Whether or not that works — this is the sport’s first offseason lockout, so who knows — the reality is that Major League Baseball is now experiencing its first labor stoppage since the players’ strike of 1994-95. The current lockout marks the ninth work stoppage in modern MLB labor history — i.e., since Marvin Miller […]
They had also signed right-handed starter Jon Gray and outfielder Kole Calhoun as part of second-year general manager Chris Young’s attempt to improve a roster that has finished last in the American League West in three of the past five years. There’s no doubt the Rangers will be better come next season, and they should […]
“You’re not going to backdoor your way into the single-elimination tournament. “You see where the AFC is, you see where the AFC North is,” Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said. Just like when they beat us up there in Pittsburgh last year, and then they came here and we won it. “To be the team we […]
Indianapolis didn’t have too much breathing room in their matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars last week, but they still walked away with a 23-17 win. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Buffalo had established a 38-3 advantage. It was close but no cigar for Indianapolis […]
The Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings are set to square off in an NFC North matchup at 1 p.m. Vikings picks, you’ll want to see the NFL predictions from the model at SportsLine. The model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, is up almost $7,500 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks […]
Verlander has pitched in one game in the last two seasons because of Tommy John surgery, and he’s not exactly a known quantity as a 39-year-old coming off a lengthy rehab process. Freddie Freeman, first baseman and warrior-poet of the world champion Atlanta Braves, is a free agent. That would likely extend well into his […]
And while you can’t blame Ross here — first off, it’s true; second, what else is he supposed to say? — there’s an awful lot of context behind this start that paints a grim picture for the Cubs’ upcoming summer. Yes, the Pirates are allowing nine runs per game against Not Cubs but a touch […]