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New York Post
5 days ago
- Sport
- New York Post
Phillies vs. Pirates prediction: MLB picks, best bets Friday
Eagles and Steelers. Flyers and Penguins. Penn State and Pitt. Bragging rights for the state of Pennsylvania continues this weekend. The Phillies' Joe Ross has appeared in 21 games but makes his first start. The Pirates' Bailey Falter allowed three runs over his last 35 ²/₃ innings and hasn't watched a ball fly over a wall in his last five starts. Play $50 on the Pirates. Joe Ross Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images I've seen the Miracle Mets, the Music City Miracle, the Miracle On Ice and 'Miracle on 34th Street.' Add Thursday's Diamondbacks comeback to the lineup. Brandon Pfaadt (six runs) was flattened. Tommy Henry was no better and the Bravos led 10-4 heading to the ninth inning. Learn all you need to know about MLB Betting And then … Ketel Marte, Lourdes Gurriel and Alek Thomas homered off (wait for it) Scott Blewett. Atlanta's Raisel Iglesias finished the job, allowing three more runs and the Snakes shocked the Braves 11-10! Gonna go out and play a lottery ticket. Inconceivable win has us at -304 yogiberras. Why Trust New York Post Betting The one and only Stitches has been handicapping baseball, daily, for the Post since 2019. Miraculously, he has finished in the black twice. But wait there's more. He showed his versatility by winning the Post's NFL Best Bet crown last year.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
An Ex-Ranger Recalls Another Country's "Miracle On Ice"
When Bobby Holik played for the Rangers, he not only was renowned for his hockey skills but his intellect as well. In my more than half-century on the hockey beat, I've never encountered a more well-read hockey player than the one who left Czechoslovakia to star in the NHL. Holik came to mind the other day while I was reading Ken Morrow's brilliant new book "Miracle Gold, Four Stanley Cups And A Lifetime Of Islanders Hockey, co-written with Allan Kreda. As superb as the Morrow-Kreda volume is, I want you to know that an equally brilliant book was written about another country's "Miracle On Ice." Only this one has nothing to do with Uncle Sam, it's about the 1969 World Championships between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. The book is called "Freedom To Win," published by Pegasus Books. The subtitle is "A Cold War Story Of The Courageous Hockey Team That Fought The Soviets For The Soul Of Its People – and Olympic Gold." Author Ethan Scheiner – professor of political science at the University of California Davis – unfolds a European hockey version of a melodramatic contest as thrillingly as Morrow's. "You had better read it," Holik urged me; and I'm glad I did; just as I was with Morrow's Miracle Gold. My personal conclusion is that "Freedom To Win" is both gripping sports – and world – history and deserves to be made into a movie. Thank you former Ranger Bobby Holik for recommending it. Now The Maven is recommending it to you – as I did Morrow's magnificent opus.
