Curt Schilling: 1Alex Rodriguez: 0
This past week on The Curt Schilling Baseball Show, the Cy-Young award winning, World Series Champion pitcher told a hilarious story about when he stared down Alex Rodriguez and became the victor during the 2002 All-Star Game.
At the time, the 35-year-old Schilling was pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks while a 26-year-old A-Rod was with the Texas Rangers.
To his credit, this is when Alex Rodriguez was prime Alex Rodriguez.
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Former Notre Dame and NFL free agent tight end Kyle Rudolph will call Big Ten games for NBC this fall, he told The Athletic earlier this week.
Rudolph, who spent his college career playing nationally televised home games on NBC with the Irish, will now step into a role calling games as part of the new Big Ten television package with NBC. Rudolph hasn’t officially retired from the NFL, but the step into broadcasting is a good indication that his playing days may be behind him.
Rudolph called Notre Dame’s spring football game in his first official warm-up for his new role.
Vondrousova could become the first unseeded women’s Wimbledon champion in history, or Jabeur could become the first African woman in the Open era to win the title. Our experts make predictions.
The Mother Ship, more commonly referred to as ESPN, has been a mother at releasing talented cargo in droves of late.
On June 30, Disney-owned ESPN let go of such on-air talent such as Suzy Kolber, Todd McShay, Steve Young and Keyshawn Johnson with NFL coverage, Jeff Van Gundy and Jalen Rose with NBA coverage, and David Pollack and Gene Wojciechowski with College Football’s GameDay.
Latest ESPN Layoffs Claimed Big Names From Big Shows
There were 20 layoffs in all that followed a previous round of layoffs totaling about 100 last April.
In what is becoming an unfortunately consistent trend, Shohei Ohtani left Friday night’s game after re-injuring one of the fingers on his throwing hand. It’s the second straight time that the phenom has had to leave a game early while on the mound due to a lingering blister caused by a fingernail.
Shohei Ohtani is getting looked at by the trainer again. He’s coming out of the game.
Presumably this is the fingernail again. Nevin said before the game it wouldn’t be an issue anymore. But it seems to be bothering him.
An apparent boneheaded play by the Mavs in NBA Summer League was actually the refs’ mistake.
The strangest sequence of 2023 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas played out during the fourth quarter of a blowout between the Dallas Mavericks and Indiana Pacers. With Dallas on its way to a rout late in the game, big man Marcus Bingham Jr. grabbed a pass from his teammate and sprinted down the court the apparent wrong way for what appeared to be a dunk on the incorrect basket.
If the Angels continue to fall further out of playoff contention, the questions about Shohei Ohtani’s future will only escalate.
This is the stuff of childhood sports dreams.
Judge said that he wasn’t “limited at all” in warmups, but a timeline for his return remains elusive.
Friday’s Guardians-Rangers game featured a unique entry into the MLB history books courtesy of a rare instance of sibling synergy in the third inning.
After launching two-run home runs to give the Guardians an early lead, rookie catcher Bo Naylor and first baseman Josh Naylor became the first brothers in franchise history to go yard in the same game.
The booming at-bats also gave the Naylors the distinction of being the first brothers to homer in the same inning for the same team since former Braves B.J.