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Predators Score In Final Minute To Send Game 4 To Overtime
Trailing 2-1, with 35 seconds left in Game 4 of the conference finals, the Nashville Predators’ Filip Forsberg snuck one past the Anaheim Ducks’ goalie to tie it up and send the game to overtime....

Hopefully Freddie Freeman Will Be Okay
Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman left last night’s game against the Blue Jays in the fifth inning after taking a fastball to the left wrist. It was one of those moments that immediately makes you worry about broken bones and weeks on the disabled list. ...

Curt Schilling Says No One Denies Racism Exists, Denies Racism Exists
Curt Schilling, former Red Sox pitcher and possibly an adult who does not grasp the concept of object permanence, had questions when Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said he was the target of racial slurs at a May 1 game at Fenway Park. Jones respectfully said, in an interview published Tuesday, that S...

Nashville Is A Great Place To Play Hockey
For about 20 minutes of Game 3, the Predators were unstoppable. Filip Forsberg scored the tying goal 3:54 into the third period, and Roman Josi netted the power-play winner with 2:43 left, and in between were two goals waved off for goaltender interference. Throughout, the Predators surged, doubling...

Ryan Kesler Is Making Ryan Johansen So Mad
The Western Conference Finals were always going to be decided up top. Nashville, without a ton of scoring from its depth forwards, relies heavily on its top line centered by Ryan Johansen, and they’ve been ultra-hot in these playoffs. Anaheim’s shutdown line, anchored by Ryan Kesler, can certainly f...

David Ortiz Calls Out Bobby Valentine In New Book: "Aggravating As Hell, Arrogant And Disrespectful"<em></em>
Bobby Valentine’s one season as manager of the Red Sox came with plenty of drama and openly expressed frustration, ending with the team’s worst record in nearly a half-century. It’s not surprising, then, that David Ortiz doesn’t have any fond memories of Valentine to share in his new book, Papi: My ...

We Found The One Thing P.K. Subban Doesn't Do Well
After a 3-1 Game 6 elimination of the Blues, the Nashville Predators are on their way to the first conference finals in franchise history. One enormous reason why has been the defense, with lights-out goaltending from Pekka Rinne and outstanding work by the blueline pairings of Mattias Ekholm/P.K. S...

Nashville TV Station Thinks The Predators Are In The Stanley Cup Finals
“PREDS HEAD TO STANLEY CUP FINALS!”...

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The Red Sox Had A Field Day With Poor Nick Tepesch
As the Twins’ top pitching prospect, José Berrios was the obvious choice to replace the hapless and now-demoted Kyle Gibson in the team’s starting rotation. But they gave the call-up to Nick Tepesch instead—a late-winter, minor-league signing who hasn’t appeared in a game for two weeks—and, man, tha...

Racist Boston Sports Fans Are Very Much A Boston Problem
By now, you know that Adam Jones was subjected to racial taunts at Fenway Park earlier this week. I honestly thought this was a fairly open-and-shut, easily-condemned case of fan misconduct. But ohhhhhhhh, oh how I was mistaken. Dear reader, you should never, EVER underestimate the hilarious defensi...

Curt Schilling Isn't Sold On The Claim That Someone Was Racist At Fenway Park
A few days after Orioles outfielder Adam Jones said he was berated with racist insults by opposing fans at Fenway Park, former Red Sox pitcher and ultimate meme lord Curt Schilling wants to take a step back, assess the situation, and fart all over it....

Red Sox Ban Fan Who Used Racial Slur At Game For Life
One day after Orioles outfielder Adam Jones was subject to a racist insult from a fan at Fenway Park, the Red Sox permanently banned a fan for using a racial slur during a separate incident at Tuesday night’s game....

Nonsensical Ejection Caps Off Red Sox-Orioles Beef In Dumbest Way Possible
The Red Sox and Orioles have engaged in quite the skirmish over the past week and change, repeatedly throwing baseballs at each other and glowering just enough to get Rob Manfred to step in and tell them to cool it. By the time the commissioner gets involved in a confrontation like this, it’s usuall...

The Red Sox Need To Chill The Hell Out
No one seems to understand why the drama between the Red Sox and Orioles is still ongoing, but it’s well past time for the Sox to cut the shit....

Manny Machado Repeatedly Curses Red Sox's "Fucking Bullshit," Says He Has No Respect For Organization<em></em>
Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale threw behind Orioles third baseman Manny Machado on the first pitch of his at-bat tonight. Sale’s message was the latest slice of beef that started with Machado sliding into Dustin Pedroia over a week ago. Machado crushed a homer off Sale later in tonight’s game to get hi...

How Not To React To News Of Boston Fan Racism
After Monday’s game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park, Orioles outfielder Adam Jones told USA Today’s Bob Nightengale that he had been the fans’ target for racist insults and one thrown bag of peanuts. Jones’s original quotes:...

Red Sox Apologize To Adam Jones For Racist Taunts
Orioles outfielder Adam Jones says he dealt with racist insults during last night’s game in Boston, and that one fan threw a bag of peanuts at him. This morning, the Red Sox released an official apology to Jones....

Adam Jones Says Red Sox Fans Taunted Him With Racist Insults
After the Orioles beat the Red Sox in Boston tonight, Orioles center fielder Adam Jones said that some Red Sox fans spent the game pelting him with racist insults. As Jones told USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, he’s dealt with racism from Red Sox fans before, but tonight was the worst such experience of...

Manny Machado Bashes Huge Homer Over The Green Monster, Takes His Time Admiring It
Manny Machado, who just a few days ago crushed the longest homer of the season so far when he sent a ball flying over the restaurant in the Yankees’ center field, hit another major tater at Fenway tonight, sending Rick Porcello’s 2-2 pitch well over the Green Monster....