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Dick Groat, a former shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates who also briefly played in the NBA and set a single-season NCAA scoring record at Duke, passed away on Thursday. He was 92. Groat's family announced that he passed away early on Thursday at a hospital in Pittsburgh as a result of complications from the stroke he had last week.After joining the Pirates for the following eight seasons, Groat earned two All-Star berths before helping Pittsburgh win the World Series in 1960, the same year he won the NL batting title and MVP award. After being transferred to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1963, Groat defeated the New York Yankees to win a second World Series. Before quitting baseball in 1967, he had a brief time with the San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies to round out his career. The five-time All-Star finished his 14-season career with a batting average of.286 overall, 39 home runs, and more than 2,100 hits. Pirates owner Bob Nutting issued a statement saying, "We are terribly saddened by the passing of such a cherished member of the Pirates family and Pittsburgh community. He was a superb athlete and an even greater human being. He led a fulfilling life. He'll be sorely missed. Groat, a native of the Pittsburgh region, participated in two sports as a student at Duke. He played basketball for the Blue Devils and was a two-time All-American. As a junior in 1950–51, he broke an NCAA single-season scoring record with 831 points. Additionally, in 1952, Groat guided the Duke baseball team to its first College World Series victory. Later that year, he signed with the Pirates after being selected by the Fort Wayne Pistons with the third overall pick in the NBA Draft. Groat only participated in one NBA season before missing the following two to serve in the Army. Branch Rickey, the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, forced Groat to pick between basketball and baseball once he got back from active duty. Groat decided on baseball.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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