On May 23rd, the NFL released its new policy regarding player and team participation during the National Anthem. The guidelines are hazy at best, leaving the best possible solution may be to just scrap the thing altogether.
Per Zach Campbell of the Loudoun Times-Mirror, the Mayor of Lovettsville, Va (Bob Zoldos) will rename his town ‘Capitalsville’ if Washington can pull off a Game 7 win over Tampa Bay.
Now in their second season, Ice Cube’s BIG3 basketball league just keeps growing and growing. The latest news? A multi-year partnership with Adidas to host youth 3-on-3 tournaments and skills clinics — titled Young3. Jerome “Junkyard Dog” Williams, a nine-year NBA veteran, will serve as the president of the new initiative.
On Monday during the MLB Tonight broadcast, Sean Casey laced a line drive off Billy Ripken’s face.
WWE and Fox have come to terms to move Smackdown Live from USA Network to one of the Fox channels in October 2019. The move should be beneficial to both parties.
When the Mariners got the news that their best player, Robinson Cano, would be out for 80-games with a PED suspension, many thought they were done. However, with Dee Gordon, Jean Segura, and Mitch Haniger hitting the cover off the ball, they’re in good hands.
Chris Davis, who burst onto the scene with the Baltimore Orioles in 2012, was a great power hitter but has seen his production fall badly in his last two seasons. And while last year was bad, his contract and performance this year makes me think he’s hurting his team worse than any other MLB player.
The Ringer’s Shea Serrano went all Creed Bratton on Twitter with a crusade to promote the WNBA and their $17 League Pass subscription.
After a great game last year between the Pirates and Cardinals, another Pennsylvania team — the Phillies — will get the chance to play at Bowman Field in Williamsport, PA. The game, which as known as the MLB Little League Classic, will be played on August 19th and will also feature the New York Mets.
Normally, ESPN+ runs one MLB game per night which helps folks who don’t want to get the full MLB.tv package. Here is the upcoming ESPN+ MLB TV schedule for the month of May.
Of all 170 qualified hitters in the MLB, the third-place St. Louis Cardinals own the two worst batting averages: Matt Carpenter and Dexter Fowler.
Marcus Morris and Tristan Thompson had a major dust-up in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. I wouldn’t call it a fight but they were trash-talking pretty heavy with lots of curse-words. Oh yeah, Morris also yelled in Thompson’s face.
