Monday Rap: Viktor Hovland's Breakthrough, Scottie's Ridiculous Week and Rose Zhang's Sparkling Debut

Rory McIlroy wanted to win the Memorial Tournament badly. It’s a tournament Tiger Woods won five times. Watson, Nicklaus, Couples, Vijay, Normanall past champions. Winning at Muirfield Village means something. It’s been coming for a while. Hovland has been an elite ball striker from the day he turned professional. From there, an up-and-down par meant he needed some help from McCarthy. So it would be kind of a double whammy for me before....

June 5, 2023 · 5 min · 1019 words · Matthew Clark

Power Ranking The Most Important MLB Trades Of The 1990's

The 1990’s were a pretty amazing time to be a baseball general manager. There were also four brand new expansion teams that decade. Finally, the trades had massive impact. Here are what I consider the most important MLB trades of the 1990’s: 10. I left off some big trades: Jeff Kent to the Giants and Roger Clemens to the Yankees. Those are two guys that have Hall of Fame resumes....

June 5, 2023 · 4 min · 828 words · Kathleen Stewart

The 2023 Texas Rangers Are Exactly Why Your Owner Needs To Stop Being So Cheap In Free Agency

The Power Rankings are taking a beating today so I wanted to circle back with some open-minded commentary. You guys can tell me the logic sucks but at least the logic exists. I can stand behind that. The Braves Should Be Much Better. But they’re not right now and that’s for a number of reasons. Tough schedule, sure. But elite teams don’t go 9-13 then complain about a schedule. Max Fried should be a bigger question mark than the positive updates from sources suggest....

June 5, 2023 · 5 min · 873 words · Craig Butler

Dumping Them Out: Random Athletes

Welcome back to another episode of Dumping Them Out. Dock Ellis:Gun to my head I would say Dock Ellis is my favorite historical athlete. I didn’t even learn who he was until 2015 when Netflix put out a documentary about him. The main thing he’s famous for is throwing a no-hitter while on LSD. As soon as I finished the documentary I ordered a Dock Ellis jersey online. The next day took a street dog home from work and named the him Dock....

June 4, 2023 · 3 min · 514 words · James Howard

I Listened To The Podcasts of Every Stand-Up Comedian in the World and Combined Them All Into One

I spend way too much time listening to podcasts. Obviously, I consume every piece of content my Barstool Sports co-workers put out before anything else. Everyone’s podcast isspecialin it’s own way. They all have their things that make them unique. But there are a lot of similarities too. Welcome back to another episode of the Grinding Mic’s Podcast featuring me, a Generic Comedian. How we doing Noah? NOAH: GENERIC COMEDIAN:Your mic is off Noah....

June 3, 2023 · 5 min · 1019 words · Brian Patel

Psychedelics startups break taboos to bring hallucinogens into mental healthcare

One of their biggest challenges is overcoming stereotypes about hallucinogens. More polished entrepreneur than kaleidoscopic hippy, Burtenshaw was a corporate lawyer before pivoting to psychedelic healthcare. It was an uncommon career switch with a familiar root: seeing loved ones struggle with their mental health. Burtenshaw thought psychedelics could provide a better remedy. 40% off TNW Conference! Her timing proved prescient. Within weeks, the world was being plunged into a mental health epidemic....

June 3, 2023 · 4 min · 763 words · Gwendolyn Franco

AI trained on ape DNA predicts genetic disease risks for humans

To interpret the data, they developed a new algorithm: PrimateAI-3D. They found that the algorithm showed impressive improvements in predicting humans increased genetic risk for common diseases. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. There just isnt enough information to glean from the human species. They can also help conserve the populations of the other primates. I think were only at the beginning, Farh noted. Theres a tremendous amount that can be learned here....

June 2, 2023 · 1 min · 109 words · Jeffrey Perez

Apple’s rumoured mixed reality headset may be the miracle the European XR industry needs

Apple is a sector definer. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. And for European XR companies? Apples hardware has the potential to do miraculous things. This is something Im certain many of us have experienced colloquially. Where the consumer side of XR seems jaded, things are very different on the professional front. This places consumer-focused European companies in the sector in a precarious situation. The thing is, thats not the market Apple is after....

June 2, 2023 · 2 min · 299 words · Christopher Allen

Brad Stevens Mentioned Making Small Tweaks To The Celtics Roster, So Let's Look At What That Could Mean

What do the Celts even have to work with? What is the position/skillset of need? The first step is understanding what Brad has to work with this summer. For this, timing is important. July 1st is the official start to the 2023-24 season. That means anything that happens prior to July 1st uses 2022-23 money. Anything after that date uses 2023-24 money. Other than that, things are mostly the same before and after the new league year....

June 2, 2023 · 2 min · 312 words · Timothy Shaw

EU wants to create 100 deep tech unicorns in digital, green push

Only the best performing startups will make the cut, the EU executive said in a statement. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The European Innovation Council (EIC) will oversee the process. The EIC has also produced 112 centaur companies firms with an annual recurring revenue exceeding $100m. Story bySion Geschwindt Sion is a freelance science and technology reporter, specialising in climate and energy. Also tagged with

June 2, 2023 · 1 min · 67 words · Brandi Grimes

Tourists, Like This Idiot At Yellowstone Who Tried To Pet A Bison, Need To Leave Animals The Fuck Alone

When the woman reached out to pet the big bovine, she got quite the scare. The bison lowered its head and lunged at her with its horns. Its well documented here that I am team animal 99.999% of the time. With the rare occasions being when people get attacked by sharks. But other than that? Animals get the nod almost always. Stop messing with animals. Especially on their turf, in their natural environments....

June 2, 2023 · 3 min · 546 words · Brenda Peterson

You can now book seats on all-electric flights in Scandinavia — but read the small print

The airline promises to reveal further details when decided. Another potential obstacle is regulatory hurdles. The new certification rules for electric aviation have, thus far,lagged behindtechnological development. All of this makes it natural to have doubts about the timeline. 40% off TNW Conference! In September 2022, SAS signed a letter of support about adding the model to its regional fleet. Nonetheless, its billing the ticket sales alone as a historic moment....

June 2, 2023 · 1 min · 191 words · Matthew Wilson

Breaking Down Everything Brad Stevens Had To Say During His End Of Season Press Conference

Back when we used to do this with Ainge, it was much harder. You had to read in between the lines and see what he was saying without actually saying it. With Brad Stevens, things are a little more clear cut. The same was true once he moved upstairs. Let’s just hop right in We may as well start with Joe. Despite what the Celts were doing on the floor, none of that really mattered for some people....

June 1, 2023 · 4 min · 694 words · Sandra Watts