The Oakland A’s have one foot out the door on their way to Las Vegas. And they’re not concerned with making any friends as a lame duck organization.
A’s fans have organized multiple “protests,” most notably the so-called reverse boycott at the Oakland Coliseum.
Their efforts to get team owner John Fisher to sell the franchise have even moved across the bay. At a San Francisco Giants home game against the A’s, both sets of fans united in calling for Fisher to sell the team.
Even Rob Manfred has admitted that the A’s stadium situation is his “biggest regret” as commissioner.
Author: Michael
A tennis player is facing criticism after folks weren’t impressed by the handshake she gave her opponent after an upset loss at the Hamburg European Open.
Italian Martina Trevisan is the No. 76 player in the world and on Thursday she faced off against Germany’s Noma Noha Akugue, the 206th-ranked player in the world.
It’s safe to say the Italian was going into the match as the heavy favorite.
However, things didn’t work out her way and she lost to Noha Akugue. Then came the handshake which you can see below.
Blink and you’ll miss it.
A full offseason with Roquan Smith. Maybe the best safety tandem in the NFL. There’s plenty of reason to be excited about the other side of the ball in Baltimore.
After a fiery friendly caused tensions to linger between Wrexham AFC and Manchester United, a famous yet unlikely mediator reportedly stepped in this week in hopes of mending fences between the clubs.
According to a Friday report from ESPN, Wrexham co-owner and movie star Ryan Reynolds served as a “peacemaker” in the midst of the public spat by sending a message of support to Manchester United’s Nathan Bishop.
A Georgia Bulldogs defensive lineman was pulled over for speeding Monday morning. Then, to make matters worse, he was arrested on a previous warrant later that afternoon.
Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins, a redshirt sophomore, was dinged for speeding in Franklin County, Georgia.
According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Ingram-Dawkins was clocked going 90 miles per hour in a 70 miles per hour zone. According to Athens Banner-Herald
However, Ingram-Dawkins was arrested later that afternoon due to an outstanding warrant.
The fight that the boxing world has been anticipating for five years, will finally go down in Las Vegas on Saturday night when Terence Crawford (39-0, 30 KO), the current WBO welterweight champion steps into the ring to face Errol Spence Jr. (28-0, 22 KO) who holds the WBC, IBF and WBA titles.
The odds makers at SI Sportsbook have installed Crawford (-145) as the slight favorite, most likely factoring in that he has been the more active fighter, while Spence has only fought twice since 2019.
Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas has been suspended five games after he plunked Cubs outfielder Ian Happ on Thursday night, Major League Baseball Senior Vice President for On-Field Operations Michael Hill announced Friday.
Mikolas was also slapped with an undisclosed fine, while St. Louis manage Oliver Marmol was suspended one game and fined because of the incident.
The Cardinals ace plunked Happ after the outfielder struck Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras in the head with his bat on his backswing after swinging at an offering in the first inning.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow will miss “several weeks” with a calf strain, according to head coach Zac Taylor.
The news comes just a day before the Bengals were set to practice at Paycor Stadium as part of the NFL’s “back together weekend.” And with the team’s open training camp period starting on Monday.
Burrow was carted off the field after pulling up during a team drill at practice on Thursday. The non-contact nature of the injury led to worst case fears of a torn ACL.
The vacant BMF title will be up for grabs on Saturday night in Salt Lake City as two former interim lightweight champions step into the Octagon for the gimmick belt recently vacated by the retired Jorge Masvidal. Dustin Poirier (-150) is the slight favorite at SI Sportsbook when he squares off with Justin Gaethje.
Their fight back in April of 2018 did not end well for Gaethje as Poirier secured the 4th round TKO via strikes.
The NBA issued a memo to all 30 teams on Friday regarding its stance on player trade requests in the wake of Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard’s well-publicized desire to land with the Heat.
As first reported by The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the NBA warned teams, players and the National Basketball Players Association about potential future consequences of making team-specific trade requests after announcing it had conducted interviews with Lillard, his agent Aaron Goodwin and teams Goodwin spoke to.