Spring Training Daily: ST Daily: A-Rod Returns Thursday, March 05, 2015 After all the drama, controversy, and tabloid headlines, a weird thing happened Wednesday afternoon at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida: Baseball player Alex Rodriguez played in a baseball game. Crazy, right?With his year-long PED suspension behind him, Rodriguez was back in pinstripes Wednesday for his first game … [Read more...]
Tyler Zeller’s game-winning buzzer-beating layup pushes Celtics past Jazz
Tyler Zeller's game-winning buzzer-beating layup pushes Celtics past Jazz Wednesday night's matchup between the Boston Celtics and surging Utah Jazz featured 47-plus minutes of so-ugly-only-a-mother-could-love-it offense, but man, did those last few seconds make up for it. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Boston held an eight-point lead after an … [Read more...]
Marcus Semien already has five hits, seven RBIs in two spring games
Marcus Semien already has five hits, seven RBIs in two spring games Your browser does not support iframes. It's our duty to remind you that spring training stats mean little in the grand scheme of things. They're a small sample size collected against mostly inexperienced minor leaguers and fringe major leaguers battling it out for the final open spots on the 25-man roster. Little is to be … [Read more...]
Russell Westbrook drops fourth straight triple-double four days after facial surgery
Russell Westbrook drops fourth straight triple-double four days after facial surgery Russell Westbrook didn’t have to return this early, but Russell Westbrook couldn’t seem to help himself on his way toward making a very Russell Westbrook-like return. The Oklahoma City Thunder guard came back just four days after undergoing surgery to repair a fracture in his right cheek to score a … [Read more...]
Kevin Durant on his injury-plagued 2014-15: ‘I’m not packing it in at all’
Kevin Durant on his injury-plagued 2014-15: 'I’m not packing it in at all' Kevin Durant cannot return too early from treatment on his right foot. He is absolutely putting his career in danger if he rushes back to play on a foot that is causing him pain, as the sort of fracture that Durant suffered last fall could line him up for a lifetime of pain and endless breaks if he takes shortcuts … [Read more...]
Cubs seriously considered moving 2015 home games to Milwaukee
Cubs seriously considered moving 2015 home games to Milwaukee Miller Park in Milwaukee is often referred to as "Wrigley Field North" because of the large numbers of Cubs fans who make the 90-mile drive north and take over the ballpark whenever Chicago visits the division rival Brewers. However, as we learned on Wednesday, Wrigley Field North nearly became a real thing this season with the … [Read more...]
Report: MLB panel ‘deadlocked’ on treatment for Josh Hamilton
Report: MLB panel 'deadlocked' on treatment for Josh Hamilton The fate of Josh Hamilton will rest in the hands of a single arbitrator, according to Mike DiGiovanna and Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times. The four-person panel put together to decide whether Hamilton should enter a rehabilitation program for substance abuse following his recent admitted relapse reached a stalemate on … [Read more...]