Category: Sports

Jordan Poole signed a four-year, $140 million contract in October, but the pricey deal looks terrible now for the Warriors.  Since Feb. 23, the 23-year-old is averaging 17.3 points and 4.9 assists but shooting as poorly as he did as a rookie, when the Warriors sent him to the G League for a spell.  For […]

Women’s soccer expansion teams aren’t always known for their seriousness or stability — just look at the curious case of MagicJack in Boca Raton. But the NWSL’s San Diego Wave hope to buck that trend. “My feeling coming into [San Diego] was that it was somewhere that really wanted to be professional, top to bottom, […]

It’s hard to believe that the golfer to coin “far-giveness” is in favor of golf balls not going quite so far. But such is the case involving Rory McIlroy, who is surprisingly in favor of an otherwise unpopular proposal by the USGA and the R&A to limit ball distance for the world’s best players. “For […]

But plenty has changed since that match. Here’s what fans can expect. Italy The Italians have struggled mightily with consistency on the international stage. The team failed to qualify for two straight World Cups but won the European Championships on the back of a 37-game unbeaten run in the interim.  Which version of the Italians will […]

It would be hard to argue that the 2023 World Baseball Classic was anything but an unmitigated success, and that was before Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout to clinch the tournament win for Japan. Ohtani was the no-brainer MVP of the WBC for his performance on-field, and his speech prior to the matchup vs. […]

Amid the excitement surrounding this year’s thrilling World Baseball Classic, Connor McDavid wants hockey to bring back a similar tournament spotlighting the game’s top stars.  Following Shohei Ohtani’s strikeout of Los Angeles Angels teammate Mike Trout to secure Japan’s victory over the U.S. in Tuesday’s championship game, McDavid spoke to reporters Wednesday about hockey’s need […]

Los Angeles Angels two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani may be worth even more money on the open market following his dominance in the World Baseball Classic.  “I think it’s going to be $600M or more because there’s nobody else in baseball that can do what he can do, that can replicate his production, replicate his marketability,” […]

MLB bat boys and bat girls will be on the hot seat this season as the league continues its efforts to speed up the game, according to a “clarification memo” obtained by ESPN on Wednesday. According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the document — which is the fifth memo sent by MLB this spring — was […]

Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski told members of the media, including Matt Gelb of The Athletic, that the club doesn’t plan to put Bryce Harper on the 60-day injured list for now.  Harper is recovering from Tommy John surgery and isn’t expected back until July, but it seems the club will leave the […]

The Colorado Avalanche have signed head coach Jared Bednar to a three-year contract extension, per a team announcement. Bednar is in his seventh season as the team’s bench boss, and he helped get them to a Stanley Cup championship last season. He has helped players like Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen grow from skilled youngsters to […]