This year's Baseball Hall of Fame inductions could prove more than sufficient to stifle the contention of critics that the designated hitter is only half a player. For the first time, two men who depended on the DH for their niche in baseball history will be enshrined ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen says he is tired, and it has nothing to do with an exhausting road trip to start the second half that included a handful of games that went late into the night. After Hyun-Jin Ryu and Kenta ...
This is the summer of bets for the Los Angeles Lakers. They pushed their chips to the center of the table to maximize the twilight of LeBron James' career. The timing makes enough sense within that context; the Golden State Warriors being weakened with the ...
Let's face it: It's pretty hard to walk around the UK without tripping over something "royal." You can find "royal" car washes, laundromats, pizza joints and beauty salons all over the British Isles, and we're guessing that few of those business owners go to work ...
By JILL BLEED | The Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Offensive lineman Mitch Petrus, a walk-on at Arkansas who went on to a three-year NFL career that included a Super Bowl win with the New York Giants, has died. He was 32. Pulaski County ...
SINGAPORE -- Mason Greenwood further boosted his chances of starting the opening game of the season against Chelsea by scoring for the second game in a row as Manchester United beat Inter Milan 1-0 at the National Stadium in Singapore.
Toronto Raptors head coach and lifelong Cubs fan Nick Nurse was in Chicago on Friday to throw out the 1st pitch and sing the 7th inning stretch at Wrigley Field. It was a major moment for Nurse—who grew up in Carroll, Iowa and played college basketball at ...
Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as Rob Henie returns to give us a handicapping lesson. The weather is the story this weekend nationally with full cards being cancelled today at Belterra Park, Delaware Park, ...
Scottish rookie Robert MacIntyre wasn't happy with playing partner Kyle Stanley after Stanley hit two spectators and didn't yell "Fore" at the British Open, and he let him hear about it. MacIntyre confronted Stanley, a two-time PGA Tour winner, over the issue on ...
In his last bout, Manny Pacquiao showed the boxing world that, while maybe not at his peak, he can still absolutely destroy opponents. His hand speed hasn't dropped nearly as much as many assumed, but his next bout, against Keith Thurman, will be one of ...
Minnesota placeholder spoke about being a four-time cancer survivor at the annual Big Ten media days. Play Video. Casey O'Brien Speech. Football | 7/19/2019 1:55:00 PM. Story Links. University of Minnesota placeholder and four-time cancer survivor ...
New York Mets (44-53, fourth in the NL East) vs. San Francisco Giants (49-49, third in the NL West). San Francisco; Saturday, 4 p.m. EDT. PITCHING PROBABLES: Mets: Walker Lockett (0-1, 11.74 ERA) Giants: Jeff Samardzija (7-7, 3.93 ERA).
MINNEAPOLIS — With a game-time temperature of 94 degrees on a humid, muggy evening, starting pitchers Jake Odorizzi and Chris Bassitt had to fight dripping sweat as much as opposing batters. Oakland's leadoff hitter, Marcus Semien, got out of the heat ...
While the Cubs continued their second-half hot streak Friday, winning for the sixth time in seven games, players and fans alike tried to stay cool with a game-time temperature of 92 degrees and a heat index of 106. "I mean, it was miserable, but we were all out ...
A week after the worst start of his career, Mike Leake came back with his best. Shockingly so. Leake took a perfect game into the ninth inning, losing his bid at baseball immortality when rookie Luis Rengifo hit a leadoff single as the Seattle Mariners beat the ...
Darren Sproles is returning to the City of Brotherly Love. Sproles and the Philadelphia Eagles agreed to terms on a one-year contract, the team announced Friday. "My heart is in Philly. That's where I want to end my career," Sproles said, via the team.
OXON HILL, Md. -- Subriel Matias introduced himself as a legitimate junior welterweight contender by wearing down and stopping the previously undefeated Maxim Dadashev in Round 11 at the MGM National Harbor Casino on Friday. Matias (14-0, 14 KOs) ...
You never know what you are going to hear when Michigan football head coach Jim Harbaugh speaks and Friday, he surprised some people with his comment that both Shea Patterson and Dylan McCaffrey could play at the same time in 2019. Harbaugh ...
The Red Sox, Dodgers, Reds, Padres, Cubs, Braves, Rays and Yankees all had scouts on hand at Comerica Park to take in what could be Marcus Stroman's final start as a Blue Jay. According to the report, the Yankees had two scouts on hand including Jim ...
Looming around Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh at Big Ten media days Friday was the man who wasn't there. Harbaugh's tenure has been marked by four losses to Ohio State and former coach Urban Meyer, including last season's 62-39 rout. With Meyer ...
The Premier League says there is "no doubt" video assistant referees (VAR) will cause controversy next season but it is "prepared" for it. VAR will be used in the English top-flight for the first time in the 2019-20 season. It has been controversially used in World ...
Sierra Canyon is making a strong case for the No. 1 spot in the USA Today Super 25 basketball rankings this winter. After adding elite wing Ziaire Williams, earlier today the Trailblazers nabbed five-star shooting guard Brandon Boston, who will transfer from ...
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Rookie Oscar Mercado went 5 for 5 and drove in two runs as the Cleveland Indians won their sixth straight game, defeating the Kansas City Royals 10-5 on Friday night. Mercado had an RBI double in the third inning and a run-scoring ...
CHICAGO -- Penn State Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy Barbour held her annual summer gathering here Friday on Day 2 of the Big Ten's Media Days. Barbour is entering her sixth year at the helm of the Lions' athletic department. During her ...
Penn State coach James Franklin admitted Friday that he did have an early concern with his projected starting quarterback, Sean Clifford — but that worry has long since faded. Early on in Clifford's career, Franklin remembered pulling him aside and telling ...
PAU, France — A question that first seemed pie-in-the-sky is growing in credibility with each additional ride that takes him toward Paris: Could Julian Alaphilippe carry the yellow jersey glued ever more firmly to his shoulders all the way to the Tour de France ...
Julian Alaphilippe has faced plenty of tests dotted along the road in the first 13 stages of the Tour de France, but this is different. The Col du Tourmalet – which translates from Gascon as 'the long mountain' – is the highest paved pass in the French Pyrenees, ...
Rey Nambatac stars in several key plays as Rain or Shine trumps Blackwater in Game 1 of the quarterfinals. Delfin Dioquino. Published 9:04 PM, July 20, 2019. Updated 9:04 PM, July 20, 2019. CLUTCH. Rey Nambatac does not shy away from the biggest ...
The five national selectors of the senior men's team will meet in Mumbai on Sunday (July 21) for the first time after India's World Cup semifinal exit earlier this month to pick the squad that will travel to the West Indies. One of the burning issues was linked to the ...
2017 semi-finalist Daryl Gurney will be vying for a third major PDC title at the Winter Gardens, while Peter Wright arrives full of confidence having won three titles in the space of the last five days. 'Snakebite' is also the only player in the bottom half of the draw ...
The Dallas Mavericks have waived forward Kostas Antetokounmpo, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports. The 21-year-old was selected by the Mavs with the last pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. Antetokounmpo played last season on a two-way contract ...
That was fun. As far as preseason friendlies go there was no quarter given by either side, both teams went out to win, and the atmosphere crackled as you would expect from a match to celebrate the opening of a new stadium. Leeds left it late but were well ...
New Delhi: The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), custodians of the Laws of Cricket, is considering reviewing the overthrow rules in light of the incidents that occured in the 2019 World Cup final. According to The Times, the MCC feels that overthrows are worth ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- As the Mets try to ready him for a Trade Deadline audition, Zack Wheeler threw 13 pitches off a mound Friday in what manager Mickey Callaway described as "glorified catch." Still, it was a step forward for Wheeler, who had not thrown off ...
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