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11:45 AM ET, August 8, 2024

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New York Times:
Missouri 1st Congressional District Primary Election Results  —  Democratic Primary  —  Wesley Bell wins the Democratic primary.  —  Race called by The Associated Press. Latest results from 1:24 AM ET … Candidate Votes Pct.  63,340  —  51.2%  —  56,492  —  45.6%  —  3,257  —  2.6%
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Goold's chat: During dull Cardinals shutout, fans discuss what can get Busch rocking again?  —  The Cardinals and New York Mets successfully converged on St. Louis for their one-game makeup matchup Monday at Busch Stadium with first pitch set for the unusual 4:15 p.m. St. Louis time.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Mike Puma / New York Post:
Adam Ottavino believes it would be ‘foolish’ to let him go as potential Mets roster squeeze looms  —  DENVER — Adam Ottavino has watched the Mets bullpen turn over this season, largely because of injuries but also with veteran pitchers released because of poor performance.
Discussion: Yahoo Sports and New Jersey Online
University of Miami Athletics:
Miami Places Three Receivers on Biletnikoff Award Watch List  —  CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Three Hurricanes earned a spot on the preseason watch list for the 2024 Biletnikoff Award Watch List, as announced by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation.  —  Wide receivers Sam Brown …
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel
Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
2024 MLB farm system rankings: Post draft, trade deadline  —  A great deal has changed since we ranked all 30 MLB farm systems going into the 2024 season, with much of that change coming in the past few weeks with the next wave of prospects from the MLB draft and then front offices adding …
Mark Feinsand / MLB.com:
Baseball trailblazer Billy Bean, who dedicated life to inclusion, dies at 60  —  Major League Baseball is mourning the loss of one of its own.  —  Billy Bean, the league's Senior Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, passed away at his home on Tuesday after an 11-month battle with acute myeloid leukemia.
Jackson Stone / MLB.com:
Smith's mad dash — and ‘freestyle’ slide — propel Sox in KC  —  KANSAS CITY — Dominic Smith's speed may have turned the tide of the Red Sox's playoff push.  —  The 224-pound first baseman isn't known for his legs, or his ability to swim around the tag, but Smith displayed both to steal …
Associated Press:
Oakland Athletics agree to sell their stake in Coliseum  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The departing Oakland Athletics have reached a tentative agreement to sell their half of the Coliseum to a private Black development group for $125 million, paving the way for the group to build a giant entertainment …
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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's Billy Beane opens up on Oakland, the fans, the Coliseum and what's next  —  While the Oakland Athletics play their final season at the Coliseum, the team's largest presence the past two-plus decades is watching in the background, no longer making decisions but feeling the same sense of nostalgia and loss as the fan base.
Discussion: Yahoo Sports
Eddie Pells / Associated Press:
American Cole Hocker pulls Olympic shocker in men's 1,500, leaving Kerr and Ingebrigtsen behind  —  The race was billed as a bar brawl between the two baddest 1,500-meter runners in the world.  Nobody figured the little-known American guy would sneak up on both of them, steal the show and take the Olympic gold medal with him.
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
MLB power rankings: Losers of 20 in a row, White Sox push for worst record ever  —  Forget the 1962 Mets and last year's Athletics and the 2003 Tigers and any number of potential WOATs (Worst Of All Time) that Major League Baseball has produced in the past half-century.
 
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