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By Joe Torosian<\/p>\nBy Joe Torosian<\/p>\n
Kick it!<\/p>\n
The Aaron Donald comeback story is boring.<\/p>\n
I’m far more interested in the Rams’ Terrance Ferguson breaking out on offense than I am about Donald returning to a defense that is already Super Bowl-caliber.<\/p>\n
Do present-day sports fans recognize the difference between rooting and belief\u2026Meaning you can root for your team, but have doubts about them winning a title?<\/p>\n
I’m trending that way as a Rams fan.<\/p>\n
The Chargers can keep kidding themselves about Trey Lance and D.J. Uiagalelei, but Mac Jones is what you should be looking for in a backup quarterback.<\/p>\n
Yes, I’d trade Stetson Bennett for him in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n
Should we still be on the lookout for Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. to break out heading into year three?<\/p>\n
Does Harrison’s slow career start give you any doubts about Carnell Tate, who was taken #4 overall this year by the Titans, or current Ohio State star Jeremiah Smith?<\/p>\n
Last night’s Indiana Fever-Dallas Wings game on Prime was set to feature Caitlin Clark versus Paige Bueckers. It was going to be this epic showdown between the two icons.<\/p>\n
Apparently, Kelsey Mitchell (37 points) and Arike Ogunbowale (32 points) didn’t get that memo before the Wings’ 91-85 victory.<\/p>\n
The two stars, Clark & Bueckers, combined for 23 points on 9-of 31 shooting.<\/p>\n
Last Add QNBA:<\/strong> Wait, are you telling me Atlanta Dream forward Angel Reese’s epic, stop the presses, breaking news, night of perfection came against the tanking Los Angeles Sparks?<\/p>\n The Dream taking the court on Thursday against the Sparks is akin to sending Walter Mondale out to face Ronald Reagan in November of \u201984.<\/p>\n Speaking of wide receivers\u2026what happened to those Jack Bech-Cooper Kupp comparisons?<\/p>\n A.J. Brown and Jalen Hurts have hugged it out. If I were a Philadelphia Eagles fan, that doesn’t make me feel better. <\/p>\n Question:<\/strong> Do you take a football analyst\/commentator\/broadcaster\/writer seriously when they rank Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson no lower than third when listing the NFL’s top QBs? Because I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n As summer winds into September, and the U.S. Open looms, I can’t remember the last time I watched tennis. Do any of you still watch tennis?<\/p>\n It was part of the everyday sports conversation growing up. Could Ivan Lendl finally win at Wimbledon? Will Andre Agassi ever win a major? And Jimmy Connors at the Open, late in his career, was appointment television.<\/p>\n (I won’t even mention getting up early on a Saturday to watch “The War of 18-16.”\u2014If you know, you know.)<\/p>\n Is interest the same in tennis, or has there been a radical change? Did the analytic nerds take over and kill the joy? It feels so much more niche these days and tucked into some forgotten corner next to lacrosse.<\/p>\n Can’t speak for the rest of the NFL, but former Rams quarterback Brett Rypien seems to be in midseason form with two fumbles (one lost) and a pick while leading the Houston Texans to a come-from-ahead, 22-20 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n The Mets are just ten games out of a Wild Card spot. Historic perspective: in 1969, they were ten back on August 14th before going 38-11 down the stretch, winning the East, beating the Braves in the NLCS, and whipping the Baltimore Orioles in five.<\/p>\n To keep it fair and balanced\u2026The Detroit Tigers are 61-66 and just five games back in the A.L Central\u2026and only 1.5 games out for the A.L.’s final wild card spot.<\/p>\n So, I’m telling you there’s a chance.<\/p>\n #98\u2014May the San Francisco Giants rot and lie stinking in the earth\u2026<\/p>\n Last Add Mets:<\/strong> It’s really a good thing they didn’t bring back Pete Alonso\u2026his 2026 numbers of 29 home runs, 82 RBIs, and .360 OBP with the Orioles would have only made things worse.<\/p>\n The Dude abides\u2026<\/p>\n 1,345<\/strong> By Joe Torosian Kick it! The Aaron Donald comeback story is boring. I’m far more interested in the Rams’ Terrance Ferguson breaking out on offense than I am about Donald returning to a defense that is already Super Bowl-caliber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fanview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97968,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97967\/revisions\/97968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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