Marcus Stroman’s $20K Pride month donations show the Chicago Cubs pitcher ‘wants to be more than an ally’

An unexpected call from Roc Nation’ s sports division came through to Brave Space Alliance early Thursday. Stroman, the organization was told, was donating $20,000 to Brave Space Alliance to aid its work on the South and West sides. “I’ m going to be very frank: It saves lives— $20,000 saves lives,” Brave Space Alliance deputy CEO Jae Rice told the Tribune.“ We save lives.

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Six things we learned from the Orioles’ first 60 games

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Major League Baseball held a 60- game season, in which the rebuilding Orioles went 25-35 before losing 110 games in 2021. For the Orioles in 2020, José Iglesias hit. 373, Renato Núñez was on a full-season pace to hit 32 home runs and Chance Sisco had a better OPS than Austin Hays. Given those examples, it’ s safe to assume the numbers…

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Safety or nickel? Versatile Ravens defender Kyle Hamilton isn’t ready to pin himself to one spot.

Kyle Hamilton had to adapt to an unexpected role to get the most out of his rookie season with the Ravens. He learned enough from the experience that he’ s not going to pin himself down, not on June 6, anyway. The 2022 first-round draft pick knows fans are eager to hear where he will play in his second NFL campaign: At safety, where he was rated the runaway top prospect in his…

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