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Rob Manfred pulled a Joe Namath on Wednesday. With his sport dragged down by an ugly battle over dollars, the Major League Baseball commissioner assured the game’s remaining fans that they’ll get their fix soon enough. “We’re going to play baseball in 2020. One-hundred percent” Manfred told the MLB Network’s Tom Verducci, shortly before baseball’s …
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Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella, who once threatened to bench any player who refused to stand for the national anthem, said that his views regarding such protests against racial injustice have changed following the nationwide protests over Minneapolis police killing George Floyd. “When I stand for the flag and the national anthem, my reflection is …
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The John Calipari to Knicks theories abound. Some league sources have suggested never to count out Calipari when Leon Rose, the new Knicks president, and William Wesley, unofficial team advisor, are involved. Last February, the Kentucky coach raved about Rose but said he wouldn’t be interested in leaving Kentucky to work for him. Calipari signed …
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Claudell Washington, a versatile outfielder who finished his MLB career with the Yankees, died on Wednesday morning at the age of 65. ESPN.com first reported the news. Washington was living in the San Francisco area and had been battling illness for several years, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Washington, a Los Angeles native, played …
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The Mets may not be involved, but the interest in Matt Harvey appears to be gaining international momentum. Teams in the Korea Baseball Organization and Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball are looking at Harvey, according to MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. Last week, Harvey’s representatives had reached out to KBO teams and now the interest may be …
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The head of New York State’s police unions slammed criticism of officers following George Floyd demonstrations, saying police were being treated like “animals.” “I am not Derek Chauvin; they are not him,” Mike O’Meara, president of the New York Association of Police Benevolent Associations, told reporters on Tuesday while gesturing to officers gathered behind him. “He …
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Daniel Jones is entering his second season as the Giants quarterback as an emerging team leader, and Tuesday night he weighed in — loudly and clearly — with a strongly worded statement in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Jones took his time before shaping and sharing his thoughts on social media, making sure …
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Talk about reality TV. A producer for “The Real Housewives of NYC” bought a new house — without ever seeing it in real life. Maty Buss bought her new Old Greenwich, Conn., home after touring it via Zoom and doing the vital final walk-through on FaceTime, according to Gloria Dillard of Keller Williams realty firm. …
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As baseball attempts to figure out the present, Mets officials are gathered in Port St. Lucie, Fla., trying to build a future. The MLB draft, condensed to five rounds, begins Wednesday night. In the absence of games, it likely will receive considerably more attention than in past years, when the draft has served as primarily …
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The biggest news on March 12 was MLB canceling spring training due to the coronavirus. However, college and high school schedules were also terminated, which meant the June draft was going to be dramatically altered in several ways. With few chances to watch players live, teams were going to resort to watching oceans of video …
Rob Manfred pulled a Joe Namath on Wednesday. With his sport dragged down by an ugly battle over dollars, the Major League Baseball commissioner assured the game’s remaining fans that they’ll get their fix soon enough. “We’re going to play baseball in 2020. One-hundred percent” Manfred told the MLB Network’s Tom Verducci, shortly before baseball’s …
