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Multiple members of Penn’s volleyball team have accused coach Iain Braddak of mistreating, dejecting and offending players throughout a horrendous 2018 season with inappropriate coaching tactics, according to a report published in The Daily Pennsylvanian on Thursday. The report itself details how Penn volleyball had gotten to the point where it had just played its worst season in history, lost three players—including Caroline Furrer, a captain—and had many of the players that remained experiencing their first-ever issues with mental health. The student-athletes detail the uneasiness that Braddak made them feel throughout the season, the inconclusiveness of a moderated meeting between players and coaches, and the hopelessness that inaction from administration has caused—a feeling that seems to be shared among the team. The first example introduced in the report of Braddak being a terrible coach happened after an unnamed senior on the team went to talk to him about how to improve so she could get her starting position back after losing it due to a concussion.

With Joel Embiid not playing in Game 3 of Sixers-Nets because of an injury, it made sense for the TNT broadcast to take some time during a break in the action and talk about his absence. As Ros Gold-Onwude spoke about Embiid’s decision to sit out, and the camera panned towards him, someone near the big man’s end of the Sixers’ bench ripped a gnarly fart that caught the attention of at least four players. If I had to guess, I’d say it was Amir Johnson because of how he tries to play things cool and not react to the smell. Still, it’d be in this investigation’s best interest if someone found out Max Kellerman’s current whereabouts before he can come up with a good alibi.

Rays manager Kevin Cash sent in Avisail Garcia to pinch hit for Austin Meadows in the seventh inning with the hope that the switch would jumpstart his team’s offense to mount a comeback against the Orioles—Tampa Bay was down 4-2 at the time. But in the ninth inning, with his team now only down by one, Garcia more than made up for his first appearance with this utterly mashed tater that sent the game to extra innings. Statcast recorded the homer as having an exit velocity of 113 mph, an estimated distance of 447 feet and a 27-degree launch angle. The only thing that would have made this moment better is if it was a walk-off, which is why I propose that if your home run makes contact with a structure that’s absurdly high off the ground, it should count for two.

With just over five minutes left in the third period, Carolina’s Warren Foegele gave a shove to TJ Oshie right on the numbers and sent the Washington player into the boards while he was chasing after the puck. Given that the shove looked pretty damn intentional, and it was the direct cause of an injury, it definitely looked like the Carolina player would get hit with a five-minute major penalty. Instead, the officials collectively decided that there wasn’t enough intent to harm Oshie in Foegele’s hit, and only assessed a two-minute minor penalty for boarding. With only two minutes to kill, and one of Washington’s best offensive threats hurt, the Hurricanes were able to hold onto their 2-1 lead to take Game 4 at home.