The Angels have placed center fielder Mike Trout on the 10-day injured list due to a fractured hamate bone in his left hand that he suffered Monday night against the Padres.
The 11-time All-Star left Monday’s game in the eighth inning while after fouling off a pitch from San Diego’s Nick Martinez. The Angels training staff then examined Trout in the dugout before he made his way to the locker room.
“I just took a swing, and something felt uncomfortable,” Trout said, via ESPN. “I can’t describe the pain I felt. I never felt it before, ever, before this.
Author: Michael
Baseball is better when Mike Trout plays. Unfortunately, that won’t be the case… assumedly, for several months.
MLB suffered a huge blow on the Fourth of July after Los Angeles Angeles received an official diagnosis on slugger Mike Trout.
The 31-year-old slugger left Monday’s game against the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park in the eighth inning.
Trout is headed to the 10-day IL after fracturing the hamate bone in the left hand, a significant injury that hampers a batter. Surgery is typically required for the broken wrist injury, with an estimated two-month recovery timeline.
Michelle Wie West has been pointing to the Pebble Beach Open as the final event of her career. The week is finally upon her.
Saturday’s game between the Massachussetts Pirates and Arizona Rattlers ended in mayhem. A brawl amongst players and fans led to multiple suspensions, which were dolled out on Monday.
The game, held at the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix, had huge playoff implications for the Indoor Football League. However, the on-field play became insignificant during the fourth quarter.
There was just 32 seconds left when things took a turn.
Pirates defensive back Leon O’Neal Jr. jumped over the barrier into the stands to confront a fan who was yelling and pointing in his face.
When news came out that the 2023 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York was going to be canceled on Tuesday due to lightning, the now-16-time champion Joey Chestnut apparently was not willing to let it happen without some pushback.
Chestnut was reportedly heard saying quite the one-liner about the status of the competition.
“I’m gonna get the rest of the guys out and we’re gonna do this f—er,” Chestnut reportedly said, according to Kenneth Heasley.
The Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest has become a staple in July 4 festivities. The contest, however, was set to be canceled due to rain and lightning at Coney Island, as WABC-TV reported.
Fortunately, after major outrage from fans across social media and the hope that a turn of events would occur, ESPN revealed that the contest was not canceled and it would start at 2 p.m. ET. suffering just a delay instead.
🚨BREAKING NEWS!! 🚨The Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating contest will happen. 2pm est, following @SportsCenter on ESPN2.
Miki Sudo was able to defend her Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest title without issuee on Tuesday afternoon, but Joey Chestnut had a different experience. The show almost did not go on!
ABC7 first reported that the men’s division competition was cancelled due to weather around 12:40 p.m. ET. What a shame…
#BreakingNews The men’s contest at the Nathan’s hot dog eating competition CANCELED due to weather https://t.
Even some of America’s greatest traditions are no match for Mother Nature.
The Men’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York has been cancelled due to lightning, organizers announced Tuesday afternoon. The traditional home of the contest— Coney Island in Brooklyn, at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues—was deluged by rain Tuesday morning.
The women’s contest was held, and won by Miki Sudo of the United States for her ninth time with 39.5 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
Former Eagles player and Lions safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson called out a report that said the NFL “blames“ the Chiefs and the Philadelphia team for not wearing the right cleats during Super Bowl LVII.
The Monday article from Pro Football Talk cited a league source, who said the NFL “blames the players for not wearing the right shoes” as the cause for excessive slipping at State Farm Stadium. Gardner-Johnson was not happy the league chose to place the blame for the slippage on the players.
Campbell University has the most unique mascot in college sports and it just got a face lift!
Although there may be weirder, or cooler mascots in college sports, they all have some sort of correlation to the school or may not be the actual mascot. Western Kentucky, Delta State and Stanford are good examples.
(Stay with me!)
Western Kentucky is the Hilltoppers, because the campus sits on top of a hill. Its sideline mascot, Big Red, is amazing.
Today, we’re celebrating the best mascot on earth
Happy Birthday, @WKUBigRed! pic.twitter.