Category: Sports

The marriage between Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain may not last more than a couple of seasons.  ESPN’s Julien Laurens and Sky Sports News have both reported that Messi is unlikely to extend his stay with Paris Saint-Germain beyond the expiration of his two-year contract which he initially signed in the summer of 2021.  Specifically, […]

“They peaked at the right time.” We’ve heard that expression used to describe late-blooming Stanley Cup playoff juggernauts for years. The 2018-19 St. Louis Blues are the ultimate example: last place in early January, second-half turnaround, best record in the league over their final 10 games, eventual champions. Like the beer-bellied, balding former starting quarterback […]

Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Smith had a big scare on Monday night when he was hit in the face by a pitch from Baltimore Orioles pitcher Danny Coulombe.  After he was hit by a 1-0 pitch in the third inning of Monday’s game, Smith immediately dropped to the dirt, was placed in Major League Baseball’s […]

Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. is going to begin a rehab assignment today, reports Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Tatis will join the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas in advance of his expected activation on April 20, when he will have finished serving last year’s PED suspension. Tatis, 24, was considered one of the top […]

It turns out that re-signing with the New York Mets this past offseason was about more than just financial guarantees for outfielder Brandon Nimmo.  For a newsletter shared on Tuesday, Anthony DiComo of the MLB website noted how Nimmo was a rookie with the Mets in 2016 when the organization held a jersey number retirement […]

While the language of day-to-day implies it won’t be anything long-term, it’s unclear if he’ll be back before the start of the playoffs with so little time left in the season. The fact that it’s a head injury means they might be a bit more cautious about the injury, but they also will probably want […]

It sounds like Tiger Woods understands he’s lucky just to be able to play in the Masters than he is an actual contender to win the tournament this week. “I don’t know how many more I have in me,” Woods admitted Tuesday about the Masters, per Paolo Uggetti of ESPN. “I know more guys on […]

The women’s NCAA Tournament final had a lot of momentum heading into Sunday afternoon, and the major interest in the game proved to be legitimate as the matchup between LSU and Iowa shattered all previous records for a women’s final. On Monday night, ESPN reported that the women’s NCAA Tournament final set new ratings records […]

Jorge Masvidal (35-16, 12-9 UFC) is presumably one win away from a UFC welterweight title shot. He’s also apparently one win away from calling it a career as well. During a recent episode of “UFC 287 Countdown,” Masvidal, who’s last his last three fights, hinted that a loss to Gilbert Burns (21-5, 14-5 UFC) on […]

Three games into a season might be too early to panic, but the alarm bells are ringing loud in the Motor City. Everything seemed to grow wrong for the 2022 Detroit Tigers. Star pitchers got hurt, rookies dramatically underperformed expectations and veterans hit well below their career norms. That led to the dismissal of general […]