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2020 MLB Draft: How the White Sox landed two of the top 20 players Jared Kelley was ranked as the No. 12 prospect in the entire draft by MLB Pipeline. Then Day 1 of the draft, 37 picks long, came and went without Kelley hearing his name called. "Yesterday, we were like, 'Man, what's going on?'" Kelley said while talking with ...
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Shortening Preseason May be Sign of Bigger Problems Ahead for NFL It's been business as usual for the NFL even as society frays at the seams and a nation was shuttered due to a pandemic. There's has really been the only sport unaffected, unless you count the virtual workout programs that have been in place since teams ...
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New York Mets pick 2-time cancer survivor Eric Orze in MLB draft NEW YORK -- Eric Orze has already stared down much tougher challenges than the professional hitters he could soon be facing. Twice. As baseball's amateur draft was winding down, a feel-good story surfaced in the final round Thursday night when the New ...
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Position Group Rankings: The excitement for the Redskins receivers is real, but so are the questions After each ranking the Redskins' position groups on a list that went from worst to best, JP Finlay and Pete Hailey will now spend the rest of the week and weekend delving deeper into every spot on the roster.
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Why two-way players could make a big impact under potential NBA roster rules Ever since the NBA created the two-way contract three years ago, life for players on such deals often revolved around shuttling back and forth between the G League and NBA and watching the calendar — they could stay with the big league club for up to 45 ...
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Spurs Lonnie Walker IV opens up about sexual abuse as child In an incredibly courageous move, the Spurs' Lonnie Walker IV opened up about sexual abuse he suffered as a child in an Instagram post Thursday night. In a video where he gets his hair cut, Walker, 21, says he first grew out his hair as a cover, a mask for ...
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Mariners draft tracker: Seattle selects 3 pitchers, 3 position players in shortened draft While the 2020 MLB Draft was much shorter than usual — only five rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic — the Seattle Mariners still jumped on the opportunity to add some intriguing prospects to their already thriving farm system. Seattle had six picks ...
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White Sox Round 5 selection: LHP Bailey Horn The White Sox went pitcher, somebody who pitches, a position player who is a pitcher, and well, another pitcher in the first four rounds. This time, in Round 5, the Sox went with another pitcher: Bailey Horn out of Auburn. Now, after the first two selections, ...
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Braves take two pitchers with final two picks With their fourth-round pick in the MLB Draft, the Atlanta Braves selected Clemson right-handed pitcher Spencer Strider, a 6-foot-1, 195-pounder who was a draft-eligible sophomore. Strider made four starts this season before the pandemic killed the season.
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Confident They Can Sign Cole Wilcox, Padres Land First-Round Talent In The Third With their third-round pick Thursday night, the 80th overall selection, the Padres selected Georgia righthander Cole Wilcox. Wilcox came into the draft as the No. 24 prospect in the Baseball America 500 and in the final mock draft before things got underway ...
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Three Sooners Selected on Second Day of MLB Draft NORMAN — Three more University of Oklahoma baseball players heard their names called Thursday night, as Levi Prater , Brady Lindsly and Dane Acker were selected on the second day of the Major League Baseball Draft. Prater was selected in the third ...
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Broncos' Bradley Chubb: Optimistic for Week 1 Defensive coordinator Ed Donatell said Thursday that he's optimistic about the chances of Chubb (knee) being ready to go for Week 1, Troy Renck of Denver 7 News reports. Chubb is by all accounts recovering well from the partially torn ACL he sustained ...
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Team spurs Syracuse coach Babers to comment on racial strife All it took was a Zoom call with his players to spur Syracuse coach Dino Babers to break his silence on the racial tension in the country. One of only 14 black head coaches among the 130 schools in the Football Bowl Subdivision and intensely private, Babers ...
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Hokie history made in 2020 MLB Draft BLACKSBURG – On Day 2 of the shortened 2020 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, a pair of Virginia Tech players – pitcher Ian Seymour and catcher Carson Taylor – were picked, extending the Hokies' streak of at least two players selected in ...
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Floyd death spurs action in Minn. sports for societal change Eric Kendricks woke up distressed shortly after George Floyd was killed just a few miles from the stadium where the Minnesota Vikings play. Kendricks, the All-Pro inside linebacker who has mostly stayed out of the spotlight during his first five seasons in the ...
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Dolphins sign Austin Jackson The Miami Dolphins have signed first-round draft-pick Austin Jackson, according to a report from ESPN's Field Yates. The addition of Jackson means Miami has signed two of their three first-round picks and nine of their 11 total draft picks. Miami has ...
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Jimmie Johnson ends relationship with helmet designer over racially insensitive tweet CHARLOTTE, N.C. (The Charlotte Observer) - NASCAR drivers Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Blaney announced via Twitter on Thursday that they are terminating their relationships with helmet design company BEAM Designs. Johnson tweeted that he "decided ...
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Sammy drops demand for apology after SRH teammate reaches out on racist nickname KINGSTON: Former West Indies captain Darren Sammy has revealed that an IPL teammate, who addressed him with a racist nickname, has reached out to assure him that he was "operating from a place of love" and he no longer wants an apology for what ...
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Former Jupiter High School star Anthony Servideo drafted by the Baltimore Orioles Jupiter (CBS12) — Former Jupiter High School standout star Anthony Servideo was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles 74th overall at the MLB Draft on Thursday. The former Ole Miss shortstop had an incredible senior season with Jupiter, hitting .436. He was ...
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Timberwolves looking to create positive change in wake of George Floyd's death MINNEAPOLIS - Ryan Saunders and Gersson Rosas are in the middle of uncharted territory with the Minnesota Timberwolves. They're navigating the organization through the double gut punch of 2020 that is the Coronavirus pandemic, and the aftermath of ...
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