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Grim but fair. Baseball for the USA Today.

Nico Williams' header that assisted on the lone goal in the World Cup final.
Greg Brady surfing in Hawaii while wearing a tiki necklace that turned out to be very bad luck during the Brady Bunch's remote episode on the islands.
Ken Howard and Kevin Hooks, portraying Coach Ken Reeves and Morris Thorpe on The White Shadow, have a heart-to-heart on Carver High’s wooden gymnasium bleachers.
Jordan Walker with his Home Run Derby trophy and jacket.
Max Muncy and Yoshinobu Yamamoto pose for photographer/teammate Justin Wrobleski at All-Star media day.
Dylan Cease and John Schneider before the All-Star Game press conference.
A woman in a Bryson Stott Phillies jersey and a man in an Anthony Volpe/Chuck Knoblauch jersey fill some seats at the Major League Baseball draft in Philadelphia.
Screenshot from Washington Post story: In her “Dear US Law Firms” letter, Kiros accused the powerful legal community of equating criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism. She said she was fired when she refused the firm’s request to take it down. She said attorneys emailed her saying they wish they could have spoken up too but couldn’t afford to lose their livelihoods or health care.
Halftime graphic from Telemundo with a shot of San Francisco Bay, the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.
Marco Rubio sips from a water bottle while giving a response to a State of the Union address.
Screenshot of weather forecast showing high temperatures of 98, 100, 101 and 99 from Wednesday through Saturday.
Homes dot com description of North Limestone, a neighborhood in Lexington, Kentucky. “Lexington’s art and cultural destination” The North Limestone district — or “NoLi” — was once a historically Black community that produced one of the Kentucky Derby’s youngest winning jockeys. While the neighborhood declined during the second half of the 20th century, the new millennium has seen the community reborn as a center of art and progressivism. Trendy boutiques, restaurants and bars occupy the vintage brick buildings on the North Limestone thoroughfare. Walkers will also see nature- and farm-themed murals, rainbow-colored crosswalks and pride flags hanging from a few balconies. Other notable sites include the Greyline, an old Greyhound bus station now home to businesses like a vintage clothing store and a craft distillery recently relocated from California’s Bay Area. “There’s a lot of cute little shops and things that are trying to make a splash in that community,” says Ryan Camenisch, a Realtor with the Brokerage. “It’s kind of a ‘by the people, for the people,’ type of neighborhood. It doesn’t have some of the corporate money bigger neighborhoods in Lexington have. It’s got a little more homemade feel to it.”
Nationals Park scoreboard showing eight runs for the Philadelphia Phillies in the top of the ninth. They now lead 14-8.
Screenshot of tweet from “baseballs greatest moments” - “One row of outfielders for the entirety of the careers. Top, middle, or bottom?” Aaron Trout Henderson Clemente Griffey Williams Kaline Speaker Bonds
USC pitching box score against North Carolina. A. Johnson pitched 3 2/3 innings for the save.
Newsletter from MLB with headline “Top 5 AL MVP contenders with Judge out”
Screenshot from Twitter from Fred Robledo, Southern California News Group: BREAKING: The Ganesha baseball team is expected to have several players missing for Saturday's game against Loyola for the CIF-SS Division 2 championship at LoanMart Field in Rancho Cucamonga, including star pitcher Logan Schmidt, an LSU commit who is expected to be a MLB first round draft pick, sources are telling me on the condition of anonymity. Nearly the entire starting lineup will be at an out-of-state BPA (Baseball Performance Academy) camp that was previously scheduled, I am told. Nearly all of Ganesha's baseball players are part of Ganesha's online line program, and also part of the BPA Academy. Ganesha athletic director Don Cayer would not comment, other than to say they're scheduled to play on Saturday. Ganesha coach Jared Sadler has not returned calls or text messages .... Ganesha is expected to field a team for Saturday's championship against Loyola, but nearly all of the top players will be missing, I'm told. Ganesha asked the CIF-SS if they could play on Friday, but was denied. This is fluid. More to come.
Major League Baseball proposed lowering the initial luxury-tax threshold and adding a salary floor in its first economic proposal to the Players Association for the next collective bargaining agreement, sources tell The Athletic. The league and union met Monday in Denver, sources said, their first in-person meeting of these negotiations. MLB's proposal included a four-tier luxury-tax system, adding a new tier to the bottom of the current three-tier structure. The new initial tier would be $180 million, and tax rates would begin at 25 percent. The current system has the initial tier at $210 million with tax rates starting at 20 percent. The proposed salary floor, which does not exist in the current CBA, would be set at $100 million.
2. Hunger Strike Look, I know this is the most obvious Temple of the Dog song, even more obvious than Say Hello 2 Heaven which I almost went with instead. I know that half of the song belongs to Eddie Vedder, and that it’s effectively his debut as a rock star. I know this is the needle drop you’d use if you wanted audiences to understand that this next scene takes place in Seattle in the early nineties. And I also may as well admit I’m a gourmand who has never once starved myself in solidarity with the less fortunate, which makes the song’s premise morally superior to my whole deal. So stipulated! But the simple, ethereal guitar riff and the duet of Vedder’s grumbly baritone and Cornell’s majestic shriek get me every time. The two friends would periodically reunite onstage for this one; the last performance of Hunger Strike featuring both Vedder and Cornell was at a benefit show in 2014, and we’ll never hear its like again.
Nicole Sherry throws out the first pitch at Camden Yards.
2Pac Song of the Game choices on video board at Camden Yards: All Eyez On Me Toss It Up How Do U Want It
screenshot from tweet of "JessMarinDavis" with the following text: "I can't believe I need to say this, but if, as a journalist, you use my time, research & expertise without quoting me, don't be surprised if I never return your call."
Joc Pederson dives and misses a fly ball hit by Cody Bellinger, who would record an RBI triple on the play. The balll is several feet behind Pederson.
Chad Tracy meets with the media for the first time as interim Red Sox manager 90 minutes before their game at Baltimore.
Gunnar Henderson models a new Orioles City Connect jersey and hat. Cream jersey, green letters with orange trim and a bird atop the R in "BMORE"
A gaggle of fans on the concourse at Camden Yards.
Screenshot from "Front Toward Enemy" apparel page: Whether your enemy is an insurgent with an AK, a robbery suspect on the run, a raging structure fire or simply your next workout; if you stand up for what you believe, you are someone who keeps their Front Toward Enemy. Just like the iconic warning emblazoned upon the Claymore mine, no enemy wants to be on the receiving end of those words… FRONT TOWARD ENEMY.
Press release: ORIOLES ANNOUNCE OPENING OF “BIRDLAND KOSHER” STAND AT ORIOLE PARK FOR 2026 SEASON The stand will serve kosher-certified concessions, including hot dogs, chicken nuggets, soft pretzels, and more The Orioles today announced the opening of the all-new “Birdland Kosher” concessions stand at Oriole Park for the 2026 season, providing kosher-friendly food options for all Oriole Park visitors. The Star-K certified stand will offer several kosher food items, including hot dogs, hot pastrami sandwiches on rye, soft pretzels, potato knish, chicken nuggets, and chocolate chip cookies. The Birdland Kosher stand will be open on all game days except Fridays, Saturdays, and Yom Kippur (September 20-21), and will be located near section 83 on the concourse beside Gates E and F.
Skeet regarding Team USA’s World Baseball Classic roster: “As the young guy on Team USA, Roman Anthony was tasked with purchasing a large speaker for the club. They blared Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” on said speaker during the bus ride to Daikin Park, Logan Webb and Mark DeRosa said.
Angels press release text: “Carpino has also played a vital role in many of the organization’s most impactful transactions and franchise-defining player agreements. As President, he helped complete agreements with three-time MVP Mike Trout, three-time MVP Albert Pujols and three-time All-Star Jered Weaver, among others and oversaw the successful recruitment of future Rookie of the Year and MVP Shohei Ohtani.”
Screenshot of Erik Hane essay: There’s a frankly libidinal contemporary style of posting that amounts to fantasizing about consequences for the people perpetuating these horrors. At least on my timeline, Nuremberg is the favorite image for this—trials, verdicts, sentencing for the fascists. That’s one of the tamer visions. People in the Twin Cities are immensely proud of their efforts, and there is no question that even amidst the damage we’ll now spend a generation repairing, we prevented much more from occurring. We want that codified somehow. We want them to say, “You stopped us,” or “Your city’s character was not what we thought.” When they of course say the opposite, we’d like to say something ourselves—but it’s hard to declare victory from a defensive position.
Cover of the Washington Post’s first two sections of their Feb. 20 print edition. The Sports section has its own front with a recap of the women’s gold medal hockey game headlined, ‘Comeback made of gold.’
Quote from Washington Nationals baseball operations president Paul Toboni - I grew up in San Francisco reading the San Francisco Chronicle. Every morning I’d wake up and pull out the Sporting Green. It became part of my routine with my brothers and sisters. The people I ended up reading and feeling connected with – Bruce Jenkins and Scott Ostler and Susan Slusser and Ann Killion and these folks – I had such good fortune being able to read them. I could not imagine a day of opening up the San Francisco Chronicle and the Sporting Green not being there. I feel for all the DC sports fans – kids, adults alike – that this coming week they’re going to open up the Washington Post and there not be a sports section.. It doesn’t feel totally real. And I also feel for Andrew and Spencer and Chelsea and Barry and the incredible work they’ve done. I’ve only been here a short time but been really fortunate to get to know them and be a small part in understanding the professionalism with which they carry themselves and the incredible work they’ve done. Whoever ends up picking up each and every one of them will be really luck to have them within their doors.
Bad Bunny scaling a power pole during Super Bowl halftime show.
Screenshot of X post with foliage wrapped around a building. Caption: Apparently, if you use the right brain you see a rabbit, and if you use the left brain you see a turtle. What do you see?
“Post Local” newsletter email stating they have “made changes” to the format, which once featured an actual human writing a lede item and soliciting feedback from readers.
A tweet from the Los Angeles Dodgers saying, “Welcome to the California Post” with an illustration of the Rupert Murdoch-owned California edition of the tabloid New York Post.
Text of press release: today, YouTube and the NFL announced the roster for the YouTube Super Bowl LX Flag Football Game, airing exclusively on YouTube on Saturday, February 7 at 7pm PT from San Francisco. Led by captains Druski and J. Balvin, the game will bring together a unique roster of digital creators, athletes and celebrities including quarterbacks Cam Newton and Michael Vick, coach Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders, musicians Benson Boone and Kane Brown, flag football stars Diana Flores and Ashlea Klam, and YouTube creators Deestroying, Jay Cinco, Jesser, Marlon Garcia, Pierson Wodzynski, Ross Smith and more. Kay Adams will serve as the pre- and post-game host, and former NFL wide receiver Andrew Hawkins will provide play-by-play commentary.
Paperback copy of We Had It Coming and other fictions Luke O’Neil
Virginia license plate - Gadsden flag Don’t Tread On Me edition - with personalized message: 2A OG
Screenshot from Washington Post: 5. Bike and bus lanes have not slowed D.C. down Inside the “core” of D.C., Arlington and Alexandria, commutes are the shortest — about 33 minutes one way. That number hasn’t changed despite the fact that D.C. has 50 more miles of bike lanes and 11 miles more of bus lanes than it did in 2019. District Department of Transportation Director Sharon Kershbaum said that was an achievement. “I know there is a misperception that when you use travel lanes for bike lanes or for bus lanes, it’s going to create congestion and slow things down,” she said. “But this data is showing in fact … commuter times haven’t changed.”
Washington Post headline: 'Whale that delighted Cape Cod watchers is found dead on Delaware shore'
Peter Finch as news anchor Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network.
Liner notes for Kurtis Blow’s LP, Tough, featuring producer Robert Ford Jr.
Copy of Luke O’Neil’s latest, We Had It Coming, next to a bag of Reese’s cups and a stocking.
Screenshot of quote from Kansas lieutenant governor on Chiefs’ new stadium: “Lieutenant Gov. David Toland called it “the largest economic win in Kansas history,” adding that “this win will also cement Kansas as a global destination for sports and entertainment. “The Chiefs are a part of who we are as Kansans, and now, they’ll be such an important part of our future for years and generations to come.”
Statement from the family of Tyler Skaggs: “The Skaggs family has reached a confidential settlement with Angels Baseball that brings to a close a difficult six-year process, allowing our families to focus on healing. We are deeply grateful to the members of this jury, and to our legal team. Their engagement and focus gave us faith, and now we have finality. This trial exposed the truth and we hope Major League Baseball will now do its part in holding the Angels accountable. While nothing can bring Tyler back, we will continue to honor his memory.”
Screenshot from Des Moines Register story on White Sox minor league pitcher Duncan Davitt: While Davitt may not need the money down the road, he likes the job and envisions doing it in some capacity even as he continues to rise through baseball. He remembers how much the coverage meant to him as a high school athlete. It's also his way of giving back to the community. "It's kind of a way of letting the high school kids get the same excitement I had," Davitt said.
2000s-era story from The Onion: NEW YORK—Steaming black-guy heads, the traditional sign of approaching winter for generations of football fans, have been occurring later in the season with every passing year, a fact that may be evidence of a climatic change with long-term effects on football itself, top scientists in the meteorological department of the National Football League said in a study released Monday.
Pete Alonso, Oriole
Results of the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Ballot (12 votes needed for election): Jeff Kent (14 votes, 87.5%); Carlos Delgado (9 votes, 56.3%); Don Mattingly (6 votes, 37.5%); Dale Murphy (6 votes, 37.5%); Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela each received less than five votes.
A pensive Greg Brady in an unbuttoned, torn collared shirt.
Iconic photo of Lee Harvey Oswald getting shot at Dallas police headquarters.
Screenshot from linked article: In fact, the military sector is the second-largest industry in Albemarle County. In 2023, the county spent $58 million to purchase 462 acres of land adjacent to the existing Rivanna Station, a military campus outside of Charlottesville that is home to the National Ground Intelligence Center. The expanded site, known as Rivanna Futures, is being marketed as a way to attract high-wage employees and jobs while allowing Albemarle to become a “hub for intelligence and national security innovation and economic growth.” The land will become part of Virginia’s developing Defense and Intelligence Industry Corridor, which will run the 60 miles from Fauquier County in Northern Virginia to Charlottesville in central Virginia. This statewide economic project includes a defense production zoning overlay district in Greene County, where incentives seek to lure defense contractors, and campuses for Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics.
CBS graphic noting the Bills have rushed for 244 yards this season, most by an opponent in Pittsburgh since 1975.
It’s that pope maybe singing picture.