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Prospects David Seifert – July 11, 2024 Welcome to Tale of the Tape, where we break down the finer details on some top prospects eligible for the 2024 MLB Draft. In Round One we go straight to the top comparing sluggers Jac Caglianone and Charlie Condon. Cags is ranked No. 1 and Condon No. 4 in our final Top 200. Similar to last year with the industry split on Wyatt Langford vs Dylan Crews as the top college hitter, Cags vs Condon has that flavor once again this season. Both should hit their way to the major leagues in short…

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The D1Baseball Podcast D1Baseball Staff – July 11, 2024 On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Aaron Fitt, David Seifert and special guest Chris Burke play the role of scouting director, making their own selections for the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft. The guys also add some personal favorite picks for after the first round. The D1Baseball Podcast is presented by S2 Cognition. S2 Cognition measures game-speed decision-making and provides solutions to improve performance. Quantifying sports cognition as it happens in real-time!  D1Baseball is the #1 source for college baseball. Subscribe to our show to get the…

Stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia Women was a day where most of the GC favourites could save their strength for the upcoming mountain stages where the battle for the maglia rosa will play out over the sawtooth-profile stage 6 to Chieti and the queen stage 7 finishing atop the climb to the Blockhaus above the Passo Lanciano.The fifth stage ended in a sprint won by Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) and is now positioned only three seconds behind maglia rosa Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek). When asked about her closest rival on GC, Longo Borghini didn’t seem too worried.“For me, it…

Aurillac – Villeneuve-sur-Lot 203.6 km Sprint, breakaway? You tell me. I would say sprint but no one listens to me anymore. Estimated finish time: 17:15-17:40 CEST Denis of the Day: Dylan Groenewegen I’m not saying anything anymore, they’re riding bikes, someone will win, God knows how. Official Site , Startlist

Looking to take your mindset and swimming to the next level? Here are five things you can learn from Jack Alexy, one of the fastest freestylers on the planet. American Jack Alexy has joined the ranks of elite sprinters in the world. Now 21 years of age and standing a towering 6’8”, Alexy exploded onto the international scene at the 2023 World Championships, winning five medals, including silvers in the 50m and 100m freestyles. He’s also one of the fastest men in history over 100m of freestyle, clocking an eye-popping 47.08 in the preliminaries at the US Olympic Trials earlier…

West Virginia Adds Canadian Olympian Sydney Pickrem As Assistant Coach Canadian Olympian Sydney Pickrem is joining West Virginia as an assistant coach, the school announced on Thursday. Pickrem will compete in Paris at her third Olympics. She won bronze in the medley relay in Tokyo to go with seven career long-course World Championships medals, including a silver in the 200 individual medley in Doha this year. “I am so excited to become part of the WVU family,” Pickrem said in a university statement. “From the moment I got the opportunity to become part of the staff, they’ve…

Courtesy: Corey He It’s truly amazing the sheer number of swimmers that have defended their titles at consecutive Olympics — and so, we have ourselves a Part II to this article (and we will have AT LEAST a Part III). You can find the original article (Part I) here. Anyways, let’s dive right into it: our next slate of swimming legends who have defended their titles at the Olympics. Vladimir Salnikov (Soviet Union) His nicknames included “Tsar of the Pool,” “Monster of the Waves,” and “Leningrad Express.” Across his dominant career, Salnikov set a total of twelve world records across…

Ronda Rousey doesn’t feel like she would receive a warm welcome if she ever made an appearance at a UFC event, but that reception won’t determine if she ever goes to another fight or not. As she was promoting her autobiography over the past few months, the former bantamweight champion and UFC Hall of Famer admitted that a complicated relationship with fans would probably lead to a chorus of boos if she ever walked into an arena to watch some fights. Rousey stated that she felt “vilified” by the media, and because her career ended on a sour note with…

Former GLORY Kickboxing star, Artem Vakhitov has once more offered to settle his differences with former two-time foe, Alex Pereira in the UFC – after the current light heavyweight champion urged him to “be careful” with his words after a recent call out. Vakhitov, who has since made a move to mixed martial arts following his pair of GLORY Kickboxing clashes with Pereira, currently holds a 2-1 record in the sport – landing a knockout win inside just seconds as recently as February. For Pereira, since his rematch loss to Vakhitov via split decision back in 2021, the Brazilian knockout…