* You, go, Trayvon Bromell. The fastest sprinter in the world and a gold-medal, 100-meter favorite at the Tokyo Olympics, is a St. Petersburg native and a Gibbs High graduate.
* MLB umpires will now routinely inspect baseballs and scrutinize pitchers for illegal, sticky, grip-enhancing substances. What’s next? Maybe those suspicious rosin bags.
* “After a century of baseball taking such a hard line against gambling, this waltz between MLB and on-line gambling is jarring. … I worry about the gambling temptation for players, not to mention for fans who wrestle with gambling addiction.”–Micheline Maynard, WaPo.