Roller derby team sues Cleveland Guardians to stop name use
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Rick Gosselin’s Week 7 NFL Rankings
Gosselin also is one of the 12 voters for the AP 32, the weekly ranking of NFL teams conducted by the Associated Press. He caught a 5-yarder for the Philadelphia Eagles against Tampa Bay in Week 6, then caught a 47-yarder for the Cardinals in a rout of Houston in Week 7. LA Rams. WR […]
Gauging the Cardinals, Packers and potential Super Bowl contenders in top-heavy NFC
As the NFL nears the halfway point of its first 17-game season, the NFC features one unbeaten team and four with one loss. The challenge facing the Packers became greater this week as wide receivers Davante Adams and Allen Lazard were put on the reserve/COVID-19 list, which means that unless Marquez Valdes-Scantling can come off […]
CNY pub owner fulfills dream to see his team in the World Series. He has a cool idea to ‘pay it back’
Joey Kalil, owner of the Home Team Pub sports bar in Liverpool, arrives this week at Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves. — Joey Kalil has waited 22 years to see his favorite team, the Atlanta Braves, play in the World Series. “We like to give back to the community when we can,” said […]
Stan Bowman’s exit leaves already-struggling Blackhawks in shambles
The final wrecking ball that smashed through the Hawks on Tuesday demolished the last walls standing from the once-golden castle the organization represented and inhabited. Overmatched defenseman Seth Jones’ eight-year, $76 million contract doesn’t kick in until next season. At this point, however, the Hawks might need to retain Colliton just to keep any semblance […]
Fan who gave historic 600th touchdown ball to Tom Brady asks for a round of golf in return
Because it was an achievement that both Brady and the NFL would like to celebrate and immortalize, they wanted the game ball back. …Read the full story
World Series 2021 – Braves’ Charlie Morton threw 16 pitches on a broken leg — and then apologized it wasn’t more
The guy who pushed himself so far that his leg quite literally gave out under the stress of his effort was sorry. It’s not something he’d ever wish on anyone else — Morton is legendarily earnest, as his apologies illustrate — but he’s here now, still playing baseball at 37 years old, because of what […]
The good: Braves win Game 1. The bad: Morton breaks his leg
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Atlanta Braves’ Charlie Morton fractures fibula in Game 1 World Series win against Houston Astros
Morton had retired back-to-back hitters despite taking a 102 mph one-hopper off the bat of Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel and reacted the way pitchers normally do after absorbing hard comebackers that cause only temporary pain. Before Game 1 of the World Series concluded — with a 6-2 victory by a Braves team that scored […]
James Franklin: Speculation on future with Penn State Nittany Lions not a distraction to team
“There’s things that we have discussions in great detail in our building with our family and the players and the staff. Franklin is 65-30 at Penn State with a Big Ten championship in 2016 and three AP top-10 finishes from 2016 to 2019. Franklin on Tuesday also addressed him changing agencies from Athletes First , […]
George Russell: Why Mercedes had to sign him – and what it might mean for team harmony
At Monaco this year, Russell became the latest driver with whom Alonso swapped helmets to add to the collection on display in his museum in Oviedo, northern Spain. On average, the Williams is the ninth quickest car over one lap this season. With a lap that will go down in history as one of the […]
Europe wins historic, drama-filled Solheim Cup against Team USA
“It’s over to someone else now. I think — we have so many good past players, and I think everyone deserves their chance to be captain,” Matthew told the media afterwards. “I just knew I was looking at the board and I knew it was going to be an important putt, and I wanted to […]
Blue Jays Hitters Set Multiple Records in Emphatic Win Over Yankees
It’s been a while since Toronto met New York for an AL East showdown. The Blue Jays, now sporting a greatly improved roster, snapped out of an offensive slump this past weekend. After Marcus Semien—one of the weekend’s various heroes—drove a slider into the stands for his 36th homer of the season, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. […]
Newcomer Rogers beats Mets, halts skid at seven (updated)
Employing a herky-jerky old-school windup with an occasional hint of hesitation, Rogers gave the Nationals the length they needed to spare their overtaxed bullpen and picked up his first major league victory since Aug. I loved that,” Nationals manager Davey Martinez said in his postgame Zoom session with reporters. “This whole organization has given me […]
Blue Jays Hold Momentum with Narrow Win over Athletics
and Marcus Semien with extra-loud cheers when they were announced in the batting order, and they booed Josh Harrison when he stepped in as Oakland’s first hitter. Gurriel stayed hot, Toronto’s lineup carried over the late-game breakout, and the Blue Jays clung on for a chance to sweep the biggest series of their season thus […]
Kimbrel, Bummer, Hendriks preserve White Sox victory
After hitting his 39th and 40th home runs of the season against Reynaldo Lopez and Michael Kopech and driving in five runs, Perez was no match for Kimbrel, called on by manager Tony La Russa an inning or two earlier than usual. Kimbrel, who struck out Sebastian Rivero and Royals leadoff man Whit Merrifield before […]
LSU Men’s Golf Opens Fall Schedule At Turning Stone Intercollegiate
This will be the first year that the Tigers of LSU compete in the 54-hole event taking place Sunday through Monday. LSU will be playing alongside Saint Francis and Canisius in both the first and second round. LSU’s five players will be senior Garrett Barber, senior Trey Winstead, senior Michael Sanders, junior Connor Gaunt, and […]
2021 Solheim Cup: Europe Rattled by Controversial Ruling, Still Grabs Day 1 Lead Over US
In the end it still was a difficult day for Team USA, as Europe grabbed a 5 ½ to 2 ½ lead, but it could have been much worse. “The chief referee, match referee, observer and TV observer all deemed that Nelly Korda’s third shot on No. “It was more just giving me a little […]
Padres Daily: Not getting it done anymore; Jake staying put; Arrieta’s crossfire
In both the seventh and eighth innings, they had a runner at third base with one out and could not get him home. “If we can perform near our capabilities, there’s not many teams that can play with us,” Arrieta said after last night’s game. On July 17, the Padres were 15 games above .500 […]
What it was like to watch Naomi Osaka up close during her vexing 2021 US Open
Yes, she was crying in her US Open postmatch news conference, crying as she struggled to find the right words so she could share what was on her mind, but each time the moderator tried to end it, assuming Osaka didn’t want to continue, Osaka overruled him. Basically, I feel like I’m kind of at […]