Baseball Notes, March 20

Time brings perspective, even in the hot-button world of contemporary sports. So it is with the Rockies’ 2021 trade of star third baseman Nolan Arenado to the Cardinals. As word of the trade leaked out, Sports Illustrated wrote: “Years from now, what transpired in the baseball world on Jan. 29, 2021, will be remembered as the Friday Night Heist.

NCAA football nerds, unite! The final page of Phil Steele’s 2024 College Football Preview magazine went to press last Friday night. Steele said on his socials that the printed mag should be available via direct-mail order by the middle of this month and on newsstands around the third week of June. And the timing couldn’t be better.

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After being diagnosed with MS, he started running marathons. It's helping reverse the disease's progression. CBS News