ماه: آگوست 2020
Red Sox return in Kevin Pillar trade with Rockies revealed
The Boston Red Sox have made another move ahead of Monday’s 4 p.m. ET MLB trade deadline. The Red Sox are sending Kevin Pillar and cash to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for a player to be named later and 2019-20 international slot money. The #RedSox today traded OF Kevin Pillar and cash considerations to …
2020 MLB trade deadline: Winners, losers from active day in baseball
The 2020 MLB trade deadline wound up being one of the most wild in recent years, which just makes way too much sense in this weird 60-game season. While the A’s made two minor (pun intended) moves, the Giants mostly stood pat before Monday’s deadline. They did add pitcher Anthony Banda, who recently was designated for …
Hoops phenom prepares for big time in tiny gym
At 5:58 p.m. on a Thursday evening, a text comes through on trainer Ryan Razooky’s phone. “Can we go at 9?” The sender is Mikey Williams, one of the top high school players in the country. Razooky responded with the same answer he’s been giving Williams since early March when gyms closed due to COVID-19: …
The Latest: Iowa pauses all workouts amid virus uptick
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The Iowa athletic department is pausing workouts for all sports until after Labor Day following a major uptick in the number of coronavirus cases. The department says there were 93 positive results out of 815 COVID-19 tests taken between last …
Luka Doncic: ‘I don’t want to deal with that kind of player.’ Marcus Morris: ‘Cry me a river’
Marcus Morris stepping on Luka Doncic‘s ankle in Game 5 of Clippers-Mavericks? Morris at least had plausible deniability on whether that was a dirty play. Morris chopping Doncic’s head in series-ending Game 6? Morris lost all benefit of the doubt on both incidents. Doncic, via Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times: “It was a …
Unflinching toughness was Thompson’s calling card
During the late 1980s, Rayful Edmond operated a violent and highly profitable drug trafficking operation in Washington D.C. He was considered equal parts brilliant, charismatic and ruthless. Maybe that’s not the most obvious way to start a tribute to Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson, who died at the age of 78 on Monday. Or maybe …
The time ‘Big John’ boxed out a violent drug lord
During the late 1980s, Rayful Edmond operated a violent and highly profitable drug trafficking operation in Washington D.C. He was considered equal parts brilliant, charismatic and ruthless. Maybe that’s not the most obvious way to start a tribute to Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson, who died at the age of 78 on Monday. Or maybe …
NFL stunner: Jags waive Fournette after failing to trade him
FILE – In this Nov. 24, 2019, file photo, Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette (27) sits on the bench in the first half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans, in Nashville, Tenn. The Jacksonville Jaguars have waived running back Leonard Fournette, a stunning decision that gets the team closer to purging …
Jaguars releasing Leonard Fournette
The Jaguars declined Leonard Fournette‘s fifth-year option this offseason, and they decided they didn’t want the fourth year either. According to Michael DiRocco of ESPN.com, the Jaguars are releasing the former first-round running back. Not only was Fournette the fourth overall pick in 2017, he was taken four spots ahead of Christian McCaffrey, who has …