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Zach writes about baseball, basketball, and other assorted topics.

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The 2023 MLB Awards Race Homestretch Guide

With one month remaining in the MLB regular season, which awards races are too close to call, and which are already decided?

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Why Are the Angels and Other MLB Teams Giving Good Players Away?

After the Los Angeles Angels went all in for a 2023 wild-card berth with Shohei Ohtani, they’re now scrambling in the other direction, placing five players on waivers. Why are the Angels doing this, and why does it matter?

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Is Tyler Herro’s Ceiling High Enough to Bring Damian Lillard to Miami?

The summer’s biggest prospective NBA blockbuster hinges on the ultimate potential of the polarizing young Heat guard

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The Winners and Losers of the 2023 MLB Trade Deadline

Plenty of pitching (and scant hitting) changed teams in a midseason frenzy that saw the Mets tear it down and two Texas teams double down

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Aaron Judge’s Comeback Can’t Cure All That Ails the Yankees

The reigning AL MVP’s return will be a big boost to the last-place Yankees, but the Bombers’ issues go beyond one absent star

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Jaylen Brown Won’t Have the Richest Contract in NBA History for Long

Business is booming, the cap is rising, and contracts that once looked like overpays can start to seem like bargains

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Ranking the Top 25 Set Pieces From the ‘Mission: Impossible’ Franchise

A countdown of the best stunts, capers, and heists from the ‘Mission: Impossible’ movies, including ‘Dead Reckoning Part One’

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The Top 10 Story Lines of MLB’s Second Half

How high can Shohei Ohtani, Ronald Acuña Jr., and Luis Arraez fly? Can the surprise teams stay surprising, and can the Mets and Padres stop flopping? And who will get traded?

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MLB’s Home Run Derby Was a Tale of Two Juniors

In MLB’s most homer-happy Derby ever, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. followed in his father’s triumphant footsteps as Derby (and Seattle) legend Ken Griffey Jr. held court

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The 2023 MLB Midseason Power Rankings

Halfway through Major League Baseball’s regular season, it’s time to take stock of the topsy-turvy standings