Nikki Spoelstra, the wife of Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, posted on Instagram on Friday evening a heartfelt message detailing a health issue that has affected their 4-year-old son, Santiago. Nikki Spoelstra, who has almost 25,000 followers on Instagram, wrote: “The day after his fourth birthday, our son went in for an unexpected surgery. Intussusception.…
Month: July 2022
‘I wish this day never came’: An emotional Willson Contreras tries to soak in his likely last games at Wrigley Field with the Chicago Cubs
Tears started to fill Willson Contreras’ red-rimmed eyes. For months the Chicago Cubs All-Star catcher had kept thoughts about his future at bay. Free agency, the trade deadline, all the uncertainties after 13 years with the only big-league organization he has known — those were things to worry about later. He had maintained since spring…
Mets top Yankees, 6-3, to take first game of Subway Series at Citi
The first game of the 2022 Subway Series hit all the notes one would expect. Players on both sides stepping up, delivering big home runs and scintillating defensive plays? Check. Fans of both teams displaying behavior that should probably get them institutionalized? You bet. A game time well over three hours? Absolutely. “Was that under…
Angels’ José Suarez rides new pitch mix to scoreless outing against Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — José Suarez pitched one of his best games of the season on Tuesday night, while giving the team hope that perhaps he’s discovered something that will make a long-term difference for the 24-year-old left-hander. Suarez threw more sliders than he ever had before in the Angels’ 6-0 victory over the Kansas…
Former Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Sean Marshall sells Lincolnwood home for $2M
Former Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Sean Marshall and his wife, Sarah, on Monday sold their five-bedroom Lincolnwood home for $2.18 million. Marshall, 39, pitched for the Cubs from 2006 until 2011, when the team traded him to the Cincinnati Reds. His baseball career ended in 2014, and in recent years, he became a Cubs analyst…
Orioles promote prospect Terrin Vavra as Jonathan Araúz lands on injured list with fractured finger
Brandon Hyde’s first priority is winning. That comes before anything else for the Orioles manager, even before ensuring a major league debut for Terrin Vavra, the organization’s 12th-ranked prospect according to Baseball America. “If the opportunity presents itself, then it does,” Hyde said. “But we’re trying to win every night’s game.” Whenever Vavra does appear,…
Former Dodgers Josiah Gray, Keibert Ruiz earning their stripes with Nationals
LOS ANGELES ― The highly anticipated trade for Juan Soto – wherever he goes, whenever he goes there – is expected to fetch the Washington Nationals a core of young players to build a franchise around. The Nats already have two such players, thanks to the Dodgers. Pitcher Josiah Gray, 24, started Tuesday night’s game…
Ramón Urías’ late blast lifts Orioles to 5-3 win over Rays as Baltimore moves above .500, into fourth place in AL East
Adley Rutschman pumped his fist and a crowd of soggy but satisfied Orioles fans leaped to their feet in the eighth inning Tuesday night. Ramón Urías had blasted a two-run, no-doubt home run into left-center field, and though it was just the Orioles’ fourth hit of the game, it gave them a 4-3 lead over…
NBA free agents: List mostly picked clean, but Hassan Whiteside, Markieff Morris remain
Where the NBA free-agent list stands: Best available: Miles Bridges (R), Colin Sexton (R), Montrzel Harrell, Dennis Schroder, Eric Bledsoe, Hassan Whiteside, Rodney Hood, Kent Bazemore, Carmelo Anthony, Rajon Rondo, Dwight Howard, Markieff Morris, Elfrid Payton, Paul Millsap, Wayne Ellington, Blake Griffin, Tristan Thompson, Kemba Walker. Agreed to terms: Kyle Anderson (Timberwolves), Deandre Ayton (Suns),…
Former Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Sean Marshall sells Lincolnwood home for $2M
Former Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Sean Marshall and his wife, Sarah, on Monday sold their five-bedroom Lincolnwood home for $2.18 million. Marshall, 39, pitched for the Cubs from 2006 until 2011, when the team traded him to the Cincinnati Reds. His baseball career ended in 2014, and in recent years, he became a Cubs analyst…
Orioles promote prospect Terrin Vavra as Jonathan Araúz lands on injured list with fractured finger
Brandon Hyde’s first priority is winning. That comes before anything else for the Orioles manager, even before ensuring a major league debut for Terrin Vavra, the organization’s 12th-ranked prospect according to Baseball America. “If the opportunity presents itself, then it does,” Hyde said. “But we’re trying to win every night’s game.” Whenever Vavra does appear,…
‘I wish this day never came’: An emotional Willson Contreras tries to soak in his likely last games at Wrigley Field with the Chicago Cubs
Tears started to fill Willson Contreras’ red-rimmed eyes. For months the Chicago Cubs All-Star catcher had kept thoughts about his future at bay. Free agency, the trade deadline, all the uncertainties after 13 years with the only big-league organization he has known — those were things to worry about later. He had maintained since spring…
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra’s wife posts that their son is in ‘remission’
Nikki Spoelstra, the wife of Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, posted on Instagram on Friday evening a heartfelt message detailing a health issue that has affected their 4-year-old son, Santiago. Nikki Spoelstra, who has almost 25,000 followers on Instagram, wrote: “The day after his fourth birthday, our son went in for an unexpected surgery. Intussusception.…
JaMychal Green to the Warriors is telling for the Nets
Coveted veteran forward JaMychal Green is expected to sign with the Golden State Warriors. Not the Brooklyn Nets. It’s the telltale sign of a true championship contender that has a leg up over the rest of the competition: Green negotiated a contract buyout after his trade from the Denver Nuggets to the Oklahoma City Thunder,…
Rookie safety Jaquan Brisker is finalizing a 4-year deal and is ready to report to Chicago Bears training camp
The Chicago Bears are finalizing a four-year contract for second-round pick Jaquan Brisker, which will allow the safety to report to Halas Hall on Tuesday as the team convenes for training camp. Rookies and quarterbacks began reporting to camp in Lake Forest over the weekend. But Brisker was not among the early arrivals as he…
ASK IRA: Has a new Heat day dawned in the Kevin Durant trade saga?
Q: Ira, when do the Heat recognize they don’t have enough for Kevin Durant. We don’t have anyone as good as Jaylen Brown to offer. – Don. A: First, it’s all speculation at this point when it comes to the names that are or aren’t being offered. And even then, it’s a matter of the…
What will the Chicago White Sox do at the trade deadline? ‘It is always a power boost when you make a move.’
Yasmani Grandal has played in seven consecutive postseasons, so he has seen the way trade deadline moves can impact a team beyond the on-field contributions. “It is always a power boost when you make a move, no matter whether you’re on a winning team or a losing team,” the Chicago White Sox catcher said Saturday.…
NBA free agents: List mostly picked clean, but Hassan Whiteside, Markieff Morris remain
Where the NBA free-agent list stands: Best available: Miles Bridges (R), Colin Sexton (R), Montrzel Harrell, Dennis Schroder, Eric Bledsoe, Hassan Whiteside, Rodney Hood, Kent Bazemore, Carmelo Anthony, Rajon Rondo, Dwight Howard, Markieff Morris, Elfrid Payton, Paul Millsap, Wayne Ellington, Blake Griffin, Tristan Thompson, Kemba Walker. Agreed to terms: Kyle Anderson (Timberwolves), Deandre Ayton (Suns),…
Rookie safety Jaquan Brisker is finalizing a 4-year deal and is ready to report to Chicago Bears training camp
The Chicago Bears are finalizing a four-year contract for second-round pick Jaquan Brisker, which will allow the safety to report to Halas Hall on Tuesday as the team convenes for training camp. Rookies and quarterbacks began reporting to camp in Lake Forest over the weekend. But Brisker was not among the early arrivals as he…
JaMychal Green to the Warriors is telling for the Nets
Coveted veteran forward JaMychal Green is expected to sign with the Golden State Warriors. Not the Brooklyn Nets. It’s the telltale sign of a true championship contender that has a leg up over the rest of the competition: Green negotiated a contract buyout after his trade from the Denver Nuggets to the Oklahoma City Thunder,…