2016 Olympics: No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic bounced in first round of singles tennis Novak Djokovic's stay in Rio may be short-lived. The No. 1 seed in the Olympic singles tournament fell in the first round to Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-2) and was visibly frustrated all night. Del Potro outplayed Djokovic across the court, forcing errors and outright winning points with … [Read more...]

Manny Machado mashes three home runs in rout of White Sox 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. Baltimore Orioles slugger Manny Machado was a one man wrecking crew Sunday against the Chicago White Sox. … [Read more...]

Mike Trout pays tribute to Ken Griffey Jr. with tremendous catch Someone must have told Los Angeles Angels outfielder it was Ken Griffey Jr. weekend in Seattle. Upon hearing the news, the centerfielder decided to pay homage to Griffey with a tremendous grand slam stealing grab at the wall. Trout’s leaping catch came in the bottom of the fourth inning during Sunday’s game against the Seattle … [Read more...]

Rio Olympics 2016: Michael Phelps will swim in 4x100m relay final Michael Phelps was a part of one of the most memorable relays in Olympic swimming history in 2008. He'll try for a similar result at the 2016 Rio Games. Phelps will swim the second leg for Team USA in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay Sunday night, even though he did not compete in any freestyle events at the U.S. trials or in the … [Read more...]

2016 Rio Olympics results: USA gymnastics, Simone Biles dominate The first full day of competition at the 2016 Rio Olympics was a good one for the U.S. -- the Americans won five medals total, tying Japan and China for the most so far. Hungary and Australia were the only countries to win two gold medals on the opening day. Day 2 Medal Count Medal Tracker Day 2 U.S. medals Simone Biles and … [Read more...]

Phillies pull off triple play during win over Padres Your browser does not support iframes. Even the most passionate fans couldn’t be blamed for not wanting to watch the Philadelphia Phillies take on the San Diego Padres on Sunday. Both teams are out of the race, and have little to play for the rest of the season. But dedicated fans who decided to take in the contest were rewarded. In the … [Read more...]

Current and former MLB players react to Ichiro's 3,000th hit Miami Marlins OF Ichiro Suzuki became the 30th player in MLB history with 3,000 hits with a triple against the Colorado Rockies Sunday. After he achieved the milestone, players from around baseball took to social media to react to the feat. The newest member of the 3,000-hit club: ICHIRO! https://t.co/jIdy8Uy0Lr #Ichiro3000 … [Read more...]

Dodgers surviving despite depleted depth chart The Los Angeles Dodgers plight is well known at this point. They’re a good team in the middle of another tight divisional race with the San Francisco Giants, but they’re running out of players at an alarming rate. Actually, that might be understating it. They’re running out of players at historic rate, as right-handed starter Bud Norris became … [Read more...]

Father and son each snag home run balls at Yankee Stadium Most baseball fans will go their entire lives without catching a home run or foul ball at a Major League Baseball game. We’re talking about an actual game ball here too, not a batting practice home run or a pre-game toss from the bullpen catcher. A game ball is what we all want to brag to our friends about, so that’s how we should … [Read more...]

Katie Ledecky blazes through 400-meter freestyle prelim, sets Olympic record Katie Ledecky is very fast. Although she couldn't outpace the Australians as the anchor in the 4x100 relay on Saturday, Ledecky paced herself well on Sunday in the 400-meter freestyle, just missing her own world record and setting an Olympic record with her 3:58.71 time. When she found out after the race how close she … [Read more...]