Baseball is back. The home runs are back. The blazing fastballs blurring across our TV screens are back. The bat flips, the doubles in the gap, the "how did he do that?" defensive plays, the box scores, the exit velocities, the hot takes, the debates, the hopeful ...
FOR ANDRE ROBERSON, it's been two and a half years. It's been 30 months of rehab and recovery. It's been 180 games since he went down with a devastating left knee injury, and 180 games since he last played. He knows. "I get it. I get it," he said from ...
One team missing its top newcomer meets another without its ace pitcher when the Los Angeles Angels visit the Oakland Athletics to open the 2020 season on Friday night. The Angels (72-90) finished fourth in the American League West last season, ...
We have known since 2018 that Seattle would be the NHL's 32nd franchise. But until Thursday, we didn't know the team name, nor the logo, nor the colors -- although speculation ran wild over what all of that would be. Now we know: It's the Seattle Kraken, ...
It's too soon to anoint greatness but what Denny Hamlin and crew chief Chris Gabehart have done is remarkable. Thursday night's victory at Kansas Speedway was their 11th in 52 Cup races together, a remarkable 21.2% winning percentage. This from a ...
I talked to Roberto Perez in front of his locker in the Indians' Goodyear, Ariz., clubhouse. It was the last day in spring training before baseball was shut down due to the coronavirus. In this story, I want you to understand why opening day means so much to the ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Kevin Stefanski's arrival as the Browns' coach has made the tight end position en vogue for Cleveland. Expect to see the Browns deploy multiple tight ends on a frequent basis on offense. But what about the other side of the ball? Will the ...
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has won the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year, it was announced on Friday. The award, voted on by the FWA's members, has been running since 1948 and crowns the player adjudged to have been the ...
Michelle Wie West's eyes were not hollowed by exhaustion, as one might have expected of a first-time mother of a 1-month-old. Her face was not streaked with tears, as it was 13 months ago after her injury-plagued body failed her yet again, lending a hint of ...
As some smaller-school conferences have abandoned fall seasons because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Power Five conferences are still sifting through how to put together schedules. And according to Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News, the ...
For 62 minutes on Thursday morning in their final group stage game at the MLS is Back Tournament, everything for Chicago Fire FC was on track. Sure, the match remained scoreless, but Chicago had strong advantages in possession, shots and expected ...
The Rockets will face an opponent for the first time in over four months on Friday, though Houston's matchup with the Raptors won't exactly feature the highest of stakes. Friday will mark the first of three scrimmages for the Rockets in Orlando, and Houston may ...
Stanton went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run and an additional RBI in Thursday's win over Washington. Stanton got his season started with a bang in the first inning, crushing a 459-foot homer to deep center off Max Scherzer. He got to Scherzer again in the ...
TORONTO (AP) — Nate Pearson was not included on the Toronto Blue Jays' 30-man roster for Friday's opener at Tampa Bay, a move that likely will delay free-agent eligibility of the hard-throwing right-hander by a year until after the 2026 season. Pearson ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- A former men's college basketball assistant coach was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation, community service and a fine for fatally punching a man in New York City who pounded on his car's window. Former Wake Forest ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The initial dream died quickly and quietly late in 1993 when surgeons opened up Derek Shelton's mangled right elbow and tried to piece it back together. It didn't take. At least not well enough for Shelton to continue his baseball career ...
The Los Angeles Clippers overcame the Orlando Magic in a scrimmage game as the NBA resumed on Wednesday. The Clippers, one of the contenders for the title when the season restarts, beat the Magic 99-90. Ahead of the NBA season officially restarting ...
Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has confirmed Roy Jones Jr as his opponent for his return to the ring at the age of 54. Tyson, who dominated the heavyweight scene for almost 20 years after winning the title in 1987, will take on 51-year-old ...
MotoGP is making a second visit to the Jerez circuit in Spain for the Andalusian Grand Prix on July 24-26. Here's the reasoning behind the name of the race and why MotoGP has had to resort to double headers at the same track. Following a thrilling start to ...
Sosa was named to the Cardinals' Opening Day roster Thursday, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports. Brad Miller's ankle and heel injuries have worked to Sosa's benefit, as it vaulted the latter onto the expanded Opening Day roster. However, Sosa earned the ...
CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox reinstated Yoan Moncada from the injured list on Thursday, clearing the way for their star third baseman to open the season in the lineup after missing the start of summer camp because he contracted COVID-19. Moncada ...
College football leaders are in the process of piecing together plans for a regular season during the COVID-19 pandemic. If it is possible to play, everyone anticipates there will be disruptions, added expenses and loads of stress just to get through it. So how ...
Win the Stanley Cup and all the moves and all the doubts are erased. But lose in the playoffs and you're left with nothing but regret and what could have been. As teams in the Eastern Conference wrap up their training camps and prepare to enter The Bubble ...
High school sports won't be contested in 2020 in Nevada out of coronavirus concerns. And when they do return, it will only be on an abbreviated schedule without a state tournament. The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association released its plans for the ...
Maryknoll's Sage Tolentino, a 7-foot post player who will only be a high school junior this fall, has received a scholarship offer from the University of Kansas. "It's just a blessing," he told KHON2 sports director Rob DeMello. "I'm just so thankful for this ...
Giving green signal to the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the IPL Chairman Brijesh Patel on Friday (July 24, 2020) confirmed that the league will start from September 19 in the UAE and continue the finals will be held on November 8.
Oregon Ducks head coach Mario Cristobal has the football program blossoming into a hotbed for NFL talent. Last year, quarterback Justin Herbert was one of the most polarizing prospects in the 2020 NFL Draft. Herbert, linebacker Troy Dye, guard Shane ...
QUEENS (WBNG) -- Former Rumble Pony and Mets prospect Andres Gimenez has made the Mets opening day roster. The shortstop spent the entire 2019 season in Binghamton where he hit .250 with 28 stolen bases. Gimenez had a breakout Arizona Fall ...
(Reuters) - World number four Dustin Johnson withdrew from the 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota with a back injury after struggled badly during his first round on Thursday. Johnson, who missed the cut at the Memorial Tournament last week after two rounds of ...
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