Here are the five most common ways to make an out in baseball There are always more outs in a game of baseball than there are anything else. On both sides of the diamond, there are 51-54 outs total in a single game. If you had data on every out made in baseball games for the last 50+ years, what do you think it would tell you? Chris Ford of All My Sports Teams Suck took it upon himself to … [Read more...]
Ex-Arkansas RB says he’s headed to Kansas, not SMU (Update)
Ex-Arkansas RB says he's headed to Kansas, not SMU (Update) Update: June 7 It appears Denzell Evans has had a change of heart. Instead of transferring from Arkansas to SMU, Evans told the Lawrence Journal-World he plans to transfer to Kansas. The move isn't official yet. Evans is still taking classes at Arkansas in an effort to graduate this summer. If he earns his degree from Arkansas, he … [Read more...]
Phil Jackson doesn’t ‘know what’s so great about … the East’
Phil Jackson doesn't 'know what's so great about ... the East' Phil Jackson thinks the New York Knicks, following a hoped-for spree in the free agent market, have enough to make the playoffs. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] You have heard this before, unluckily for you this isn’t still 2014 and the words “presumptive nominee” still precede Donald … [Read more...]
Kimbo Slice dead at 42
Kimbo Slice dead at 42 Popular mixed martial arts fighter Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson has died. He was 42. Slice was stricken at his South Florida home and taken Monday afternoon to the Northwest Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, a spokeswoman for the Coral Springs, Fla., Police told Yahoo Sports on Monday. He later died. Bellator president Scott Coker confirmed Slice's death in a … [Read more...]
Northern Ireland credit for financial analyst O’Neill
Northern Ireland credit for financial analyst O’Neill Belfast (AFP) – When Michael O’Neill’s first two games as Northern Ireland manager saw them concede nine goals and score none, it was easy to think it was business as usual for one of world football’s smallest nations. With a population of under two million and no major club team, Northern Ireland remains best known as the birthplace of … [Read more...]
Matt Murray Avenue; NHL17 features; Cherry returns to HNIC (Puck Headlines)
Matt Murray Avenue; NHL17 features; Cherry returns to HNIC (Puck Headlines) Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at [email protected]. Don't believe me? Behold. pic.twitter.com/8oy1zs8VEZ— Adam Vingan … [Read more...]
Top 12 Impact Rookies – FFToday.com
Top 12 Impact Rookies - FFToday.com When deciding whether or not to accept/offer dynasty trades last year, I looked at the (likely) available talent in this year's draft and decided to trade away all of my rookie draft picks in my most important league. The result? I acquired Rob Gronkowski and C.J. Spiller in two separate trades. (In the interest of full disclosure, there were three other players … [Read more...]
President Obama sends touching note to Rollie Massimino
President Obama sends touching note to Rollie Massimino When Villanova visited the White House last week to celebrate its national championship, health issues kept revered former coach Rollie Massimino from joining the Wildcats. President Obama noticed Massimino's absence and sent the 81-year-old a heartfelt note shared by Villanova coach Jay Wright on his Twitter account Monday afternoon. … [Read more...]
Behind a resurgent Victor Martinez, the Tigers offense is rolling
Behind a resurgent Victor Martinez, the Tigers offense is rolling There were plenty of questions facing Detroit Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez when he signed a four-year, $68 million deal to stay with the club in 2014. Sure, Martinez was coming off a spectacular season at the plate, but he was 35 years old. Martinez might be one of the best hitters of his era, but Father Time comes … [Read more...]
Muhammad Ali welcomed all at Pennsylvania training camp (The Associated Press)
Muhammad Ali welcomed all at Pennsylvania training camp (The Associated Press) He called himself ''The Greatest,'' but Muhammad Ali was humble, friendly and eminently approachable whenever he came to this out-of-the-way spot in northeastern Pennsylvania to train throughout the 1970s. Since Ali's death last week at age 74, residents have been coming to the rustic hilltop camp where he … [Read more...]