ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Yankees were beatable, after all. The Rays rallied again on Sunday to hand the Bombers their second straight loss behind a home run and tough defense from Taylor Walls, who predicted the outcome on Thursday. Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres each homered for the Yankees only offense in the 4-2 […]
Read more »Chris Bassitt’s early career as a Mets starter has not gone unnoticed. It’s had its highs, like the four wins and one no decision he picked up in which he did not allow more than one run to score on his watch in those games. It’s had some tough lows, like the two losses plus […]
Read more »Former Chicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles, who now plays for the Indianapolis Colts, on May 23 placed his seven-bedroom, 7,664-square-foot mansion in Glencoe on the market for $3.29 million. A onetime Super Bowl MVP, Foles, 33, only played in one game for the Bears last year — a victory, no less — and was released […]
Read more »Giants manager Gabe Kapler announced his national anthem protest on Friday in the wake of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A day later, his Mets counterpart, Buck Showalter, said he supports Kapler’s action and would support his players if they chose to do the same. “I respect everybody’s views on […]
Read more »ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Yankees were beatable, after all. The Rays rallied again on Sunday to hand the Bombers their second straight loss behind a home run and tough defense from Taylor Walls, who predicted the outcome on Thursday. Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres each homered for the Yankees only offense in the 4-2 […]
Read more »The Chicago Cubs’ process for creating another World Series contender requires again overhauling the major-league roster. There is nothing disputable about the statement. Whether this is called a rebuild depends on the perspective. Don’t expect any Cubs personnel to refer to the organization’s current undertaking as such, but ultimately it’s semantics. The Cubs clearly have […]
Read more »MINNEAPOLIS — Nneka Ogwumike’s putback of her own miss with 7.3 seconds left lifted the Los Angeles Sparks to an 85-83 win over the Minnesota Lynx. Rachel Banham’s jumper with 26.6 seconds to go pulled Minnesota even for just the second time. The game was also tied at 65 after the Lynx erased a 17-point […]
Read more »FULLERTON — It was a wild Friday night at Goodwin Field. But only UC Irvine enjoyed the outcome. The Anteaters rallied from a three-run first-inning deficit to earn a 7-3 victory over Cal State Fullerton that evened their three-game Big West Conference series going into Saturday’s season finale. Fullerton pitchers endured a rough night, with […]
Read more »Giants manager Gabe Kapler announced his national anthem protest on Friday in the wake of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A day later, his Mets counterpart, Buck Showalter, said he supports Kapler’s action and would support his players if they chose to do the same. “I respect everybody’s views on […]
Read more »ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Yankees were beatable, after all. The Rays rallied again on Sunday to hand the Bombers their second straight loss behind a home run and tough defense from Taylor Walls, who predicted the outcome on Thursday. Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres each homered for the Yankees only offense in the 4-2 […]
Read more »MINNEAPOLIS — Nneka Ogwumike’s putback of her own miss with 7.3 seconds left lifted the Los Angeles Sparks to an 85-83 win over the Minnesota Lynx. Rachel Banham’s jumper with 26.6 seconds to go pulled Minnesota even for just the second time. The game was also tied at 65 after the Lynx erased a 17-point […]
Read more »The Chicago Cubs’ process for creating another World Series contender requires again overhauling the major-league roster. There is nothing disputable about the statement. Whether this is called a rebuild depends on the perspective. Don’t expect any Cubs personnel to refer to the organization’s current undertaking as such, but ultimately it’s semantics. The Cubs clearly have […]
Read more »FULLERTON — It was a wild Friday night at Goodwin Field. But only UC Irvine enjoyed the outcome. The Anteaters rallied from a three-run first-inning deficit to earn a 7-3 victory over Cal State Fullerton that evened their three-game Big West Conference series going into Saturday’s season finale. Fullerton pitchers endured a rough night, with […]
Read more »And with Game 106 – through the preseason, regular season, postseason – it’s over. The Miami Heat’s wild ride through COVID absences, injuries and playoff challenges ultimately came to an end with Sunday night’s 100-96 loss at FTX Arena to the Boston Celtics in the winner-take-all Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals. For the […]
Read more »Ballerinas performed pirouettes to patriotic ballads on a battleship. That’s not a scene that takes place every day — except at LA Fleet Week. The San Pedro City Ballet stopped by the annual celebration of America’s maritime military branches on Saturday and Sunday, May 28 and 29, to, as the LA Fleet Week website said, […]
Read more »Nick Plummer will remember exactly one moment from his first big-league start. The Mets’ hero of the night hadn’t recorded his first major-league hit before the ninth inning of the Mets’ 5-4 win over the Phillies on Sunday. And he sent Phillies reliever Corey Knebel’s first pitch to him that inning into the abyss to […]
Read more »For any pitcher, joining a list that includes Jim Palmer, Mike Mussina and Don Larsen should be a matter of pride. Two of them are Hall of Famers, and the third pitched a perfect game in the World Series. As pitching royalty goes, those three are about as regal as it gets. And yet, for […]
Read more »Observations and other notes of interest from Sunday night’s 100-96 NBA playoff loss to the Boston Celtics: – Jimmy Butler is all that. – He is. – Win. Or lose. – At moments of truth, when able to get the knee right, he was the best player in the Eastern Conference finals. – By far. […]
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