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Kyle Schwarber's Ivy-Assisted Catch Was Too Good To Be True
During today’s game against the Dodgers, Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber made what would have been an incredible leaping catch if not for a little interference from the barren ivy vines out in Wrigley Field....
Anthony Rizzo's Homer Exploded Someone's Beer
Just like that Marlins guy last night, Cubs fans in the bleachers got wet trying to catch a dinger this afternoon. Unfortunately, this was because Anthony Rizzo’s first-inning dong exploded a fan’s wayward beer....
Cubs Celebrate First Championship In 108 Years In Characteristic Style
The Chicago Cubs raised the banner representing their first world championship since before World War I over Wrigley Field last night, before their game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. It rained, as God wept over the Red Sox-on-Lake Michigan coming into their full power....
Cardinals Surrender Lead Due To Yadier Molina Being Extremely Sticky
Matt Szczur reached base for the Cubs today when, in the top of the seventh inning, Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was unable to corral a third strike in the dirt. The reason Molina couldn’t find the ball to put Szczur out at first? It was stuck to his belly....
Reports: Tony Romo Will Replace Phil Simms In CBS Broadcast Booth
Tony Romo, who will be released today by the Cowboys and reportedly retire, will join the CBS broadcasting booth and be paired with Jim Nantz as the network’s lead football analyst, reports John Ourand and Adam Schefter. Schefter adds that he might eventually broadcast golf for CBS as well....
Dumb Shining Moment: Your 2017 NCAA Tournament Lowlight Reel
This year’s edition of Dumb Shining Moment features everybody’s favorite athletes; the men we paid money (to CBS sponsors) to see; the men who really ought to go pro in something other than sports....
The Detroit Tigers Will Offer You Aging Stars And A Terrible Bullpen
This is part of an occasional series comprising MLB season previews....
Javier Baez Blames Stadium Ad For Missed Grounder
It’s strange to see Cubs super utility man Javier Baez looking uncomfortable on the field, but that’s exactly what happened in the bottom of the third inning of last night’s game between the Cubs and Cardinals....
The Pittsburgh Pirates Will Be Frustratingly Competent
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Do You Really Want To Know Anything About The Marlins?
Last year was a fun one for the Miami Marlins, until it really, really wasn’t. José Fernández’s death may not actually cast a pall over the Marlins’ entire 2017 season, but it certainly feels that way now. It will definitely feel that way whenever I have to watch Dan Straily pitch....
The Baltimore Orioles Will Just Keep Swinging
This is part of an occasional series comprising MLB season previews....
The Mets Are Trying The Same Thing And Hoping For Better Results
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You Love Trucks. Do You Love People?
Donald Trump loves trucks, I guess. Also, the trucking industry is poised to be decimated by technological change. Here we have an opportunity. ...
The Oakland A's Are Lonely
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Jake Arrieta Jacks Longest-Ever Measured Dinger By A Pitcher<em></em>
Jake Arrieta stepped up to the plate for the first time at spring training this afternoon and he promptly picked up where he left off last year, smashing a Zack Greinke pitch 465 feet off into the stands. This is the longest dinger by a pitcher in the Statcast-era. It would have been one of the 25 l...
Four T'd Up As Warriors And Thunder "Brawl"
Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Semaj Christon, and Russell Westbrook all drew technical fouls as a fight between the Warriors and Thunder erupted near the end of tonight’s first half in Oklahoma City....
The Rockies Think They Can Win, Now They Just Have To Go Do It
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Surviving Golovkin
“It wasn’t that bad.” That’s what Danny Jacobs said Saturday night, about Gennady Golovkin’s fearsome, world-ending, thunderous power. It may be true that compared to cancer, it wasn’t that bad....
Verne Lundquist Taking A Basketball Square In The Face, In Extreme Slow Motion
Now that Vin Scully’s retired, Verne Lundquist reigns supreme as the patriarch of sports broadcasting. The CBS legend got a bit more into the game than usual, though, before today’s broadcast of the Notre Dame-WVU game in Buffalo. Ouch!...