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29-05-2025
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NYY news: Crowning Judgement?
SB Nation | Renee Dechert: Famously, after losing out on the Juan Soto sweepstakes, the Yankees pivoted elsewhere, including signing pitcher Max Fried. So far, that's been quite the good pivot. After putting another very good outing against the Rockies last weekend, Fried talked with a reporter from our mothership at SB Nation about how he's been able to quickly become so good and so vital for the Yankees. FanGraphs | Dan Szymborski: Aaron Judge has picked up quite a number of accolades over his big league career so far, including a pair of AL MVP Awards. In those two seasons of 2022 and '24, he came very close to winning the triple crown of leading the league in batting average, home runs, and RBI, but couldn't quite seal the deal. This year, he's once again near or at the top of the leaderboards in those stats, so could he pull off the feat in 2025? Advertisement The Athletic | Brendan Kuty: Ryan Yarbrough has been a very nice surprise for the Yankees this season, pitching very well both out of the bullpen and as a fill-in starter after the team picked him up just before the season starter. However, this weekend, he'll be part of reliving some Yankees' disappointment. Prior to a July trade, Yarbrough was part last year's Dodgers team, and as a result will be given a ring for their World Series victory. More from
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23-05-2025
- Entertainment
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‘Around the Horn' was too perfect to survive a broken, messed up world
It's difficult to accept that it's going to be gone. After 23 years and almost 5,000 episodes, Around the Horn, ESPN's daily studio debate show will be no more, signing off for the final time on Friday evening after being cancelled by the network. The show's 'Final Face Time' on Wednesday was a testament to everything the show has meant to not only its panelists, but all of us. Advertisement Around the Horn was more than just talking heads screaming hot takes at each other. It was more than a show you'd put on to unwind after a rough day, or casually glance while at the gym. It was groundbreaking programming that turned the regional into the national, pulling sports writers from around the country away from their desks and giving them a spotlight. It helped define blending entertainment with statistics, a place charismatic analytics nerds could shine — all while channeling our inner debate team to imagine what we'd say on that set when posed with some of sport's biggest questions. It also made careers. The above clip highlighted a beautiful message from Harry Lyles, a man I was lucky enough to call a coworker and friend for years here at SB Nation before he took an opportunity at ESPN. We all knew Harry was destined for greatness. His sports knowledge was matched only by his effortless charisma — he just needed a vehicle for the world to see it. Around the Horn was that place. It served as that place for dozens and dozens of writers. Not only did Around the Horn launch careers, but it broke down barriers. From its inception it allowed for the utter brilliance of Jackie MacMullan to shine beyond her reach in Boston to a nationwide audience. At a time where not nearly enough women were represented in sports broadcasting, MacMullan broke rhetorical ankles on a nightly basis, tying opposing debaters in knots with her knowledge. The show allowed MacMullan to show a generation of women that not only did they deserve to be on that stage, but they could absolutely dominate. The list of staggering Around the Horn alumni is second to none. From OGs like Woody Paige, Tim Cowlishaw , and Bill Plaschke, to the new generation of Pablo S. Torre, Michael Smith, Sarah Spain, and Mina Kimes. All absolutely brilliant writers, analysts, and ball-knowers — all of whom could have been easily overlooked if not for the show. Advertisement Then there was Tony Reali, one of the hardest working men in the business, who innately understood the timing of keeping the show moving and remaining entertaining — while also adjudicating the debates, ensuring they were always fun. There was true artistry behind orchestrating that, and he was the master conductor. We truly did not deserve the embarrassment of riches Around the Horn gave us in the form of knowledge. It was the only place in the infancy of the internet that a sportswriter from Indiana could articulate the brilliance of the Pacers, which you'd then regurgitate at the office water cooler to seem like a genius. It made all of us smarter. It's also why it couldn't survive, not today, not in 2025. It's tough not to see the cancelling of Around the Horn as a canary in a coal mine. Indicative of horrors to come. Resources being further routed from intelligent, considered debate — and into the industry's carnival barkers who value being loud with their hot takes over being nuanced or considered. A rubber stamp that instead of getting intelligent sports analysis from people who have honed their craft for years, why not give air time to an ex-player with no media experience? After all, it's cheaper to just trade on their name. I'll remember Around the Horn for inspiring a sports-mad 23-year-old who was stuck in a dead-end cubicle job to not just passively watch the show as an end of day escape, but to get onto forums, and eventually the comment section of an SB Nation blog to debate out the things I cared about in sports. Around the Horn meant so much to so many of us, and I can't believe it's gone. So thank you to every guest, every panelist, to the producers, and everyone behind the scenes. You gave us something wonderful — and we're sad to see it end like this.
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17-05-2025
- Automotive
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Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying results: Oscar Piastri captures pole position
Are we headed to another dominant Saturday from McLaren, or will their rivals spring a surprise in Formula 1 qualifying at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix? The McLaren duo of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris has led the way over all three practice sessions. Piastri topped the timing sheets in both FP1 and FP2 — with Norris right behind him in P2 — while it was Norris who was fastest earlier today in FP3, with Piastri behind him in second. Advertisement A major story to watch in today's qualifying session is the soft C6 compound, which is being used for the first time this season at Imola. While drivers switched from the medium compound to the softs late in FP3, few improvements were found in lap times. The possible reason? The soft tires were overheating by the end of the lap, decreasing grip levels through the final few corners of the circuit. That might change how teams approach their warmup laps during qualifying, which could increase the traffic we see during Q1. It could be a chaotic qualifying session, and we will have it covered live for you here at SB Nation, from the start of Q1 through the session. Here is the provisional grid, which we will fill in as qualifying unfolds at Imola: Advertisement Note: Updates are all in Eastern time. Q3 qualifying notes 11:35: Russell leaps ahead of Norris on the medium compound, but the day belongs to Oscar Piastri. His lap takes pole position, just 0.034 seconds ahead of Verstappen. Here is your provisional top ten. Piastri Verstappen Russell Norris Alonso Sainz Albon Stroll Hadjar Gasly 11:34: Verstappen was purple through the first sector, but had a bit of a scruffy second sector. Norris' time was good for third. 11:33: Piastri's final push lap has him ahead of Verstappen's benchmark time through the first two sectors. 11:30: Verstappen is the first of the drivers to pull out of the garage for a final push lap. Just over three minutes remain in Q3 and pole position is on the line. Advertisement Again Aston Martin bolts on medium tires for both Alonso and Stroll, but they are not alone. George Russell rolls out of the Mercedes garage with a set of mediums bolted onto his W16. 11:27: Opening push laps are done and it is Verstappen on provisional pole, just ahead of Piastri. Here is the current top ten, with each driver preparing for one more push lap: Verstappen Piastri Norris Russell Hadjar Stroll Alonso Sainz Albon Gasly 11:22: Q3 begins and all ten drivers roll out on a set of soft tires. 11:20: I cannot remember the last time we took stock of tires remaining on Saturday, this was the number of each compound the drivers had coming into the day today: Advertisement iven what we just saw from Aston Martin at the end of Q2, do we see more sets of mediums here in Q3? Q2 qualifying notes 11:16: Here are the top ten from Q2: Sainz Piastri Norris Russell Verstappen Alonso Stroll Gasly Hadjar Albon 11:15: Aston Martin's gamble works. Both Stroll and Alonso advance, with Stroll in P7 and Alonso in P6. Who do they knock out? The Ferrari duo of Leclerc and Hamilton. Leclerc finishes in P11 and Hamilton in P12. Antonelli, Bortoleto, and Colapinto join the in the elimination zone. 11:14: Sainz posts and absolute banger of a lap to go P1 as the clock expires. 11:09: With under four minutes left in Q2 the cars roar out of their respective garages. Interestingly enough both Alonso and Stroll have a set of medium tires bolted on, as Aston Martin is placing a bet on the C5 mediums being quicker than the C6 softs. Advertisement 11:08: Williams reports that both Albon and Sainz used scrubbed soft tires for their first laps in Q2. Albon currently sits P9 on the timing sheets, while Albon is down in P13. 11:06: With just under seven minutes remaining in Q2 the bottom five drivers are: Stroll, Gasly, Albon, Bortoleto, and Colapinto. 11:04: The first push laps are done and we have a McLaren one-two atop the timing sheets, with Piastri just 0.020 seconds ahead of Norris. 11:01: As a reminder we have 14 cars in Q2, as Colapinto did advance to Q2 but his crash at the end of Q1 ended his day. 10:59: Q2 is finally underway and it is indeed Bortoleto who takes to the track first, followed by Verstappen. Advertisement 10:58: Haas reports that Bearman's lap has not been reinstated, and he is out of qualifying. 10:56: Bortoleto rolls out of the garage and takes his place on pit lane, so he's convinced he is through ... Now we wait to see if Haas sends Bearman out too. 10:53: Race officials report that Q2 will begin at 4:58 local time/10:58 Eastern time. Alex Brundle on F1TV now shows replays that illustrate that Bearman may advance after all. 10:51: This extended delay is allowing some dark clouds to roll in ... 10:49: Both Haas and F1 confirm that Bearman's final lap is under further review: 10:46: Race officials have again delayed the start of Q2 as they check on the barrier after Colapinto's crash. Advertisement Bearman has yet to climb out of the VF-25. 10:44: Q2 will begin at 4:46 local time/10:46 Eastern. Q1 qualifying notes 10:43: F1 confirms that Bearman has been eliminated. Bortoleto advances to Q2. 10:42: Replays on F1TV seem to confirm that the red flag was out before Bearman completed his lap. 10:38: Jolyon Palmer on F1TV notes that lost in the chaos of the end of Q1 is the fact that Lance Stroll jumped to P4 on a set of medium tires. Yes, Aston Martin brought an upgrade package to Imola, but the medium compound might be quicker than the C6 soft tires right now. Also ... there is some weather off in the distance. More chaos could be on the horizon, literally and figuratively. Advertisement 10:35: The start of Q2 will be delayed. That will give us some time to sort out the controversy that is unfolding at Imola. F1 race officials have deleted Bearman's time, which drops him down to P19 and promotes Bortoleto into Q2 in P15. Haas will likely argue that he completed his lap before Colapinto's crash, but we will see how race stewards handle this situation. 10:34: Colapinto technically advances to Q2 in P15, but his qualifying session is over. Bearman survives, as he posted a lap that was good enough to move into Q2 just before Colapinto hit the wall at Turn 4. 10:33: Another big crash, as Franco Colapinto has found the barrier at Turn 4. As things stand the five drivers eliminated are Bortoleto, Lawson, Hülkenberg, Ocon, and Tsunoda. Advertisement Colapinto reports that he is okay as he climbs out of his A525. 10:32: Bortoleto's final push lap sees him jump into P15, so he has a chance to advance into Q2. His teammate Hülkenberg, however, found the gravel late in his lap and will be out in Q1. 10:30: With two minutes left in Q1 your bottom five drivers who are at risk of elimination are: Nico Hülkenberg, Gabriel Bortoleto, Oliver Bearman, Esteban Ocon, and Tsunoda, whose crash has brought an end to his day. 10:29: Only three minutes remain in Q1, and the cars are coming out for their final push laps. Notably Lance Stroll left the garage with a set of C5 medium tires bolten onto his AMR25. Teams have been struggling with the C6 soft compound as noted above. Advertisement 10:28: Times are coming in as Q1 continues, and surprise surprise, Max Verstappen is currently in P1. Replays on F1TV show several drivers, including Norris, Charles Leclerc, and Fernando Alonso dealing with some slides off the racing line and into the gravel. 10:19: The session will resume at 4:20 local time/10:20 Eastern. With one minute before the light turns green, cars begin to queue up in pit lane. 10:16: The red flag is still out at Imola after Tsunoda's shunt. You can see a replay of the incident here: 10:08: Tsunoda is out of the car and walks away from the RB21, and is able to climb into the medical car. Advertisement His RB21 has suffered significant damage, and he is likely looking at a pit lane start tomorrow. 10:06: RED FLAG. Yuki Tsunoda has gone off the line and into the wall hard, with the impact with the wall flipping his RB21. 10:05: We have some early lap times in Q1, and at the moment Alexander Albon is atop the timing sheets. Perfect time to plug my chat with the Williams driver from earlier in the week. 10:00: We have a green light at Imola, and Q1 is underway. 18 minutes are on the clock, and traffic is going to be a massive factor as noted above. Pre-qualifying notes 9:55: McLaren CEO Zak Brown predicts that the top three in qualifying will be Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, and Max Verstappen in some order. Take that for what it's worth. 9:47: During the F1TV pre-qualifying show, Flavio Briatore talks with Lawrence Barretto about the switch from Jack Doohan to Franco Colapinto. Briatore brushes aside the idea that Colapinto just has five races in the car to prove himself at Alpine, stating that how long Colapinto lasts comes down to 'performance.'
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16-05-2025
- Sport
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Can you guess this Dodgers draft pick in today's in-5 trivia game?
We're back for another day of the True Blue LA in-5 daily trivia game. If you missed any of this week's games, you will find a link below. Game instructions are at the bottom if you're new to the game! Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in the Google Form. Today's True Blue LA In-5 game If you can't see the game due to Apple News or another service, click this game article. Previous Games Thursday, May 1, 2025 Wednesday, April 30, 2025 Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Monday, April 28, 2025 Play more SB Nation in-5 trivia games NFL in-5 MLB in-5 MMA in-5 True Blue LA in-5 instructions The goal of the game is to guess the correct Dodgers player with the help of up to five clues. We'll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED PLAYERS this week. It won't be easy to figure it out in one or two guesses, but some of you might be able to nail it. The game will appear in the No. 3 slot of the True Blue LA layout each day this week and as noted above, will appear in this article exclusively. Advertisement After you correctly guess the player, you can click 'Share Results' to share how you did down in the comments and on social media. We won't go into other details about the game as we'd like your feedback on it. How it plays, what you think of it, the difficulty level, and anything else you can think of that will help us improve this game. You can provide feedback in the comments of this article, or you can fill out this Google Form. Enjoy! More from
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16-05-2025
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Can you guess this 8-time UFC fighter in today's in-5 trivia game?
We're back for another day of the SB Nation UFC in-5 daily trivia game. Game instructions are at the bottom if you're new to the game! Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in this Google Form. Today's UFC in-5 game If you can't see the game due to Apple News or another service, click this game article. Previous games Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Tuesday, May 6, 2025 Monday, May 5, 2025 Play more SB Nation in-5 trivia games NFL in-5 MLB in-5 Advertisement The goal of the game is to guess the correct random UFC fighter player with the help of up to five clues. We'll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED FIGHTERS. It won't be easy to figure it out in one or two guesses, but some of you might be able to nail it. It will be a mix of well-known players and some 'that guys' that we haven't thought of in some time. The game will appear in slot #3 of the MMA Fighting layout each morning, with occasional movement later in the day. After you correctly guess the player, you can click 'Share Results' to share how you did down in the comments and on social media. More from
