The Stew's Winter Meetings tracker: Monday SAN DIEGO — Let the Winter Meetings begin. Baseball executives, agents and media members have gathered this week for baseball's annual Winter Meetings. They run through Thursday, and some baseball pundits are predicting a wild four days of deals. We'll see. The Stew is here to help you keep track of every done deal, every whisper of a free-agent … [Read more...]
MLB Winter Meetings journal: Day One
MLB Winter Meetings journal: Day One SAN DIEGO — Hola from the epicenter of Major League Baseball for the next four days — the annual Winter Meetings. I'm on the scene and I'll be blogging up a storm for Big League Stew as deals get done. But I'll start each day of the Winter Meetings with a daily journal just like this one. In it, I'll run down five hot rumors to keep an eye on, plus I'll … [Read more...]
Mets, A’s, Giants interested in Korean SS Kang
Mets, A's, Giants interested in Korean SS Kang Jung-Ho Kang hit 39 home runs with a .364/.457/.733 slash line in Korea last season. (Getty Images) SAN DIEGO -- Power-hitting Korean shortstop Jung-Ho Kang is drawing interest, no surprise considering the thin shortstop market, and the Mets, Athletics and Giants are among teams interested. While some may view the slugging Kang as more of a second … [Read more...]
Report: Cubs close to deal to bring back Jason Hammel
Report: Cubs close to deal to bring back Jason Hammel The Chicago Cubs need to bolster their starting rotation, that's no secret. That's why they're going hard after Jon Lester and why they're reportedly close to bringing back a guy they traded away last July. Jason Hammel, who was sent to Oakland with Jeff Samardzija in the Fourth of July blockbuster, will be back in a Cubs uniform in 2015, … [Read more...]
10 storylines to watch this week at MLB’s Winter Meetings
10 storylines to watch this week at MLB's Winter Meetings SAN DIEGO — The lobby here at the Manchester Grand Hyatt is already buzzing. There are general managers attracting crowds, agents hoping to maneuver for their clients and reporters with notebooks in their hands, looking for a scoop. The baseball world is concentrated here, in San Diego, at the annual Winter Meetings, which run Monday … [Read more...]
Ohio State clinches playoff spot, Big 12 left out College football playoff … – CNN (blog)
Ohio State clinches playoff spot, Big 12 left out College football playoff ... - CNN (blog) STORY HIGHLIGHTS In the semifinals on January 1: Alabama vs. Ohio State and Oregon vs. Florida State Controversy swirls as Baylor and TCU miss out Ohio State jumped into the Final Four by drubbing Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game Big 12 is the only one of the five "power conferences" not to … [Read more...]
Don’t be an idiot: Week 14 NFL picks against the spread – SB Nation
Don't be an idiot: Week 14 NFL picks against the spread - SB Nation One way to bet on sports is to not be an idiot. Death taxes, and me picking 42 percent winners. You can set your watch to it. This week I'm off to a blazing 1-0 start after banking on the Cowboys to manhandle the Bears. For a brief, fleeting moment it looked like the Bears might just have enough heart in them to come back in the … [Read more...]
American Ted Ligety wins Beaver Creek giant slalom (The Associated Press)
American Ted Ligety wins Beaver Creek giant slalom (The Associated Press) BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) -- American Ted Ligety used a powerful second run to win a World Cup giant slalom Sunday despite a broken wrist. … [Read more...]
Is CM Punk the next Brock Lesnar? Time will tell, but it’s unlikely (Yahoo Sports)
Is CM Punk the next Brock Lesnar? Time will tell, but it's unlikely (Yahoo Sports) The former WWE star's venture into the UFC is a bold move, but that doesn't mean it's a smart one. … [Read more...]
Barcelona’s Camp Nou Assigned Additional Security Ahead of Sunday’s Catalan Derby
Barcelona’s Camp Nou Assigned Additional Security Ahead of Sunday’s Catalan Derby The commission of security has determined that Sunday’s match between Barcelona and Espanyol is a “high risk” event. This means the Catalan derby will be assigned members of the state police (Mossos), municipal police (Guardia Urbana) and auxillary officers – … Continue reading → … [Read more...]