Jackie Robinson was in headlines this weekend when New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson referred to Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson as “Jackie” during Saturday’s game, igniting a brouhaha between the two teams. Whether Donaldson was joking around, as he insisted, or used Robinson’s name in a “racist” manner, as Sox manager Tony…
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Relief arrived an hour before Saturday night’s opening tip, when the Miami Heat announced all 15 playoff eligible players would be available, the team’s injury report for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals a clean sheet. But still, no exhale, because Erik Spoelstra’s team knows better, in what largely stands as a season of…
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PHILADELPHIA – Mookie Betts has heard a lot of good books lately. Betts says the “mental side of it” has been key to him breaking out of a sluggish start this season. He was hitting .178 after 12 games but has hit .314 (33 for 105) in 26 games since then including 14 for 38…
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The Yankees officially announced that Chad Green will have Tommy John surgery. Green last pitched on Thursday, when he left the game mid at-bat with forearm discomfort. The Yankees feared the injury was “significant” at the time, and that was confirmed with the announcement that he’s going under the knife. “What Greeny means to this…
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Josh Donaldson sparked a benches-clearing incident on Saturday after calling White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson “Jackie,” meaning Jackie Robinson. Aaron Boone spent the rest of that day and some time before the two teams’ next game Sunday, getting “to the bottom of this.” “We’re trying to do as much as we can to diffuse it…
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Work has begun in earnest for the 2022 Chicago Bears season with organized team activities underway this week at Halas Hall. Brad Biggs opens the weekly Bears mailbag to find questions about Justin Fields, wide receiver options and the possibility of joint practices this summer. If you had to do your best to spin the…
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UCF has dipped into the talent pool at Sanford Seminole High once again, looking to keep the successful pipeline going with a scholarship offer to 2025 offensive tackle Max Buchanan. “It’s a great feeling,” Buchanan told the Orlando Sentinel. “We have a lot of people who were in this past class that have signed on…
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After the trade that returned the Ravens’ wide receiver group to that oh-so-familiar offseason zone — more potential than production, more questions than answers — Eric DeCosta couldn’t resist a joke. The Ravens general manager had just traded Marquise “Hollywood” Brown for the first-round pick that became center Tyler Linderbaum. He was asked: Did the…
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Knott’s Berry Farm is throwing a backyard barbecue party with a live music festival, picnic food booths and games for the kids and kids at heart as part of the new Knott’s Summer Nights event running all summer long. Knott’s Summer Nights kicked off this weekend and runs through Sept. 5 at the Buena Park…
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A win is a win is a win. And a loss is a loss is a loss. The Sparks don’t get extra credit for near-comebacks or for giving themselves looks to win or tie with the clock ticking down. It makes no difference in the WNBA standings that if the ball bounced had another way…
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