Saves and Steals: Miller Time Is Over After a few weeks of utter mayhem, the closer tiers were finally stable. The only “news” is the Indians continued use of Andrew Miller as a late-innings fireman. He's so frequently used before the ninth inning that I've dropped him from the list of closers. We'll discuss in more detail soon. The closer leaderboard is topped by Jeurys Familia with 40 saves. … [Read more...]
Australia annihilates Lithuania, moves on to men’s basketball semis
Australia annihilates Lithuania, moves on to men’s basketball semis Patty Mills and the rest of the Australian men’s national basketball team earned a round of applause with another stellar effort to beat Lithuania. (AP/Charlie Neibergall) Medal count | Olympic schedule | Olympic news Throughout group play at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the Australian men’s national … [Read more...]
Olympics-Boxing-Women’s lightweight semifinal results (Reuters)
Olympics-Boxing-Women's lightweight semifinal results (Reuters) Aug 17 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing women's lightweight semifinal results in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. Estelle Mossely (France) beat Anastasia Belyakova (Russia) 1-0 TKO Yin Junhua (China) beat Mira Potkonen (Finland) 3-0 … [Read more...]
Irish Olympic executive arrested in ticket scheme (Yahoo Sports)
Irish Olympic executive arrested in ticket scheme (Yahoo Sports) A senior Olympic executive from Ireland was arrested and taken to the hospital Wednesday after police carried out a raid at his beachfront hotel as part of an investigation into illegal sale of tickets for the Rio de Janeiro Games. Patrick Hickey, a member of the International Olympic Committee's executive board, was accused … [Read more...]
Boxing: U.S.’s Shields makes sure of another medal (Reuters)
Boxing: U.S.'s Shields makes sure of another medal (Reuters) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Reigning Olympic champion Claressa Shields of the United States made sure of another medal after reaching the women's middleweight semi-finals on Wednesday. Kazakhstan's Dariga Shakimova, who beat Morocco's Khadija Mardi in her quarter-final, now stands between her and another final. "I … [Read more...]
Ottawa Senators on Parliament Hill; Vesey's Pittsburgh fit (Puck Headlines)
Ottawa Senators on Parliament Hill; Vesey's Pittsburgh fit (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]. He's pretty good at baseball, but @MikeTrout looks like a natural … [Read more...]
Roundtable: What’s your favorite baseball video on the Internet?
Roundtable: What’s your favorite baseball video on the Internet? Baseball is more than just a game fans watch every night of the summer. Baseball is a culture we enjoy from all aspects. It’s why we at Big League Stew give you news on stadium food, ball caps, baseball movies, baseball cards and so on. So this week in the BLS roundtable, we’re turning to a more modern piece of baseball culture … [Read more...]
Cult of Hockey: Third-round pick Matthew Cairns the latest Oilers' D … – Edmonton Journal
Cult of Hockey: Third-round pick Matthew Cairns the latest Oilers' D ... - Edmonton Journal 2016 Edmonton Oilers prospects#16 Matthew Cairns Previously: N/A (drafted #84 overall in 2016) How often have we seen a picture just like that shown above? A fresh faced young graduand draft pick wearing his brand new colours, posing in whatever manner the photogs have chosen this year, smiling like … [Read more...]
DraftKings Early MLB Picks For August 17 – Fantasy CPR
DraftKings Early MLB Picks For August 17 - Fantasy CPR Fantasy Football Top Running Backs to Avoid by Pj Candido DraftKings Late MLB Picks For August 17 by Mike Marteny Aug 12, 2016; Bronx, NY, USA; Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Chris Archer (22) pitches against the New York Yankees during the first inning at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees won 6-3. Mandatory Credit: Andy Marlin-USA … [Read more...]
Neymar leads Brazil into Rio gold medal match
Neymar leads Brazil into Rio gold medal match Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Neymar scored twice, including the fastest goal in Olympics history, as Brazil coasted into Saturday’s gold medal match with a 6-0 thrashing of Honduras at Rio’s iconic Maracana. The hosts now have the chance to ease some of the pain caused by a 7-1 humiliation at the hands of Germany on home soil at the 2014 World Cup by … [Read more...]