Former NFL offensive tackle Luis Sharpe, a three-time Pro Bowler, died on Friday, his former team confirmed. He was 65.

Sharpe played in the league for 13 seasons, all with the Arizona Cardinals franchise. He was a first-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982.

While Sharpe only played for the Cardinals, he played in three different cities. He spent the first six seasons of his career in St. Louis, and the next six seasons in Phoenix when the team moved to Arizona. 

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The final season of Sharpe’s career was the first one the Cardinals franchise rebranded to become the Arizona Cardinals. Sharpe started all 189 games he played in his career. 

"Throughout his lengthy and accomplished career with the Cardinals, Luis Sharpe exhibited an uncommon type of strength and toughness that made him so successful as a player," Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill said in a statement. 

"Admirably, he would later demonstrate those same traits in dealing with the personal challenges he faced when his career was over. We send our deepest condolences to all of those who loved Luis, in particular his family and former teammates."

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Following his NFL career, Sharpe battled a drug addiction and spent time in jail, but he turned his life around and got sober. In 2015, Sharpe moved back to his home state of Michigan to get out of Arizona. 

"I feel a sense of purpose now," Sharpe told The Athletic in 2020. "I feel more significant than I ever did when I was playing professional football. My life is better today. I tell people all the time, 'What I thought was my greatest curse has turned into my greatest blessing.'"

In the final years of his life, Sharpe spent time counseling patients in Detroit at a sobriety clinic. The three-time Pro Bowler also worked with the NFL to help former players with their health in their post-playing days.

"I recognize today I have the life I have because I've overcome so many obstacles and so many challenges," Sharpe said. "God wanted me to go out and do exactly what I'm doing, to share my life with others, to tell them my fall from grace and say, 'If I can stand before you today as a productive member of society, so can you.'"

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Jacob Misiorowski has taken the baseball world by storm.

The 23-year-old, 103 mph-throwing righty made his MLB debut last month for the Milwaukee Brewers, and he didn't allow a hit in his first 11 innings of work.

He exited his first game with cramps, and then was perfect through six innings in his second outing. In all, he's allowed eight earned runs (five in one game) in 25.2 innings, good for a 2.81 ERA.

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Well, after Matthew Boyd declared that he would not pitch in the All-Star Game on Tuesday, Misiorwski was tapped as a reserve for the midsummer classic.

His five games are the fewest anyone has played before being named to their first All-Star Game.

It's unquestionable that Misiorowski has insane talent and a bright future, but many in the baseball world feel that the spot is unearned.

Many pointed to Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Christopher Sanchez not being selected. He owns a 2.59 ERA in 13 more starts and has never been named an All-Star.

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"Cristopher Sanchez … being left off the All-Star team is a travesty. The numbers, cannot be ignored, even if he is scheduled to start on Sunday. Something has to change @MLB," Sanchez's agent, Gene Mato, wrote on X.

"The Miz has great stuff. But 5 games in, he’s an All-Star? And Cristopher Sanchez, Ranger Suarez and Kodai Senga are all still home? Are they using a dartboard to pick the players again?" longtime baseball writer Jon Heyman chimed in.

One X user, though, commended MLB for getting a young star in the spotlight.

"MLB gets criticized a lot for failing to market their young stars. Then when they do it everybody freaks out. Who cares if he only started 5 games, get the kid in the spotlight," wrote Stephen Benzel.

Misiorowski is still technically labeled a "prospect." He must throw 50 innings or spend 45 days on the active roster before Sept. 1 to graduate from prospect status.

The game will be played in Atlanta on Tuesday. It was originally scheduled there in 2021 but was moved to Coors Field following the state's passing of the Election Integrity Act of 2021, which included new voter requirements.

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