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Just days before Major League Baseball was set to honor the legacy of the Negro Leagues with a game at the legendary Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, Willie Mays died at the age of 93. Mays, who was born in Westfield, Alabama, just minutes away from Rickwood Field, played his first professional home games there in 1948 as a member of the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League. Mays' San Francisco Giants took on the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday in the first MLB regular-season game at Rickwood Field. The Cardinals emerged victorious by a score of 6-5. MLB went all-out to treat the game and its location with the gravitas they deserved. The Giants and Cardinals players took the field alongside former Negro League players, then Bill Greason — the oldest living Negro Leagues player, at 99 years old — threw out the first pitch. There were other touches, too, such as the first all-Black umpiring crew in AL/NL history, the Fox Sports broadcast airing an inning in a black-and-white, 4:3 aspect ratio retro style and Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson reminding everyone the kind of racism Black players encountered a half-century ago. Mays was not set to be in attendance Thursday, with his final public statement saying he'd remain at home in California during the game. With the passing of the "Say Hey Kid," tributes poured in from across MLB this week, as well as from the rest of the sports world and beyond.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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