In the shortened 2020 season, he slashed .290/.395/.464 with two home runs, seven RBI and four stolen bases across 33 games. It’s really not what you want, and it’s forced Aaron Judge to play a lot more center field than we had ever imagined thus far. …Read the full story
NEW YORK — The NBA announced Tuesday that 10-time NBA All-Star, entrepreneur and philanthropist Carmelo Anthony of the Portland Trail Blazers has been named the inaugural Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion. Through the fund, Anthony is focused on critical issues including championing criminal justice reform and inclusion, advocating for the human rights of all Black […]
The Dodgers faced one of the best pitchers in baseball and lived to tell about it, thanks to some timely hitting and an elite pitcher of their own. The alarm bells sounded for the Dodgers in the first inning, thanks walks by Max Muncy and Cody Bellinger, sandwiching Justin Turner getting hit by a pitch. […]
“We’ve played the tougher part of our schedule are in the back end of that right now,” Ross said. In 2017, the Cubs were 40-41 after 81 games and 52-29 the rest of the way. Bryant had just been helped off the field with a sprained ankle, joining Kyle Hendricks, Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist […]
In an email to school officials, The Athletic detailed the allegations against Hillsman and the program and asked for comment from Hillsman, athletic director John Wildhack and others. Eleven players transferred in the month after Syracuse’s 2020-21 season ended, the most among any Division I program, men or women. Asked in April about the 11 […]
If you’ve got a ticket to watch the local nine, though, you might want to start budgeting some extra commuting time to make sure you’re in your seats well before the first pitch of the bottom of the first. Not that what happened next – Juan Soto’s first home run in D.C. Schwarber has been […]
Marlins manager Don Mattingly said last week that Dickerson will wear a walking boot for three weeks before being re-evaluated, so the Blue Jays will need to wait a while before seeing him don their uniform. If Dickerson eventually will become an experienced bat to plug into the outfield, then Cimber provides something the Blue […]
The 24-year-old Kaprizov led all first-year NHL players this past season with 27 goals and 51 points in 55 regular-season games. “I’ve enjoyed everything about the game,” Kaprizov said via a translator on Tuesday night’s NHL Awards show when asked by Patrick Kane what he enjoyed about his first NHL season. …Read the full story
“I’m lucky to be part of a league full of players who are equally as passionate about making a difference. Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time NBA champion, the league’s all-time leading scorer and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. As the winner, Anthony was able to select an organization — Portland Art […]
“They’re going to allow me to coach them, push them,” said Udoka, who was introduced alongside Brad Stevens, now the Celtics’ president of basketball operations, and owners Wyc Grousbeck and Steve Pagliuca at a news conference at the team’s practice facility Monday morning. “The bottom line is they want to win and help us get […]
Didier Deschamps was the captain of a France side that accomplished that feat in 1998 and 2000. Under him, France have reached the World Cup quarterfinals in 2014, the Euro final as hosts in 2016, and then won the Jules Rimet trophy in 2018. Unfortunately, Deschamps lost his way and lost the way of his […]
Spain was cruising against Croatia, until suddenly it wasn’t. It would be too definitive to declare that Monday, June 28, 2021 was the greatest day of tournament soccer in history. Its group phase, always something of a slow burn, had been illuminated by Italy’s adventure and Denmark’s remarkable courage, by Spanish neurosis and Dutch energy. […]
Martyl Reinsdorf, 85, designed five of the Bulls’ six NBA championship rings, as well as the White Sox’s World Series championship ring in 2005. “My mother had such a heart for children,” her son, Bulls COO Michael Reinsdorf, said. …Read the full story
When the video was made isn’t clear, but the assumption is it wasn’t that long ago and certainly after the Eagles wrapped up their spring workouts on June 4. “We have to continue building that,” said Smith about his chemistry with Hurts last month. “I always tell people the first thing about him, one, the […]
And there they both were at Detroit Golf Club on Monday, the very symbols of why the John Shippen National Invitational was molded into reality this year. Named after the first American-born golf professional and also the country’s first Black pro, the Shippen’s organizers are looking to provide top-level pro golf experiences for Black golfers. […]
There may be no accurate way to explain what was happening on South Capitol Street this evening during the Nationals’ 8-4 victory over the Mets. Behind a power barrage that included two more Schwarbombs and five more scoreless innings from Espino, the secret weapon of the pitching staff, the Nationals disposed of the Mets in […]
We remain of that view, and in fact, with the future Games in Beijing and the continued uncertainty with the virus and the Games being halfway around the world, not necessarily an ideal Games to elect to go to. “Having said that, we negotiated in good faith with the Players’ Association last summer. “Let’s be […]
Current Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he had been forwarded an email written by Goldman’s daughter, Abby. …Read the full story
On its face, dropping four of seven games makes for a bummer of a week. At least relative to three days ago. “We just got outplayed for three games. The trip to San Diego wasn’t all bad for the Dodgers, who saw the activation of both Max Muncy and Cody Bellinger off the injured list. […]
