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It was Oct. 2, 1968. In St. Louis, Bob Gibson and the Cardinals squared off against Denny McLain and the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the World Series. In Denver, Broncos coach Lou Saban announced that Marlin Briscoe would start Sunday’s AFL game against the Bengals, making Briscoe the first Black quarterback to start in the Super Bowl era. A preseason basketball game in Flagstaff hardly registered, but it provided a glimpse of what the NBA, then a league of two divisions and 14 teams, was like six decades ago. The night started with the Suns and Lakers sharing a bus from the hotel to the gym. It ended with Chamberlain, riding back to Phoenix with injured Suns forward David Lattin, changing a tire off of Interstate 17, a moment hard to believe and a story seldom shared.

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Kellan Olson: Moment of silence for Al McCoy at the Cardinals game

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ESPN canvassed 136 teams in the NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB and NHL from November 2023 to July 2024 on whether they offer accommodations that fans with invisible disabilities say would make their game-day experience better. Of the 136 teams, 120 responded. In the NFL, the Broncos, Texans, Patriots, Cardinals and Bengals did not answer questions. In MLB, the Brewers, Pirates, Mariners and Cubs did not answer. In the NBA, the Timberwolves declined to answer and the Clippers responded before their move to the Intuit Dome. In the WNBA, the Lynx declined to answer. In the NHL, the Panthers, Sabres, Jets and Senators did not answer. (The Utah Hockey Club was omitted because of the team's impending move to Salt Lake City.) Some teams did not answer every question in the survey.

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Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum and Florida Panthers standout Matthew Tkachuk are not only St. Louis natives, but they went the same prep school as children. When the St. Louis Cardinals welcomed the two to throw out ceremonial first pitches on Sunday, it was only appropriate to have them recreate a viral photo from their school days. Tkachuk and Tatum were the subjects of a long-circulating photo from their middle school days, as both of them attended Chaminade College Preparatory School in St. Louis. They recreated that photo on Sunday, and they even recruited the third classmate that had photobombed them to make the picture complete.

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St. Louis Cardinals: How it started ➡️ How it's going. Jayson Tatum and Matthew Tkachuk reunited with childhood classmate Jacob B. to recreate their famous bus photo at the ballpark today! #ForTheLou

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For the affected teams, including the Miami Heat, St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Lightning, the bankruptcy will trigger a number of questions. For instance, what happens with payment owed to the teams during the Chapter 11 process? More concerning, what do local sports media rights look like in the aftermath, and will leagues like the NBA or MLB get involved more directly?

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Diamond has the rights to 14 Major League Baseball teams like the St. Louis Cardinals; 16 National Basketball Association franchises including the Miami Heat; and 12 National Hockey League teams including the Detroit Red Wings.

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Louisville has narrowed its search for a new men’s basketball coach with New York Knicks assistant Kenny Payne the primary target, sources told Sports Illustrated. There is nothing definite yet, with discussions ongoing and no job offered or accepted, sources said. But if talks proceed well over the next 24 hours, Payne could be introduced as the new coach of the Cardinals as soon as Thursday.

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Kellan Olson: Asked Monty Williams about the Cardinals' COVID-19 outbreak: "This thing is real. I've had family members affected by it. Early on I lost a niece. I'm on my kids about their masks in school. It's a health issue. It's not politics, it's a health issue. We gotta stay on top of it."

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One small example of the team’s creative efforts was this past season’s introduction of jerseys inspired by the legendary artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. The black uniforms with Basquiat’s hip-hop style are arguably the best creations under the NBA’s City Editions alternate uniform program. Basquiat was a Brooklyn born-and-bred painter who fused street painting style with high art. The team, with Tsai’s foundation, even developed a curriculum to teach Brooklyn students about Basquiat, who died in 1988 at 27. The Basquiat jerseys are part of the team’s emphasis on engaging with younger fans. “This is a young league in terms of its fan base, and we are, in particular, a young team in terms of our fan base,” said Abbamondi, who joined BSE after holding executive positions with Madison Square Garden, the NBA, the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals.

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Sinclair Broadcast Group is quietly raising money for a new service to stream Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association and National Hockey League games to fans over the Internet, The Post has learned. The publicly traded media company — which owns exclusive rights to broadcast games for teams like the St. Louis Cardinals and the Dallas Mavericks — is working with investment bank LionTree to raise more than $250 million for the venture, according to two sources with knowledge of the plans.

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Winning Kentucky's Mr. Basketball in 1965 with Breckinridge County, Beard played three seasons with the Cardinals and ranks 17th in all-time scoring with 1,583 points. He was the 10th overall pick of the 1969 NBA Draft and played 10 years in the league.

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Donovan Mitchell hopes his new basketball sneaker will not only help athletes score buckets, but also make an impact in the lives of students at his beloved University of Louisville. The former Cardinals star has teamed up with Adidas to support current and future Black students at Louisville by donating up to $200,000 of the sales of his “D.O.N. Issue #2 x Louisville” sneaker (nicknamed “A Shoe for Change”) to fund several academic initiatives and scholarships.

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Ben Golliver: Celtics’ Jayson Tatum on his Lou Brock sneaker tribute: “One of the best players ever in MLB. I’m 22, so I never got to see him play but I know what he means to that (Cardinals) organization. I just wanted to shed some light on that to all the people back home (in St. Louis).”

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