A recent study conducted by the Philadelphia Inquirer showed that the artificial turf at Veterans Stadium, the longtime former home of Major League Baseball’s Philadelphia Phillies and the National Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles, had cancerous chemicals, which may have been the cause of several former Phillies players’ deaths.

The Inquirer launched its investigation into the Vet’s turf after relief pitcher David West became the sixth former Phillies player to have died from glioblastoma, a rare, aggressive form of brain cancer, following Tug McGraw, John Vukovich, Ken Brett, Dan Quisenberry and Johnny Oates, all of whom died before the age of 60. The study found that the turf, which was produced by Monsanto and used at the stadium from 1977 to 2001, had dangerous “forever chemicals.”

The Phillies had previously sold pieces of the turf sealed in 4-by-4 inch bags in 1982 and four were purchased by the Inquirer on eBay as part of its investigation in 2022. The samples were analyzed by two separate labs and found to contain 16 different “forever chemicals” that fail to break down and remain in the human body for years.

The chemicals are connected to several forms of cancer, including brain cancer, which claimed the lives of six of the 532 former Phillies players who played at the Vet from 1971 to 2003, more than triple the average rate of adult men.

Veterans Stadium was demolished in 2004 with the Phillies moving to Citizens Bank Park and the Eagles moving to Lincoln Financial Field that same year.

The Dudley Boyz (also known as Team 3D) is one of the most decorated tag teams in wrestling history. 

Bubba Ray Dudley, aka Bully Ray, and D-Von Dudley have held titles in every promotion they’ve worked for, including WWE, ECW, and TNA Wrestling. 

They also had some classic matches, including their TLC bouts against The Hardys and Edge & Christian.

They worked in TNA Wrestling from 2005 through 2014, where they were inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame in 2014. While in the promotion, they held the TNA Tag Team Titles twice while they were once the NWA Tag Team Champions.

Impact Wrestling announced today that Team 3D will reunite under the Impact banner for the first time in 7 years on the 1000th episode of Impact Wrestling on September 9 at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, NY.

D-Von Dudley and Bubba Ray Dudley went their separate ways in 2016 as D-Von stayed with WWE to transition into a producer while Bubba Ray went to ROH.

If the Mets aren’t going to get to the playoffs, they can at least make it more difficult for teams still in the race.

That’s what they did against the Cubs, who had won five of six after the trade deadline before they arrived Monday at Citi Field. The Mets beat them Wednesday night, 4-3, to win the series after they came in having lost six straight games.

And as long as the Mets have Pete Alonso in the lineup, they have a chance to make waves. Alonso homered for the fourth time in three games against the Cubs with a fourth-inning, two-run blast that tied the score at 2-2.

Jeff McNeil then hit a go-ahead homer to lead off the sixth after Alonso’s 35th blast of the season put some life into what had been another quiet night at Citi Field.

Alonso could make a run at 50 homers for the second time in his career, despite what has been an inconsistent season.