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#Number20for2020

Country music legend Garth Brooks wore a Barry Sanders jersey in Detroit. This makes sense. Barry Sanders very-famously played his entire NFL career in the Motor City. Some Garth fans, however, thought the jersey (Sanders, 20) was a political statement. You know, given the fact that Bernie Sanders is running for president in 2020.

Garth Brooks, wearing a Larry Fitzgerald jersey at a 2019 concert in Arizona, inadvertently created an online stir with his Barry Sanders jersey. (Photo: John Medina, Getty Images)

No, people, Garth is just a #BarryBro.

Barry had some fun with it on Twitter, though, asking Brooks to be his VP and promoting the hashtag #Number20for2020

'HE WANTED ME TO PLAY TENNIS'

Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette poses for a photo at TD Ballpark. (Photo: Kim Klement, USA TODAY Sports)

Bo Bichette's father, Dante, was a 14-year big league slugger. You may remember him: he played for the Rockies and hit bombs. So it was obvious his son would follow that path, right? Not quite. According to the Blue Jays shortstop, that's not really how things worked out: “He didn’t want me to play baseball. He wanted me to play tennis."

A REMARKABLE MARATHON FEAT 

Molly Seidel celebrates after placing second in the women's race in 2:27:31 during the U.S. Olympic Team Trials marathon. (Photo: Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports)

You know that thing you do where you qualify for the Olympics in your first sanctioned marathon ever? Oh, you don't?

Well, that's what American Molly Seidel did Saturday, finishing second in competition in Atlanta. "I definitely did not expect to be up here,” Seidel said.

An injury prevented the now-25-year-old from competing at the 2016 Olympic Trials, but her place in Tokyo is now secure. 

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NFL COMBINE OVERLOAD

Oregon Ducks quarterback Justin Herbert does the broad jump during the 2020 NFL Scouting Combine. (Photo: Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports)

The NFL's top draft prospects made their way to the Midwest for the annual scouting combine. Some top highlights from the week that was: 

  • Leave it to Jerry Jones to provide a visual no one wanted.  
  • A.J. Epenesa is out to prove that he belongs with Chase Young as one of the best pass-rushers in the NFL draft.
  • Joe Burrow isn't here to start no trouble.
  • Mekhi Becton: Very strong. VERY big. Very…fast?
  • Meeting with the Patriots can apparently be awkward. 
  • Will Chase Young end up being a hometown hero? 

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