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New York Yankees play-by-play announcer John Sterling is fine. The longtime radio voice of the Yankees insisted that he was OK on Sunday after a foul ball traveled into the booth at Yankee Stadium and hit him in the head the night before. And, as promised, he was back in the broadcast booth for the third and final game of the Yanks' series against the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night. “To all the Yankee fans, I am fine,” Sterling said while wearing a bandage above his eye. “It hit me in the head, a muscle up there, so I was OK. I thank you for all the warm, wonderful, loving thoughts. Anyway I’m fine.” Red Sox star Justin Turner hit a foul ball in the ninth inning at Yankee Stadium on Saturday night that went all the way up and hit Sterling in the forehead in the booth. Fans heard Sterling react in real time on the broadcast, though he remained in the booth for the rest of the game. “It really hit me, I didn’t know it was coming back that far,” he said on the broadcast after yelling out in pain. The Yankees shared video of the ball actually getting Sterling in the face on Sunday. Thankfully, Sterling was fine after the incident that could have been much worse. terling has called Yankees games since 1989. At one point, he had called an impressive 5,060 consecutive games, a streak that ended in 2019.
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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