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Bruce Bochy knows what it takes to lead the Giants to greatness.

That is why, after returning to the Bay as one of Tony Vitelloâ€s special assistants, as team chairman Greg Johnson told the San Francisco Chronicle in an interview published Tuesday, Bochy has some wisdom for the Orange and Blackâ€s new manager.

Bochy shared what advice heâ€ll give Vitello — who only has coached at the collegiate level and most recently at Tennessee — once they begin working together in an exclusive interview with The Athleticâ€s Andrew Baggarly published on Wednesday.

“You have to adapt, but thatâ€s true even if youâ€ve been doing it a while in the major leagues,†Bochy said of Vitello to Baggarly. “Every year is different. Youâ€ve got to adapt to every bullpen. Sure, thereâ€s more games, but believe me, heâ€s smart enough to figure that out.

“With all the success he had, he couldâ€ve run for mayor in Knoxville. Heâ€s got a lot of confidence. You can see it in him when you talk to him. Heâ€s all in on this challenge.â€

Bochy would know.Â

The 70-year-old won three World Series rings over 13 years with San Francisco and a fourth in 2023 with the Texas Rangers.

As a seasoned veteran who has been there and done that, Bochy can help the 47-year-old Vitello transition from working with young adults in Rocky Top to seasoned big-leaguers in the Bay.

“The only advice Iâ€d say is be yourself,†Bochy said of Vitello to Baggarly. “Heâ€s so likable and personable. Heâ€s worked with diverse players from all over the country at Tennessee. Heâ€s had to work with a lot of different personalities. All that experience heâ€ll draw on and thatâ€s going to work in the major leagues as well. So donâ€t change. Donâ€t try to be something youâ€re not.

“I think heâ€s going to be so good at that. Heâ€s been in that dugout for a lot of games, so thatâ€s not going to speed up on him. And hey, you learn on the job, too. Heâ€ll have good people around him to help.â€

Vitello doesnâ€t have any MLB experience; however, San Franciscoâ€s new skipper will have tons of it in his corner in 2026 — especially from Bochy.

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A current WWE Superstar has revealed that valuable advice he received from John Cena changed his entire outlook on the pro wrestling business.

Former WWE Tag Team Champion Grayson Waller was a guest on the INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet podcast. Among other things discussed, Waller also shared his future goals in WWE.

He stated that heâ€s planning to get in the best shape of his career and that heâ€ll do whatever it takes to make the best use of every opportunity he gets.

“I think the WWE roster right now is the most stacked itâ€s ever been. Iâ€m on Raw. You got Punk, you got The Usos, you got LA Knight, now you got Bron and Bronson. You got Roman when he comes around. Thatâ€s not even taking into account, AJ, Dom Mysterio, Pentaâ€s here now. Itâ€s so stacked. So the guys youâ€re competing with now are the top of the top. So theyâ€re the kind of guys that Iâ€m trying to take on.

“So obviously, right now, Iâ€m doing some stuff with The New Day, which is super fun, best tag team of all time, but I know Iâ€m just going to get in the best shape I can. Every time I get an opportunity, Iâ€m going to show out. Iâ€m going to do whatever it takes when the opportunity is there, Iâ€m going to steal it, Iâ€m going to take it, Iâ€m going to run with it, but I just got to wait for that chance and itâ€s coming. Itâ€s all about patience.â€

He Also Said John Cenaâ€s Advice Changed His Outlook On The Business And His WWE Career

Speaking further, Grayson Waller recalled a backstage talent meeting with John Cena. He shared the 17-time WWE Championâ€s advice on taking advantage of the opportunities the company provides, which are not available to many wrestlers in the business.

“There was actually, would you like me to put over John Cena for a moment? I hate saying nice things about John. Maybe two years ago, where I was kind of freshly on SmackDown, he did a locker room thing. We had a little meeting. We had to talk about some stuff. He got up and he said something that really stuck with me, where he talked about, ‘You donâ€t have to do the Netflix break promo. You donâ€t have to wrestle before the show, you donâ€t have to do the dark match, you get to.â€

“Itâ€s like, you get three minutes to say whatever you want on Netflix. You get to wrestle before the show when theyâ€re the hottest, when theyâ€re the most excited, and you get to wrestle another great Superstar. And when he said that, it changed my perspective a little bit. Who are we to complain about it? I have mates at home who would literally give everything in their life to wrestle before Raw.

“Who am I to go, oh man, I gotta wrestle, I hated that I even possibly thought those things. So once he said that, that changed everything for me. And I look at everything as anything you give me, you give me 30 seconds backstage, Iâ€m stealing that. Iâ€m going to make sure people online are going to re-share the 30 seconds that I have. Iâ€m going to make sure whatever moment I have is going to be something. Thatâ€s the mindset I think you have to have.â€Â

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Grayson Waller has revealed how John Cena changed his perspective about his spot in WWE.

The Australian star recently had an interview with Chris Van Vliet. He talked about things such as his dream match in WWE, his start in pro wrestling, if he ever thought he’d be signed by the company, and more.

When asked about his future goals in WWE, Waller mentioned how the roster is very stacked right now and he’s just trying to make the best of every opportunity he is getting. Grayson then recalled a backstage meeting with John Cena when he was first called up to the main roster:

“He said something that really stuck with me, where he talked about, ‘You donâ€t have to do the Netflix break promo. You donâ€t have to wrestle before the show, you donâ€t have to do the dark match, you get to.—

That Changed Everything: Grayson Waller

Grayson Waller discussed how the one comment changed his perspective completely, and he realised how many people would be very happy to be in his spot. Now if he gets even a 30-second backstage segment, he’s tries to make sure that people are going to share it. According to the 35-year-old, his mindset now is to make sure every moment he gets means something:

“Itâ€s like, you get three minutes to say whatever you want on Netflix. You get to wrestle before the show when theyâ€re the hottest, when theyâ€re the most excited, and you get to wrestle another great Superstar. And when he said that, it changed my perspective a little bit. Who are we to complain about it?

I have mates at home who would literally give everything in their life to wrestle before Raw. Who am I to go, oh man, I gotta wrestle, I hated that I even possibly thought those things. So once he said that, that changed everything for me.”

Apart from this, Grayson Waller was also asked about the status of his A-Town Down Under team. The former NXT star claimed that he doesn’t know what that is. When reminded about Austin Theory, Waller claimed that the ‘big jacked idiot’ being gone is a good thing.

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We all know that you need to turn on your backswing. It’s how you turn that makes all the difference. To borrow some boxing analogies, high-handicappers tend to make a left cross. Better players make an uppercut. Here’s what I mean — plus a visual to help you see and feel the difference.

Get into your regular setup with any iron, then swing to the top and hold. Have a friend place an alignment stick across your elbows, as shown in the photos above. If you struggle with consistency or speed, it’s likely that the alignment stick looks like the one on the left: parallel to the ground.

This indicates that you simply rotated your shoulders, probably with a little too much sway off the ball. Yes, you’ve turned, but you haven’t really “loaded.” This is the dreaded left-cross turn, which can lead to a serious lack of power and plenty of downswing path problems.

You need to build some uppercut into your backswing. Notice in the photo on the top right how at the top the alignment stick is angled more toward the ground. It’s this type of turn that correctly sets the club on plane and creates the “load” you need for a power-rich and on-plane downswing. Think of turning while retaining the tilt you establish at address. It’s the easy way to always catch the ball solid.

V.J. Trolio is a GOLF Top 100 Teacher who teaches at Old Waverly Club in West Point, Miss.

Abhishek Sharma (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images) The Melbourne Cricket Ground pitch tested every Indian batter in the second T20I against Australia, but Abhishek Sharma once again stood tall. While wickets tumbled around him, the young opener showed remarkable composure and strokeplay to score a fluent half-century, the lone bright spot in Indiaâ€s four-wicket defeat. After the match, former India spinner R Ashwin showered praise on the left-hander, calling him the next big batting talent in Indian cricket. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Ashwin highlighted Abhishekâ€s natural flair and his willingness to learn from legends.

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“I truly believe, man, that the next batting superstar of India is Abhishek Sharma,†Ashwin said. “See, he doesnâ€t have a problem exactly, not a problem, but a challenge. His challenge is to be able to control that downswing. I was reading somewhere that he still talks to Brian Lara because Lara had a huge backlift. His bat swing was magnificent too, so Abhishek spoke to Lara about controlling that bat swing to be able to play Test cricket.†Ashwin went on to describe how the young Punjab batter is constantly working on improving his technique. “Even that day in Canberra, when the match was washed out, he was talking to Shubman Gill. From his gestures, it looked like he was talking about the bat swing and the pull shot. I even have a screenshot from the last game; he was a bit late on the pull shot then. But in this game, he made that correction. He found a way to get it over the top,†Ashwin noted. He also praised Abhishekâ€s ability to adapt to tough conditions against quality bowling. “He actually stepped out today, charged down the track, and Australia bowled really well too. They were bowling tight lines, fuller lengths, taking the pace off. But that full ball, especially when you charge at a fast bowler and they try to bowl a yorker, you donâ€t have width to free your arms. Yet, he was still able to open up his arms and hit it over covers for a boundary.†Ashwin concluded by calling Abhishek a rare talent blessed with both skill and cricketing intelligence. “These are all very special abilities that a player possesses. I always say, we all work hard, but to make that hard work shine, you need a little gift, that God-given gift. Abhishek Sharma has that gift. He has the mind to think deeply about the game, and he is just an exceptionally talented batter. On a tough pitch and a tough day for India, once again, he gave us a beautiful exhibition of what good batsmanship in T20 cricket looks like.â€

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ESPN’s Kevin Clark shared earlier this week that he had lost his father.

“Jim was an old-school newspaper man, a legendary UCF history professor, an all-time football guy and a Hall of Fame grandpa (and a great hang),” he wrote in a moving tribute on Twitter. “Together we conquered every hockey practice, Magic game and WWF Raw taping in Florida. God he loved us. Call your dad.”

Clark is one of the brightest and most curious minds in the NFL media landscape; in recent years he’s gone from a writer at the Ringer to his own show at ESPN. And this week, in the wake of his father’s passing, he kept an interview with CBS golf and football legend Jim Nantz — who calls both golf and football for CBS — because, he said, “my dad would want me to keep going.”

Nantz was determined to help Clark keep going, too. He researched Jim Clark in an effort to engage with Kevin on the subject. And so their conversation strayed from football to fathers. (It’s worth your time and you can find it here.) After their official conversation ended, Clark added, Nantz kept talking.

“I can’t describe how special and meaningful it was,” Clark said.

Clark, understandably sensitive about blending his father’s passing with his content world, initially told his producers not to make any social-media cuts of Nantz talking about grief. But then, he said, “enough people reached out about this part I changed my mind.”

What he ended up posting — Nantz on losing his own father, facing decisions without him and getting meaningful advice from Arnold Palmer — is the CBS legend at his very best. Here’s the clip, which I’ve transcribed below.

I asked my producers not to make any clips from the dad grief portion but enough people reached out about this part I changed my mind.

Jim Nantz on what Arnold Palmer told him about his dad is one of the most impactful things I’ve ever heard. A lot of people need to hear this. pic.twitter.com/WfdQx32IJl

— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) October 30, 2025

Jim Nantz to Kevin Clark on Arnold Palmer’s fatherly wisdom:

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got came from Arnold Palmer, in a moment like this. My dad had not passed yet, but he was failing, and I was facing some rather large career decisions.

Actually, it was the opportunity to move over to news and leave the boyhood dream. This is all I ever wanted to do is work for CBS Sports, but now I had an opportunity to work for CBS News and leave this behind.

And it was a big opportunity, financially and beyond. But that wasn’t what was in my heart. And I grieved because my dad wasn’t capable of being able to consult me on this. He was deep down the road on with his battle with Alzheimer’s.

But there was some attention about this decision in the media. And I ended up saying, ‘I’m not taking the money. That’s not the driver for me. I’m, I have the job I ever always wanted. I’m staying with sports.’

So, shortly thereafter, I mean maybe two weeks after that decision had played out in the press, I saw Arnold at Augusta. It’s one of his last times as a competitor. He was on the putting green, and he looked over, he saw me and he said, ‘Hey, come over here.’

And I had been the beneficiary of a wonderful friendship with Arnold. It was so deep that actually one day I did his eulogy — I was one of his eulogists at his funeral. So anyway, he came over and he walked me through, ‘How come you made this decision? How did you come to it?’

And I told him it was hard. He said, ‘Why was it hard?’ And I said, ‘Because my dad wasn’t there to be able to talk it through.’

He says, ‘No, you don’t understand. Your dad made that decision with you.’

I said, ‘How’s that?’

He said, ‘He was talking the whole time. You just didn’t realize it. He was right here.’

‘And Arnold had big hands, like baseball mitts, and he reached [Nantz touches his chest] and almost knocked me over. He kept hitting me right here in the heart.

He says, ‘Jim, he was right here. He’s right here. He’s always gonna be right here. You were listening to him and you made that decision in concert with your father. Don’t ever forget, for as long as you’re alive and you face moments in your lifetime, you don’t know what to do. Just remember, It’s right here.’

That’s the best advice I can tell you. As you march on, your career is magical, hugely successful. It’s only gonna get bigger. So many roads to conquer and great things to go out there and achieve. He’s still gonna be right there. Just like Arnold said.

Thanks to Kevin, and to Jim, for sharing the moment. And spare a thought for Jim Clark, who sounds like he was the best.

Jelly Roll has revealed the advice Charlotte Flair gave him while he was training for his in-ring debut.

Speaking to Chris Van Vliet on his INSIGHT podcast, Jelly Roll revealed that he couldnâ€t hide the fact that he was hurt while training at the WWE Performance Center for his in-ring debut at SummerSlam. He then revealed the motivational advice he got from current WWE Womenâ€s Tag Team Champion Charlotte Flair.

“Charlotte Flair told me this. It was so cool when she came back from her injury. You got to remember, Iâ€m at the PC suffering, so everybodyâ€s having to watch me just limp around. Iâ€m clearly not able to hide the fact that Iâ€m hurt.â€

“Charlotte gave me the best advice. She walked over. She said, ‘Baby, Iâ€m gonna tell you something. When I came back from my injury, it bruised my back. Iâ€ve wrestled my whole life, youâ€re fine.†And I was like, Thank you.â€

Jelly Roll Also Revealed How He Learned The Technical Aspects Of In-Ring Competition

Jelly Roll then spoke about how he was told many athletes drop out prematurely due to the intense training, and how he was taught the technical aspects of competing inside the ring.

“Iâ€ve never done nothing this physical. So Iâ€m like, dude, am I way weaker than I thought I was this whole time? And Iâ€m just like, mad soft. Then theyâ€re like, No, dude, and they started telling me about how many athletes drop out. Athletes that are getting paid good money to train there every day. So they kind of put me through that for like, an hour and a half.â€

“Youâ€re just holding the middle rope, swinging back. And theyâ€re showing you how to tuck your chin and not throw your head. You wake up the next day with a pulsating headache all the way down through your neck and spine and forehead. And they tell you exactly where the headache is going to be, and when I woke up the next morning, and they said, ‘Tell us how you feel tomorrow and the day after, if this is what you want to do.†I text them two days later and said, ‘Iâ€m all in.†They were like, ‘How sore?†I was like, ‘Pretty sore, but not sore enough to detour me.†Well, thatâ€s step one.â€

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89. Rico Dowdle, RB, Carolina Panthers (3.0)

90. Chuba Hubbard, RB, Carolina Panthers (1.7)

91. Zach Charbonnet, RB, Seattle Seahawks

92. Jacory Croskey-Merritt, RB, Washington Commanders

93. Hollywood Brown, WR, Kansas City Chiefs (FLEX 6)

94. Hunter Henry, TE, New England Patriots

95. Zach Ertz, TE, Washington Commanders

96. Rhamondre Stevenson, RB, New England Patriots

97. Kimani Vidal, RB, Los Angeles Chargers

98. Rachaad White, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

99. Isiah Pacheco, WR, Kansas City Chiefs

100. DJ Moore, WR, Chicago Bears

You will notice a theme in this tier—a lot of players who are either in running back timeshares or are the less valuable option in their current platoon (White). Dowdle and Hubbard have VORPs that suggest they should have more trade value, but we have a very small sample size of what they’ll look like in a true platoon going forward. That really hurts the value of both.

Brown, meanwhile, has been one of the most valuable flex options thus far, but that was mostly without Rice available (and a few games without Xavier Worthy as well). He was only targeted four times on Sunday with Rice back, though he did manage to score, so perhaps he’ll maintain some value. But you should probably expect a significant dip in production, and in turn, a dip in trade value.

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The former Gunners attacker is a unique voice when it comes to breaking into the first-team picture at an early age, having signed for Arsenal from Southampton at the age of 16.

Walcott was named in the England squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, just months after his Highbury move and on reflection believes everything was thrust upon him at once.

Speaking exclusively to FourFourTwo ahead of punditry duties on Amazon Prime Video’s coverage of the UEFA Champions League this week, Walcott says the current crop of young players coming through at the Emirates Stadium is ‘exciting’.

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“I look at it really differently as well, because when I came to the club, I couldn’t relate to any of the players because of my age gap. And I look at Max [Dowman] coming through, and you see Ethan [Nwaneri], a couple years older, and maybe not even that, Myles [Lewis-Skelly] again, [can] all relate, probably doing the same things together away from the game.”

Walcott’s speed and unpredictability made him a difficult customer for defences, particularly when given space to run in behind. He still regards his assist for Emmanuel Adebayor in a 2008 Champions League tie versus Liverpool as ‘my goal’ having dribbled almost the length of the pitch and past several Reds players before laying it on a plate for the Togolese striker.

Theo Walcott skips past Xabi Alonso (Image credit: Getty Images)

“That’s an assist,” Walcott tells FFT. “You know, when you see players, like Reece James touched it to [Neto] the other day, and that’s an assist. Okay, I suppose it touched you last but when I look at assists, that goal, dribbling past those players – and when you see Saka, and he goes past you and he cuts it back to someone or whatever – they’re the real assists for me.

“That goal I can still re-live it constantly in my mind. I can just picture all the players that are running after me, the players that missed the ball, and [Steven] Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Mascherano, and Adebayor’s dance, the slap I got from Cesc Fabregas still hurts to this day, but it was great.

“A lot of people are, ‘Oh, Theo Walcott’s decision-making at times’, but those people may not be able to run as fast as that. Everyone has different attributes, and they make decisions their own way. And I don’t think there would have been any other player to do [that].”

Arsenal host Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday night with Walcott featuring pitchside alongside presenter Alex Aljoe and comedian Jack Whitehall.

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Six-time All-Star Blake Griffin was a double-double machine during his NBA career. It’s a score he avoids now that he spends more time on the course.

GOLF: As a fairly new convert to golf, what’s one piece of advice that you might give other newbies trying to improve their game?

Blake Griffin:Good question. Here’s something I learned early in my career in basketball: It doesn’t matter what you do in the first quarter; it’s what you do over the course of the game. The same is true of golf. It’s what you do over the course of your round. You can have a great drive and then shank the next shot. Things are never as good as they seem or as bad as they seem. You just got to ride the wave, and that’s what I like about golf.

G: Solid take. Now that you’re retired from the NBA [since 2023], what’s one place you’d like to play and finally have the time to get there?

BG:I’ve played at a lot of cool places, but I’ve heard Bandon Dunes is great. I would like to go up there and check it out.

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G: Where are you playing most of your golf now?

BG:I’m a member at Lakeside Golf & Country Club in L.A. I got a good group of guys I play with regularly, but we like to get out to other spots too.

G: Speaking of travel, the NBA has some long road trips. Do you ever wish you’d played golf back then when you’d see teammates slip out on an off day to get in a round?

BG:My man, being on the road in the NBA means you got to find your own way. That’s what I tried to do.

G: You’re famous for once jumping over a car in the slam dunk contest, which you won. What golf landmark would be cool to jump over? The Swilcan Bridge? Rae’s Creek?

BG:[Laughs] I don’t think I could jump over anything now. That was a long time ago, man.

G: Besides the 8AM Invitational, what are some of the other celebrity tournaments that you’ve had the chance to play in?

BG:I played in Tahoe — the Edgewood tournament [American Century Championship]. There were like 20,000 fans a day. That first day, I was so nervous. I was like shaking over practice putts, you know. Like, even when I wasn’t about to hit the ball, I was still nervous.

G: In general, are there shots on course that you’re more nervous about?

BG:Like, anything. I don’t even want to say it. Once I say it, it’s going to be out there. Okay, any shot between 65 to 85 yards. Don’t know why.

G: Golfers have been known to enjoy putting a few dollars on their matches. Keeps things interesting. How big a wager makes you nervous?