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50/50 card first of Ohtani to break $1M at auction

Published in Baseball
Sunday, 30 March 2025 08:12

An autographed Shohei Ohtani relic card from last season's historic 50/50 effort became the first of the Los Angeles Dodgers star to sell for more than $1 million at auction early Sunday morning.

The sale of the on-card-autographed, 1-of-1 numbered Ohtani card features the Major League Baseball logo from the pants he wore in September 2024 while hitting his 49th, 50th and 51st home runs and stealing his 50th and 51st bases against the Miami Marlins. It sold for $1.067 million at Heritage Auctions, including buyer's premium, and is by far the most ever paid for an Ohtani card.

The card, however, fell short of unseating the $1.1 million Paul Skenes MLB debut patch autograph card as the most expensive non-Mike Trout modern baseball card.

Following Ohtani's establishment of the 50/50 club on Sept. 19, 2024, Topps acquired the pants and batting gloves that he wore. Topps then created a set dedicated to Ohtani's achievements, which included refractor cards, short prints, autographs, autographed relics -- all in a variety of numberings -- and Dynasty Black relics, of which there are only three cards: all on-card autographs, all numbered 1-of-1. The Dynasty Black autograph cards consist of one boasting a massive batting glove swatch, one including swatches of both the pants and batting gloves, and the now-$1.067 million card.

The previous record for an Ohtani card was the $533,140 paid for a 2018 Bowman Chrome Rookie Autographs Orange Refractor rookie card, numbered to 25, with Goldin Auctions in November.

Sabalenka powers to Miami Open final win against Pegula

Published in Tennis
Saturday, 29 March 2025 15:27

World number one Aryna Sabalenka claimed her second title of the year by beating Jessica Pegula 7-5 6-2 in the women's Miami Open final.

There were seven breaks of serve in a hard-fought first set, which swung the way of both players, before the Belarusian won a game to love on Pegula's serve.

Sabalenka's power got her out of trouble on a number of occasions while Pegula's struggles to hold her own serve, along with her inability to deal with the force of her opponent's game, proved the world number four's downfall.

Her frustration grew as Sabalenka took control of the second set. The 26-year-old broke Pegula at 5-2 up to win the tournament without dropping a set as she hit 31 winners in the match, compared to 12 from her rival.

Sabalenka won the Brisbane International in January but had gone into the Miami Open final having lost her previous two finals, with defeats by American Madison Keys at the Australian Open and Mirra Andreeva at Indian Wells two weeks ago.

"I'm speechless," said Sabalenka, who beat Pegula in last year's US Open final. "The last couple of finals were really tough and tight and close ones for me, so going into this one I was so focused on myself.

"I was super focused and playing point by point. It feels super special and really happy with the title - the first in Miami.

"It was back and forth the whole match. I was fighting no matter what and, even after each game she broke, I was fighting back and breaking her back."

Meanwhile, British duo Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool were in action in the men's doubles final but suffered a 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 defeat by top seeds Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzalez and Mate Pavic.

Rampant nine-try Gloucester dismantle Bristol

Published in Rugby
Saturday, 29 March 2025 12:23

Gloucester scored nine tries in a show-stopping display as they beat neighbours Bristol 53-28 to move back up to third in the Premiership table.

Christian Wade and Seb Atkinson both scored hat-tricks for the Cherry and Whites as they completed a double over the Bears for the first time since the 2016-17 campaign.

The first half alone saw nine tries scored and 55 points shared, as Gloucester raced to an unopposed try-scoring bonus point in 17 minutes.

The home side scored another three unanswered tries after the break before James Williams managed a fourth for Bristol to ensure they left the sold-out Kingsholm with at least a point of their own.

If high-scoring entertainment is what the Premiership wants this season, fans were treated to another rip-roaring spectacle as Gloucester produced one of their most blistering displays in attack to delight the home crowd.

The debate about whether that quest to glitter in attack is coming at a detriment to defence will continue but the hosts were eye-catching almost every time they ran with the ball.

A week ago at Ashton Gate, Bristol achieved the second-fastest bonus-point score in Premiership history in just 16 minutes when they beat Exeter, and Gloucester seemingly started their own stopwatch and almost bettered it, with four rapid opening tries of their own helped by some poor Bears defending and errors.

A Bristol penalty deep in Gloucester's 22 immediately gave the hosts an opening, and Carreras chipped the ball through to a racing Wade to dab down in the corner on three minutes.

Four minutes later they had a second as Harry Bryne's ball went loose and Santiago Carreras pounced, scooping it up before cleverly sending a one-handed pass around the back to feed Josh Hathaway.

Chris Harris added their third, as another Bristol penalty gifted Gloucester a kick to touch for a line-out. Charlie Atkinson broke easily through a tackle and with Harris inside he scored next to the posts.

Nothing was going Bristol's way as Byrne's kick to restart into the swirling wind went straight out and from a Cherry and Whites scrum on halfway, the ball was passed out wide to Hathaway who raced downfield.

His long ball back inside was expertly picked out of the air one-handed by a jumping Tomos Williams, whose no-look pass then found Seb Atkinson to run under the posts for the crucial fourth score to make it 24-0.

Seven-try Bath overpower Harlequins to remain top

Published in Rugby
Saturday, 29 March 2025 10:53

Bath: De Glanville; Cokanasiga, Ojomoh, Redpath, Muir; Russell, Spencer; Obano, Dunn, Stuart, Molony, Ewels, Hill, Reid, Barbeary.

Replacements: Annett, Van Wyk, Du Toit, Pepper, Underhill, Carr-Smith, Butt, Coetzee.

Harlequins: Green; Isgro, Beard, Northmore, David; Smith, Porter; Baxter, Walker, Lamositele, Herbst, Lewies, Kenningham, Lawday, Cunningham-South.

Replacements: Riley, Els, Jones, Launchbury, Hammond, Schmid, Care, Benson.

Yellow Cards: Isgro, Smith.

Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe

Ireland expecting tough Italy 'challenge' - Bemand

Published in Rugby
Sunday, 30 March 2025 03:26

Ireland coach Scott Bemand says his players are mindful of the "incredible challenge" they will face in Sunday's Women's Six Nations game in Parma against an Italy side who defeated them in last year's championship.

The Irish looked in potential Wooden Spoon territory a year ago after they lost in 27-21 to the Italians in round two at the RDS.

Subsequent wins over Wales and Scotland secured a third-place championship finish that earned qualification for this year's World Cup but Bemand says he and his players have the height of respect for the Italians as they aim for Ireland's first away win in the competition since 2021.

Ireland go into Sunday's game after competing well against France in last weekend's opener in Belfast only to eventually lose out 27-15.

"Italy have got a more structured version of themselves these days. It used to be quite fun watching them as in anything could happen," said the Ireland coach.

"Now they've got a little bit more sensible with what they are trying to do. So we know that we're expecting a strong box-kick game and we've been preparing ourselves for that.

"Our aim, as ever, is to get our best game out there and if we do, we'll be alright but the Italians are certainly not going to roll over and make it easy for us."

Ireland followed their third-placed finish in last year's Six Nations with autumn wins over Australia and world champions New Zealand and Bemand feels his players now have a belief that wasn't there when they faced Italy a year ago amid the scar tissue from the 2023 Six Nations when the Irish lost all five of their games under previous coach Greg McWilliams.

"We said it after the game [against Italy]. You lost a game that you should have won and in the previous Six Nations they were losing games that they didn't deserve to win.

"There was a big performance step but almost with not having the permission or the confidence to do it. Now they are a group that think differently."

France dominate in second half to beat Scotland

Published in Rugby
Saturday, 29 March 2025 08:12

France: Bourgeois, Arbey, Menager (co-capt), Amedee, Llorens, Arbez, Sansus; Brosseau, Bigot, Bernadou, M Feleu (co-capt), Fall, Escudero, Okemba, T Feleu

Replacements: Riffonneau, Mwayembe, Joyeux, Zago, Berthoumieu, L Champon, A Champon, Queyroi

Scotland: Rollie, Lloyd, Orr, Thomson, McGhie, Nelson, Brebner-Holden; Young, Skeldon, Clarke, Cunningham, Bonar, Malcolm (capt), McLachlan, Konkel

Replacements: Martin, Bartlett, Poolman, Ferrie, Boyd, Stewart, Mattinson, Wills

'Pressure is a privilege' for 'world class' Kildunne

Published in Rugby
Saturday, 29 March 2025 14:05

"I haven't even scratched the surface of my potential."

Those were the words of England full-back Ellie Kildunne in November when she was named World Rugby's women's player of the year.

The 25-year-old scored 14 tries in nine tests for the Red Roses last term, and it looked, on the outside, as though maintaining form before a home Rugby World Cup - which starts in August - was all she needed to do.

But Kildunne strived to become even better.

After featuring late off the bench against Italy in York, a first start in this year's Women's Six Nations came in the 67-12 hammering of Wales at Principality Stadium in front of a record crowd of 21,186 for a Wales women's team event on home soil.

The Harlequin marked her 50th cap with a second-half hat-trick and a player-of-the-match performance to properly kick-start the biggest year of her rugby career to date.

"Pressure is definitely a privilege," Kildunne told BBC Two.

"Our potential is the unimaginable. We are going to keep getting better. I really think we are going to take it to levels that we've not been to before.

"We are just going to keep pushing until we get to a point that we just can't imagine what is next."

Two of Kildunne's tries were relatively straightforward dot downs, with the third an instinctive finish from a kick-through.

When the whistle sounded for the start of the second half, Kildunne had no tries. By the 56th minute, her hand was above her head for yet another signature lasso celebration after a third score.

Kildunne made the most carries (16) and metres (145m) in the game, but it was her kicking game which stood out.

From tidy deft chip-kicks to cause havoc in the backfield to grubber-kicks to turn the Wales defence, Kildunne has widened her game to be more than just a lethal counter-attack runner.

"She is starting to serve the team in different ways and there are going to be times that teams take away the counter-attack from her," England head coach John Mitchell told BBC Two.

"She is world-class with that plan A [running it back], but she is going to have to adapt in 2025 as certain teams will not allow her to get ball.

"We have to use her in the right way."

Tasca Fails To Qualify For NHRA Winternationals

Published in Racing
Saturday, 29 March 2025 16:21

For the first time since 2015, Bob Tasca III will not compete during NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series eliminations.

In a stacked 19-car field at the annual NHRA Winternationals at Pomona (Calif.) Dragstrip., Tascas four qualifying efforts proved to not be enough as he was bumped from the field after a top pass of 4.057 ET at 271.13 mph in Q4.

The last time Tasca failed to qualify for an NHRA event was the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at North Carolinas zMAX Dragway 10 years ago.

Blake Alexander also had to wait it out in qualifying as he watched Jason Rupert unable to improve on his run. It allowed Alexander and Chad Green Motorsports to solidify the 16th and final spot in Sundays eliminations.

It was a flip of the script as Tasca was the No. 1 qualifier at the NHRA Arizona Nationals one week ago.

Its hard to believe, Tasca began. Leave Phoenix the No. 1 qualifier, car going up and down the track. Its humbling. This sport is tough. Live by the sword, you die by the sword. Very disappointed in our team not making this round.

But, one thing racing teaches you you never give up and this team will not give up.

Tascas co-crew chief, Aaron Brooks, didnt mince words with the result.

We missed it, Brooks began. Got behind yesterday. Weve been fighting it all weekend. Came off a good weekend a few days ago. No idea.

Prior to eliminations, Tasca sits third in the standings, eight points out of first place.

Di Mario, Paige Split Wins In Talent Cup Opener At COTA

Published in Racing
Saturday, 29 March 2025 16:52

AUSTIN, Texas Just when it seemed as though Warhorse Ducati/American Racings Alessandro Di Mario was going to dominate the all-new Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul Championship after a crushing victory in Saturday mornings race one, a 14-year-old Australian by the name of Bodie Paige put the skids on that with an equally impressive win in race two.

And the 2025 Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul is off and running, with lots of promise with youngsters battling throughout the field in both races from start to finish.

Di Mario stormed to victory in race one, winning by over nine seconds after leading from start to finish in the eight-lap race. In race two, however, the 16-year-old botched the start and didnt get to fourth place until the pack hit the back straight for the first time. Di Mario started to move forward and slipped into second place with a handful of laps remaining, but he couldnt make a dent in Paiges advantage.

At the finish line, it was CTR/D&D Cycles-backed Paige by 1.3 seconds over Di Mario, with the two leaving Texas and heading to round two at Barber Motorsports Park next weekend tied at the top of the championship point standings with 45 points apiece.

Third place in both races went to a second 14-year-old Australian in the form of Estenson Racings Sam Drane.

Race One Di Mario Domination

Di Mario didnt nail the holeshot in race one, but he led by the time they exited from the first corner. From there, he never put a wheel wrong in storming to a 9.442-second win.

With Di Mario disappearing into the distance, it was Paige emerging from the pack and racing to a rather lonely second place with almost 5.5 seconds over third place.

That spot ultimately fell to Paiges fellow Australian Drane, who was just .169 of a second ahead of Tytlers Cycle Racings Hank Vossberg.

Drane and Vossberg ended up pulling a gap to what was once a six-rider battle for third, with Jones Hondas Julian Correa besting San Marcos Iron Doors 316 Rossi Motorsports Rossi Garcia by a scant .200 of a second. MP13 Racings Ella Dreher crossed the line in seventh, just .202 of a second behind Garcia.

Envy Powered By Warhorses Derek Sanchez, Chase Black Racings Chase Black, and Ice Barn Racings Solly Mervis rounded out the top 10.

Race Two Paige Flips The Order

Paige led from start to finish in race two on Saturday afternoon, ultimately beating Di Mario by 1.3 seconds to win his first career MotoAmerica race. Judging by his performance and the ability to hold off a charging Di Mario, it wont be Paiges last MotoAmerica victory.

Di Mario missed a little bit on setup for race two and said he had front-end chatter that forced him to run wide in several spots on the track. The defending MotoAmerica SC-Project Twins Cup Champion tried but couldnt match Paige. Next week at Barber, Di Mario will be pulling double duty with both Talent Cup and Twins Cup on his plate.

While Drane had a battle on his hands in race one with Vossberg, the Estenson Racing rider was mostly alone in race two until Di Mario showed up. Once Di Mario made his pass, Drane had a lonely race and finished almost two seconds ahead of Jones Hondas Julian Correa, who improved one spot from his fifth place in race one.

MP13 Racings Dreher showed her mettle in race two, finishing fifth after improving from her seventh-place finish in race one.

Sanchez also improved in race two, moving from eighth to sixth.

Three-time AFT Singles Champion Kody Kopp bounced back from his crash in race one to finish seventh in what was just his first day of road racing. Kopp was in a heated battle throughout, with just .266 of a second covering Sanchez in sixth to Garcia in ninth. King, meanwhile, was also in that pack and finished eighth.

Black rounded out the top 10, dropping a spot from his race-one ninth.

Vossberg, who was a fighting fourth in race one, was knocked out of the battle by a mechanical failure.

Ryan Smith Goes Back To Victory Lane At Port Royal

Published in Racing
Saturday, 29 March 2025 17:47

PORT ROYAL, Pa. It had been 11 years since Ryan Smith had parked in victory lane at Port Royal Speedway for his first career win.

On Saturday afternoon, he was able to get back there for the second time in his career behind the Kreitz Racing No. 69K and did so in comfortable fashion for the $5,000 payday.

Ricky Peterson Jr. would start alongside Lucas Wolfe to take the opening green flag of the 25-lap A-main event with Peterson getting out in front early. Within the opening lap, Smith would charge from his sixth-place starting spot and take the 3rd spot away from Jeff Halligan while also challenging Wolfe for second.

Smith would catch Peterson over the next four laps and with a good drive into the low side of turn one, Smith would get by Ricky Peterson Jr for the lead and wouldnt look back.

The A-main would remain green for the remainder of the race and Smith would finish with a margin of victory over four seconds.

To be honest with you I didnt know how to get here, joked Smith in victory lane referencing how long its been since he had won at Port Royal Speedway.

Chase Deitz would be the Ramseys Car Wash hard charging coming from the 10th starting spot to finish 2nd and Justin Whittall would round out the podium in third.

Super Late Model

In Penske Racing Shocks super late model competition, Rick Eckert was able to get back to victory lane in back to back weeks at Port Royal Speedway.

Drake Troutman would take the early race lead but after a pair of cautions over the opening three laps of the race, Eckert was able to utilize an outside starting lane on restart to get by both Colton Flinner and Troutman to take the race lead and not look back.

Troutman would run in second for the majority of the race with Flinner close in tow, when contact with a lapped car nearly took the Hyndman, Pa. driver out of contention. The driver of the No. 22* was able to reel the car back under his control and maintain speed and would hold on to finish in third with Flinner able to capitalize and finish in second.

Limited Late Models

For the Zimmerman Truck Repair limited late models, Kyle Hardy would lead from wire to wire and pick up the opening race win of the season for the division.

Lane Snook and Ryan Zook would round out the top three.

Sprint Car Feature Finish (25 Laps)

1. 69K-Ryan Smith[6]; 2. 23-Chase Dietz[10]; 3. 67-Justin Whittall[8]; 4. 48-Danny Dietrich[9]; 5. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[1]; 6. 55-Logan Wagner[11]; 7. 45-Jeff Halligan[4]; 8. 71-Dylan Cisney[5]; 9. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[7]; 10. 2-Gerard McIntyre Jr[17]; 11. 98-Ricky Peterson[2]; 12. 12-Blane Heimbach[20]; 13. 8-Brock Zearfoss[16]; 14. 39M-Anthony Macri[15]; 15. 39-Lynton Jeffrey[3]; 16. 77-Michael Walter[19]; 17. 47K-Kody Lehman[14]; 18. 99-Devin Adams[12]; 19. 1A-Jacob Allen[22]; 20. 35-Austin Bishop[13]; 21. 22-Doug Hammaker[24]; 22. 12D-Lance Dewease[21]; 23. 32B-Brandon Spithaler[23]; 24. 18J-JT Ferry[18]

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