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"The Earth is not dying-it is being killed. And the people who are killing it have names and addresses." Utah Phillips

Wildfires are raging across Canada and the smoke is choking people across the globe. A heat dome sat over Texas, breaking record after record and another is settling in over the desert southwest as I write. Three days in July - just days ago - were the hottest on Earth in the last 125,000 years. Sahara sands are darkening the skies and fouling the air. All of these things and more are linked in some way to climate change.

It's not like we don't know what is driving this destructive cycle - our continued reliance on fossil fuels! And here in Pennsylvania, we are contributing more than our share. According to a recent report, we are responsible for 1% of all greenhouse gasses emitted worldwide.

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Pennsylvania Action on Climate is committed to shining a bright light on the intersection of bad climate policy and corruption. And our newest venture, Tour de PAC, is a "vehicle" designed to put a human face on the consequences.

For 10 days in September, a core group of bicyclists will travel from frontline community to frontline community. We'll collect environmental impact statements from people harmed by climate destroying decisions made by our legislators and governor. We'll share these stories with folks at the PA Climate Convergence - who plan to deliver these and others to our "leaders."

But that's not all. Change cannot happen unless we build a movement and we cannot build a movement unless we get to know each other. We must also make demands.

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Opinion: 5 reasons why tadej pogačar will win the tour de france, pogačar is halfway to history to become the first rider since marco pantani to complete the giro-tour double, and there's no one who can stop him..

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Tadej Pogačar is halfway to history, and looks poised to become the first rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 to win the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in the same season.

The Slovenian star bulldozed his way to victory at the Giro by dominating the racing every single day. The statistics reflect the imperious rule the 25-year-old imposed on the “corsa rosa.” Six stage wins, 20 days in pink, and the biggest winning margin since the 1960s.

What’s next?

After taking a break to recover from the Giro, Pogačar will hit altitude at Isola 2000 in the southern Alps to keep the wheels spinning before the Tour starts June 29 in Florence, Italy.

All things point toward the historical Pantani mark. Who or what can beat him? Right now, destiny seems to be on Pogačar’s side.

Here are five reasons why Pogačar will pull off the Giro-Tour double.

1. Pogačar raced the near-perfect Giro

First things first, Pogačar had to win the Giro, and he pulled off a near-perfect race.

Of his six grand tour starts since 2019, this Giro was perhaps Pogačar’s most balanced, all-round effort. He dominated the Giro from start to finish, setting the tone and pace right from the very first stage, and raced three weeks largely unchallenged .

UAE Team Emirates did its job to protect him on the flats and deliver him to the key moments of the race without putting Pogačar into the wind.

And Pogačar paid them back with six stage wins, and three more top-3 podiums. And despite cat-calls that he was being a cannibal and too greedy, Pogačar was quite sensible across this Giro.

In the past, he’s sometimes spent too much energy chasing unnecessary stage wins and results, especially at the Tour de France, when that over-eagerness might have cost him the yellow jersey in 2022.

A dream come true. Thanks to everybody who made it possible. Grazie Mille Italia❤️ pic.twitter.com/jOxPlimMnF — Tadej Pogačar (@TamauPogi) May 26, 2024

UAE Team Emirates and Pogačar hatched a plan for this Giro — to attack early to gain a comfortable lead — and they pulled it off without a hitch.

The weather helped, too. Despite a few cold days in the final week, the first two weeks of racing were contested under relatively mild racing conditions, meaning that Pogačar wasn’t burning unnecessary matches to stay healthy.

Pogačar also avoided crashes and spills, and was never caught out by a rogue attack that might have scrambled the GC playbook.

Despite a three-week grand tour full of traps and obstacles, Pogačar raced across Italy suffering only one puncture and one minor spill.

A relatively easy Giro — if there is such a thing — will help him recovery faster and ease into the Tour with the best chances for the double.

2. Pogačar didn’t go too deep

Despite his domination, or perhaps because he was so strong , Pogačar never went too deep to win the maglia rosa .

Though no one has the direct line on his power meter, Pogačar never appeared to go into the red or over-extend himself at any moment during this Giro. Most of his winning attacks seemed to be safely inside the realm of a laser-guided 20-minute effort .

His biggest moves also came at precise moments to have maximum effect, and he seemed to be able to handle the big efforts in the key mountain stages as if he were on an intense training camp.

Nothing against his direct rivals, but the likes of Daniel Martínez (Bora Hansgrohe) or Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) never had the legs to take it directly to Pogačar . And the rest of the top-10 was full of riders who, let’s be honest, are never going to win a grand tour outright.

That meant Pogačar could extract maximum gains with minimal effort.

The team’s coaching staff built the Giro-Tour double into Pogačar’s calendar already late last year. That means that everything was calibrated going forward to see Pogačar leave the Giro without being overly extended.

Well, we made it to Rome A fifth Grand Tour podium and one of my proudest. Of course we came here to win, but sometimes you have to hold up your hands to greatness. It’s an honour to race against Tadej. Chapeau mate, and chapeau Dani #Giro #grazie pic.twitter.com/hzdCSglf2M — Geraint Thomas (@GeraintThomas86) May 27, 2024

Before the Giro, he skipped the punishing cobbled classics and the sponsor-friendly UAE Tour to hit the Giro with only 10 days of racing.

Previous Giro-Tour double attempts have seen riders come out of the Giro ragged and worn after scraping through a hard-fought fight for pink that continued into the final week, with those efforts later costing them in the back half of the Tour.

Pogačar seemed to glide across May, and that will help shuttle him toward Florence next month in optimum condition.

Without burying himself in May, Pogačar might be able to have the legs when it counts in the back-half of a much more challenging Tour.

3. No one can beat him at the Tour de France

What should have been a once in a generation showdown at the Tour this summer took a massive blow in the horrendous Itzulia Basque Country crash in early April that saw three of the “Big 4” suffer potentially career-altering injuries.

Instead of seeing Pogačar face off against Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel and Primož Roglič in full splendor, the others will be entering the Tour hobbled at best.

There is still a question mark over Vingegaard being at the start line, and if he does make it, it’s very likely he won’t be at 100 percent to race for a third consecutive title. The Dane, backed by a stacked Jumbo-Visma in 2022 and 2023, was the only rider who broke the “Pogačar Code.”

Slovenian Grand Tour overall victories 1909-2018: 0 2019-2024: 7 — CafeRoubaix (@CafeRoubaix) May 26, 2024

Without Vingegaard at top form, all eyes will turn to Evenepoel and Roglič.

Evenepoel seems to have recovered from his broken bones and surgery, but missing out on a few weeks of training in the key weeks and months ahead of the Tour will be felt. Even at his best, the Belgian star would have a hard time matching Pogačar’s explosive power in the high mountains.

Despite his sky high personal confidence, Evenepoel and Soudal Quick-Step will also be out-gunned by superteams UAE and Visma-Lease a Bike. He’s already tamping down expectations and said a podium in his Tour debut would be a welcome result.

Roglič came out of the Itzulia nightmare with the least damage, so the Slovenian veteran could emerge as Pogačar’s most dangerous direct rival.

He simply has the most to chase at this Tour. At 34, time is running out for Roglič, even if he did come late to the sport. Now with Bora-Hansgrohe, Roglič will be looking to avenge his 2020 Tour loss, but question marks remain. The Critérium du Dauphiné next week should tell us more.

Is there anyone else who can beat Pogačar? Not likely. A rider like Carlos Rodríguez or Richard Carapaz might be able to stay close in the mountains, but they’ll be shellacked in the time trials.

There’s a risk of counting victory too soon, but Pogačar confirmed during the Giro he will focus on what’s directly in front of him without looking too far down the road.

4. Pogačar is at his physical peak

Another key factor tilting in Pogačar’s favor for the Tour will be that he’s attempting the Giro-Tour double at the height of his powers.

Over the last 25 years, many of the top contenders for the double often left it too late or didn’t even bother. Lance Armstrong never tried to race the Giro during his now-disqualified seven-straight Tour wins. Others, like Alberto Contador, never raced the double at peak form because the Tour de France simply holds so much importance to sponsors.

Chris Froome , who was the king of the Tour during the previous decade, never dared to race the Giro until 2018.

By then, Froome had already won four yellow jerseys, and reluctantly took on the double to check off the Giro box. He had to go so deep to win the Giro, however, that it cost him later at the Tour, when he finished third on the podium behind teammate Geraint Thomas and Tom Dumoulin.

Other Giro-Tour attempts were either almost accidental, in that a Giro winner would race the Tour out of obligation to a sponsor, or perhaps came from a rider who won the Giro but never really stood the chance to win the yellow jersey in the first place.

Tadej Pogacar in six Grand Tour starts: 3-1-1-2-2-1 20 stage victories 41 leader’s jerseys — CafeRoubaix (@CafeRoubaix) May 25, 2024

What’s different about Pogačar taking on the Giro-Tour double right now is that he is at his physical peak.

His double attempt is not a late-career challenge, but instead it’s coming just when Pogačar is looking better than ever.

Across the Giro, Pogačar looked leaner and more focused than at any point of his already prodigious career. At 25, he’s hitting near maturity that is showing up in interesting ways.

Pogačar in 2024 is more akin to Miguel Induráin winning the Giro-Tour double two years in a row in 1992 and 1993 when “Big Mig” was truly coming into his own.

And let’s not forget his UAE Team Emirates squad. If the team might have brought its “B-team” to the Giro, the Tour lineup looks to be cycling’s version of Murderer’s Row from the New York Yankees.

Last year’s third-place man Adam Yates is back, along with Juan Ayuso, Joǎo Almeida, Pavel Sivakov, and Tim Wellens.

With a strong team and an even stronger Pogačar, against the backdrop of hobbled key rivals, the road to Nice is looking clear.

5. Pogačar is a generational star

Perhaps more than anything, fate and momentum seem to be on Pogačar’s side.

He is that rare racer who transcends the rest of the peloton and who is capable of pulling off the impossible.

Comparisons to Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault do not miss the mark. What Pogačar is accomplishing will elevate him to among the sport’s very best.

⭕️Youngest riders when completing trilogy of GC podiums in GTs (//): 25-205: Hinault 25-225: Gimondi 25-247: Pogačar 25-289: Contador 26-219: Quintana 26-276: Fignon 27-250: Nibali 27-295: Fuente 27-301: Van Springel 27-330: Merckx @VeloStatistics — Cycling Statistics (@StatsOnCycling) May 26, 2024

That’s not to say that Pogačar’s generation is weak. Quite the opposite. Today’s grand tour depth and quality is the best and varied as it’s been in decades. And it’s shame that the likes of Vingegaard, Roglič, and Evenepoel suffered that horrible crash. In a way, that incident is stealing away perhaps what could have been one of the greatest Tours in modern cycling history.

This Tour still should be one to remember.

Though the Giro was almost a foregone conclusion from the start, Pogačar’s racing style and grace still made this Giro wildly entertaining.

Witnessing Pogačar in his prime taking one of cycling’s most elusive and prestigious milestones will make this Tour one to remember.

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Trump makes sweeping promises to donors on audacious fundraising tour

When Donald Trump met some of the country’s top donors at a luxurious New York hotel earlier this month, he told the group that a businessman had recently offered $1 million to his presidential effort and wanted to have lunch.

“I’m not having lunch,” Trump said he responded, according to donors who attended. “You’ve got to make it $25 million.”

Another businessman, he said, had traditionally given $2 million to $3 million to Republicans. Instead, he said he told the donor that he wanted a $25 million or $50 million contribution or he would not be “very happy.”

As he closed his pitch at the Pierre Hotel, Trump explained to the group why it was in their interest to cut large checks. If he was not put back in office, taxes would go up for them under President Biden, who vows to let Trump-era tax cuts on the wealthy and corporations expire at the end of 2025.

“The tax cuts all expire for wealthy and poor and middle-income and everything else, but they expire in another seven months and he’s not going to renew them, which means taxes are going to go up by four times,” Trump said, exaggerating the size of the cuts. “You’re going to have the biggest tax increase in history.”

Seconds after promising the tax cuts, Trump made his pitch explicit. “So whatever you guys can do, I appreciate it,” he said.

The remarks are just one example of a series of audacious requests by Trump for big-money contributions in recent months, according to 11 donors, advisers and others close to the former president, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe his fundraising. The pleas for millions in donations come as the presumptive Republican nominee seeks to close a cash gap with Biden and to pay for costly legal bills in his four criminal indictments.

Trump sometimes makes requests higher than his team expects to receive, sometimes surprising his own advisers because he is asking for so much money. By frequently tying the fundraising requests within seconds of promises of tax cuts, oil project infrastructure approvals and other favorable policies and asking for sums more than his campaign and the GOP can legally accept from an individual, Trump is also testing the boundaries of federal campaign finance laws, according to legal experts.

In one recent meeting staged by his Save America super PAC, Trump asked oil industry executives to raise $1 billion for his campaign and said raising such a sum would be a “deal” given how much money they would save if he were reelected as president.

In recent meetings with donors, he has repeatedly suggested they should give millions of dollars without saying where it should go.

Larry Noble, a longtime campaign finance lawyer, said Trump was technically allowed to ask only for contributions of $3,300 or less for his campaign, according to federal laws. But he can appear at events for his super PAC where the price of admission is far higher - as long as he doesn’t ask for the money directly.

“He can’t say, ‘I want you to give me $1 million,’” Noble said.

And after a 2016 Supreme Court decision overturning a public-corruption conviction of former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell, it would require an explicit quid pro quo for a specific government action in direct exchange for a contribution to be viewed as illegal, Noble said.

Also, even if presented with evidence Trump might have gone over the line, multiple prominent campaign finance lawyers said, the Federal Election Commission, which is gridlocked with three Republicans and three Democrats, is unlikely to investigate any of Trump’s fundraising in an election year.

Trump is certainly not the first candidate to seek large checks from moneyed interests. Advisers say that Trump regularly makes the same policy promises on the campaign trail that he does behind closed doors with wealthy donors, and evidence has not emerged that Trump has directly linked a specific policy outcome to a specific donation.

Oftentimes, his comments at the events are about foreign policy and topics he discusses at rallies, such as inflation and immigration.

For example, at one event, he suggested that he would have bombed Moscow and Beijing if Russia invaded Ukraine or China invaded Taiwan, surprising some of the donors.

The Trump campaign did not respond to detailed questions about his fundraising requests but issued a statement in support of his efforts.

“As Joe Biden’s backers in Hollywood and Silicon Valley are withholding their support for Biden’s failing campaign, donors across the country are maximizing their efforts to reelect President Trump because they realize we cannot afford another four years of Joe Biden’s terrible policies,” Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.

The former president was once reluctant to call donors and decried the role of big money in politics. He also often railed about having to take pictures - berating advisers for scheduling too many “clicks” - and sought to cast himself as an outsider who was not beholden to the traditional moneyed interests that shape Washington.

“He didn’t want to make fundraising calls,” said Sam Nunberg, a former aide on Trump’s 2016 campaign. On the 2020 campaign, he would reluctantly participate in fundraisers, advisers said, seeing them as an unpleasant necessity.

Part of his opposition to making calls was that he liked the perception that he was an outsider who was going to “drain the swamp.”

“I will say this - [the] people [who] control special interests, lobbyists, donors, they make large contributions to politicians and they have total control over those politicians,” Trump said during a 2016 debate. “And frankly, I know the system better than anybody else, and I’m the only one up here that’s going to be able to fix that system, because that system is wrong.”

This time, campaign advisers say, Trump needs the money and he is taking an active role in raising it. The Trump campaign and RNCreported that theyjointly raised $76 million in April, about $25 million more than the Biden campaign said it raised across all its committees in the same month. But the Biden operation still had about $60 million more cash on hand than the Trump campaign.

Trump has met with an assortment of real estate, legal, finance, oil and other business executives in recent months, according to people familiar with invitation lists. He has often promised agenda items they would like passed as part of his broader fundraising pitch, and sometimes has asked allies to bundle millions or more, according to people close to the former president. Some of the meetings have included tours of his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., and his New York apartment.

Trump, four people close to him say, is closely tracking who gives what amount to his campaign and associated efforts - and which allies are bundling large checks for him. He has often told allies how much money he expects them to raise.

In the days following the recent meeting with oil industry donors, executives discussed whether it would even be possible to meet Trump’s $1 billion request, according to four people in the oil industry familiar with the discussions.

But they are trying. Trump has repeatedly pressured oil magnate Harold Hamm to raise significant money for him, telling Hamm that he is “behind” and “needs the money,” according to a person familiar with the outreach. Hamm had an event for Trump in Texas on Wednesday, where the price of admission was about $250,000 for oil executives, according to people familiar with the matter.

The meeting stretched for many hours, attendees said, and included photos with the top donors. At the fundraiser, he promised to cut taxes on corporations and give oil executives an array of policies they wanted and said he was being outraised by the Democrats and the unions, asking the crowd to “be generous, please.”

“So give me some of your money,” he said, drawing laughs. “True. I’m begging for your money.”

At another event, Trump told the group that if they wanted a picture with him and did not have one, then they needed to give more.

He also held a fundraiser at the home of Kentucky oil baron Joe Craft earlier in May, according to a person with knowledge of the event.

Trump has regularly joked with donors and advisers that he doesn’t spend more than 10 minutes with someone if the person doesn’t give $10 million, according to people who have heard the comments. He also has complained about some of his billionaire friends not giving enough.

In Florida earlier this month, the crowd seemed stunned after Trump offered the stage to anyone who would cut a $1 million check, according to people present. He kept asking people to come forward, according to audio of the event. Then two people took him up on the offer. The limit to contributing to the RNC and the campaign - the entities hosting the event - was less than $1 million.

At a meeting with financial titans in Palm Beach earlier this year, he asked the group what regulations they viewed as the most onerous, according to a person who attended. He then remarked at a larger fundraiser that donors were telling him they cared more about regulations than taxes, according to a donor who attended.

At the New York fundraiser, Trump told the crowd that he wanted to hear what was on their minds and heard their thoughts about former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley - whose prospects as a potential vice-presidential pick he dismissed - and a range of issues related to Israel.

To end the roundtable, he told the room that it was time to go to another fundraiser, prompting laughter when he joked that the next crowd would be less wealthy than the current one.

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Pogacar wins the Giro d’Italia by a big margin and will now aim for a 3rd Tour de France title

Tour of Italy winner Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar holds the trophy during the podium ceremony at the end of the 21st and last stage of the Giro D’Italia, cycling race, in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the pink jersey overall leader, crosses the finish line of the 21st and last stage of the Giro D’Italia, tour of Italy cycling race, in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Cyclists are cheered by fans as they ride past the ancient Colosseum during the final stage of the Giro d’Italia cycling race in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (Gian Mattia D’Alberto/LaPresse via AP)

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the pink jersey overall leader, flashes the victory sign after crossing the finish line of the 21st and last stage of the Giro D’Italia, tour of Italy cycling race, in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Cyclists, including the pink jersey overall leader Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, ride past the ancient Colosseum during the final stage of the Giro d’Italia cycling race in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

From left, second classified Colombia’s Daniel Felipe Martinez, first classified Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar and third classified Britain’s Geraint Thomas celebrate during the podium ceremony at the end of the 21st and last stage of the Giro D’Italia, tour of Italy cycling race, in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Third classified Britain’s Geraint Thomas celebrates during the podium ceremony at the end of the 21st and last stage of the Giro D’Italia, tour of Italy cycling race, in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the pink jersey of the race overall leader, is lifted in celebration by teammates ahead of the start of the final stage of the Giro d’Italia cycling race, in front of the Palazzo della Civilta’ Italiana, also known as Colosseo Quadrato (Square Colosseum) in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)

Belgium’s Tim Merlier celebrates winning the final stage of the Giro d’Italia cycling race in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (Gian Mattia D’Alberto/LaPresse via AP)

Cyclists ride past the ancient Colosseum during the final stage of the Giro d’Italia cycling race in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, 2nd right, wearing the pink jersey of the race overall leader, poses as he waits for the start of the final stage of the Giro d’Italia cycling race, in front of the Palazzo della Civilta’ Italiana, also known as Colosseo Quadrato (Square Colosseum) in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)

Cyclists ride past the ancient Colosseum during the final stage of the Giro d’Italia cycling race in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Cyclists ride past the Unknown Soldier monument during the final stage of the Giro d’Italia cycling race, in Rome, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP)

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ROME (AP) — Tadej Pogacar won the Giro d’Italia on Sunday with the race’s biggest margin of victory in nearly six decades — earning a third Grand Tour trophy to go with his two Tour de France titles.

Pogacar, riding a pink bike to go with his pink jersey, shorts and helmet, crossed safely in the main pack to conclude the mostly ceremonial final stage of the three-week race in Rome, ending with an advantage of 9 minutes, 56 seconds over runner-up Daniel Martinez.

Geraint Thomas finished third overall, 10:24 behind.

The last time there was a bigger margin of victory in the Giro came in 1965, when Vittorio Adorni won by 11:26.

Pogacar, a Slovenian with UAE Team Emirates, also won six stages in the race, the most since Eddy Merckx also won six in 1973.

“Winning any bike race is important but winning the Giro, especially like this, is really incredible,” Pogacar said.

Now Pogacar will attempt to rest and recover in time to make an attempt at winning his third Tour title, with cycling’s biggest race starting on June 29 with four stages in Italy.

Pogacar will be attempting to become the first rider to win the Giro and the Tour in the same year since Marco Pantani in 1998.

“This was the big goal for the first part of the season. Now finally I’ll have a bit of rest before the second part, which could be the more important part,” Pogacar said. “We’ll see.”

Belgian rider Tim Merlier won the final stage in a sprint ahead of Jonathan Milan by the Colosseum. It was Merlier’s fourth career win at the Giro and third this year.

Milan, the Italian sprinter who also won three stages in the race, had a mechanical issue and needed to change his bike at the start of the last lap. He then managed to catch up with the main pack and almost grabbed another victory.

The 125-kilometer (78-mile) mostly flat final stage finished with a circuit through the center of the capital that was completed eight times, taking riders past the Baths of Caracalla, the Roman Forum, the Tiber River and the Circus Maximus before the finish on cobblestones near the Arch of Constantine.

Pogacar entered the Giro for the first time this year and made an immediate impact. He finished second in the opening stage in Turin and gained time on almost all of his direct rivals. Then he won the second stage, grabbed the leader’s pink jersey and kept on increasing his advantage day after day.

Pogacar won the Tour in 2020 and 2021 and then finished second behind Jonas Vingegaard in 2022 and 2023.

Vingegaard is hoping to defend his Tour title despite a crash in April that left him with several broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

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Tadej Pogacar: Slovenian rules out Giro d'Italia-Tour de France-Vuelta a Espana Triple Crown - 'Too crazy'

Published 28/05/2024 at 16:13 GMT

Tadej Pogacar has ruled out competing in the Vuelta a Espana this year after his Giro d’Italia domination. In an interview for Eurosport and the UCI, the Slovenian says “I like new challenges, I’m not closed to anything,” but admits that currently, aiming to conquer three Grand Tours in the same year is “maybe a bit too crazy".

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Arizona State baseball looks to ride momentum into final Pac-12 tournament

A month ago the Arizona State baseball team was dead and buried. But it heads into the last-ever Pac-12 baseball tournament with a sense of urgency because now it has something to play for.

The Sun Devils (32-24, 17-13 in Pac-12), once a handful of games under .500, have won 16 of their last 20 games, the latest of those being a 14-13 win over UNLV on Saturday, a game in which they rallied for six runs in the bottom of the ninth to win in walk-off fashion. The win marked the ninth time this year ASU has won a game in which it has trailed by at least three runs.

Since April 15, the Sun Devils have gone 16-4, the sixth-best record in the country for that span.

It all started with a wake-up call in the first nine games of Pac-12 play.

Head coach Willie Bloomquist knew he had to talk with his team at the end of March when the Sun Devils were swept by Washington State and dropped to 3-6 in conference play. 

“That was the low point of our season and that’s a weekend where we point to and wish we could have back and have another go,” Bloomquist said. “We were not in a great place mentally and weren’t playing great at that point in time. ... We had a significant wakeup call meeting after that series. I did some crazy things against UNLV in the following game and changed the lineup drastically to let them know that this is not acceptable.” 

The Sun Devils answered with their bats and scored 230 runs across 18 games. Led by Jacob Tobias' 18 home runs, this ASU squad became the seventh in program history to reach 100 home runs.

"We can hit it a bit and it's just a matter of keeping it going," sophomore center fielder Kien Vu said. "At the end of the season, we'll recognize that we made it to the 100, but it's trying to stay consistent right now."

ASU is in a better spot than last year's team that narrowly missed the NCAA Tournament. The Sun Devils are still the fifth seed, this team finished conference play on an upward trend instead of trying to save the season after dropping several important games.

“Last year, we were hanging by a thread and putting guys out there who hadn’t played a lot last year," Bloomquist said. "We were banged up and injured and trying to hang on to get ourselves a spot in the regionals. It didn’t work out. This year, it’s the polar opposite. We got guys firing on all cylinders who are fresh and feel good. We’re swinging the bats good and extremely confident.” 

The pitching matchups will benefit from finishing conference play one week early and ending with nonconference last weekend. Connor Markl (6-3, 4.21 ERA) will take the mound against Stanford (20-32) at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Scottsdale Stadium to start the pool play portion of the tournament.

ASU swept Stanford in Palo Alto earlier this season, outscoring the Cardinal by a cumulative 39-9 so that looms as the most winnable game and one ASU must win to keep any hope of a postseason berth alive.

The Sun Devils will need to win against No. 2 Oregon State (41-13) at 10 a.m. on Thursday to get into the postseason conversation.

OSU swept ASU in Corvallis, although two of those games were close. A win over the Beavers would enhance ASU's postseason resume considerably because OSU is ranked sixth in both national polls. The Sun Devils have to win both games to advance out of pool play to the tournament semifinals.

“The way we’re swinging the bats, we’re never out of a game," Bloomquist said. "We’re down five and they’re just laughing because we’ll get that in the next inning. When you start having that swag and confidence, it’s a scary team.” 

Pac-12 baseball tournament

Site : Scottsdale Stadium, 7408 E Osborn Road

Schedule : Tuesday - No. 5 Arizona State vs. No. 8 Stanford, 10 a.m.; No. 7 Utah vs. No. 4 USC, 2:30 p.m.; No. 9 Washington vs. No. 6 California, 7 p.m.; Wednesday - No. 2 Oregon State vs. No. 8 Stanford, 10 a.m.; No. 3 Oregon vs. No. 7 Utah, 2:30 p.m.; No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 9 Washington, 7 p.m.; Thursday - No. 5 Arizona State vs. No. 2 Oregon State, 10 a.m.; No. 4 USC vs. No. 3 Oregon, 2:30 p.m.; No. 6 California vs. No. 1 Arizona, 7 p.m.; Friday - Semifinals 2:30 and 7 p.m.; Saturday - Championship game, 7 p.m.

Format : The top nine teams in the conference will begin round-robin pool play through Thursday. Each team has been split into three pods or pools and will play against the other two teams hoping to move on to the semifinals.

Regular season champion : Arizona (Oregon State was runner-up).

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PGA TOUR winner Grayson Murray passes away at 30

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Grayson Murray, who won his second PGA TOUR title at this year’s Sony Open in Hawaii, passed away Saturday.

"We were devastated to learn – and are heartbroken to share – that PGA TOUR player Grayson Murray passed away this morning. I am at a loss for words,” PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan said. “The PGA TOUR is a family, and when you lose a member of your family, you are never the same. We mourn Grayson and pray for comfort for his loved ones.

“I reached out to Grayson’s parents to offer our deepest condolences, and during that conversation, they asked that we continue with tournament play,” Commissioner Monahan continued. “They were adamant that Grayson would want us to do so. As difficult as it will be, we want to respect their wishes.”

Grief counselors were made available at the venues for this week’s PGA TOUR and Korn Ferry Tour events. Commissioner Monahan, who traveled from TOUR headquarters in Florida to the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, said he was "devastated" by the loss.

Grayson's parents, Eric and Terry Murray, said in a statement Sunday that the cause of death was suicide .

"Was Grayson loved? The answer is yes," his parents wrote. "By us, his brother Cameron, his sister Erica, all of his extended family, by his friends, by his fellow players and – it seems – by many of you who are reading this. He was loved and he will be missed."

Murray, 30, was a standout golfer from his youth. He won three consecutive Callaway Junior World Championships (2006-08) and was the top-ranked golfer in his age group. He made his first cut on the Korn Ferry Tour at age 16, becoming the second-youngest player ever to do so. After stints at Wake Forest University, East Carolina University and Arizona State University, he got the break he needed in 2016 when he was given a sponsor exemption into the Korn Ferry Tour event near his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina. He finished inside the top 10 at that event, the Rex Hospital Open, which qualified him for another start. When he posted another top 10 at the BMW Charity Pro-Am, his professional career took off. He concluded his season with a victory at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship to finish second on the Korn Ferry Tour money list and earn full status on the PGA TOUR for the 2016-17 season. The win came a week before his 23rd birthday.

Murray wasted little time establishing himself on golf’s biggest stage as a rookie. He won the 2017 Barbasol Championship while still just 23 years old. His final-round 68 not only secured a one-shot victory, but also solidified a two-year exemption through the 2019 PGA TOUR season. He finished 66th in the FedExCup and earned nearly $1.5 million.

Grayson struggled for the next few seasons on the PGA TOUR. In 2023, he found his game again on the Korn Ferry Tour; he notched two victories – the Advent Health Championship in Kansas City and the Simmons Bank Open outside of Nashville – to finish fourth on that tour’s points list and earn a spot back onto the PGA TOUR for the following season.

Murray opened the 2024 season with a playoff victory at the Sony Open in Hawaii. He made a clutch up and down on the 72nd hole for a birdie to force a playoff. Then he sank a 40-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole to defeat Byeong Hun An and Keegan Bradley. He reached a career-high 46th in the Official World Golf Ranking after that victory.

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