Jerry Jones on why Cowboys don't need Johnny Manziel: Dak Prescott Remember when Jerry Jones said he was "this close" to drafting Johnny Manziel back in 2014? Or, three months ago, when he conceded that he should have overpaid to trade up and grab Paxton Lynch? The Broncos landed Lynch and the Cowboys had to "settle" for Dak Prescott in Round 4. Funny story: Prescott was lights out in his … [Read more...]

Cubs fire stadium DJ who made staggeringly horrible song choice The Chicago Cubs promised a “strong response” to their stadium DJ playing a shockingly inappropriate song during Sunday night’s game, and now we know what that response is. The Cubs have fired the person responsible for playing Prodigy’s “Smack My [expletive] Up” after closer Aroldis Chapman walked off the mound in the top of … [Read more...]

Cubs use incredibly insensitive song after Aroldis Chapman outing Someone in the Chicago Cubs organization is in big trouble. Following Aroldis Chapman’s appearance during Sunday night’s 6-4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, the club’s PA system started playing an incredibly inappropriate song. The Cubs chose an awful song to play as Aroldis Chapman was walking off the field. (Twitter.com … [Read more...]

How Teddy Bridgewater is bearing the cross of playing 'not fancy' football CINCINNATI -- Moments after Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater fired a 49-yard touchdown strike to Charles Johnson Friday night, the comments on social media started to come. See, Teddy can throw the deep ball. The defense of Bridgewater is in full force as we head to the 2016 season. Like Tony Romo … [Read more...]

Longest minor league hitting streak in 62 years snapped at 50 games Sunday afternoon, the longest hitting streak in modern minor league baseball history came to an end. Indians catching prospect Francisco Mejia went 0 for 3 with a walk for the High Class-A Lynchburg Hillcats in their 6-0 win over the Winston-Salem Dash (White Sox) (box score), which ended his hitting streak at an unbelievable 50 … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: Life After Stanton We’ve been down this road before haven’t we? Each year we wonder if this will be the year Giancarlo Stanton finally stays healthy. Well we can keep wondering. 2016 won’t be the year. It’s been an interesting season for Stanton, which is usually the case. Stanton was his usual dinger-smashin’ self in April but his bat went into a deep slumber during … [Read more...]

Finally healthy, Ryan Moore notches fifth PGA Tour win at John Deere Classic There are only 201 PGA Tour players who have more career wins than Ryan Moore. Moore won the John Deere Classic on Sunday by two strokes over Ben Martin to secure the fifth win of his PGA Tour career. That's the same number as Luke Donald and Henrik Stenson. It's also one behind Jimmy Walker, Hunter Mahan and Bill Haas; … [Read more...]

Rio Olympics: Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar nearly medals, inspires world The gymnastics venue has been home to some of the most incredible performances of the Olympics. It has also been home to plenty of inspiring stories, perhaps none more than 23-year-old gymnast Dipa Karmakar. She already made history as the first ever female gymnast from India to qualify for the Olympics, overcoming long … [Read more...]

Mookie Betts blasts three home runs in a single game ... again Warning: Do not adjust your webpage. We promise this isn’t a recycled article from May 31. For the second time this season, Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts blasted three home runs in a single game. This time around, Betts did his damage against Zack Greinke and the Arizona Diamondbacks. He wasted no time getting to work. … [Read more...]

Orioles rally late, pull off dramatic ninth inning comeback 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. After the fifth inning, the Baltimore Orioles looked doomed. With the San Francisco Giants leading 7-1, … [Read more...]