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Dodgers Co-Owner Puts CT Mansion On Market For $19M, Includes Batting Cage, Bowling Alley Dodgers Co-Owner Puts CT Mansion On Market For $19M, Includes Batting Cage, Bowling Alley
Dodgers Co-Owner Puts CT Mansion On Market For $19M, Includes Batting Cage, Bowling Alley While Todd Boehly, co-owner of the Dodgers, cheers on his team in Los Angeles in Game 1 of the World Series against the Yankees on Friday, Oct. 25, real estate agents on the other side of the country will be working to sell his Fairfield County estate near the Long Island Sound.  The 51-year-old billionaire investor and media mogul has put his 10,000-square-foot Darien mansion on the market for $19 million, and the nearly 90-year-old home comes with all of the modern-day amenities you'd expect from a sports lover.  Related: Former New Canaan Home Of Paul Simon, Richard…

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by Josh Lanier
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Basketball Hall Of Famer Dikembe Mutombo Dies At 58 Basketball Hall Of Famer Dikembe Mutombo Dies At 58
Basketball Hall Of Famer Dikembe Mutombo Dies At 58 Basketball legend Dikembe Mutombo, who played for the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets and New York Knicks as part of a Hall of Fame career, died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the NBA announced on Monday, Sept. 30. We share our condolences with his wife, Rose, the entire Mutombo family, and their loved ones. RIP. pic.twitter.com/3j7M1ONqxJ — Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) September 30, 2024 Mutombo, who also played for the Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks and Houston Rockets, was known for his signature shot block, which he would follow up by wagging his finger and yelling, "No No No!…

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by Sam Barron
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'Mission Accomplished': Watch Western Mass's Gabby Thomas Win Gold In 200 Meter Race 'Mission Accomplished': Watch Western Mass's Gabby Thomas Win Gold In 200 Meter Race
'Mission Accomplished': Watch Western Mass's Gabby Thomas Win Gold In 200 Meter Race Gabby Thomas has rounded out her trophy case after claiming her first gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, Aug. 6. She already had a silver and bronze medal from the 2020 Tokyo Games.  The 27-year-old Northampton sprinter entered Tuesday's race a favorite after her monster qualifying run on Monday, where she turned in a time of 21.86 seconds. She beat that Tuesday with a time of 21.82.  Mission accomplished for Gabby Thomas with a GOLD medal in the 200m! #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/O7wQjNquCi — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 6, 2024 Julien Alf…

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by Josh Lanier
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Mass. Native Sets Yankees Rookie Home Run Record Mass. Native Sets Yankees Rookie Home Run Record
Mass. Native Sets Yankees Rookie Home Run Record The Yankees are among the greatest franchises in sports history, but none of the team's Hall of Famers did what Massachusetts native Ben Rice was able to pull off.  The Cohasset native hit three home runs in the Yankees' 14-4 shellacking of the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, July 6 in the Bronx. It was the most times a rookie has ever gone yard in a single game for the Yanks. “It’s definitely a day I’ll never forget,” Rice told MLB.com. “I’m just pumped that it was a big-time win for us, a good bounce-back win, and over my hometown team. So it’s pretty cool.” The Yankees' social med…

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by Josh Lanier