organ Page 11 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Baseball America’s Top 50 names in college baseball is missing some Sharts and a Hug
Baseball America has ranked this year’s top 50 names in college baseball, and it’s a good list....
Patrick Mazeika rewrites MLB history books (no, really) with walk-off fielder’s choice
Patrick Mazeika has had an incredible first week in the major leagues. It’s one thing to make history, but quite another to rewrite it entirely....
IOC president cancels Japan trip as COVID cases spike — remind me again how safe the games will be
Well this isn’t the best look....
Why I won’t watch the 2021 Tokyo Olympics
Count me out on the Olympics....
Baseball didn’t anticipate this odd rash of no-hitters, which there are more of than 'count' because 'rules'
John Means pitched this season’s third no-hitter on Wednesday afternoon in Seattle, except it was really the fourth, as Major League Baseball keeps finding out that whatever oddities are available to be achieved, someone eventually will achieve them....
The IOC is trying to ‘stick to sports’ by banning kneeling at the Tokyo Olympics – it won’t work
A day after it was proven that the sports world played a part in the guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin, and just hours after police in Ohio murdered 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant, the International Olympic Committee decided to keep the ban on athletes protesting racial and social issues at the Tokyo Game...
Why the European Super League is terrible for soccer and bad for pro sports
I got a lot of texts and messages last night from my non-soccer initiated friends. It was surprising how big of a story the formation of “The Super League” became on every U.S. outlet. Obviously European soccer has become a big deal on these shores, but that it hit every major website near the top (...
On Opening Day, the signs of how much we’ve lost were everywhere
After getting the coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, I was pretty out of it on Thursday, which meant that Opening Day was a different experience than usual. I woke up in the morning, had breakfast and walked the dog, then went right back to sleep, setting an alarm to be able to watch the first inning...
MMA fighter 'didn't even flinch' after losing finger in Philly fight
This is not what Case meant by Touch Me, Tease Me. ...
April Fools, these fake sports tweets probably got you too
We all want to be first. First in line for whatever you’re buying, first to discover new talent, first to see that blockbuster hit. In the media, we also want to be first to a story. You probably do too. That might be why you’re on Twitter — to follow the “Woj Bombs” or Schefter’s BREAKING news. But...
The Flyers have eaten another one
As every sport relies more heavily on analytics to tell us what’s really going on, there are fewer and fewer occurrences that seemingly spring from a different plane of existence. Something beyond explanation. Things that are only familiar to Wiccans. We can just about always point to some number or...
Tokyo Olympics to be held without foreign fans
Most Japanese citizens don’t want the large international event to begin with. But now, according to the Kyodo News, the Japanese government will not allow foreign spectators to attend this summer’s Olympics and Paralympic Games. The decision to bar overseas fans, according to the report, stems from...
Jeanette Lee's cancer diagnosis is heartbreaking
Jeanette Lee, at one time was the most famous pool player in the world. While the temptation for the ignorant will be to dismiss that as simply being attractive or having the ass-kicking nickname “The Black Widow,” most of it was due to her being one of the best players in the world. Her accolades s...
Seven Flyers now on COVID list, and one of them, Oskar Lindblom, just got over cancer
Friday was a rare night in the NHL with no games postponed due to COVID-19 … because there were only two games scheduled to begin with....
Laughingstock of Japan Yoshiro Mori won’t resign from Olympic committee gig
It’s been a rough week for Yoshiro Mori. After spouting sexist comments and igniting a media firestorm in Japan, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said he will not resign....
Tokyo Olympic organizers raise giant middle finger to Japanese citizens
Last month, a Kyodo News poll found that 80 percent of Japanese citizens favor canceling or postponing this year’s Olympic games. Today, Tokyo Olympic organizers vowed to hold the games in the summer....
The Tokyo 2020/2021 Olympics are off ... or not ... maybe
It would be very….I guess we call it “this age” as 2021 hasn’t really separated itself from 2020 yet, for leagues like the NBA, NHL, various soccer leagues, and UEFA as a whole to avoid the Olympics like the plague, and then watch them canceled....
Joe Morgan, championed by the analytics he hated, passes away at 77
Most old-time baseball men hate sabermetrics for fear of their own legacy. They’ll never admit that, but it’s what’s at the heart of it. That pretty much spreads to every industry, where the way we used to do it is obviously better than the way we do it now (and sometimes that’s true). That somehow ...
Japanese Baseball Is Back and You Know a Bunch of These Guys
As Major League Baseball and its players continue to collectively unholster a giant middle finger at all of us, another country has uncorked action on the diamond....
Soccer Superstar Alex Morgan Successfully Makes Human Being — Baby Girl Charlie Elena
Happy Mother’s Day, Alex. ...