colobuck79 said:

Is this true?

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It's for Women's Tennis, but yeah, I think so.

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Provorov signs 7-year, $59.5 million contract with Blue Jackets​

Ivan Provorov signed a seven-year, $59.5 million contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. It has an average annual value of $8.5 million.

The 28-year-old defenseman had 33 points (seven goals, 26 assists) in 82 games for the Blue Jackets last season. He could have become an unrestricted free agent on Tuesday.

“I think I knew I wanted to stay,” Provorov said. “My understanding was they wanted to keep me. Obviously, I think it’s not a secret they explored and looked at other options. Definitely was a stressful week.

“Definitely didn’t know if I was coming back or not, but I think obviously the want for me was to stay and to re-sign here, and I’m glad we were able to come to an agreement to keep all of us together.”

Selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round (No. 7) of the 2015 NHL Draft, Provorov has 282 points (77 goals, 205 assists) in 696 regular-season games for the Flyers and Blue Jackets and 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in 22 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

“Obviously, we really wanted ‘Provy’ to stay here, and I think you heard it (from him) -- he wanted to stay here,” Columbus general manager Don Waddell said. “When you have 2-3 weeks prior there are talks, but you don’t get down to the nuts and bolts as much as in the last 24 hours or so.

“We know, from our end, as of today he could sign with anybody. So, that’s the biggest thing as you approach deadlines, whether it’s the draft or whatever it is, deadlines usually create action.”
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NHL contract grades: Blue Jackets massively overpay Ivan Provorov in confounding 7-year deal​

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The problem is the cost. An $8.5 million AAV — even in a rising cap world — is a lot of money. The expected Net Rating for that is plus-7.1 for the 2025-26 season, which is what you’d expect for a strong No. 2 defender. It would’ve made sense for an Aaron Ekblad type, but Provorov is not in that stratosphere or, frankly, even close to it. His projected Net Rating for next season is minus-0.8 — right around average. Essentially, the Blue Jackets are paying No. 2 money to a No. 4 defenseman. It doesn’t add up.

There’s a chance Provorov can be that guy for Columbus — it’s just an extremely low one. When teams sign contracts, they’re making bets on what the 50-50 price is, or they’re adding risk to their cap sheet. In the UFA market, where the player has all the leverage, a 30 or 40 percent bet is fair game and sometimes excusable. This isn’t that. With Provorov, the Blue Jackets basically bought a 1-in-25 ticket where the odds of Provorov living up to this price tag are too low to make any sense. It’s a bet that immediately ranks as one of the league’s absolute worst. Even the absolute best case scenario is probably $1.5 million off.
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CincyInterloper said:

See, if you had a degree in English Literature, you would have been able to come up with a more elegant ending to finish your post... With... I mean with which to finish your post.

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This critique is something up with which I will not put!

DaddyBigBucks said:

Looks like a weird hybrid of Brian Kelly and Benton Quest (Johnny Quest's dad)

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Do you mean Race Bannon, who worked for the Quests as a bodyguard?

BuckBackHome said:

Guardians’ Luis Ortiz being investigated by MLB for gambling-related activities

Luis Ortiz, Guardians pitcher, is being investigated by Major League Baseball.

www.cleveland.com

Sounds like gambling.

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Sources: Guardians' Luis Ortiz subject of gambling investigation​

Cleveland Guardians right-hander Luis Ortiz is under investigation by Major League Baseball after a betting-integrity firm flagged a pair of pitches that had received unusual gambling activity, sources told ESPN on Thursday.

Sources said betting-integrity firm IC360 sent an alert in June to sportsbook operators regarding Ortiz, whom MLB has placed on "non-disciplinary paid leave" through July 17.

The alert, according to sources who reviewed it, referenced action on Ortiz's first pitches in select innings to be a ball or a hit batsman in two games: June 15 against the Seattle Mariners and June 27 against the St. Louis Cardinals. In both the bottom of the second inning against the Mariners and the top of the third inning against the Cardinals, Ortiz threw a first-pitch slider that was well outside the strike zone.

The alert on Ortiz's first pitches flagged bets in Ohio, New York and New Jersey. Betting on the result of first pitches is offered by some sportsbooks, with such wagers commonly referred to as microbets.
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Six Ohio State women's hockey players were selected to the Professional Women's Hockey League Tuesday night in the 2025 PWHL Draft held in Ottawa, Ontario. The players comprise the 48-player draft class which was selected from a pool of 192 draft-eligible players.

Ohio State's 2025 PWHL Draft class is (listed in order of selection):

• Jenna Buglioni (Eighth Overall/First Round/Seattle): Buglioni is a two-time captain and two-time national champion for the Buckeyes. The program's season and career game-winning goals record holder, Buglioni finished her Ohio State career with 166 points to rank fourth in the program record book. In 2025, she was in the top 10 nationally in faceoff wins and game-winning goals.
• Kiara Zanon (16th Overall/Second Round/Toronto Sceptres): Zanon played two seasons for the Scarlet and Gray, helping the team to two consecutive national championship game appearances and a title in 2024. Zanon registered 79 points as a Buckeye and finished her collegiate career with 190 points on 75 goals and 110 assists.
• Makenna Webster (17th Overall/Third Round/New York Sirens): Webster, the 2024-25 Ohio State Athlete of the Year and Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient, spent three seasons at Ohio State and in that time helped the team to a national championship and three title game appearances. She closed her Ohio State career with 100 points and her collegiate career with 151. The St. Louis, Mo. native also played three seasons for the Buckeye field hockey team, leading the program in scoring each season and earned All-America honors the last two seasons.
• Riley Brengman (26th Overall/Fourth Round/Boston Fleet): Brengman, a two-time assistant captain and national champion for the Buckeyes, played a critical role on the Buckeye blue line for the last five seasons. She skated in 171 games in the Scarlet and Gray sweater, the fourth-most of any Ohio State women's hockey player, and ended her collegiate career with a career-high 19 point season.
• Maddi Wheeler (27th Overall/Fourth Round/New York Sirens): Wheeler played her graduate season at Ohio State in 2024-25. She finished the year with seven goals, 14 assists and 21 points, including a power play goal in the 3-2 win over Wisconsin in the regular season.
• Amanda Thiele (42nd Overall/Sixth Round/Boston Fleet): Thiele is the program's all-time winningest goaltender with 73 career wins in her five-year Buckeye career. She was in goal for the program's first national title in 2022 and earned a 5-1 record in NCAA Tournament games. After five seasons at Ohio State, Thiele closed her career as the program record holder for career goals against average (1.76).

Cleveland has week 11 circled on the calendar

Thump said:

Sanserif?

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If I had a dollar for every time a guy sitting within earshot at a football game put down his beer and said “Holy shit. The yard line numbers match the jersey numbers! Fucking cool!!”…I’d still be poor.

OregonBuckeye said:

Scoff if you want, but coaches not taking themselves too seriously probably helps recruiting.

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It’s a fine line between clever and stupid.

buckeyemania11 said:

DE is going to be fine I feel. DT we need some major injury luck this season though, there looks like a sizeable drop-off after the main guys.

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Two guys can’t play every snap of every game.

It’s a major problem if guys off the bench don’t improve.

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Just sayin': It's amazing what winning a National Championships does does for peoples' perception of where your ranking is as a college football coach......

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I think Wittingham gets the COY most with less award.

Franklin at 8 is funny. Maybe they forgot the 1 in front of it?

Didn’t know who #20 was. Had to google him.

Bagmen.

LovelandBuckeye said:

But the font!

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Sanserif?

Just sayin': Another 3rd generation Manning QB is on the way.

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