(The Storm is all about what’s storming in sports today.)
***The Pittsburgh Steelers traded cornerback Joey Porter Jr. to the Dallas Cowboys late Wednesday night. Cowboys receive: CB Joey Porter Jr….Steelers receive: a 2028 second-round pick and a 2027 sixth-round pick—the one Pittsburgh originally sent Dallas in the George Pickens trade.
***“On this day in 1975 Muhammad Ali TKO’s Joe Frazier before the start of the 15th round in the “Thrilla in Manila.”
***The Pittsburgh Steelers go to Cleveland tonight to face the Browns in Thursday Night Football. Both teams are 2-1.
***On this date in 1932: Babe Ruth’s “called shot” in Game 3 of the World Series at Wrigley Field. After being taunted by the Cubs, he pointed toward center and homered of off Charlie Root.
Root until his death until is death in 1970 denied that Ruth ever called his shot. Cubs second baseman Woody English said, “That big SOB wasn’t calling his shot. He was pointing to center field and asking the refs how he was supposed to hit with all those white shirts. And then when the reporters asked him if he pointed he played it up.”
(The Yankees won 7–5, and the World Series.)
***Fox Sports NFL Writer Eric Williams predicts the Los Angeles Rams will miss the playoffs.
***Yankees sweep the Red Sox. New York beat Boston 9-2 behind Max Fried, Cody Bellinger, and Luis García Jr. to finish a two-game AL Wild Card sweep. The Yankees move on to an ALDS against Tampa Bay; Aaron Judge’s return remains uncertain.
***Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever face A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces tonight in Sin City to decide their WNBA playoff series.
***The Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings, 8-4, on Wednesday night at Ball Arena in Denver in the season opener for both teams. Attendance was 18,092.
***“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses. Behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.”—Muhammad Ali
***Former MLB slugger, Bash Brother, Mark McGwire turns 63 today.
