Bruce Bochy says Giants 'not even close to being ready' for opening day The wins and losses don't matter much in spring training, which is why on record alone, we wouldn't be too worried about the defending champion San Francisco Giants. They're 4-12, tied for the most spring losses in all of baseball. This part, however, heightens concerns somewhat: Manager Bruce Bochy said Tuesday after … [Read more...]
2015 NFL Draft: Who Are the Top 8 Late-Round Prospects? – Bleacher Report
2015 NFL Draft: Who Are the Top 8 Late-Round Prospects? - Bleacher Report Butch Dill/Associated Press We're now in the homestretch of NFL draft season. With about six weeks until the big day, you've probably heard enough about the top 100 players in the class. The way the draft is covered is almost like a reverse pyramid. About half of the content throughout the year is based around the … [Read more...]
Tony Stewart’s horrible start continues after crashing at Phoenix
Tony Stewart's horrible start continues after crashing at Phoenix Kurt Busch made his first start of the season on Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. He's three spots higher in the points standings than his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Tony Stewart. Yes, that's how poor the beginning of 2015 has been for the three-time champion. Already in the worst three-race stretch of his career … [Read more...]
Commissioner Adam Silver: It’s ‘premature’ to worry about 2017 work stoppage
Commissioner Adam Silver: It's 'premature' to worry about 2017 work stoppage There's been no shortage of sharp rhetoric and square-off positioning between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association in recent months. Seemingly every league issue that comes up for discussion — the existence of a salary cap, the further limits that maximum contracts and the rookie wage scale put on … [Read more...]
MLB is eliminating paper All-Star ballots and our childhood weeps
MLB is eliminating paper All-Star ballots and our childhood weeps When the news broke Tuesday that MLB would be getting rid of its paper All-Star ballots starting with the 2015 season, I was momentarily transported to being a 10-year-old kid sitting inside Oakland Coliseum with a pencil in my hand. As Bloomberg reports, MLB told clubs last week in an internal memo that paper All-Star … [Read more...]
Rangers' Darvish has Tommy John operation
Rangers' Darvish has Tommy John operation Matt Wieters goes hitless in return to Orioles lineupby Shawn Krest | CBSSports.com (4:55 pm ET) Matt Wieters returned to the Orioles lineup, at catcher, on Tuesday. Wieters is returning from Tommy John surgery. He'd worked at catcher in B-squad games and served as designated hitter for the O's. Starting behind the plate and batting fifth in the … [Read more...]
LeBron James says ‘health and chemistry’ are far more important than grabbing a high seed
LeBron James says 'health and chemistry' are far more important than grabbing a high seed In 2011, LeBron James’ season ended on June 11. 2012? It ran until the 21st of June, and 2013’s run finished on June 20. James earned a bit of a respite last season, falling on the 15th of June to the San Antonio Spurs in his season’s final game, before declining to join Team USA after five previous … [Read more...]
Sitting Denver Nuggets players lament ‘getting set up for failure’
Sitting Denver Nuggets players lament 'getting set up for failure' Thanks to the Denver Nuggets’ ownership and front office, the Nuggets now boast sole possession for the best odds at the eighth pick in the 2015 NBA draft. Thanks to the Denver Nuggets’ ownership and front office, the Memphis Grizzlies (everyone’s second-favorite team) are finally off the schneid in their attempts to secure … [Read more...]
The Gilbert Arenas-Javaris Crittenton locker-room gun standoff made it to ‘Jeopardy!’
The Gilbert Arenas-Javaris Crittenton locker-room gun standoff made it to 'Jeopardy!' Well, here's something I definitely didn't expect to see on "Jeopardy!" on Monday night: [DraftKings: FREE entry to huge cash Fantasy Basketball Contest with first deposit] ! pic.twitter.com/uq5RpAgp6f— Seth Rosenthal (@seth_rosenthal) March 16, 2015 This was the $800 clue in a first-round category called … [Read more...]
Doug Fister loaded up his family in an RV for a spring training road trip
Doug Fister loaded up his family in an RV for a spring training road trip What happens when you put a man, his wife, two dogs and two cats in an RV and send them on a cross-country road trip? No, it's not the latest reality TV show, it's the story of how Washington Nationals pitcher Doug Fister made his way to spring training this year. Your browser does not support iframes. That's right, … [Read more...]