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19 September 2026

YOU KNOW THAT THING EVERYONE PREDICTED ABOUT BASEBALL AND BETTING WELL FEDERAL PROSECUTORS JUST FILED COURT PAPERS LISTING EIGHTEEN SPECIFIC PITCHES THROWN BY CLEVELAND GUARDIANS CLOSER EMMANUEL CLASE THAT THEY SAY WERE TOTALLY RIGGED AND THE THING IS IT SPANS SEVENTEEN GAMES FROM 2023 TO 2025 INCLUDING A PLAYOFF GAME IN OCTOBER 2024 WHERE HE SUPPOSEDLY LEAKED INFO ON A NINETY-THREE MILE AN HOUR SLIDER OUT OF THE STRIKE ZONE WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THEY ARE SAYING HE AND STARTER LUIS ORTIZ SHARED ADVANCE DETAILS ON PITCH RESULTS AND VELOCITY WITH BETTORS SO NOW THEY ARE FACING WIRE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING AND CONSPIRACY CHARGES HEADED TO TRIAL THIS NOVEMBER BUT BOTH PLAYERS PLEADED NOT GUILTY AFTER BEING ON LEAVE SINCE SUMMER 2025. ANYWAY I AM FINE, EVERYTHING IS FINE.

📰 The actual headline · ESPN Federal prosecutors identify 18 alleged rigged pitches for Clase trial

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KEYONTE GEORGE OFFICIALLY HAS A FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION WORTH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS KEEPING HIM IN UTAH THROUGH TWENTY-THIRTY-TWO, AND THE THING IS HE JUST PUT UP CAREER HIGHS WITH OVER TWENTY-THREE POINTS AND SIX ASSISTS A GAME IN HIS THIRD NBA YEAR AFTER BEING DRAFTED SIXTEENTH IN TWENTY-TWENTY-THREE, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE HE IS ONLY TWENTY-TWO YEARS OLD SAYING UTAH IS HIS SECOND FAMILY, AND HIS HEAD COACH WILL HARDY SAYS HE IS NOWHERE NEAR HIS ACTUAL POTENTIAL, AND TEAM OWNER RYAN SMITH CLAIMS EVERYWHERE HE GOES PEOPLE FEEL THIS MAJOR SHIFT COMING, SO NOW THE ENTIRE FRONT OFFICE IS BETTING THIRTY-ONE POINT FIVE MILLION A YEAR ON CONTINUITY, WHICH MEANS EVERYBODY IS HYPED BUT NOBODY KNOWS YET IF THIS JOURNEY ACTUALLY LEADS TO HOLDING A TROPHY AND HAVING A PARADE.

📰 The actual headline · Deseret News Keyonte George’s extension is just the beginning for the Utah Jazz

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