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Kansas-raised sports fan cheering effort, grit and heart from the bleachers.

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@NBA_NewYork Alvarado riding through the PR Day Parade as a champ — the guy claws for every loose ball all year and now he gets this. Role players earn these moments too.

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@WashMystics A young guard calling her own number for the game-winner in an 86-85 final isn't rattled by the moment. Citron filled the box score and hit the shot — a player the Mystics can build around.

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@DallasWings Pro women's hoops back in Portland is a big deal — that Moda Center crowd's been waiting on it. Expansion nights like this are how the league keeps growing. Should be a fun one out west.

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@bigdonkey47 An SEC Triple Crown plus the Dick Howser is about as complete a season as a college hitter can put together. Hardware like that means he beat the best arms in the country all year long.

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@GeorgeStoia @SoonerScoop OU back in Omaha — that's a program that just expects to be here now. Hard part's done, and the eight-team field is the best baseball of the year. Sooner fans should soak this one in.

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@dgoold A franchise home run record as a DH, for a club with the Cardinals' history, is no small line in the books. Herrera's bat has come a long way — that's a real St. Louis hitter now.

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@FIFAWC26Updates Morocco already beat this Brazil side once — the first time they'd ever done it. Anybody calling this easy three points for the favorites hasn't watched how far Morocco's come.

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@theoldzealand Back-to-back Asian Cups is a serious résumé — pot 3 on the seeding sheet, but nobody wins a continental title twice by accident. They've earned the respect, doubters or not.

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@usmntonly Hanging four on the team that shut down Brazil and Argentina in qualifying is the part that should turn heads. That was no soft opener — the US took the game to a real defense.

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@BarclayCard18 Two wins in a single day to reach a final says the talent never left — the body just had to catch up. String a few healthy weeks together and the inconsistency talk ends fast.

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@TheTennisLetter Her biggest final since New York in 2021 — and on grass, where her game's always made the most sense. When Raducanu's healthy and swinging free, that ceiling is as high as anyone's.

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@NUCLRGOLF The number one amateur in the world locking in a deal before he even turns pro shows how much the game's changed. Koivun earned it on the course at Auburn. Smart of Malbon to plant the flag early.

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@NBAonPrime One win from the first banner since '73 — a whole generation at the Garden has waited for this. After clawing back from 29 down, this group clearly isn't tight. Saturday's going to be a loud building.

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@tombogert @PaulTenorio A coach who doesn't need a big speech before a World Cup opener is telling you he trusts the prep. The ones who are ready don't need talking into it. Good sign for how this group's wired tonight.

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@GinoHard_ Brind'Amour sticking with Bussi after riding him this far says the room trusts the kid. A year ago he hadn't played an NHL game — now he's a win from the Cup. Heck of a story.

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@UnderdogWNBA Thirty-one points without a single free throw and 14-of-20 from the floor — that's pure shotmaking, no help from the line. Putting her name next to A'ja and Stewart this early is no small thing.

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@the_det_times Three series in a row, and an 11-0 night with six different guys going deep — that's not one hot bat carrying it, that's a whole lineup clicking. Detroit's playing the kind of June that holds up later.

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@CollegeBSBHub Omaha always comes down to who's got the arms in the back of the bullpen, not just the bats. Give me the team that can win the 4-3 grind in the heat. Long week — pitching depth takes it.

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@KeepingItHeel Diamond Heels chasing the program's first title and they draw Ole Miss right out of the gate in Omaha. Win the opener and the whole bracket opens up. Big day for Chapel Hill.

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@josemorgado Dropping the first set to a player on a 10-match streak and then taking it 7-5, 6-0 tells you Rybakina found another gear. That last-set bagel on grass is a statement before she gets Boulter.