— Some unexpected good news, very good news; an investment fund led by billionaire Mark Cuban is buying a minority stake in the A’s. It signals a bet on the sports market in Las Vegas, where the A’s are moving in 2028.
Imagine having an owner who will try to win games??? This is excellent!!!
— Twins 3, Guardians 1 (12)
Trevor Larnach had the game-winning hit for Minnesota.
In 4th inning, Gavin Williams struck out three guys on nine pitches.
Cleveland led 1-0 after seven innings.
— Indiana Hoosiers signed QB recruit Lukas Prock, beating out Michigan, Notre Dame and Florida for the highly-rated recruit. Wow.
— Active major leagues who have hit the most home runs for a team:
Angels- Mike Trout
Marlins- Giancarlo Stanton
Mets- Pete Alonso
Padres- Manny Machado
Royals- Salvador Perez
— Baltimore Ravens cut rookie QB Diego Pavia, six days before training camp starts. Ravens cut Pavia to make room for center Ethan Pocic on the 90-man roster.
— Kansas City Chiefs are going to build a $3B domed stadium that will be modeled after their current stadium— it s scheduled to open in 2031.
Skylar Thompson and rookie Joe Fagnano will compete to be the Ravens’ 3rd-string QB.
— Brown University is going to hire Stanford assistant Eric Reveno as its new basketball coach; Reveno was head coach at Portland for 10 years; from 2008-11, his Pilots went 60-35, 26-16 in WCC games.
— Famous birthdays, July 24th:
Michael Richards, 77
Lynda Carter, 75
Steve Grogan, 73
Joe Barry Carroll, 68
Karl Malone, 63
Barry Bonds, 62
Rick Fox, 57
Jennifer Lopez, 57
Rose Byrne, 47
Kyle Kuzma, 31
Joe Mixon, 30
Nolan McLean, 25
Random college football trends……..
— Last three years, USC is 2-10 ATS as a road favorite.
— In his career, Michigan’s new coach Kyle Whittingham is 28-18 ATS as a road underdog.
— Last six years, West Virginia is 15-4 ATS as a home favorite.
— Last nine years, Arizona State is 19-9-1 ATS as a road underdog.
— In his career, Arizona coach Brennan is 40-33-1 ATS in conference games.
— Last three years, Georgia is 9-21-1 ATS as a favorite.
— Under Sarkisian, Texas is 18-12-1 ATS as a home favorite.
