the a's designated hitter, brant rooker, is coming off his best season of his career, and the green andd awarded him one of the largest contracts in their franchise history. rooker and the athletics have reached an agreement on a five year contract extension, with a club option for 2030. sources say the deal is reportedly worth $60 million in 2024. all star campaign he had 39 home runs, 112 rbis and was the first a's player to win the silver slugger since 2002. to some college hoops now. tonight was stanford's first ever acc game at maples pavilion, and the legend tara vanderveer in attendance to see the cardinal host virginia tech. it was a struggle for the stanford in the first ten minutes of the half. since they only scored four points, they scratched and clawed their way back into this one. then in the second half, maxime reno gets that layup right off the glass to give the cardinal their first lead in the game and then later in the half virginia tech up by one, but ryan agarwal passes it to donovan young. and there he goes and comes down with the dunk. stanford went on to secure th