rei Page 49 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Addison Russell's Ex-Wife Says She Will Cooperate With MLB's Abuse Investigation
Melisa Reidy-Russell, ex-wife of Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, said in an interview with ESPN’s Jesse Rogers that she will cooperate with MLB’s domestic violence investigation of her ex-husband now that their divorce is finalized. The divorce became official at the end of August, and earli...
Eric Reid Finally Signed By Carolina Panthers<em></em>
Former 49ers safety Eric Reid has been an outspoken advocate for Colin Kaepernick, and previously joined Kaepernick in his protest against police brutality and systemic racism. Reid went into the offseason as a free agent, and despite being just 26 years old, the former Pro Bowler could not land a j...
Rick Reilly Confuses The Hell Out Of Justin Thomas With A Terrible Question
Serial self-plagiarizer and teeth-enthusiast Rick Reilly has, for some goddamn reason, made a return to the world of sports writing. He attended a press conference at the Ryder Cup today, and while Justin Thomas was on the dais, Rick turned on that classic charm we all know and love:...
MLB Is Back On Its Bullshit In The Addison Russell Case
In June of last year, Melisa Reidy-Russell, ex-wife of Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, wrote on Instagram about being cheated on and lied to. A friend left a comment on the same post saying that Reidy-Russell had been physically and mentally abused. Soon afterward, Reidy-Russell applied for a divorc...
Blog Linked From Addison Russell’s Ex-Wife’s Instagram Alleges Physical And Emotional Abuse<em></em>
An Instagram account that belongs to Melisa Reidy-Russell, the ex-wife of Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, added a link to its bio late Thursday. The link leads to a blog post describing years of physical and emotional abuse by an unnamed former spouse. ...
WWE’s Cage Matches Have Way Too Much Interference
It had been a long PPV—WWE’s Hell in a Cell 2018 clocked in at 3 hours, 40 minutes and 48 seconds plus a pre-show with a match—and by the time the main event was over, what should have been a thrilling match was bogged down by an exhausting parade of interference. ...
Maybe Change Is A Bad Thing?
It was a bad week to be an NFL coach making his debut on their new team. After Jon Gruden’s Raiders decided to allow the Rams to score 23 straight points on their way to a 33-13 loss, new coaches ended the first week of the regular season a combined 0-7, breaking a 17-year NFL record....
Regardless Of Who You Cheer Or Boo, WWE Usually Isn't Listening
One of the most striking things about last Saturday’s All In pay-per-view, the independent wrestling event that sold out over 11,000 seats in suburban Chicago, was where the show differed from WWE. When it came to the in-ring wrestling style and the creative influence of Cody Rhodes and The Young Bu...
Iowa Football Player Arrested For Foolishly Thinking The Police Want Drunk Students To Get Home Safely<em></em>
Iowa Hawkeyes defensive lineman Brady Reiff was arrested Saturday morning after thinking that a police car was a cab. Yeah right, like campus police would ever help a student who had too much to drink!...
Gwen Jorgensen Wants To Be The Best In The World. Again.<em></em>
Endurance athletes, triathletes and distance runners, are a humble lot—hardworking, long suffering, and taught to endure not only punishing workouts, but years of incremental improvements with little, if any, monetary reward or recognition. Humility, patience, and persistence are the hallmarks of th...
Why Aren't NFL Safeties Getting Signed?
Eric Reid’s collusion grievance has been in the news, but Reid’s specific situation has overshadowed a rather curious offseason phenomenon involving him and his entire position group: NFL teams aren’t keen on signing free-agent safeties....
The Athletic Has Inflicted<em></em> Rick Reilly Upon You
If you are subscriber to The Athletic, I have some bad news for you:...
NFL Players Association Files Grievance On Behalf Of Eric Reid
Free-agent safety Eric Reid filed a collusion grievance against the NFL last week, accusing league owners of actively colluding in order to keep him from being signed, due to his past decision to protest racial injustice by kneeling for the national anthem. Now, the NFLPA has filed a separate grieva...
Eric Reid Files Collusion Grievance Against The NFL
Free agent safety Eric Reid has filed a collusion grievance against the NFL and retained Mark Geragos, the same attorney who is also handling Colin Kaepernick’s collusion lawsuit. Reid began kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial inequality and police brutality during the 2016 season,...
Historically Horrendous Boner By Bayern Munich's Keeper Gifts Real Madrid A Goal
If ever there were any doubt that Real Madrid are the luckiest team in the history of the world, this staggering gaffe by Bayern Munich’s Sven Ulreich that set up Karim Benzema for the easiest goal he’ll ever score in his life should remove all doubt:...
Referee Awards Penalty Kick During Halftime In Latest Video Replay Farce
If ever you needed evidence that even when video replay is right it can still be horribly wrong, yesterday’s Bundesliga match between Mainz and Freiburg should serve as just that....
Part-Time Tennis Man Beats World No. 34 In Triumph Of The Everyman
It’s been two full years since Lamine Ouahab played a match in the main draw of an ATP tournament. Even his appearance at lower levels of competition has been sporadic; the 33-year-old has been “seemingly competing only part time,” per Sport360. If you’d tuned in at any point in today’s first-round ...
Andre Ingram Is The NBA's Best Story
It took Andre Ingram 10 years and 384 games in the minors and overseas—in Orem, Utah; El Segundo, California; Perth, Australia; back to El Segundo—never making more than $30,000 a year, and working as a math tutor to make ends meet. Last night, finally, after all of that, in a game that didn’t matte...
Report: Bengals, Of All Fucking Teams, Concerned About Eric Reid's Kneeling
The Cincinnati Bengals, an NFL franchise which has employed some of the most violent players in the sport, reportedly met with free-agent safety Eric Reid, who previously protested police brutality and racial discrimination by kneeling during the national anthem. According to Pro Football Talk’s Mik...
32-Year-Old Andre Ingram Stole The Show In His NBA Debut
When the Los Angeles Lakers signed career minor leaguer Andre Ingram to his first NBA contract today, it felt mostly inconsequential to all but Ingram himself—or at most, a sort of cute story. Sure, the 32-year-old had grinded for a decade in the NBA’s developmental league, and playing for the Laker...