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Yankees, Twins Offer Strong Display Of Starting Pitching In First Inning
Luis Severino has been the best part of the Yankees’ rotation this year, leading the team’s starters in ERA (2.98) and FIP (3.07) and strikeout rate (10.71 per nine innings). He’s forced more ground balls than almost anyone else (more than half of his contact) and allowed fewer home runs (fewer than...
Marcus And Markieff Morris Found Not Guilty In Assault Trial
Marcus and Markieff Morris were acquitted of aggravated assault today, more than two years after they were first charged with helping to beat up a former acquaintance outside a high school basketball game. ...
Referee John Higgins Sues Kentucky Sports Radio Over Trolling
Men’s college basketball referee John Higgins is suing Kentucky Sports Radio, accusing the show’s hosts of sharing his personal information and encouraging angry Kentucky fans to come after him for his officiating in the Wildcats’s Elite Eight loss to North Carolina....
Brewers Prospect Bubba Derby Opens Up About Escape From Las Vegas Massacre
Bubba Derby is a minor-league pitcher in the Brewers system, and he was at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas when Stephen Paddock opened fire on the crowd, killing at least 59 people. Derby was at the festival with several family members and friends, and he’s since detailed the terrifying e...
The Return Of The Triple Back Somersault In Men's Gymnastics
MONTREAL, Canada—Here is something amazing: I saw a triple back somersault on floor exercise....
Kentucky Governor On NCAA Scandal: Pay The Players Already
With one of his state’s most well-known universities once again embroiled in a national recruiting scandal, Kentucky governor Matt Bevin took time in an interview with radio station WKYX to address Louisville’s latest missteps and, opposed to his hollow, bullshit statements on gun control, addressed...
Coach K Is Just Bewildered By The FBI's College Basketball Investigation
Once again, the loathsome Duke Blue Devils are expected to be one of the best teams in the country. Remember compulsive tripping artist Grayson Allen, a preening dingus whose Very Serious suspension lasted until Duke had an important ballgame? Not only is he back, but he’ll be the captain this year ...
Joel Embiid Is Nailing The Philadelphia Lifestyle<em></em>
Philadelphians are psyched as heck for the Sixers, but the excitement that the city feels for potential superstar Joel Embiid is something even purer and stranger than that....
The Cubs Were Never More Themselves Than In 1979
The following is excerpted from The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse, by Rich Cohen....
Gymnasts Redo Routines After Floor Breaks At World Championships<em></em>
MONTREAL, Canada—Bart Deurloo, the Dutch gymnast who was almost knocked out earlier this week by a fall from the high bar, is the hero of the 2017 world championships. He was the final gymnast to compete on the floor exercise during the last rotation (of six) of the men’s fourth preliminary subdivis...
MLB's New Diversity Fellowship Is A Small Step But A Big Deal<em></em>
Major League Baseball is launching a “diversity fellowship program” aimed at creating roles specifically for women and people of color in front offices and in the Commissioner’s Office in New York....
Here Are The Most Interesting Guys Of The AL Playoffs
You may have checked out of baseball once your team’s season turned into a trash heap, but that’s okay! You’ve come back just in time for the best month of the year, as all the highest-stakes games with top-quality talent begin. Here’s a guide to the AL players you need to pay attention to as the po...
Kohei Uchimura's World Championship Streak Snapped By Ankle Injury
MONTREAL, Canada—The greatest male gymnast of all-time will not win his seventh consecutive world all-around title. He won’t even have a chance to try to defend the title....
MLB's International Signing Rules Are A Disgrace
The precise details of what led to former Atlanta Braves general manager John Coppolella’s downfall are still unknown, but the basics are out: It was a breach of international signing rules, one said to be “significantly bigger” than the one that cost the Red Sox dearly last year. That makes this a ...
Look At Derek Jeter, The Big Double iPad Boy
The Miami Marlins would like to introduce you to new team owner Derek Jeter....
Chiefs Win, Cover Spread And Hit Total With Game-Ending, Otherwise Meaningless Fumble Return TD<em></em>
After wide receiver Josh Doctson dropped a pass that would have given Washington a go-ahead touchdown with less than a minute remaining, the team settled for a game-tying field goal. But a quick drive by the Chiefs put Kansas City back on top with a field goal of their own, and with just a few secon...
Trash, Like Feelings, Can Become A Sad Wet Fire When Buried
Today’s column is about mysterious trash fires....
Braves GM John Coppolella Resigns Due To Breach Of International Signing Rules
Atlanta Braves general manager John Coppolella resigned abruptly this afternoon due to “a breach of Major League Baseball rules regarding the international player market,” the Braves announced in a statement....