Padres catcher uncorks ridiculous pitch in blowout loss When your team is on the wrong side of a blowout loss, it's never fun. But sometimes there's a silver lining. Crazy things can happen in blowout losses, like position players pitching. On Tuesday, when the San Diego Padres got demolished by the Seattle Mariners, the Padres trotted out not just one position player on the mound, but two! … [Read more...]
Saves and Steals: Street Cleaning
Saves and Steals: Street Cleaning It was a week of returns. Not all of them went well. Brad Boxberger pitched in the sixth inning yesterday and promptly strained his “side.” That sounds like another oblique injury to me. The severity is unknown at this time. It's fair to assume Alex Colome has rock solid job security for the near future. I've bumped him up in the tiers. Huston Street's reunion … [Read more...]
Jim Harbaugh calls out Nick Saban on Twitter
Jim Harbaugh calls out Nick Saban on Twitter For the third time this year, Jim Harbaugh called out an SEC head coach on Twitter. After previously firing shots at Georgia’s Kirby Smart and Tennessee’s Butch Jones, the Michigan head coach turned his attention to a bigger target: Alabama’s Nick Saban. Earlier on Tuesday, Saban ranted about satellite camps, saying they are bad for college … [Read more...]
Zadick to lead USA Wrestling after Rio Games (Yahoo Sports)
Zadick to lead USA Wrestling after Rio Games (Yahoo Sports) Bill Zadick will take over as men's freestyle coach for the U.S. national team after the Rio Olympics in August. USA Wrestling announced Wednesday that Zadick, a former Iowa Hawkeye who won a world championship in 2006, will succeed Bruce Burnett following the Olympics. Burnett, the national team coach from 1992-2000, was rehired … [Read more...]
US national team coach Speraw to lead next Olympic cycle (Yahoo Sports)
US national team coach Speraw to lead next Olympic cycle (Yahoo Sports) John Speraw has shown he thrives balancing it all. The U.S. men's volleyball coach received a contract extension Wednesday to lead the Americans through the 2020 Olympic cycle in Tokyo, a task he is eager to handle even as he simultaneously coaches the UCLA program. The move was expected after women's national team … [Read more...]
IOC chief to travel to Brazil to check on Games, meet Temer (Yahoo Sports)
IOC chief to travel to Brazil to check on Games, meet Temer (Yahoo Sports) IOC President Thomas Bach will make a three-day trip to Brazil this month to check first-hand on final preparations for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and meet with acting President Michel Temer. The International Olympic Committee said Wednesday that Bach would visit Brazil from June 14-16, less than two months before … [Read more...]
Chicharito: Utd never gave me a chance
Chicharito: Utd never gave me a chance 2:21 PM GMT Bayer Leverkusen striker Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez said that he is sure he would have found the same success at either Manchester United or Real Madrid had he been given a chance like he has been for the Bundesliga club, according to a recent interview in FourFourTwo. The Mexico star, who turned 28 on Wednesday, scored 25 goals in 28 … [Read more...]
BDL’s 2015-16 NBA Finals Preview: Warriors vs. Cavaliers
BDL's 2015-16 NBA Finals Preview: Warriors vs. Cavaliers How They Got Here For two defending conference champions with precious little roster turnover from last season, there has been a remarkable amount of change in the clubhouse for these two squads. To start, the coaches that manned the sidelines all the way back in October when things tipped off won’t be standing much, or at all, during … [Read more...]
Steelers safety’s lucky hype videos result in Penguins wins
Steelers safety's lucky hype videos result in Penguins wins The Pittsburgh Penguins’ success over the last week may not be due to Matt Murray’s goaltending, Sidney Crosby’s play or head coach Mike Sullivan’s strategizing. No, the secret behind the Penguins’ past two wins can likely be pinned down to the Instagram hype videos of Ross Ventrone of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Born just outside of … [Read more...]
How the Warriors can repeat as NBA champions
How the Warriors can repeat as NBA champions 11:32 AM ET Sharon Katz and Ben Alamar ESPN's Basketball Power Index gives the Golden State Warriors a 75 percent chance to repeat as NBA champions. However, they just escaped a tough seven-game series with the Oklahoma City Thunder and now have to refocus on a Cleveland Cavaliers team that seems to be playing its best basketball. The toughest … [Read more...]