Yankees deny A-Rod’s last wish before his final game This is the end for A-Rod. On Friday night, he’ll play what he says is his final MLB game, suiting up one last time for the New York Yankees before they release him and he goes home until next season when he’ll start back with the club in an advisory role. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] You can see how the A-Rod saga … [Read more...]
Podcasts: Podcast: Goodbye, Gomez
Podcasts: Podcast: Goodbye, Gomez In the newest episode of the Rotoworld Baseball Podcast, D.J. Short and Drew Silva discuss where Carlos Gomez goes from here, two exciting young arms joining the Cardinals, A.J. Pollock on the comeback trail with the Diamondbacks, and much more. D.J. and Drew also take reader/listener questions in the Rotoworld Mailbag.Be sure to rate and subscribe. You can … [Read more...]
Ranieri phones home as Foxes mount defence
Ranieri phones home as Foxes mount defence Kingston upon Hull (United Kingdom) (AFP) – After watching their team complete a footballing miracle in May, Leicester City’s fans will be cautious about writing off the Premier League champions’ hopes of a repeat. Manager Claudio Ranieri, however, is happy to dismiss the Foxes’ chances of a second fairytale out of hand. Having spent last season … [Read more...]
Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: A-Rod’s Last Stand
Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: A-Rod’s Last Stand Here we are, at the finish line. When Alex Rodriguez’s career comes to a close, he’ll go down as one of the most controversial athletes of all-time. So why wouldn’t he give us one more controversy for old time’s sake? Nothing comes easy for A-Rod anymore. He proved that again Thursday in his final game at Fenway Park, the same stadium where he made … [Read more...]
Cubs get 10th straight win on questionable walk-off walk
Cubs get 10th straight win on questionable walk-off walk Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we’ll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about. At this point, you have to wonder what will happen first: The Chicago Cubs losing a game or Frank Ocean’s … [Read more...]
Three-Point Stance: Is a Big Ben boom on the horizon?
Three-Point Stance: Is a Big Ben boom on the horizon? Some believe Big Ben could be a fantasy blast furnace this season. (Getty) All eyes are on the Steel City. Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, Ladarius Green, breakout candidate Sammie Coates and Le’Veon Bell, reportedly fully recuperated from knee surgery and waiting official word on his suspension appeal, are sought after fantasy … [Read more...]
Broncos QBs fare well vs. Bears, but no clear front runner to start yet
Broncos QBs fare well vs. Bears, but no clear front runner to start yet CHICAGO — Prior to Thursday, Denver Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian had never played a football game inside the Windy City limits. But the Connecticut-born, Orlando-bred Siemian knows it well, having made the trek to play his college games up the road a few miles in Evanston at Northwestern, and the city has … [Read more...]
Zach Britton saves his way to a new MLB record
Zach Britton saves his way to a new MLB record Zach Britton, the Baltimore Orioles’ untouchable closer, earned a spot in baseball history after finishing out the O’s 9-6 win against the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. That save was Britton’s 35th of the season, and his 39th straight appearance without allowing a single, solitary earned run. That’s a new MLB record. Zach Britton just set a new … [Read more...]
Olympics-Cycling-Skinner powers Britain home to team sprint gold (Reuters)
Olympics-Cycling-Skinner powers Britain home to team sprint gold (Reuters) * Britain start Rio same way they ended London * NZ, Britain swap Olympic records (Adds details, quotes) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Tasked with occupying the saddle vacated by British track cycling colossus Chris Hoy, Callum Skinner proved the perfect man for the job as he anchored his … [Read more...]
Cycling: Britain set world record in women’s team pursuit (Reuters)
Cycling: Britain set world record in women's team pursuit (Reuters) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Britain's women's team pursuit squad christened the Rio de Janeiro Olympic velodrome with a world record on the first day of the track cycling program on Thursday. Shortly before the British men won gold in the team sprint in an Olympic record, the quartet of Laura Trott, Katie … [Read more...]