Category: Sports

The Spanish soccer league La Liga is facing global ridicule over the explusion of 22-year-old Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr. during a match Sunday. Before his expulsion, the Brazilian striker had been the target of racist chants of fans inside and outside the stadium in Valencia. Since the abuse, Vini — the victim — remains […]

Jamal Murray has never been an All-Star or made an All-NBA team. That shouldn’t stop Denver from locking him up this summer. The 26-year-old Murray has two years and $73 million remaining on the rookie extension he signed in 2019. Murray delivered on the new deal right away, dominating the 2020 playoffs in Orlando with […]

Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez has addressed the possible return of Paris Saint-Germain superstar Lionel Messi to the Catalan club. “It’s up in the air,” Xavi said about Messi possibly signing with Barcelona this summer, as shared by Sam Marsden and Moises Llorens of ESPN. “It depends on many things. There is not much more I […]

Underdogs throughout the playoffs, the Miami Heat played like favorites in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals Sunday, embarrassing the Boston Celtics 128-102 behind a historic performance from guard Gabe Vincent.  The spotlight has shined most on Jimmy Butler during the series, but Game 3 was all about Vincent, who scored a game-high 29 […]

Sunday marked the two-year anniversary of the Milwaukee Brewers acquiring shortstop Willy Adames in a trade from the Tampa Bay Rays. He celebrated that by crushing an opposite-field home run against his former team and then punctuating it by copying the home run pose of his former teammate — and current Rays outfielder — Randy […]

The Dodgers placed left-hander Julio Urias on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to May 19) due to a left hamstring strain. Righty Wander Suero has been called up from Triple-A in the corresponding move. Losing Urias is another major blow to a Dodgers rotation that will also be without Dustin May for the next four […]

Tiger Woods. Phil Mickelson.  In case you were wondering why an article on the 2023 PGA Championship began with those two names, it’s this: Since the turn of the century, those two are the only male professional golfers to nab five or more majors. Woods, of course, has a whopping 13 to his credit (he […]

Bryson DeChambeau did not have the warmest welcome at the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, N.Y. on Saturday. DeChambeau was paired with Brooks Koepka for the third round of the PGA Championship. After DeChambeau was introduced before teeing off, he got booed. “Not a warm welcome,” CBS announcer Jim Nantz said. […]

Gambadoro isn’t alone in his thinking. One NBA executive told Joe Vardon of The Athletic that he, too, could see a scenario where Rivers ends up with the Suns. Of course, that is largely based on the unpredictability of owner Mat Ishbia. Some still believe that Rivers may take a year off from coaching, but […]

Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks could make his season debut as early as Monday, following an offseason battle with stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Hendriks was diagnosed in January and underwent his final round of chemotherapy in early April.  The 34-year-old Hendriks has pitched in 471 Major League games throughout his career and was one […]