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The Last Night's Game Team
Soccer
Fans of the Turkish soccer club Beşiktaş showered the team's Istanbul sidelines with thousands of toys during Sunday's match to donate to the children affected by the earthquakes that impacted Turkey and Syria earlier in the month. Fans began to throw the toys at the 4:17 mark in the game to signal the time of day that the first earthquake struck the region.
Before kickoff, fans also paid tribute to the more than 50,000 victims, including former Chelsea player Christian Atsu who died due to the earthquakes. HEARTBREAKING
Short and Sweet
The Cavinder twins, women's basketball players from the University of Miami, are two of the most famous faces of the NIL era, with projected earnings at or above $790,000 each. They also received the first-ever infraction in the new college basketball name, image, and likeness era.
Former YouTube personality turned boxer Jake Paul suffered his first career loss to Tommy Fury (brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury).
Expansion team St. Louis City FC played its first-ever game, which featured an unlikely player pregnancy announcement, as an MLS (Major League Soccer Team) team when the season opened this weekend.
In an attempt to speed up the game, the new MLB (Major League Baseball) pitch clock is doing its job but making a lot of people mad along the way.
Before We Go
A young fan named Aaliyah attended Thursday's SheBelieves Cup (NWSL - National Women's Soccer LeaSerena Williams (tennis) and Brittney Griner (WNBA - Women's National Basketball Association) were recognized at the NAACP Image Awards. Griner and her wife Cherelle received a standing ovation. Retired NBA (National Basketball Association) player Dwyane Wade pleaded from the stage for LGBTQ rights on the heels of a judge's ruling to allow his daughter Zaya a name change and legal transition. STAND UP
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