Author: Ruel Gutierrez Apostol

I think I write about sports. Yeah - I think I do. I also write about video games on the side.

MLB

Baseball season is almost here! There’s no better way to celebrate the upcoming season other than an arbitrary top-5 list. Here’s are my predictions for NL Central. 1) Chicago Cubs The Cubs should clinch their third NL Central title in a row. Despite Jake Arrieta leaving, they boast one of the best rotations in the whole league with the addition of Yu Darvish. Their bullpen remains questionable as always, but the Cubs are working to make that wrong right. They’ve added Brandon Morrow as a closer and Steve Chisek. With the recent departure of Justin Grimm, they’ve added space…

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Last month, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger joked that English players are the new masters of diving. Well on Thursday, a dive by Danny Welbeck has helped Arsenal into the Europa League quarter-finals. Arsenal was heading back to the Emirates on Thursday with a 2-0 aggregate lead over A.C. Milan. All they needed was keep their cool over the Italian club and they would be one step closer to Europa glory. A.C. Milan started out guns blazing with a point to prove. On the 35th minute, Hakan Çalhanoğlu scored an absolute screamer. The Turkish attacking midfielder launched the ball from 25 yards…

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On the north end of the Camp Nou, a banner was raised – in English – proudly proclaiming “GOD SAVE THE KING,” with a famous photo of Lionel Messi from Barcelona’s stunning comeback against Paris Saint-Germain last year. https://twitter.com/Sporf/status/974043954516774913 Well, “The King” to the Camp Nou faithful has added to his lore when he got his 100th Champions League goal on Wednesday against Chelsea. Messi led Barcelona in their win over Chelsea scoring first in the third minute – which was the fastest goal of his career.  On the 20th minute, Messi sped down the pitch to set up Ousmane Dembele’s…

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