James Paxton Plans To Retire From MLB James Paxton is currently on the IL and is expected to miss the remainder of the 2024 MLB Season. It turns out that we’ve already seen the last of the left-handed starter. On a recent podcast, Paxton revealed that his plan is to call it quits and retire. “I’m hoping that we can squeak into the postseason and I get an opportunity to…

Payton Thorne Sucks So Bad He Got Venmo Requests From Auburn Fans Auburn lost to Cal this past week as a double-digit favorite and the only takeaway anybody could have is that Payton Thorne sucks. I talked about it plenty in the Stock Report notes. The only weird part is that I’m not sure why anybody is surprised because it was something we talked about even last year. Thorne is…

Adam Silver: NBA plans to address possible expansion ‘this season’ In case you’ve been living under a rock, the NBA signed a new 11-year, $76 billion media rights deal in July with Disney (ESPN/ABC), NBCUniversal (NBC/Peacock) and Amazon (Amazon Prime). The deal won’t be expected to begin until the 2025-26 season, but it’s more than triple the current nine-year, $24 billion media rights deal the league has right now with…

NBA expands replay rule ahead of 2024-25 season The NBA announced Tuesday that the league will be expanding its replay system ahead of the 2024-25 season. According to the press release, referees will now have the ability to retroactively call fouls on coach’s challenges for out-of-bounds violations. The factors for determining whether or not an uncalled foul occurred reads as follows: The league office provided an example of how the…

Dana White’s Contender Series: Season 8, Episode 5 Three fighters walked away with UFC contracts on Dana White’s Contender Series (DWCS): Season 8, Episode 5. The episode had a smaller talent selection as one fight was cancelled while the fighters were warming up. That gave Dana White four potential contract recipients instead of five. Still, one fighter was left the UFC Apex empty-handed. Thankfully, the three contract recipients make an…