after a monthslong investigation. The league also rescinded the Aces’ first-round pick in the 2025 draft for a different issue — a violation of league rules regarding impermissible player benefits involving Hamby. Hammon and the Aces have not responded to requests for comment. NHL – Arizona Coyotes’ bid for new arena appears to be rejected by voters The Arizona Coyotes’ bid for a new arena appears to be dead. In the first release of results from Tuesday’s referendum, voters in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe were strongly against three propositions to build a $2.3 billion entertainment district that would include a new arena for the Coyotes. Opposition to the three propositions had a double-digit lead over those in favor, with only ballots dropped off Tuesday left to count. The Coyotes had hoped a new arena in Tempe would finally allow the franchise to settle down after playing in three different venues since moving to Arizona. Now it appears the franchise has to search for a new home again. NFL – ESPN announces ‘Pat McAfee Show’ will join afternoon lineup Pat McAfee’s show is moving to ESPN as part of a new multiyear deal. McAfee first joined ESPN as a college football analyst for its Thursday night games in 2019. He returned to the network last year and became part of the “College GameDay” crew as well as hosting some alternate presentations of ESPN games, including the CFP National Championship. That will continue, but it is McAfee’s show that has created the most buzz. ESPN also announced a documentary series on Serena Williams and four major matchups for the upcoming college football season. NFL – Peacock will exclusively carry NFL playoff game in a first for streaming service The NFL is taking another big step into streaming by putting one of its playoff games exclusively on a digital platform for the first time. The league and NBCUniversal announced that the Saturday night game on Wild Card weekend will be on Peacock. It will be preceded by a late afternoon playoff game on NBC and Peacock that will kick off at 4:30 p.m. EST. The Peacock game will also be broadcast on NBC stations in the markets of the two teams. Subscription rates for Peacock start at $4.99 per month. Soccer – CTE cases in soccer players raise fresh questions about safety of heading the ball Four more former professional soccer players have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The Concussion Legacy Foundation says the North American Soccer League veterans were found to have the degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions in athletes, combat veterans and others who have sustained repeated head trauma. English star Jimmy Fryatt was one of them. He was considered one of the best at heading the ball. Researchers say the practice is dangerous and should be phased out, especially for children. The new diagnoses come as soccer officials gather in Chicago for a Head Injury Summit. Some of the ex-players’ families say hearing from those who suffered from the disease is a key to preventing and treating it. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan 11, Great Lakes 10 Lake County 6, Lansing 5 South Bend 9, Beloit 4 Today Lake County Captains at Lansing Lugnuts, 11:05 a.m. (DH) South Bend Cubs at Beloit Sky Carp, 12:05 p.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m. MHSAA – 1-and-1 free throws to be eliminated at the high school level next season One-and-ones are done in high school basketball. High school basketball teams now will shoot two free throws for common fouls when in the “bonus” instead of having to make the first free throw to get a second after seven fouls. Rules changes for next school year were approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations’ basketball rules committee, then by its board of directors. In addition to awarding two foul shots for all common fouls, teams will reach the bonus when their opponent commits five fouls in each quarter and team fouls will reset at the end of each quarter. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Baseball Lakeshore 10, Portage Central 9 Michigan Lutheran 12, New Buffalo 1- Game 1 Michigan Lutheran 18, New Buffalo 3 – Game 2 Brandywine 3, Watervliet 2 – Game 1 Watervliet 4, Brandywine 1 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Christian 5, Buchanan 1 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Christian 4, Buchanan 0 – Game 2 Bridgman 11, Coloma 0 – Game 1 Bridgman 17, Coloma 0 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 10, South Haven 0 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 7, South Haven 3 – Game 2 River Valley 1, Eau Claire 0 – Game 1 River Valley 8, Eau Claire 4 – Game 2 Niles 7, Plainwell 6 – Game 1 Plainwell 1, Niles 0 – Game 2 Otsego 12, Paw Paw 2 – Game 1 Otsego 5, Paw Paw 0 – Game 2 Sturgis 11, Three Rivers 0 – Game 1 Three Rivers 3, Sturgis 1 – Game 2 Vicksburg 12, Edwardsburg 8 – Game 1 Edwardsburg 8, Vickburg 5 – Game 2 Vicksburg 14, Edwardsburg 3 – Game 2 Forest Hills Eastern 10, Mattawan 0 – Game 1 Mattawan 3, Forest Hills Eastern 0 – Game 2 Gobles 21, Holland Black River 1 – Game 1 Gobles 12, Holland Black River 2 – Game 2 Parchment 8, Kalamazoo Hackett 2 – Game 1 Parchment 13, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 2 Centreville 2, Colon 1 Comstock 19, Marcellus 7 – Game 1 Comstock 16, Marcellus 1 – Game 2 Softball St. Joseph 13, Dowagiac 3 – Game 1 St. Joseph 11, Dowagiac 6 – Game 2 Mattawan 16, South Haven 3 – Game 1 South Haven 15, Mattawan 6 – Game 2 Buchanan 2, Kalamazoo Christian 0 – Game 1 Buchanan 9, Kalamazoo Christian 3 – Game 2 Coloma 10, Bridgman 0 – Game 1 Coloma 12, Bridgman 3 – Game 2 Niles 11, Plainwell 3 – Game 1 Niles 16, Plainwell 1 – Game 2 Otsego 4, Paw Paw 3 – Game 1 Otsego 8, Paw Paw 0 – Game 1 Three Rivers 17, Sturgis 2 – Game 1 Three River 28, Sturgis 0 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 11, Vicksburg 10 – Game 1 Vicksburg 14, Edwardsburg 3 – Game 2 Portage Central 15, Battle Creek Cent. 0 – Game 1 Portage Central 15, Battle Creek Cent. 0 – Game 2 Parchment 16, Kalamazoo Hackett 1 – Game 1 Parchment 13, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 2 Centreville 5, Colon 0 – Game 1 Centreville 15, Colon 6 – Game 2 Girls Soccer Michigan Lutheran 1, Berrien Springs 0 Watervliet 6, Coloma 1 Bangor 1, Hartford 1 – Tie Fennville 3, Lawton 1 Kalamazoo Hackett 7, Parchment 0 GR Covenant Christian 2, Holland Black River 1 Today Girls Soccer SMAC Tournament Portage Central at Mattawan, 6:30 p.m.              Championship game Lakeshore at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m.                       3rd place game Battle Creek Lakeview at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m.      5th place game Portage Northern at Kal. Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m.     7th place game Kalamazoo Central 9th place Battle Creek Central 10th place Wolverine Paw Paw at Niles, 6:30 p.m. Three Rivers at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Edwardsburg at Sturgis, 6:00 p.m. Plainwell at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m. BCS Our Lady of the Lake at Covert, 5:00 p.m. SAC Delton-Kellogg at South Haven, 6:30 p.m. Saugatuck at Allegan, 6:30 p.m. Coloma at Constantine, 5:00 p.m. Non-Conference Buchanan at Comstock, 5:00 p.m. Marcellus at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Bridgman at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. Battle Creek Central at Calhoun Christian, 5:00 p.m. Baseball Our Lady of the Lake at Benton Harbor, 4:00 p.m. Battle Creek Lakeview at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Martin at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. Mendon at Cassopolis, 4:30 p.m. Zion Christian at Saugatuck, 4:30 p.m. Softball Battle Creek Lakeview at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Martin at Saugatuck, 4:30 p.m. Mendon at Cassopolis, 4:30 p.m. Comstock at Grant, 4:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 4, Pittsburg Pirates 0 Chicago White Sox 8, Cleveland Guardians 3 Houston Astros 7, Chicago Cubs 3 Tigers 4, Pirates 0 – Michael Lorenzen has season-high 7 strikeouts, Tigers beat Pirates 4-0 Michael Lorenzen had a season-high seven strikeouts in six innings, Spencer Torkelson doubled twice and the Detroit Tigers beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 on Tuesday night. Lorenzen (2-2) gave up five hits and two walks and has allowed just two runs in his last three starts. Will Vest worked two scoreless innings, with three strikeouts, and Jose Cisnero pitched the ninth. Torkelson scored and knocked in another run. Riley Greene had three hits. Shut out for the second time in three games, Pittsburgh has lost 12 of 14 games while scoring just 22 runs. Luis Ortiz (0-2) allowed four runs, three earned, and seven hits in three-plus innings. White Sox 8, Guardians 3 – Robert homers for 4th straight game, White Sox beat Guardians 8-3 Luis Robert Jr. homered for the fourth straight game, Gavin Sheets and Jake Burger went deep off Shane Bieber in Chicago’s six-run fifth inning, and the White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 8-3. Lance Lynn allowed three runs — one earned — on seven hits in seven innings. Robert’s solo shot to deep left in the eighth was his AL-leading 12th homer of the season. He became the first White Sox player to homer in four straight games since Matt Davidson in 2017. Sheets’ three-run shot and Burger’s two-run drive were among six straight hits by the White Sox with two outs in the fifth as Chicago jumped ahead 6-0. Astros 7, Cubs 3 – Alvarez, McCormick each have 2 hits, Astros beat Cubs 7-3 Yordan Alvarez had two hits and drove in two runs and Chas McCormick added two hits and made a nifty grab in the Houston Astros’ 7-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. Justin Steele (6-1) hadn’t given up more than three runs in a game this season before the Astros jumped on him for four runs in the fourth inning for a 5-1 lead. The Astros had four of their season-high six doubles in that inning en route to their third consecutive victory. Steele allowed five hits and five runs with eight strikeouts in six innings. Cristian Javier (4-1) allowed two hits and one run in six innings for his second straight win. Tonight Pittsburgh (Hill 3-3) at Detroit (Rodriguez 4-2), 1:10 p.m.        News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 12:45 Chicago Cubs (Smyly 4-1) at Houston (France 1-0), 8:10 p.m. Cleveland (Battenfield 0-4) at Chicago White Sox (Clevinger 2-3), 8:10 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Conference Finals (Best of 7) Last Night Western Conference Finals Denver Nuggets 132, Los Angles Lakers 126                            (DEN leads 1-0) Nuggets 132, Lakers 126 – Nikola Jokic leads Nuggets past Lakers 132-126 in West opener Nikola Jokic’s powerful display at both ends of the court propelled the Denver Nuggets past the Los Angeles Lakers 132-126 in the opener of the Western Conference Finals. The Nuggets led by as many as 21 points before the Lakers made a late push before falling short of winning an opener on the road for the third time in these playoffs. Anthony Davis scored 40 points for the Lakers and LeBron James came up one assist shy of a triple double to go with his 26 points and 12 rebounds. Last Night Eastern Conference Finals Miami Heat at Boston Celtics, 8:30 p.m.                                  (Game 1) NBA – The Wembanyama sweepstakes and draft lottery has a winner: It’s the Spurs Victor Wembanyama is now set to begin his NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs, after they won the NBA draft lottery and the No. 1 overall pick on Tuesday night. The Spurs were one of three teams with the best odds — 14% — to land the No. 1 pick, which they’ll almost certainly use on Wembanyama. The 7-foot-3 French 19-year-old is one of the most highly touted prospects in NBA history and will be expected to make an immediate impact on the league.  Detroit had the worst record in the NBA and was one of the three teams with the best odds of winning. The Pistons wound up falling all the way to fifth, the worst of their possible outcomes.   Indiana has the 7th pick and the Bulls pick at 11 was traded to Orlando in the deal for Nikola Vucevic. WNBA – WNBA suspends Hammon 2 games for player’s allegation she was bullied The WNBA has suspended Las Vegas coach Becky Hammon, one of the league’s marquee figures, for two games after former Aces player Dearica Hamby said she had been bullied and manipulated for being pregnant. Hammon, who in her first season last year led the Aces to the WNBA championship, was suspended without pay Tuesday after a monthslong investigation. The league also rescinded the Aces’ first-round pick in the 2025 draft for a different issue — a violation of league rules regarding impermissible player benefits involving Hamby. Hammon and the Aces have not responded to requests for comment. NHL – Arizona Coyotes’ bid for new arena appears to be rejected by voters The Arizona Coyotes’ bid for a new arena appears to be dead. In the first release of results from Tuesday’s referendum, voters in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe were strongly against three propositions to build a $2.3 billion entertainment district that would include a new arena for the Coyotes. Opposition to the three propositions had a double-digit lead over those in favor, with only ballots dropped off Tuesday left to count. The Coyotes had hoped a new arena in Tempe would finally allow the franchise to settle down after playing in three different venues since moving to Arizona. Now it appears the franchise has to search for a new home again. NFL – ESPN announces ‘Pat McAfee Show’ will join afternoon lineup Pat McAfee’s show is moving to ESPN as part of a new multiyear deal. McAfee first joined ESPN as a college football analyst for its Thursday night games in 2019. He returned to the network last year and became part of the “College GameDay” crew as well as hosting some alternate presentations of ESPN games, including the CFP National Championship. That will continue, but it is McAfee’s show that has created the most buzz. ESPN also announced a documentary series on Serena Williams and four major matchups for the upcoming college football season. NFL – Peacock will exclusively carry NFL playoff game in a first for streaming service The NFL is taking another big step into streaming by putting one of its playoff games exclusively on a digital platform for the first time. The league and NBCUniversal announced that the Saturday night game on Wild Card weekend will be on Peacock. It will be preceded by a late afternoon playoff game on NBC and Peacock that will kick off at 4:30 p.m. EST. The Peacock game will also be broadcast on NBC stations in the markets of the two teams. Subscription rates for Peacock start at $4.99 per month. Soccer – CTE cases in soccer players raise fresh questions about safety of heading the ball Four more former professional soccer players have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The Concussion Legacy Foundation says the North American Soccer League veterans were found to have the degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions in athletes, combat veterans and others who have sustained repeated head trauma. English star Jimmy Fryatt was one of them. He was considered one of the best at heading the ball. Researchers say the practice is dangerous and should be phased out, especially for children. The new diagnoses come as soccer officials gather in Chicago for a Head Injury Summit. Some of the ex-players’ families say hearing from those who suffered from the disease is a key to preventing and treating it. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan 11, Great Lakes 10 Lake County 6, Lansing 5 South Bend 9, Beloit 4 Today Lake County Captains at Lansing Lugnuts, 11:05 a.m. (DH) South Bend Cubs at Beloit Sky Carp, 12:05 p.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m. MHSAA – 1-and-1 free throws to be eliminated at the high school level next season One-and-ones are done in high school basketball. High school basketball teams now will shoot two free throws for common fouls when in the “bonus” instead of having to make the first free throw to get a second after seven fouls. Rules changes for next school year were approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations’ basketball rules committee, then by its board of directors. In addition to awarding two foul shots for all common fouls, teams will reach the bonus when their opponent commits five fouls in each quarter and team fouls will reset at the end of each quarter. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Baseball Lakeshore 10, Portage Central 9 Michigan Lutheran 12, New Buffalo 1- Game 1 Michigan Lutheran 18, New Buffalo 3 – Game 2 Brandywine 3, Watervliet 2 – Game 1 Watervliet 4, Brandywine 1 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Christian 5, Buchanan 1 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Christian 4, Buchanan 0 – Game 2 Bridgman 11, Coloma 0 – Game 1 Bridgman 17, Coloma 0 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 10, South Haven 0 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 7, South Haven 3 – Game 2 River Valley 1, Eau Claire 0 – Game 1 River Valley 8, Eau Claire 4 – Game 2 Niles 7, Plainwell 6 – Game 1 Plainwell 1, Niles 0 – Game 2 Otsego 12, Paw Paw 2 – Game 1 Otsego 5, Paw Paw 0 – Game 2 Sturgis 11, Three Rivers 0 – Game 1 Three Rivers 3, Sturgis 1 – Game 2 Vicksburg 12, Edwardsburg 8 – Game 1 Edwardsburg 8, Vickburg 5 – Game 2 Vicksburg 14, Edwardsburg 3 – Game 2 Forest Hills Eastern 10, Mattawan 0 – Game 1 Mattawan 3, Forest Hills Eastern 0 – Game 2 Gobles 21, Holland Black River 1 – Game 1 Gobles 12, Holland Black River 2 – Game 2 Parchment 8, Kalamazoo Hackett 2 – Game 1 Parchment 13, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 2 Centreville 2, Colon 1 Comstock 19, Marcellus 7 – Game 1 Comstock 16, Marcellus 1 – Game 2 Softball St. Joseph 13, Dowagiac 3 – Game 1 St. Joseph 11, Dowagiac 6 – Game 2 Mattawan 16, South Haven 3 – Game 1 South Haven 15, Mattawan 6 – Game 2 Buchanan 2, Kalamazoo Christian 0 – Game 1 Buchanan 9, Kalamazoo Christian 3 – Game 2 Coloma 10, Bridgman 0 – Game 1 Coloma 12, Bridgman 3 – Game 2 Niles 11, Plainwell 3 – Game 1 Niles 16, Plainwell 1 – Game 2 Otsego 4, Paw Paw 3 – Game 1 Otsego 8, Paw Paw 0 – Game 1 Three Rivers 17, Sturgis 2 – Game 1 Three River 28, Sturgis 0 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 11, Vicksburg 10 – Game 1 Vicksburg 14, Edwardsburg 3 – Game 2 Portage Central 15, Battle Creek Cent. 0 – Game 1 Portage Central 15, Battle Creek Cent. 0 – Game 2 Parchment 16, Kalamazoo Hackett 1 – Game 1 Parchment 13, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 2 Centreville 5, Colon 0 – Game 1 Centreville 15, Colon 6 – Game 2 Girls Soccer Michigan Lutheran 1, Berrien Springs 0 Watervliet 6, Coloma 1 Bangor 1, Hartford 1 – Tie Fennville 3, Lawton 1 Kalamazoo Hackett 7, Parchment 0 GR Covenant Christian 2, Holland Black River 1 Today Girls Soccer SMAC Tournament Portage Central at Mattawan, 6:30 p.m.              Championship game Lakeshore at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m.                       3rd place game Battle Creek Lakeview at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m.      5th place game Portage Northern at Kal. Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m.     7th place game Kalamazoo Central 9th place Battle Creek Central 10th place Wolverine Paw Paw at Niles, 6:30 p.m. Three Rivers at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Edwardsburg at Sturgis, 6:00 p.m. Plainwell at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m. BCS Our Lady of the Lake at Covert, 5:00 p.m. SAC Delton-Kellogg at South Haven, 6:30 p.m. Saugatuck at Allegan, 6:30 p.m. Coloma at Constantine, 5:00 p.m. Non-Conference Buchanan at Comstock, 5:00 p.m. Marcellus at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Bridgman at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. Battle Creek Central at Calhoun Christian, 5:00 p.m. Baseball Our Lady of the Lake at Benton Harbor, 4:00 p.m. Battle Creek Lakeview at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Martin at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. Mendon at Cassopolis, 4:30 p.m. Zion Christian at Saugatuck, 4:30 p.m. Softball Battle Creek Lakeview at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Martin at Saugatuck, 4:30 p.m. Mendon at Cassopolis, 4:30 p.m. Comstock at Grant, 4:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 4, Pittsburg Pirates 0 Chicago White Sox 8, Cleveland Guardians 3 Houston Astros 7, Chicago Cubs 3 Tigers 4, Pirates 0 – Michael Lorenzen has season-high 7 strikeouts, Tigers beat Pirates 4-0 Michael Lorenzen had a season-high seven strikeouts in six innings, Spencer Torkelson doubled twice and the Detroit Tigers beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 on Tuesday night. Lorenzen (2-2) gave up five hits and two walks and has allowed just two runs in his last three starts. Will Vest worked two scoreless innings, with three strikeouts, and Jose Cisnero pitched the ninth. Torkelson scored and knocked in another run. Riley Greene had three hits. Shut out for the second time in three games, Pittsburgh has lost 12 of 14 games while scoring just 22 runs. Luis Ortiz (0-2) allowed four runs, three earned, and seven hits in three-plus innings. White Sox 8, Guardians 3 – Robert homers for 4th straight game, White Sox beat Guardians 8-3 Luis Robert Jr. homered for the fourth straight game, Gavin Sheets and Jake Burger went deep off Shane Bieber in Chicago’s six-run fifth inning, and the White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 8-3. Lance Lynn allowed three runs — one earned — on seven hits in seven innings. Robert’s solo shot to deep left in the eighth was his AL-leading 12th homer of the season. He became the first White Sox player to homer in four straight games since Matt Davidson in 2017. Sheets’ three-run shot and Burger’s two-run drive were among six straight hits by the White Sox with two outs in the fifth as Chicago jumped ahead 6-0. Astros 7, Cubs 3 – Alvarez, McCormick each have 2 hits, Astros beat Cubs 7-3 Yordan Alvarez had two hits and drove in two runs and Chas McCormick added two hits and made a nifty grab in the Houston Astros’ 7-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. Justin Steele (6-1) hadn’t given up more than three runs in a game this season before the Astros jumped on him for four runs in the fourth inning for a 5-1 lead. The Astros had four of their season-high six doubles in that inning en route to their third consecutive victory. Steele allowed five hits and five runs with eight strikeouts in six innings. Cristian Javier (4-1) allowed two hits and one run in six innings for his second straight win. Tonight Pittsburgh (Hill 3-3) at Detroit (Rodriguez 4-2), 1:10 p.m.        News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 12:45 Chicago Cubs (Smyly 4-1) at Houston (France 1-0), 8:10 p.m. Cleveland (Battenfield 0-4) at Chicago White Sox (Clevinger 2-3), 8:10 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Conference Finals (Best of 7) Last Night Western Conference Finals Denver Nuggets 132, Los Angles Lakers 126                            (DEN leads 1-0) Nuggets 132, Lakers 126 – Nikola Jokic leads Nuggets past Lakers 132-126 in West opener Nikola Jokic’s powerful display at both ends of the court propelled the Denver Nuggets past the Los Angeles Lakers 132-126 in the opener of the Western Conference Finals. The Nuggets led by as many as 21 points before the Lakers made a late push before falling short of winning an opener on the road for the third time in these playoffs. Anthony Davis scored 40 points for the Lakers and LeBron James came up one assist shy of a triple double to go with his 26 points and 12 rebounds. Last Night Eastern Conference Finals Miami Heat at Boston Celtics, 8:30 p.m.                                  (Game 1) NBA – The Wembanyama sweepstakes and draft lottery has a winner: It’s the Spurs Victor Wembanyama is now set to begin his NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs, after they won the NBA draft lottery and the No. 1 overall pick on Tuesday night. The Spurs were one of three teams with the best odds — 14% — to land the No. 1 pick, which they’ll almost certainly use on Wembanyama. The 7-foot-3 French 19-year-old is one of the most highly touted prospects in NBA history and will be expected to make an immediate impact on the league.  Detroit had the worst record in the NBA and was one of the three teams with the best odds of winning. The Pistons wound up falling all the way to fifth, the worst of their possible outcomes.   Indiana has the 7th pick and the Bulls pick at 11 was traded to Orlando in the deal for Nikola Vucevic. WNBA – WNBA suspends Hammon 2 games for player’s allegation she was bullied The WNBA has suspended Las Vegas coach Becky Hammon, one of the league’s marquee figures, for two games after former Aces player Dearica Hamby said she had been bullied and manipulated for being pregnant. Hammon, who in her first season last year led the Aces to the WNBA championship, was suspended without pay Tuesday after a monthslong investigation. The league also rescinded the Aces’ first-round pick in the 2025 draft for a different issue — a violation of league rules regarding impermissible player benefits involving Hamby. Hammon and the Aces have not responded to requests for comment. NHL – Arizona Coyotes’ bid for new arena appears to be rejected by voters The Arizona Coyotes’ bid for a new arena appears to be dead. In the first release of results from Tuesday’s referendum, voters in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe were strongly against three propositions to build a $2.3 billion entertainment district that would include a new arena for the Coyotes. Opposition to the three propositions had a double-digit lead over those in favor, with only ballots dropped off Tuesday left to count. The Coyotes had hoped a new arena in Tempe would finally allow the franchise to settle down after playing in three different venues since moving to Arizona. Now it appears the franchise has to search for a new home again. NFL – ESPN announces ‘Pat McAfee Show’ will join afternoon lineup Pat McAfee’s show is moving to ESPN as part of a new multiyear deal. McAfee first joined ESPN as a college football analyst for its Thursday night games in 2019. He returned to the network last year and became part of the “College GameDay” crew as well as hosting some alternate presentations of ESPN games, including the CFP National Championship. That will continue, but it is McAfee’s show that has created the most buzz. ESPN also announced a documentary series on Serena Williams and four major matchups for the upcoming college football season. NFL – Peacock will exclusively carry NFL playoff game in a first for streaming service The NFL is taking another big step into streaming by putting one of its playoff games exclusively on a digital platform for the first time. The league and NBCUniversal announced that the Saturday night game on Wild Card weekend will be on Peacock. It will be preceded by a late afternoon playoff game on NBC and Peacock that will kick off at 4:30 p.m. EST. The Peacock game will also be broadcast on NBC stations in the markets of the two teams. Subscription rates for Peacock start at $4.99 per month. Soccer – CTE cases in soccer players raise fresh questions about safety of heading the ball Four more former professional soccer players have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The Concussion Legacy Foundation says the North American Soccer League veterans were found to have the degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions in athletes, combat veterans and others who have sustained repeated head trauma. English star Jimmy Fryatt was one of them. He was considered one of the best at heading the ball. Researchers say the practice is dangerous and should be phased out, especially for children. The new diagnoses come as soccer officials gather in Chicago for a Head Injury Summit. Some of the ex-players’ families say hearing from those who suffered from the disease is a key to preventing and treating it. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan 11, Great Lakes 10 Lake County 6, Lansing 5 South Bend 9, Beloit 4 Today Lake County Captains at Lansing Lugnuts, 11:05 a.m. (DH) South Bend Cubs at Beloit Sky Carp, 12:05 p.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m. MHSAA – 1-and-1 free throws to be eliminated at the high school level next season One-and-ones are done in high school basketball. High school basketball teams now will shoot two free throws for common fouls when in the “bonus” instead of having to make the first free throw to get a second after seven fouls. Rules changes for next school year were approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations’ basketball rules committee, then by its board of directors. In addition to awarding two foul shots for all common fouls, teams will reach the bonus when their opponent commits five fouls in each quarter and team fouls will reset at the end of each quarter. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Baseball Lakeshore 10, Portage Central 9 Michigan Lutheran 12, New Buffalo 1- Game 1 Michigan Lutheran 18, New Buffalo 3 – Game 2 Brandywine 3, Watervliet 2 – Game 1 Watervliet 4, Brandywine 1 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Christian 5, Buchanan 1 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Christian 4, Buchanan 0 – Game 2 Bridgman 11, Coloma 0 – Game 1 Bridgman 17, Coloma 0 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 10, South Haven 0 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 7, South Haven 3 – Game 2 River Valley 1, Eau Claire 0 – Game 1 River Valley 8, Eau Claire 4 – Game 2 Niles 7, Plainwell 6 – Game 1 Plainwell 1, Niles 0 – Game 2 Otsego 12, Paw Paw 2 – Game 1 Otsego 5, Paw Paw 0 – Game 2 Sturgis 11, Three Rivers 0 – Game 1 Three Rivers 3, Sturgis 1 – Game 2 Vicksburg 12, Edwardsburg 8 – Game 1 Edwardsburg 8, Vickburg 5 – Game 2 Vicksburg 14, Edwardsburg 3 – Game 2 Forest Hills Eastern 10, Mattawan 0 – Game 1 Mattawan 3, Forest Hills Eastern 0 – Game 2 Gobles 21, Holland Black River 1 – Game 1 Gobles 12, Holland Black River 2 – Game 2 Parchment 8, Kalamazoo Hackett 2 – Game 1 Parchment 13, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 2 Centreville 2, Colon 1 Comstock 19, Marcellus 7 – Game 1 Comstock 16, Marcellus 1 – Game 2 Softball St. Joseph 13, Dowagiac 3 – Game 1 St. Joseph 11, Dowagiac 6 – Game 2 Mattawan 16, South Haven 3 – Game 1 South Haven 15, Mattawan 6 – Game 2 Buchanan 2, Kalamazoo Christian 0 – Game 1 Buchanan 9, Kalamazoo Christian 3 – Game 2 Coloma 10, Bridgman 0 – Game 1 Coloma 12, Bridgman 3 – Game 2 Niles 11, Plainwell 3 – Game 1 Niles 16, Plainwell 1 – Game 2 Otsego 4, Paw Paw 3 – Game 1 Otsego 8, Paw Paw 0 – Game 1 Three Rivers 17, Sturgis 2 – Game 1 Three River 28, Sturgis 0 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 11, Vicksburg 10 – Game 1 Vicksburg 14, Edwardsburg 3 – Game 2 Portage Central 15, Battle Creek Cent. 0 – Game 1 Portage Central 15, Battle Creek Cent. 0 – Game 2 Parchment 16, Kalamazoo Hackett 1 – Game 1 Parchment 13, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 2 Centreville 5, Colon 0 – Game 1 Centreville 15, Colon 6 – Game 2 Girls Soccer Michigan Lutheran 1, Berrien Springs 0 Watervliet 6, Coloma 1 Bangor 1, Hartford 1 – Tie Fennville 3, Lawton 1 Kalamazoo Hackett 7, Parchment 0 GR Covenant Christian 2, Holland Black River 1 Today Girls Soccer SMAC Tournament Portage Central at Mattawan, 6:30 p.m.              Championship game Lakeshore at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m.                       3rd place game Battle Creek Lakeview at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m.      5th place game Portage Northern at Kal. Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m.     7th place game Kalamazoo Central 9th place Battle Creek Central 10th place Wolverine Paw Paw at Niles, 6:30 p.m. Three Rivers at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Edwardsburg at Sturgis, 6:00 p.m. Plainwell at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m. BCS Our Lady of the Lake at Covert, 5:00 p.m. SAC Delton-Kellogg at South Haven, 6:30 p.m. Saugatuck at Allegan, 6:30 p.m. Coloma at Constantine, 5:00 p.m. Non-Conference Buchanan at Comstock, 5:00 p.m. Marcellus at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Bridgman at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. Battle Creek Central at Calhoun Christian, 5:00 p.m. Baseball Our Lady of the Lake at Benton Harbor, 4:00 p.m. Battle Creek Lakeview at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Martin at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. Mendon at Cassopolis, 4:30 p.m. Zion Christian at Saugatuck, 4:30 p.m. Softball Battle Creek Lakeview at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Martin at Saugatuck, 4:30 p.m. Mendon at Cassopolis, 4:30 p.m. Comstock at Grant, 4:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 4, Pittsburg Pirates 0 Chicago White Sox 8, Cleveland Guardians 3 Houston Astros 7, Chicago Cubs 3 Tigers 4, Pirates 0 – Michael Lorenzen has season-high 7 strikeouts, Tigers beat Pirates 4-0 Michael Lorenzen had a season-high seven strikeouts in six innings, Spencer Torkelson doubled twice and the Detroit Tigers beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 on Tuesday night. Lorenzen (2-2) gave up five hits and two walks and has allowed just two runs in his last three starts. Will Vest worked two scoreless innings, with three strikeouts, and Jose Cisnero pitched the ninth. Torkelson scored and knocked in another run. Riley Greene had three hits. Shut out for the second time in three games, Pittsburgh has lost 12 of 14 games while scoring just 22 runs. Luis Ortiz (0-2) allowed four runs, three earned, and seven hits in three-plus innings. White Sox 8, Guardians 3 – Robert homers for 4th straight game, White Sox beat Guardians 8-3 Luis Robert Jr. homered for the fourth straight game, Gavin Sheets and Jake Burger went deep off Shane Bieber in Chicago’s six-run fifth inning, and the White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 8-3. Lance Lynn allowed three runs — one earned — on seven hits in seven innings. Robert’s solo shot to deep left in the eighth was his AL-leading 12th homer of the season. He became the first White Sox player to homer in four straight games since Matt Davidson in 2017. Sheets’ three-run shot and Burger’s two-run drive were among six straight hits by the White Sox with two outs in the fifth as Chicago jumped ahead 6-0. Astros 7, Cubs 3 – Alvarez, McCormick each have 2 hits, Astros beat Cubs 7-3 Yordan Alvarez had two hits and drove in two runs and Chas McCormick added two hits and made a nifty grab in the Houston Astros’ 7-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. Justin Steele (6-1) hadn’t given up more than three runs in a game this season before the Astros jumped on him for four runs in the fourth inning for a 5-1 lead. The Astros had four of their season-high six doubles in that inning en route to their third consecutive victory. Steele allowed five hits and five runs with eight strikeouts in six innings. Cristian Javier (4-1) allowed two hits and one run in six innings for his second straight win. Tonight Pittsburgh (Hill 3-3) at Detroit (Rodriguez 4-2), 1:10 p.m.        News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 12:45 Chicago Cubs (Smyly 4-1) at Houston (France 1-0), 8:10 p.m. Cleveland (Battenfield 0-4) at Chicago White Sox (Clevinger 2-3), 8:10 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Conference Finals (Best of 7) Last Night Western Conference Finals Denver Nuggets 132, Los Angles Lakers 126                            (DEN leads 1-0) Nuggets 132, Lakers 126 – Nikola Jokic leads Nuggets past Lakers 132-126 in West opener Nikola Jokic’s powerful display at both ends of the court propelled the Denver Nuggets past the Los Angeles Lakers 132-126 in the opener of the Western Conference Finals. The Nuggets led by as many as 21 points before the Lakers made a late push before falling short of winning an opener on the road for the third time in these playoffs. Anthony Davis scored 40 points for the Lakers and LeBron James came up one assist shy of a triple double to go with his 26 points and 12 rebounds. Last Night Eastern Conference Finals Miami Heat at Boston Celtics, 8:30 p.m.                                  (Game 1) NBA – The Wembanyama sweepstakes and draft lottery has a winner: It’s the Spurs Victor Wembanyama is now set to begin his NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs, after they won the NBA draft lottery and the No. 1 overall pick on Tuesday night. The Spurs were one of three teams with the best odds — 14% — to land the No. 1 pick, which they’ll almost certainly use on Wembanyama. The 7-foot-3 French 19-year-old is one of the most highly touted prospects in NBA history and will be expected to make an immediate impact on the league.  Detroit had the worst record in the NBA and was one of the three teams with the best odds of winning. The Pistons wound up falling all the way to fifth, the worst of their possible outcomes.   Indiana has the 7th pick and the Bulls pick at 11 was traded to Orlando in the deal for Nikola Vucevic. WNBA – WNBA suspends Hammon 2 games for player’s allegation she was bullied The WNBA has suspended Las Vegas coach Becky Hammon, one of the league’s marquee figures, for two games after former Aces player Dearica Hamby said she had been bullied and manipulated for being pregnant. Hammon, who in her first season last year led the Aces to the WNBA championship, was suspended without pay Tuesday after a monthslong investigation. The league also rescinded the Aces’ first-round pick in the 2025 draft for a different issue — a violation of league rules regarding impermissible player benefits involving Hamby. Hammon and the Aces have not responded to requests for comment. NHL – Arizona Coyotes’ bid for new arena appears to be rejected by voters The Arizona Coyotes’ bid for a new arena appears to be dead. In the first release of results from Tuesday’s referendum, voters in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe were strongly against three propositions to build a $2.3 billion entertainment district that would include a new arena for the Coyotes. Opposition to the three propositions had a double-digit lead over those in favor, with only ballots dropped off Tuesday left to count. The Coyotes had hoped a new arena in Tempe would finally allow the franchise to settle down after playing in three different venues since moving to Arizona. Now it appears the franchise has to search for a new home again. NFL – ESPN announces ‘Pat McAfee Show’ will join afternoon lineup Pat McAfee’s show is moving to ESPN as part of a new multiyear deal. McAfee first joined ESPN as a college football analyst for its Thursday night games in 2019. He returned to the network last year and became part of the “College GameDay” crew as well as hosting some alternate presentations of ESPN games, including the CFP National Championship. That will continue, but it is McAfee’s show that has created the most buzz. ESPN also announced a documentary series on Serena Williams and four major matchups for the upcoming college football season. NFL – Peacock will exclusively carry NFL playoff game in a first for streaming service The NFL is taking another big step into streaming by putting one of its playoff games exclusively on a digital platform for the first time. The league and NBCUniversal announced that the Saturday night game on Wild Card weekend will be on Peacock. It will be preceded by a late afternoon playoff game on NBC and Peacock that will kick off at 4:30 p.m. EST. The Peacock game will also be broadcast on NBC stations in the markets of the two teams. Subscription rates for Peacock start at $4.99 per month. Soccer – CTE cases in soccer players raise fresh questions about safety of heading the ball Four more former professional soccer players have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The Concussion Legacy Foundation says the North American Soccer League veterans were found to have the degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions in athletes, combat veterans and others who have sustained repeated head trauma. English star Jimmy Fryatt was one of them. He was considered one of the best at heading the ball. Researchers say the practice is dangerous and should be phased out, especially for children. The new diagnoses come as soccer officials gather in Chicago for a Head Injury Summit. Some of the ex-players’ families say hearing from those who suffered from the disease is a key to preventing and treating it. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan 11, Great Lakes 10 Lake County 6, Lansing 5 South Bend 9, Beloit 4 Today Lake County Captains at Lansing Lugnuts, 11:05 a.m. (DH) South Bend Cubs at Beloit Sky Carp, 12:05 p.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m. MHSAA – 1-and-1 free throws to be eliminated at the high school level next season One-and-ones are done in high school basketball. High school basketball teams now will shoot two free throws for common fouls when in the “bonus” instead of having to make the first free throw to get a second after seven fouls. Rules changes for next school year were approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations’ basketball rules committee, then by its board of directors. In addition to awarding two foul shots for all common fouls, teams will reach the bonus when their opponent commits five fouls in each quarter and team fouls will reset at the end of each quarter. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Baseball Lakeshore 10, Portage Central 9 Michigan Lutheran 12, New Buffalo 1- Game 1 Michigan Lutheran 18, New Buffalo 3 – Game 2 Brandywine 3, Watervliet 2 – Game 1 Watervliet 4, Brandywine 1 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Christian 5, Buchanan 1 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Christian 4, Buchanan 0 – Game 2 Bridgman 11, Coloma 0 – Game 1 Bridgman 17, Coloma 0 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 10, South Haven 0 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 7, South Haven 3 – Game 2 River Valley 1, Eau Claire 0 – Game 1 River Valley 8, Eau Claire 4 – Game 2 Niles 7, Plainwell 6 – Game 1 Plainwell 1, Niles 0 – Game 2 Otsego 12, Paw Paw 2 – Game 1 Otsego 5, Paw Paw 0 – Game 2 Sturgis 11, Three Rivers 0 – Game 1 Three Rivers 3, Sturgis 1 – Game 2 Vicksburg 12, Edwardsburg 8 – Game 1 Edwardsburg 8, Vickburg 5 – Game 2 Vicksburg 14, Edwardsburg 3 – Game 2 Forest Hills Eastern 10, Mattawan 0 – Game 1 Mattawan 3, Forest Hills Eastern 0 – Game 2 Gobles 21, Holland Black River 1 – Game 1 Gobles 12, Holland Black River 2 – Game 2 Parchment 8, Kalamazoo Hackett 2 – Game 1 Parchment 13, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 2 Centreville 2, Colon 1 Comstock 19, Marcellus 7 – Game 1 Comstock 16, Marcellus 1 – Game 2 Softball St. Joseph 13, Dowagiac 3 – Game 1 St. Joseph 11, Dowagiac 6 – Game 2 Mattawan 16, South Haven 3 – Game 1 South Haven 15, Mattawan 6 – Game 2 Buchanan 2, Kalamazoo Christian 0 – Game 1 Buchanan 9, Kalamazoo Christian 3 – Game 2 Coloma 10, Bridgman 0 – Game 1 Coloma 12, Bridgman 3 – Game 2 Niles 11, Plainwell 3 – Game 1 Niles 16, Plainwell 1 – Game 2 Otsego 4, Paw Paw 3 – Game 1 Otsego 8, Paw Paw 0 – Game 1 Three Rivers 17, Sturgis 2 – Game 1 Three River 28, Sturgis 0 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 11, Vicksburg 10 – Game 1 Vicksburg 14, Edwardsburg 3 – Game 2 Portage Central 15, Battle Creek Cent. 0 – Game 1 Portage Central 15, Battle Creek Cent. 0 – Game 2 Parchment 16, Kalamazoo Hackett 1 – Game 1 Parchment 13, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 2 Centreville 5, Colon 0 – Game 1 Centreville 15, Colon 6 – Game 2 Girls Soccer Michigan Lutheran 1, Berrien Springs 0 Watervliet 6, Coloma 1 Bangor 1, Hartford 1 – Tie Fennville 3, Lawton 1 Kalamazoo Hackett 7, Parchment 0 GR Covenant Christian 2, Holland Black River 1 Today Girls Soccer SMAC Tournament Portage Central at Mattawan, 6:30 p.m.              Championship game Lakeshore at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m.                       3rd place game Battle Creek Lakeview at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m.      5th place game Portage Northern at Kal. Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m.     7th place game Kalamazoo Central 9th place Battle Creek Central 10th place Wolverine Paw Paw at Niles, 6:30 p.m. Three Rivers at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Edwardsburg at Sturgis, 6:00 p.m. Plainwell at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m. BCS Our Lady of the Lake at Covert, 5:00 p.m. SAC Delton-Kellogg at South Haven, 6:30 p.m. Saugatuck at Allegan, 6:30 p.m. Coloma at Constantine, 5:00 p.m. Non-Conference Buchanan at Comstock, 5:00 p.m. Marcellus at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Bridgman at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. Battle Creek Central at Calhoun Christian, 5:00 p.m. Baseball Our Lady of the Lake at Benton Harbor, 4:00 p.m. Battle Creek Lakeview at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Martin at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. Mendon at Cassopolis, 4:30 p.m. Zion Christian at Saugatuck, 4:30 p.m. Softball Battle Creek Lakeview at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Martin at Saugatuck, 4:30 p.m. Mendon at Cassopolis, 4:30 p.m. Comstock at Grant, 4:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 4, Pittsburg Pirates 0 Chicago White Sox 8, Cleveland Guardians 3 Houston Astros 7, Chicago Cubs 3 Tigers 4, Pirates 0 – Michael Lorenzen has season-high 7 strikeouts, Tigers beat Pirates 4-0 Michael Lorenzen had a season-high seven strikeouts in six innings, Spencer Torkelson doubled twice and the Detroit Tigers beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 on Tuesday night. Lorenzen (2-2) gave up five hits and two walks and has allowed just two runs in his last three starts. Will Vest worked two scoreless innings, with three strikeouts, and Jose Cisnero pitched the ninth. Torkelson scored and knocked in another run. Riley Greene had three hits. Shut out for the second time in three games, Pittsburgh has lost 12 of 14 games while scoring just 22 runs. Luis Ortiz (0-2) allowed four runs, three earned, and seven hits in three-plus innings. White Sox 8, Guardians 3 – Robert homers for 4th straight game, White Sox beat Guardians 8-3 Luis Robert Jr. homered for the fourth straight game, Gavin Sheets and Jake Burger went deep off Shane Bieber in Chicago’s six-run fifth inning, and the White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 8-3. Lance Lynn allowed three runs — one earned — on seven hits in seven innings. Robert’s solo shot to deep left in the eighth was his AL-leading 12th homer of the season. He became the first White Sox player to homer in four straight games since Matt Davidson in 2017. Sheets’ three-run shot and Burger’s two-run drive were among six straight hits by the White Sox with two outs in the fifth as Chicago jumped ahead 6-0. Astros 7, Cubs 3 – Alvarez, McCormick each have 2 hits, Astros beat Cubs 7-3 Yordan Alvarez had two hits and drove in two runs and Chas McCormick added two hits and made a nifty grab in the Houston Astros’ 7-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. Justin Steele (6-1) hadn’t given up more than three runs in a game this season before the Astros jumped on him for four runs in the fourth inning for a 5-1 lead. The Astros had four of their season-high six doubles in that inning en route to their third consecutive victory. Steele allowed five hits and five runs with eight strikeouts in six innings. Cristian Javier (4-1) allowed two hits and one run in six innings for his second straight win. Tonight Pittsburgh (Hill 3-3) at Detroit (Rodriguez 4-2), 1:10 p.m.        News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 12:45 Chicago Cubs (Smyly 4-1) at Houston (France 1-0), 8:10 p.m. Cleveland (Battenfield 0-4) at Chicago White Sox (Clevinger 2-3), 8:10 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Conference Finals (Best of 7) Last Night Western Conference Finals Denver Nuggets 132, Los Angles Lakers 126                            (DEN leads 1-0) Nuggets 132, Lakers 126 – Nikola Jokic leads Nuggets past Lakers 132-126 in West opener Nikola Jokic’s powerful display at both ends of the court propelled the Denver Nuggets past the Los Angeles Lakers 132-126 in the opener of the Western Conference Finals. The Nuggets led by as many as 21 points before the Lakers made a late push before falling short of winning an opener on the road for the third time in these playoffs. Anthony Davis scored 40 points for the Lakers and LeBron James came up one assist shy of a triple double to go with his 26 points and 12 rebounds. Last Night Eastern Conference Finals Miami Heat at Boston Celtics, 8:30 p.m.                                  (Game 1) NBA – The Wembanyama sweepstakes and draft lottery has a winner: It’s the Spurs Victor Wembanyama is now set to begin his NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs, after they won the NBA draft lottery and the No. 1 overall pick on Tuesday night. The Spurs were one of three teams with the best odds — 14% — to land the No. 1 pick, which they’ll almost certainly use on Wembanyama. The 7-foot-3 French 19-year-old is one of the most highly touted prospects in NBA history and will be expected to make an immediate impact on the league.  Detroit had the worst record in the NBA and was one of the three teams with the best odds of winning. The Pistons wound up falling all the way to fifth, the worst of their possible outcomes.   Indiana has the 7th pick and the Bulls pick at 11 was traded to Orlando in the deal for Nikola Vucevic. WNBA – WNBA suspends Hammon 2 games for player’s allegation she was bullied The WNBA has suspended Las Vegas coach Becky Hammon, one of the league’s marquee figures, for two games after former Aces player Dearica Hamby said she had been bullied and manipulated for being pregnant. Hammon, who in her first season last year led the Aces to the WNBA championship, was suspended without pay Tuesday after a monthslong investigation. The league also rescinded the Aces’ first-round pick in the 2025 draft for a different issue — a violation of league rules regarding impermissible player benefits involving Hamby. Hammon and the Aces have not responded to requests for comment. NHL – Arizona Coyotes’ bid for new arena appears to be rejected by voters The Arizona Coyotes’ bid for a new arena appears to be dead. In the first release of results from Tuesday’s referendum, voters in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe were strongly against three propositions to build a $2.3 billion entertainment district that would include a new arena for the Coyotes. Opposition to the three propositions had a double-digit lead over those in favor, with only ballots dropped off Tuesday left to count. The Coyotes had hoped a new arena in Tempe would finally allow the franchise to settle down after playing in three different venues since moving to Arizona. Now it appears the franchise has to search for a new home again. NFL – ESPN announces ‘Pat McAfee Show’ will join afternoon lineup Pat McAfee’s show is moving to ESPN as part of a new multiyear deal. McAfee first joined ESPN as a college football analyst for its Thursday night games in 2019. He returned to the network last year and became part of the “College GameDay” crew as well as hosting some alternate presentations of ESPN games, including the CFP National Championship. That will continue, but it is McAfee’s show that has created the most buzz. ESPN also announced a documentary series on Serena Williams and four major matchups for the upcoming college football season. NFL – Peacock will exclusively carry NFL playoff game in a first for streaming service The NFL is taking another big step into streaming by putting one of its playoff games exclusively on a digital platform for the first time. The league and NBCUniversal announced that the Saturday night game on Wild Card weekend will be on Peacock. It will be preceded by a late afternoon playoff game on NBC and Peacock that will kick off at 4:30 p.m. EST. The Peacock game will also be broadcast on NBC stations in the markets of the two teams. Subscription rates for Peacock start at $4.99 per month. Soccer – CTE cases in soccer players raise fresh questions about safety of heading the ball Four more former professional soccer players have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The Concussion Legacy Foundation says the North American Soccer League veterans were found to have the degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions in athletes, combat veterans and others who have sustained repeated head trauma. English star Jimmy Fryatt was one of them. He was considered one of the best at heading the ball. Researchers say the practice is dangerous and should be phased out, especially for children. The new diagnoses come as soccer officials gather in Chicago for a Head Injury Summit. Some of the ex-players’ families say hearing from those who suffered from the disease is a key to preventing and treating it. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan 11, Great Lakes 10 Lake County 6, Lansing 5 South Bend 9, Beloit 4 Today Lake County Captains at Lansing Lugnuts, 11:05 a.m. (DH) South Bend Cubs at Beloit Sky Carp, 12:05 p.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m. MHSAA – 1-and-1 free throws to be eliminated at the high school level next season One-and-ones are done in high school basketball. High school basketball teams now will shoot two free throws for common fouls when in the “bonus” instead of having to make the first free throw to get a second after seven fouls. Rules changes for next school year were approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations’ basketball rules committee, then by its board of directors. In addition to awarding two foul shots for all common fouls, teams will reach the bonus when their opponent commits five fouls in each quarter and team fouls will reset at the end of each quarter. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Baseball Lakeshore 10, Portage Central 9 Michigan Lutheran 12, New Buffalo 1- Game 1 Michigan Lutheran 18, New Buffalo 3 – Game 2 Brandywine 3, Watervliet 2 – Game 1 Watervliet 4, Brandywine 1 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Christian 5, Buchanan 1 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Christian 4, Buchanan 0 – Game 2 Bridgman 11, Coloma 0 – Game 1 Bridgman 17, Coloma 0 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 10, South Haven 0 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 7, South Haven 3 – Game 2 River Valley 1, Eau Claire 0 – Game 1 River Valley 8, Eau Claire 4 – Game 2 Niles 7, Plainwell 6 – Game 1 Plainwell 1, Niles 0 – Game 2 Otsego 12, Paw Paw 2 – Game 1 Otsego 5, Paw Paw 0 – Game 2 Sturgis 11, Three Rivers 0 – Game 1 Three Rivers 3, Sturgis 1 – Game 2 Vicksburg 12, Edwardsburg 8 – Game 1 Edwardsburg 8, Vickburg 5 – Game 2 Vicksburg 14, Edwardsburg 3 – Game 2 Forest Hills Eastern 10, Mattawan 0 – Game 1 Mattawan 3, Forest Hills Eastern 0 – Game 2 Gobles 21, Holland Black River 1 – Game 1 Gobles 12, Holland Black River 2 – Game 2 Parchment 8, Kalamazoo Hackett 2 – Game 1 Parchment 13, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 2 Centreville 2, Colon 1 Comstock 19, Marcellus 7 – Game 1 Comstock 16, Marcellus 1 – Game 2 Softball St. Joseph 13, Dowagiac 3 – Game 1 St. Joseph 11, Dowagiac 6 – Game 2 Mattawan 16, South Haven 3 – Game 1 South Haven 15, Mattawan 6 – Game 2 Buchanan 2, Kalamazoo Christian 0 – Game 1 Buchanan 9, Kalamazoo Christian 3 – Game 2 Coloma 10, Bridgman 0 – Game 1 Coloma 12, Bridgman 3 – Game 2 Niles 11, Plainwell 3 – Game 1 Niles 16, Plainwell 1 – Game 2 Otsego 4, Paw Paw 3 – Game 1 Otsego 8, Paw Paw 0 – Game 1 Three Rivers 17, Sturgis 2 – Game 1 Three River 28, Sturgis 0 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 11, Vicksburg 10 – Game 1 Vicksburg 14, Edwardsburg 3 – Game 2 Portage Central 15, Battle Creek Cent. 0 – Game 1 Portage Central 15, Battle Creek Cent. 0 – Game 2 Parchment 16, Kalamazoo Hackett 1 – Game 1 Parchment 13, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 2 Centreville 5, Colon 0 – Game 1 Centreville 15, Colon 6 – Game 2 Girls Soccer Michigan Lutheran 1, Berrien Springs 0 Watervliet 6, Coloma 1 Bangor 1, Hartford 1 – Tie Fennville 3, Lawton 1 Kalamazoo Hackett 7, Parchment 0 GR Covenant Christian 2, Holland Black River 1 Today Girls Soccer SMAC Tournament Portage Central at Mattawan, 6:30 p.m.              Championship game Lakeshore at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m.                       3rd place game Battle Creek Lakeview at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m.      5th place game Portage Northern at Kal. Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m.     7th place game Kalamazoo Central 9th place Battle Creek Central 10th place Wolverine Paw Paw at Niles, 6:30 p.m. Three Rivers at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Edwardsburg at Sturgis, 6:00 p.m. Plainwell at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m. BCS Our Lady of the Lake at Covert, 5:00 p.m. SAC Delton-Kellogg at South Haven, 6:30 p.m. Saugatuck at Allegan, 6:30 p.m. Coloma at Constantine, 5:00 p.m. Non-Conference Buchanan at Comstock, 5:00 p.m. Marcellus at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Bridgman at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. Battle Creek Central at Calhoun Christian, 5:00 p.m. Baseball Our Lady of the Lake at Benton Harbor, 4:00 p.m. Battle Creek Lakeview at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Martin at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:30 p.m. Mendon at Cassopolis, 4:30 p.m. Zion Christian at Saugatuck, 4:30 p.m. Softball Battle Creek Lakeview at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Martin at Saugatuck, 4:30 p.m. Mendon at Cassopolis, 4:30 p.m. Comstock at Grant, 4:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Frazier is an exciting young prospect for the Pittsburg Pirates—the left-handed hitting OF burst on the scene with a breakout season two years ago. He is now the starting centerfielder for the Altoona Curve. Cheats (BBM) sat down with Matt this week in Richmond to introduce him to the BBM community. Matt talked about playing baseball from a very young age (3), having a father who played pro ball as his mentor, and his passion for fashion. Matt is the type of player the Mixtape community should follow and rally around. He is thoughtful, passionate, and a hell of a player. This episode is fun, entertaining, and educational. Please follow and subscribe to the podcast. I'm going to ask you to rate and review the show. You can follow Matt at MattFraizer3 on IG.

Jeff and John welcome Rangers catching coordinator Bobby Wilson to the show. He talks about being handy and the current status of the catching position with the big league club. John first talks about the trade he put together with a fellow podcaster for the Pittsburg Pirates involving Bryan Reynolds. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/txrangerspod/support

Which Mariners will be traded at the MLB Winter Meetings! Mariners sign Trevor Gott! Carlos Santana signs with the Pittsburg Pirates! And what do Myrone and "Hano in Edmonds" think about some key jersey number reassignments on the Mariners for 2023. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Which Mariners will be traded at the MLB Winter Meetings! Mariners sign Trevor Gott! Carlos Santana signs with the Pittsburg Pirates! And what do Myrone and "Hano in Edmonds" think about some key jersey number reassignments on the Mariners for 2023. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ADVERTISE/LIVE BROADCAST WITH US: LockedOnRays@gmail.comThe Tampa Bay Rays won the middle game of the three-game series against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, 8-4. The Rays have not had their offensive production at their optimal standard with the multiple injuries and underperforming production from rookies, but there are signs that point to the offense waking up from their 81 game slumber.Also, the Rays picked up INF Yu Chang, who has been in two organizations previously, the Cleveland Guardians and Pittsburg Pirates. Is he a stopgap? Is someone going on the IL? Are the Rays moving someone from their middle infield?Follow Kevin Weiss @KevinWeiss_Follow Ulises Sambrano @SambranoUlisesFollow the show @LockedOnRays#Rays #RaysUp #LockedOnRays #RaysBaseball #TampaBay #TampaBayRays #ChampaBay #TeamTampaBay #TBRays #MLBPodcast #LockedOnRaysSupport Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order.BetOnlineBetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts!Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you.Sports Card InvestorDownload the Sports Card Investor App today and easily browse over 630K cards from every sport, with hundreds more added each week . Available for free in the Google Play and Apple App stores or go to sportscardinvestor.com/lockedon.Blue NileMake your moment sparkle with jewelry from Bluenile.com, and LOCKED ON SPORTS listeners get $50 off purchases of $500 or more using code LOCKEDON. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ADVERTISE/LIVE BROADCAST WITH US: LockedOnRays@gmail.com The Tampa Bay Rays won the middle game of the three-game series against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, 8-4. The Rays have not had their offensive production at their optimal standard with the multiple injuries and underperforming production from rookies, but there are signs that point to the offense waking up from their 81 game slumber. Also, the Rays picked up INF Yu Chang, who has been in two organizations previously, the Cleveland Guardians and Pittsburg Pirates. Is he a stopgap? Is someone going on the IL? Are the Rays moving someone from their middle infield? Follow Kevin Weiss @KevinWeiss_ Follow Ulises Sambrano @SambranoUlises Follow the show @LockedOnRays #Rays #RaysUp #LockedOnRays #RaysBaseball #TampaBay #TampaBayRays #ChampaBay #TeamTampaBay #TBRays #MLBPodcast #LockedOnRays Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Sports Card Investor Download the Sports Card Investor App today and easily browse over 630K cards from every sport, with hundreds more added each week . Available for free in the Google Play and Apple App stores or go to sportscardinvestor.com/lockedon. Blue Nile Make your moment sparkle with jewelry from Bluenile.com, and LOCKED ON SPORTS listeners get $50 off purchases of $500 or more using code LOCKEDON. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ADVERTISE WITH US: LockedOnRays@gmail.comThe Tampa Bay Rays swept the three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates in an exciting way, including back-to-back walk-off wins on Friday and Saturday. Although the Rays were not able to pummel the Pirates pitching, a win is a win no matter how it comes. This weekend included the debut of Johnathan Aranda, Luke Raley, but also the return of Wander Franco to the lineup. Isaac Paredes and Harold Ramirez were key offensive cogs for the Rays this weekend. Let's dive in.Follow Kevin Weiss @KevinWeiss_Follow Ulises Sambrano @SambranoUlisesFollow the show @LockedOnRays Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ADVERTISE WITH US: LockedOnRays@gmail.com The Tampa Bay Rays swept the three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates in an exciting way, including back-to-back walk-off wins on Friday and Saturday. Although the Rays were not able to pummel the Pirates pitching, a win is a win no matter how it comes. This weekend included the debut of Johnathan Aranda, Luke Raley, but also the return of Wander Franco to the lineup. Isaac Paredes and Harold Ramirez were key offensive cogs for the Rays this weekend. Let's dive in. Follow Kevin Weiss @KevinWeiss_ Follow Ulises Sambrano @SambranoUlises Follow the show @LockedOnRays Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Not your usual Wednesday June 8 in MLB with only a couple of afternoon games. The Pittsburg Pirates play host to the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals welcome the Toronto Blue Jays.The rest of the action is at night and it starts with a trio of games at 6:40 p.m. ET.The schedule winds up with three games on the West Coast as the Red Sox visit the Angels, Mets are at the Padres and in a 9:45 p.m. ET first pitch the Colorado Rockies face the San Francisco Giants.Make sure to follow the schedule and get it on all the MLB action for the best Baseball Betting Odds at BetUS. Play away at BetUS for the Best Baseball Betting Odds.

Episode Topics:Covering the big moments of the week like Stanton reminding people he's the other half of the pinstripe bash brothers, Pujols moving to the bullpen, and the Reds somehow throwing a no-hitter and still losing.Highlighting Ke-Bryan Hayes, the new face of the Pittsburg Pirates after signing the biggest contract in franchise historyBreaking down how much is actually costs to play Travel Baseball

Paddy open's today's show by covering the Cincinnati Reds, and many may wonder why. Well, the Reds played the Pittsburg Pirates on Sunday (5/15) and Hunter Greene threw 7 1/3 innings of no-hit baseball. Unfortunately for the 22-year-old phenom, the Reds would go on to lose this game even without giving up any hits. Paddy breaks down how this happens and then talks about some of the issues going on with umpires. To be more specific the "ump show" that people have become accustomed to seeing because a few umpires do like to make some moments bigger. One of the biggest issues with umpires is the fact that they're human and humans make mistakes. Paddy takes a look at how umpiring has changed since 2008. After that Paddy goes through every team's best player under 25 that could be a superstar for years to come. To end today's show Paddy covers injuries and stat updates. If you enjoyed this episode, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can find us on iTunes or on any app that carries podcasts as well as on YouTube. Please remember to subscribe and give us a nice review. That way you will always be among the first to get the latest GSMC Baseball Podcasts. We would like to thank our Sponsor: Peloton Advertise with US: https://gsmcpodcast.com/advertise-with-us Website: https://gsmcpodcast.com/gsmc-baseball-podcast Apple Podcasts:

This episode was originally released in July 2020. 

We have a battle between the teams that have the two best players in baseball history up to this point. Music: Last Stand - Purple Planet Music

The first World Series represented two rival leagues acknowledging each other's right to exist. Can Ban Johnson's upstart American League earn bragging rights over the more established National League? Music: Last Stand - Purple Planet Music

Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Dak Prescott made some controversial statements and Jason Smith and Mike Harmon thinks it indicates a much larger problem with the Cowboys organization. With Ben Roethlisberger's retirement looming, what will head coach Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburg Pirates do at the quarterback position? Plenty of NFL teams are in panic mode! Which ones are they? Jason Smith and Mike Harmon break it down for ya and much more!  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Texas Born Daniel McCutchen knows the car wash business and proves it with his most recent venture, Big League Car Wash with multiple locations popping up in one of the fastest growing cities in America, none other than New Braunfels, Texas.  No secret to emergent success, Dan grew up as a preacher's child in Oklahoma playing short stop during his high school days. He walked-on at an NCAA Division II school out of high school and ended up awarded a baseball scholarship at the University of Oklahoma. Drafted four (4) times by the Yankees, Cardinals, Devil Rays, and then the Yankees again he eventually signed with the Yankees in 2006, finally making it to the Big Leagues in 2009 with the Pittsburg Pirates and playing for 11 seasons.A graduate of the University of Oklahoma with an Economics degree, Dan always had business on his mind. He attributes his success to God and emphasizes that throughout his athletic career he wasn't necessarily “rich” but he put a disciplined financial plan together to save his money with one more play in mind: Big League Car Wash.Learn more at BigLeagueCarWash.com and TexasEmergingLeaders.comFeaturing:Daniel McCutchen, Former MLB Pitcher & Owner of Big League Car WashSean Christian, Podcast OfficerChris Sanger, Chief Creative OfficerTo join our team.  Go here!Disclaimer: The comments herein are considered to be the personal comments of the speakers and not to be mistaken for advice in any way. Copyright 2021 Sanger Syndicate LLC. All Rights Reserved.

We didn't get swept by the Pittsburg Pirates! Miguel Cabrera continues to make history, and we talk about when we should see our top prospects get called up. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order.BetOnline AGThere is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus.Rock AutoAmazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We didn't get swept by the Pittsburg Pirates! Miguel Cabrera continues to make history, and we talk about when we should see our top prospects get called up. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline AG There is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Professional baseball player, Stephen Alemais from the Pittsburg Pirates sits down with Neesa and talks all things dating after the "blue check." From ladies throwing themselves at him who never have before, demanding shopping trips and bags to getting left for JAMES HARDEN... Stephen spills all the tea on dating Before VS AFTER signing a contact. Tune in audio: Sorry If I Offend You Podcast Spotify Apple Anchor FM Google Podcasts --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sorryifioffendyou/support

BOTTOM OF THE TABLE EP 031 We jump on the bandwagon of the team that came last place last year in different sports and ride the season out capturing the highs, lows and everything in between JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON ! THIS WEEK WE COVER WNBA We are talking New York Liberty playing 50/50 ball MLB We are talking Pittsburg Pirates going 4/7 this week MLS We are talking FC Cincinnati whom cant win in their home ground Thanks to : FONTYTEES CLOTHING = fontytees.com Support Glenn Jarman Sports via: Podcast = https://anchor.fm/glenn-jarman-sports Twitter = https://www.twitter.com/glennjarman #Pirates #FCCincy #NYLiberty #NBA #MLB #MLS #WNBA --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/glenn-jarman-sports/message

BOTTOM OF THE TABLE EP 027 We jump on the bandwagon of the team that came last place last year in different sports and ride the season out capturing the highs, lows and everything in between JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON ! THIS WEEK WE COVER WNBA We are talking New York Liberty upcoming 3 games MLB We are talking Pittsburg Pirates on a 6 game losing streak MLS We are talking FC Cincinnati coming back from 3 weeks of practice Thanks to : FONTYTEES CLOTHING = fontytees.com Support Glenn Jarman Sports via: Podcast = https://anchor.fm/glenn-jarman-sports Twitter = https://www.twitter.com/glennjarman #Pirates #FCCincy #NYLiberty #NBA #MLB #MLS #WNBA --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/glenn-jarman-sports/message

Today on the Good The Bad The Dumb: Ryan Fitzpatrick is going back to school, the Pittsburg Pirates' fielding woes, and the hype of Archie Manning.

BOTTOM OF THE TABLE EP 021 We jump on the bandwagon of the team that came last place last year in different sports and ride the season out capturing the highs, lows and everything in between JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON ! THIS WEEK WE COVER NBA We are talking Golden State Warriors trying to make the 8 NHL We are talking Detroit Red Wings loving shootouts MLB We are talking Pittsburg Pirates on a 3 game losing streak MLS We are talking FC Cincinnati loving the doughnuts Thanks to : FONTYTEES CLOTHING = fontytees.com Support Glenn Jarman Sports via: Podcast = https://anchor.fm/glenn-jarman-sports Twitter = https://www.twitter.com/glennjarman #sports #Warriors #RedWings #Pirates #FCCincy #NBA #NHL #MLB #MLS --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/glenn-jarman-sports/message

BOTTOM OF THE TABLE EP 017 We jump on the bandwagon of the team that came last place last year in different sports and ride the season out capturing the highs, lows and everything in between JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON ! THIS WEEK WE COVER NBA We are talking the Golden State Warriors NHL We are talking the Detroit Red Wings MLB We are talking the Pittsburg Pirates being UNDERFEATED Thanks to : FONTYTEES CLOTHING = fontytees.com Support Glenn Jarman Sports via: Podcast = https://anchor.fm/glenn-jarman-sports Twitter = https://www.twitter.com/glennjarman #sports #basketball #hockey #baseball #NBA #NHL #MLB --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/glenn-jarman-sports/message

Welcome to another episode of Say Hey Plays! The Co-Hosts of The Pub Sports Radio Baseball show come together to discuss all things gambling in major league baseball!Today, the guys continue their Over Under Divisional Picks and Predictions in the NL Central!The St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, and Pittsburg Pirates all go under the microscope, and we decide what side of the over-under we fall! We also go over the best case, worst case for each team and spotlight players to look out for!Listen and Tail along with the guys and let's find some winners!(if you are looking for the Chicago Cubs preview, you can find it here with Special Guest Kyle O'Conner: https://youtu.be/oI9W4RQ3eFo). Follow us on Twitter;@JoseBouquett@Aj_Santangelo@PubSportsRadioSubscribe to Pub Sports Radio Live for Live Gambling Shows, including Ian Cameron and Connor Mac on College Basketball, Talkin Hands on the UFC, and much more! (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW__BQPRfcmbBDFMwxtRvaw

We go stateside this week and talk to Erwin Benedict Valencia or simply ‘E’. I have know Erwin since 2016 when we met in New York City in his role working in Basketball and we’ve been good friends ever since. I would regard him as a polymath, hugely competent in many different and diverse domains. At the last count he had over 30 letters after his name but that really is just a by product of who he is. He grew up in the Philippines but moved around a fair bit as a kid before getting his first break working in professional sport with the Pittsburg Pirates in Major League Baseball. From there he went into professional basketball where he remains today. He's widely sought for his views and skills and the athletes he works with benefit hugely from his continuous learning, his curiosity and his positivity. During this chat, we touch on resilience, recovery, over-training, mindfulness, meditation, breathing, manifestation and positive psychology. For this episode there is a tonne of links to the topics we talked about in the episode show notes which can be found at benryan.co.uk/podcasts More About Erwin Valencia: Website - https://erwinvalencia.com/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4J6ic3GGNbKnFp6u3Ofn2w Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/erwinbvalencia/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/erwinbvalencia?lang=en Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ekinetiq/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/erwinbvalencia/ Show Notes - benryan.co.uk/podcasts Listen & Subscribe to The Ben Ryan Podcast: Ben’s Website - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/ Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3iUL1eLA7HFKt5gxO7Uf4j?si=oN9YN6uFRSSGbO6kR01ONQ Amazon Music - https://amzn.to/3shGDnO TuneIn - http://tun.in/pkdsm Follow me on Instagram - https://bit.ly/2Z5QSit Follow me on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3ph5W7o Follow me on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3ah8Ftv Read about me - https://amzn.to/2NLu0Ck

The 30 podcasts in 30 days journey begins now! We start our team preview series with the pride of the MLB, The Pittsburg Pirates. Hear us discuss, debate, and joke our way through previewing and projecting this Pirates 2021 Pirates team. Thanks for listening and we'll see you guys tomorrow for another preview pod! Stay Chilly.

Do you coach people? This could be in business, life, sports. But as a coach, do you find yourself telling people what to do or giving them choice in exercises or do you delegate the responsibility to others while taking on an advisory role. This is easier said than done, but join in on the conversation as Andy Bass, mental skills coach for the Pittsburg Pirates talks about why he is not sorry for being an advocate for player choice especially in the learning process.

On today’s show we’re talking about the notion of valuation or what is sometimes called price discovery. I was 13 years old when I got my first taste of price discovery. In Istanbul Turkey there is the largest covered bazaar that comprises over 61 streets and over 4,000 vendors. The vendor was trying to sell me a metal sword and a negotiation ensued. I was a rookie at this, but my father knew the game and by the end of a 5 minute negotiation we settled on a price that was about 1/3 of the original asking price. The seller was grumbling the whole time as he wrapped up my purchase. I left his shop confident that I had just got a great deal. As I reflect back on it now, how much was that souvenir really worth? It’s worth what I paid for it. Did I pay too much? Did I get a great deal? I have truly no idea. There is the story of Honus Wagner played in major league baseball for 21 seasons, most of that for the Pittsburg Pirates. He was one the first five players to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. On October 31 of last year, one of 50 Wagner baseball cards sold for $1.4M dollars. It’s not the most expensive version of that card to ever sell. The most expensive one sold for $3.25M. The scarcity is part of what drives the notion of value. If there were 1,000 of these cards, they would be worth much less. It’s because there are only 50 remaining in existence that drives the notion of value. Maybe the baseball card worth 2.5 cents, the cost of the paper and ink to print it? When you buy shares in a public company, you’re buying a fraction of a company, that presumably has the ability through its active ongoing business to generate a profit for its owners. As a shareholder, you’re an owner. You would think that the value of a business is somehow tied to its ability to generate a profit. A business that generates a lot of profit should be worth more than a business that generates very little profit. Tesla Stock is currently trading at 1,667 times earnings. That means that if Tesla remained at the same level of profitability, it would take 1,667 years to earn your initial investment back, and that’s assuming of course that the company paid out 100% of its earnings in dividends to investors. At that point, I’m starting to wonder which is a better deal, Tesla stock or the baseball card? The notion of value has become distorted. A single family home in an expensive neighborhood is worth $1M because we all agree that it’s worth that much. This is what is called price discovery. If a house on the street sells for $100,000 more, now all of a sudden everyone on the street thinks their house is worth $100,000 more. But the world of real estate investing is different than the world of residential home ownership. It might seem to the uninitiated that they’re similar. But they’re quite different. You see if an apartment rents for $1,500 a month, that rent check clears every month. If you have a 100 unit building, then you have 1,200 transactions that closed over the past 12 months. There is no speculation about what the apartments will rent for. There is hard data. So when it comes to valuation, if rental properties are valuing at a 6% cap rate, then you can easily determine what a property is worth. You have lots of data from hundreds and hundreds actual transactions that settled each and every month. So what is a piece of real estate worth? Is it merely the result of negotiation, or perhaps the real estate business that is wrapped around the property is worth a multiple of its net income, its ability to generate a profit.

The 209 Podcast welcomes Turlock native Kevin Kramer onto the podcast this week to talk about his time as a dual-sport athlete at Turlock High, his time as a UCLA Bruin, being drafted by the Pittsburg Pirates and his new non-profit the Kramer Family Foundation.

This week, Tip & Dan talk about using "we" versus "they" when referring to their former teams, plus an interview with Ryan Ried who spent time pitching for the Pittsburg Pirates, the Tampa Bay Rays, and the New York Mets. During the interview, Ryan talks to us about his grind to get to the pros –including a two-year stint pitching in Maracaibo, Venezuela. We get a rare Spanish lesson from Tip to top things off! Our team of the week this week is Jacksonville 8th Grade FBU. Congrats! Like what you hear? Spread the word and subscribe! Follow along and subscribe to hear our new episodes every Thursday!

This week, Tip & Dan talk about using "we" versus "they" when referring to their former teams, plus an interview with Ryan Ried who spent time pitching for the Pittsburg Pirates, the Tampa Bay Rays, and the New York Mets. During the interview, Ryan talks to us about his grind to get to the pros –including a two-year stint pitching in Maracaibo, Venezuela. We get a rare Spanish lesson from Tip to top things off! Our team of the week this week is Jacksonville 8th Grade FBU. Congrats! Like what you hear? Spread the word and subscribe! Follow along and subscribe to hear our new episodes every Thursday!

Rob Blackmon from Purdue’s Radio Network joins IST to discuss Purdue’s win over Illinois and breaks down David Bell’s performance, what he knows about Purdue’s game against Wisconsin next week, and how well Matt Painter has done with recruiting. Dr. Len Clark from Irish101 is back following another Notre Dame win against Georgia Tech today to describe what we learned today from the Fighting Irish even though it was not a pretty win, how difficult winning is at any level of sports, and how coaches sometimes don’t know how to react when their flow is broken up. One of our very good friends at Indiana Sports Talk in Howard Kellman from the Indianapolis Indians joins on another Saturday night edition of IST discussing the Las Angeles and Tampa Bay Rays World Series outcome and some facts about the working agreement between the Indianapolis Indians and Pittsburg Pirates since 2005. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bernie Holliday, Director of Mental Conditioning with the Pittsburg Pirates joins us on this week's episode. Bernie and I talk about what separates the great from the good, managing emotions, other techniques for peak performance, and much much more!

Kyle Stark, The former Assistant GM Pittsburg Pirates & Current Professional Mentor, joins us on this week's podcast. We discuss culture, what traits elite leaders have, mistakes in leadership, and much much more.

In this episode of Reach A Place Called Success, Dr. J interviews family man Dr. Marco Alcala, team physician for the Pittsburg Pirates. Marco gets in-depth about his area of specialty, concussions. From diagnosis to treatments, all "bases are covered". Learn what to look out for and why it is critical to let the brain heal after an injury like this.

Who to bet when Major Baseball Starts?Need a distraction from Real Life Science fiction? @FerstReport “The PHD Of The Philadelphia Eagles” looks at every Major League Baseball team from a gambling and betting angle! As @josuevizcay “We are in the middle of a recession, making money betting on games can not be taken lightly!” *We exploit inefficiencies in the sports betting market to make you and ourselves money www.ecosystemsbusinessconcierge.com

Garret Bedrin joins Jerome Myers on the Dreamcatchers Podcast to share his journey from being an intern at the Pittsburg Pirates to lead on acquisitions at The Bedrin Organization. We learn about the importance of being lean when operating your real estate business, how giving without expectation opens doors, and why having integrity gives you good will in the market place. Garret believes that you have to play the long game. In the episode we learn how generational wealth is created and the responsibility that comes with that privilege. He shares his red pill moment where he decided that he was going to come back home to work in the family business after living an exciting life in California.This episode is great for anyone who is looking to understand the process of growing long term wealth.Connect with Garret on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garret-bedrin-537460/Visit his company at: https://www.bedrin.com/We tell the stories of ordinary people doing ordinary things in an effort to inspire others to live their best lives. DreamCatchers is an inclusive organization that targets people’s interest in being more instead of a certain demographic. We have people from all walks of life at many different ages. The folks in the tribe earn their living in professions such as: teachers, engineers, real estate investors, barbers, mortgage brokers, business owners, etc. Join us as we find out the why, what and how of these amazing stories.Find out more at www.dreamsshouldbereal.comFind out more about Jerome at www.d3v3loping.com or www.myersmethods.com

Eric & Peter preview the AL & NL Central divisions for 2019.

Evan Mascitti was the manager of grounds at PNC Park which is the home stadium of the Pittsburg Pirates (the buccos).  We discuss his life as a groundkeeper for a ball team, and his upcoming gig of pursuing his PhD at Penn State University.

My guest on this episode is a former professional baseball player, Tim Pahuta. Tim was originally drafted in the 21st round (624th overall) in 2001 by the Pittsburg Pirates but opted to attend Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. In 2005, Tim was drafted again, this time by the Washington Nationals ion the 18th round (534th overall) where he signed and played professionally in the minor league system from 2005 to 2013. Tim has traveled the nation for the past 15 years, rarely spending more than 6 months in a single location. Today he is the first Life Mapping Coach in the U.S. Life Maps are a brand new tool for understanding and enhancing your life story. In this episode, you'll hear from Tim about his life growing up learning about baseball at a young age to his life on the road as a professional baseball. You'll also hear how Tim became a Life Mapping Coach and how this tool could benefit you. I love hearing stories about baseball -- as you know, baseball is my favorite sport and because of my own personal ties with baseball as a once baseball Mom to a traveling baseball player turned professional baseball player. So this subject is always near and dear to my heart. I really enjoyed learning about Tim's transition from playing professional baseball to becoming the first Life Mapping Coach in the U.S. If you are interested in learning more about becoming a Life Mapping Coach or want more information about Life Mapping as a personal development tool, please visit LIFEMAPPING DOT ME. I will have this link and Tim's Health and Wellness website link below in the show notes. Follow Tim on social media: Websites - Pahooter Health & Wellness, LLC at https://coachpahooter.wixsite.com/pahooterhnw or visit https://lifemapping.me/ Facebook.com/tim.pahuta Instagram: @pahooter44 Instagram: @pahnooter_hnw Follow Annie Talks: Website - www.AnnieTalks.com Facebook.com/AnnieTalks Instagram: @Annie_Talks Twitter: @Annie_Talks Snapchat: annietalksshow #TimPahuta #LifeMapping #TimPahutaProfessionalBaseballPlayer #ProfessionalBaseballPlayer #FormerProfessionalBaseball #LifeAfterBaseball #professionaldevelopment --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

September 26, 1954 - A really fun episode from 1954. They mention radio shows from the 1920s - A&P Gypsies conducted by Harry Horlik and Sam 'n' Henry (later known as Amos 'n' Andy). They mention "The September Song", Rheingold the dry beer, and Bing Crosby's stock in the Pittsburg Pirates.   "The Jack Benny program, starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Rochester, Dennis Day, and yours truly Don Wilson"

This weeks guest is Max Rossiter. Max is a former professional baseball player with the Pittsburg Pirates who throughout his playing career was not only a stand out on the field but also off it. Now Max is passing along the training tips that enabled him to be a pro and the leadership traits that made him a team captain. He is the co-founder of Top Tier Training which has come a long way from his mother's garage to their new state of the art 3,000 sq foot facility.

Episode #60 - Buddha's Birthday Brief Bio introductions Prof. David Mason, revisits us, 33 (MASON) years in Korea www.san-shin.org Todd Jackson - LAS VEGAS, Neo-Ghandara, Tetralema Sun Mandala https://www.facebook.com/groups/389235941147074 5min - Pittsburg Pirates, Willie Stargell 11min - Taliban bomb the Bamiyan Buddhas, India's Ancient Great Emperor Ashoka controlling Afghanistan as early as 250 B.C. 12min - Silk Roads & the Taklamakan Desert, Red-Headed Mummies, KALASH 15min - Lord Stompy in the Crowsnest 20min - David explains his medallion. I-CHING etc, Todd & Stompy on rolling the trigrams & rolling the "pigs knuckles" bones, The Homeric Oracle 24min - David on Korea's GAYA Confederacy Legend of the INDIAN Princess 32min - Prince Shotoku ( SOGA clan ), Mireuksan, IKSAN, 7th-8th Century, military clashes between Shillae, Baekjae, TANG China, MU (King) Wang, Gogureyo, Gong-ju, MU-Wang ( King Mu ) circa 600 AD heavily devoted to Buddhism, founded Buyeo as the NEW capitol city Shotuku's son tutored by Shillae monk in Japan 39min - Holy SARI crystals as signs of an enlightened being, division of Buddha's SARI, Emperor Ashoka spreading & sharing, Temple of the tooth in Ceylon 42min - Holy frauds ala Catholic church? 48min - Christopher Beckwith's "Greek Buddha", Iron age, advanced "coveted" techniques from INDIA? Scythians renowned for metal technology & SMITH work, MAJOR POTHEADS, precepts against intoxication only re: ALCOHOL, NOT marijuana - RELIGION & spirituality https://duckduckgo.com/?q=scythian+bongs 57min - Kanishka, Key Mahayana proponent https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kanishka+mahayana 1hr - Devastating Muslim MUGHAL invasion of India https://duckduckgo.com/?q=muslim+invasion+of+india 1hr7min - Religious syncretism, Silk Roads, "matching" concepts - KO-I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geyi 1hr8min - Stompy on SYNERGY, Taoism, Greeks & rational thought https://duckduckgo.com/?q=greco+buddhism 1h13min - The AXIAL AGE https://duckduckgo.com/?q=the+axial+age 1hr14min - Todd on Orphism & ancient Greeks, Pythagoras, mysticism 1hr16min - https://duckduckgo.com/?q=buddhism+jainism+parallels 1hr18min - Li Po? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Bai 1hr21min - Japhy's QUICK rundown of KEY points, Jesus & Buddha parallels, coincidence? NALANDA University 1hr23min - Bodhidharma as the "Blue-Eyed Barbarian", "Out of place" statues & coins far in far flung locations including Sweden & Japan, Apocalypse, exact replica of Korea's Royal Crown found in Afghanistan https://duckduckgo.com/?q=viking+hoard+buddha+helgo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhidharma https://duckduckgo.com/?q=osaka+roman+coin+mystery https://duckduckgo.com/?q=korean+afghanistan+royal+crown+mystery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowns_of_Silla 1hr26min - TANTRA in Korea? Vairochana, Padmasambhava, Mahamudra https://duckduckgo.com/?q=korean+monks+nalanda+ancient+history 1hr28min - Stompy on 1st mid 16th century, Spanish expedition, legend re: Polynesian red-haired, fair skinned Royals etc. 1hr30min - Todd Jackson upcoming show PREVIEW re: modern Buddhism & polytheism, paganism, religion & philosophy. Peter Kingsley on Apollo, Hyperborea ( Mongolia / TIBET ) END TIMES wisdom & teachings https://www.wprpn.com/

Dr. Art De Vany is an American economist known for his work on the Hollywood film industry. He is perhaps best known, however, as the grandfather of the paleo diet, a high-protein, high-fiber way of eating similar to the way our hunter-gather ancestors ate during the Stone Age. Born in 1937, he has had a varied career that began right out of high school when he signed a baseball contract with the Hollywood Stars, a minor-league affiliate of the Pittsburg Pirates. Even though he could “run like a deer” and “hit the ball out of sight,” his poor eyesight ended his baseball career and led him the UCLA where earned a doctorate in economics. He spent most of his academic career studying Hollywood and the film industry. His research has ranged from “Hollywood Economics: How Extreme Uncertainty Shapes the Film Industry” to “Quality Revaluations and the Breakdown of Statistical Herding in the Dynamics of Box Office Revenues.” De Vany turns 80 in August and has spent the past 40 years living the paleo way. He outlined his diet and fitness philosophy in “The New Evolution Diet: What Our Paleolithic Ancestors Can Teach Us About Weight Loss, Fitness and Aging.” https://www.amazon.com/New-Evolution-Diet-Paleolithic-Ancestors-ebook/dp/B004EBT6SS/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1487717091&sr=1-1&keywords=New+evolution He is working on a new book that’s tentatively titled “Renewing Cycles: Healing the Wounds of Aging Through Improved Cellular Defense and Systemic Signaling.” De Vany gave a lecture at IHMC in Pensacola last December where he talked about the New Evolution Diet” as well as his upcoming book on aging. In Episode 30 of STEM-Talk, host Dawn Kernagis and IHMC Founder Ken Ford have a wide-ranging conversation with De Vany that covers his statistical study of home-run hitting to the dynamics of box-office revenues to the role that exercise and diet play in aging. 0:15: Dawn welcomes Ken, who talks briefly about Art’s background. 1:32: Dawn announces the winning iTunes review. 2:05: Dawn and Ken give an overview of Art’s career and research. 3:12: – Dawn welcomes Art to the show. 3:50: Art talks about his youth and how he started weightlifting as a teen-ager. 5:23: He signs with the Pittsburg Pirates and talks about playing in segregated baseball parks in the South, which was something he had never experienced before. 7:40: Ken and Art compare the lean physiques of great sluggers active in the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s such as Ted Williams, Hank Aaron and Carl Yastrzemski with today’s much larger home run hitters. 10:37: Art recalls how debates with one of his professors at UCLA about central planning versus decentralized control systems led him into economics. 13:10: Dawn asks Art to talk about his research into the economics of Hollywood. 16:17: Art explains the impact of movies like “The Titanic,” which can generate 10 percent of all the box-office revenues during a year that will see 600 to 700 movies that are released. 17:06: Dawn asks Art to share his fondest scientific and professional memories. 18:11: In 1979, Art’s newborn son is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and leads to Art’s interest and research into metabolism. 20:20: Dawn asks Art to describe the most profound power laws he has discovered in his pursuit to counter the aging process. 22:26: Ken shares his thoughts about “The New Evolution Diet,” which he describes as beautifully built on Art’s personal interest in evolution and his professional interest in complex stochastic systems. 25:26: Art explains how the book grew out of his realization that insulin controls the pathways that drive growth and obesity as well as shutting down the protective pathways. 26:45: Art describes genes as Bayesian forecasters arising from non-genetic influences on genetic expression. 28:17: Ken inquires about Art’s time at the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, which Art describes as a dream place for him.

Chaz Lytle, former MLB pro with the Pittsburg Pirates, and owner of Chaz Lytle Baseball in Orlando, FL, is living his passion teaching all ages how to make it in the ‘big leagues’.  Chaz talks honestly and from the heart with Luc today about the years after retiring from MLB, overcoming depression, and helping youth increase their success and enjoyment of the game.     Chaz’s Journey  Chaz started his professional baseball career at the University of Georgia and went through the semi-pro leagues before signing with the Pirates.   In fact, he never had any plans for after his pro career.  Baseball was always his focus.   But, in 2004, Rick Eckstein (hitting coach for the Univ. of Kentucky Wildcats), asked Chaz to help him with an off-season clinic.   Something just ‘clicked’ for him at that moment, and he even turned down an opportunity to become a scout to continue working with youth.     He started his own training camp, Chaz Lytle Baseball, and his first student is now on the way to playing pro with the Cleveland Indians.    ‘Put Barrel on Ball’  This is Chaz’s mantra with his students.  Nothing else matters.  As long as you can hit that ball, you can succeed.   Instead of trying to do too much, you’re just squaring up.  You can’t steer the ball.   And, it doesn’t matter how big you are or where you came from.    This mantra translates to life as well.    You can’t control life.  All you can do is prepare to be in the best place possible for opportunity to happen.    You have to put in the work and ‘just go do it.   No matter your circumstances.    Battling Depression  At first, retiring from MLB was the toughest time in his life.  He went through a deep depression.  He didn’t overcome it until he asked himself how he had gotten there and then realized he just no longer wanted to be that person.   It was a bad place to be but, having overcame it, it helps him relate much better to his students.   He can see trouble ahead for some and he can talk seriously with the kids about where certain things are and are not going to get them in their lives and careers.   Developing Mindset  In life, we are going to have setbacks.  It is inevitable.  It’s how you come back from those setbacks that matter.    That mindset is so important to him that he wants his son, Duke, to learn from someone who has experienced the ups and downs of life.   Don’t beat yourself up before you even get in the game.    You have to understand that we can only do so much and the rest is trust.   In sports, you are programmed and led to every major practice, game, etc.   In life, you have to do that for yourself.   Chaz undertook a lot of classes and a lot of personal development work to re-program his life.   He understands now what he can and can’t control in life and you just can’t worry about tomorrow.  Live today.    So many of his students have developed a fear of talking openly because it feels like a sign of weakness.   He tells his kids that it’s good to have conversations about where you are emotionally.    Mental Toughness in Business  In sports, you’re going to fail.  You can’t win every game.  The same goes for business.   It’s not about how many times you’ve gotten knocked down-it’s how many times you got back up.   You have to pay your dues.  If you don’t know where you came from, you’re never getting to where you want to go.    Never ever give up.   Even the best players can have a bad season.    When times are great, everyone loves you.  But, you really find out who cares about you when times are tough.    3 Steps to Greatness  Perseverance, Adversity, and Hard Work.   If you can persevere, battle adversity, and do the hard work, that gets you through it.   Where to Find Chaz  His websites: www.orlandobaseballlessons.com  or www.chaslytlebaseball.com  Phone:(407) 951-6924  YouTube:www.youtube.com/channel/UCH84uY52NX5d1QcGn13eT0Q   Twitter:@chazlytlebaseball  Facebook:www.facebook.com/chazlytlebaseball

Chaz Lytle, former MLB pro with the Pittsburg Pirates, and owner of Chaz Lytle Baseball in Orlando, FL, is living his passion teaching all ages how to make it in the ‘big leagues’.  Chaz talks honestly and from the heart with Luc today about the years after retiring from MLB, overcoming depression, and helping youth increase their success and enjoyment of the game.     Chaz’s Journey  Chaz started his professional baseball career at the University of Georgia and went through the semi-pro leagues before signing with the Pirates.   In fact, he never had any plans for after his pro career.  Baseball was always his focus.   But, in 2004, Rick Eckstein (hitting coach for the Univ. of Kentucky Wildcats), asked Chaz to help him with an off-season clinic.   Something just ‘clicked’ for him at that moment, and he even turned down an opportunity to become a scout to continue working with youth.     He started his own training camp, Chaz Lytle Baseball, and his first student is now on the way to playing pro with the Cleveland Indians.    ‘Put Barrel on Ball’  This is Chaz’s mantra with his students.  Nothing else matters.  As long as you can hit that ball, you can succeed.   Instead of trying to do too much, you’re just squaring up.  You can’t steer the ball.   And, it doesn’t matter how big you are or where you came from.    This mantra translates to life as well.    You can’t control life.  All you can do is prepare to be in the best place possible for opportunity to happen.    You have to put in the work and ‘just go do it.   No matter your circumstances.    Battling Depression  At first, retiring from MLB was the toughest time in his life.  He went through a deep depression.  He didn’t overcome it until he asked himself how he had gotten there and then realized he just no longer wanted to be that person.   It was a bad place to be but, having overcame it, it helps him relate much better to his students.   He can see trouble ahead for some and he can talk seriously with the kids about where certain things are and are not going to get them in their lives and careers.   Developing Mindset  In life, we are going to have setbacks.  It is inevitable.  It’s how you come back from those setbacks that matter.    That mindset is so important to him that he wants his son, Duke, to learn from someone who has experienced the ups and downs of life.   Don’t beat yourself up before you even get in the game.    You have to understand that we can only do so much and the rest is trust.   In sports, you are programmed and led to every major practice, game, etc.   In life, you have to do that for yourself.   Chaz undertook a lot of classes and a lot of personal development work to re-program his life.   He understands now what he can and can’t control in life and you just can’t worry about tomorrow.  Live today.    So many of his students have developed a fear of talking openly because it feels like a sign of weakness.   He tells his kids that it’s good to have conversations about where you are emotionally.    Mental Toughness in Business  In sports, you’re going to fail.  You can’t win every game.  The same goes for business.   It’s not about how many times you’ve gotten knocked down-it’s how many times you got back up.   You have to pay your dues.  If you don’t know where you came from, you’re never getting to where you want to go.    Never ever give up.   Even the best players can have a bad season.    When times are great, everyone loves you.  But, you really find out who cares about you when times are tough.    3 Steps to Greatness  Perseverance, Adversity, and Hard Work.   If you can persevere, battle adversity, and do the hard work, that gets you through it.   Where to Find Chaz  His websites: www.orlandobaseballlessons.com  or www.chaslytlebaseball.com  Phone:(407) 951-6924  YouTube:www.youtube.com/channel/UCH84uY52NX5d1QcGn13eT0Q   Twitter:@chazlytlebaseball  Facebook:www.facebook.com/chazlytlebaseball

  The world of data analytics is meeting the revenue demands of every franchise, but one of the best steps the Pittsburg Pirates made was installing Jim Alexander from as the team’s Director of Tickets into the analytics role. It is important to showcase that those who know how to generate revenue are also those determining what figures matter and what ancillaries measurements do not. Alexander discusses the various ways in which his role has changed over the years, especially transitioning from Three Rivers Stadium to PNC Park. Alexander covers the topic of fan experience, relating it to customer service, and how, when new PNC Park opened, seats weren’t automatically sold without the customer service aspect being implemented by the team.  

A Ghost In Time  by B.T. Joy He closes his eyes. The light flashes.  Somewhere west. Wyoming. Montana. Little Hallmark across the street. Hanging lilacs. Next door along. A picture house showing the matinees. His eyes, getting old, can’t see the listings.  May as well cross. Look what’s on. Halfway over. An Asian guy in an immaculate suit passes. He feels the familiar repulsive burn of electric between them. The Asian guy thinks they’ve brushed bodies and makes something of it.  “Hey fella! Watch where you’re going, huh!?” He doesn’t respond.  You’re wondering how he can be so calm? It wasn’t always that way. Not always that way at all.  His shuddering feet reach the other curb like tiny boats coming into shore and he shuffles to the doors of the picture house. He doesn’t have time to watch the movies. He’ll never have time to watch a full movie again. But sometimes he likes to read the advertisements.  Schindler’s List. Jurassic Park. Sleepless in Seattle. Must be the early 90s now. Christ the world was getting old.  He closes his eyes. The light flashes.  Sidewalk bench. Sitting. Early morning and no folk around. The Deep South by the look of the trees all shining in the muggy wind and the French Colonial facades, blue and peach, that line the good-sides of the streets like Hollywood sets of pinewood and plaster. 1970, by the cars.   But what were you asking? Oh, yes, so calm.  He wasn’t always so calm. It wasn’t always that way. For the first ten years he’d run around from place to place- from time to time- like a devil on speed. Trying to grab at people. Shouting. Screaming his name. Saying he was lost and he wanted to go home now.  Nothing ever changed. He couldn’t make anything change at any rate.    Nothing ever stayed the same long enough for anyone to understand.  He looks down at his hands. Resting on his legs that rest on that little sky-blue bench in Louisiana or Mississippi; or wherever the fuck he is. Old hands. With delves deep as canyons and the little lilac rivers of veins rushing everywhere; eroding the skin.  So old. Getting so... so... old.  He closes his eyes. The light flashes. Chase Field. On the grass. Fuck. Chase Field again. On the grass. Strewn with shirtless bodies, old and young. Brown porpoises lolling in the Phoenix summer. Pittsburg Pirates win. Arizona Diamondbacks lose. Ten runs to three.  He sits on the wall. The lawn is emptying. Gingham. Striped. Checker. Tartan. Calico. White. The blankets are being skinned from the lawn. Folded between semi-naked bodies glossed with sweat. The grass is littered with cartons and discarded chili-dogs. The march is being played.  Not again. Not again with the fucking march. Must times be recycled. Isn’t it bad enough. Isn’t it torture enough. Isn’t it hell enough.  The march. The march. The triumphant peppy march. Pittsburg Pirates win. Arizona Diamondbacks lose. Ten runs to three. The people are swarming like a chain of coffee-coloured ants. They bear insufferably close. The repulsive electric stabs at him. A thousand stinging tentacles.  He falls off the wall and wails when he hits the earth. Mothers pull their children into shawls of towels and blankets.  “Just a drunk.” They whisper to each other.  From the flat of his back he stares up at the painful Arizona sun.  He closes his eyes. The light flashes. Dark place. Perhaps by the sea. Because he can hear it lolling on the shore. Cooler night. Still on his back. Faint wisps of air up there. In all that blackness. Faint green. Radiation green. Perhaps it’s thicker than it looks because there are no stars.  But the sea. The sea out there. In the dark. Still lolling on the shore.  What were you asking?  Calm?  Yes.  Calm now. Calm now. Like the sea. Like the sea. Out there. In the dark. Still lolling on the shore.  Not always like this. Not at all always like this. Ran frantic once. Devil on speed. Grab people. Shout. Scream name.  Lost. Lost. Lost.   Want to go home!   Want to go home! Sea now. Dark. Lolling on shore.  What were you asking?  What?  Does he remember?  Of course he remembers.  Who could forget? Done with her. Blood on privates. Hers. His. Jimmy’s. Jimmy’s knife. Pulled it out. No. Put it back. Pulled it out. More blood. Throat this time. Not from below. Not from where they’d forced themselves inside.  Throat this time. Welling up. Red. Like the sea. In the dark. Lolling on the shore. Tongue lolling. On the grass. Sea on the shore. Tongue on the grass. Lolling. Lolling.  He closes his eyes. The light flashes. Chase Field. On the grass. Fuck. Chase Field again. On the grass. Old and young. Brown porpoises. Lolling. Lolling. Lolling. Pittsburg Pirates win. Arizona Diamondbacks lose. Ten runs to three.  He sits on the wall. Gingham. Striped. Checker. Tartan. Calico. White. Red. Like the sea. Welling up. Lolling. Lolling. Blankets. Skinned from the lawn. Not again. Not again. Fucking march. Recycled. Bad enough. Torture enough. Hell enough.  The march. The march. Pittsburg Pirates. Arizona Diamondbacks. Ten runs to three. Swarming ants. Insufferably close. The repulsive electric. He falls.  Mothers pull children.  “Just a drunk.” “Just a drunk.”     Painful Arizona sun. He closes his eyes. The light flashes.  No. No.  Interstate 44. Lebanon. Missouri. June 14th. Cover of cypress trees. Old Harley store closed for business. Almost transparent moon. Dark clouds and gold-dust of dawn.  No. No. No.   He looks to the trees. To the murmuring sounds not leaves but men are making under the anonymity of shade. No. Old now. Weak now. No.  In the dark a hand. His hand. Her mouth. His jeans. Her blood. Jimmy puts back his cock. Pulls out his knife.  She dies. And here, they didn’t know, they knew too well, folk are placed in pods of iron; and fed to eternity.  He closes is eyes. The light flashes. 

Kirk Verner who covers the Blue Jays for Baseballdigest.com joins us to talk AL East Baseball and give us a Brett Wallace update. Pittsburg Pirates prospect, Brian Myrow, will also being joining the program today and will give us insight on the trade that sent him from the Yankees to the Dodgers for Tanyon Sturtze.

Baseball Historian presents Game 7 of the 1960 World Series between Pittsburg Pirates vs New York Yankees 

The Northwest Toronto Punk Summit is here because Me First and the Gimme Gimmes' CJ Ramone, John Reis and Spike Slawson are in Damian's basement! Listen in as the current and former members of: Ramones, Rocket From The Crypt, Swingin' Utters and Urine Trouble sit down to talk about what is and isn't punk. From CJ's lost first appearance of the show, to the downside of being too punk for the Pittsburg Pirates, to San Diego's 80's skinhead problems, to trying to slow down the Ramones acceleration and so much more: THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!Photo by Melanie KayeAlso, don't miss Me First and The Gimme Gimmes' brand new: “Me First and The Gimme Gimmes Blow It...at Madison's Quinceanera”! Out everywhere June 14th, on Fat Wreck!Also, don't miss them on their Summer European Tour!Also, Swami John Reis will be giving tours at The Punk Rock Museum May 24-27! .Also, John's awesome Swami & the Bed Of Nails' new single: "How Are You Peeling"! Out May 15th, on Swami Records!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy