Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcántara is the defending National League Cy Young Award winner and it already looks like he should be the favorite to win that trophy again this year.
Alcántara was lights out in Tuesday night’s win over the Minnesota Twins. He pitched another complete game (a game that finished under two hours at 1:57) in which he gave up just three hits and had five strikeouts.
One of his most ridiculous pitches was a 91-MPH breaking ball that Twins right fielder Trevor Larnach had no chance of hitting.
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All year the Lakers have been scratching and clawing for this moment. Several years of disappointment in the postseason has left a sour taste in the team’s mouth and this year has been anything but easy with nearly every team in the Western Conference battling to at least secure a spot in the play-in tournament. Thanks to the heroics of LeBron James on Tuesday night, Los Angeles is in complete control of their future.
BAAAA! Wait… do goats baa?
It’s not easy being the GOAT. There’s a weight of expectation hoisted on you at every turn, and you immediately become a lightning rod for criticism when a team underperforms — whether you’re a part of the struggles or not.
Sometimes it even means getting interrupted during your post-game interviews in the locker room by teammates who won’t stop making goat sounds.
The last few times LeBron James has addressed the media at his locker, his teammates have chimed in with noises.
Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo are putting the finishing touches on their respective cases.
The most recognizable face in Broncos history has seen his tenure with Denver has come to an end.
Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway is no longer employed by the Broncos in a consulting role, according to a Tuesday report from James Palmer of NFL Network. His contract expired at the end of the league year and will not be renewed by mutual agreement.
Elway moved into consulting after the 2021 season, during which he served as the club’s president of football operations. Before that, he spent 2011 to ’20 as Denver’s general manager, winning Super Bowl 50 with the Broncos in 2015.
Austin Ekeler is one of the best running backs in the National Football League.
Over the last two years, he leads the position with 177 catches, 1,369 receiving yards and 38 total touchdowns (no other back has more than 26). Also, his 3,195 scrimmage yards ranks third and is just two behind Nick Chubb for second.
Did I mention he’s also been the best fantasy football running back in that time?
Despite this success, Ekeler finds himself in a spot that a lot of runners have fallen into in recent seasons.
Growing up on Long Island in the 1980s, Chris Messina wasn’t the world’s biggest sports fan. “I was the theater kid, so I was running away from getting beaten up by the football player,” he says with a laugh. But even he couldn’t help but be mesmerized by Michael Jordan. “I just remember him literally flying through the air,” Messina says. “I was into dancing—my mom was a dance teacher—so the idea that someone could jump like that through the air was remarkable.
Major League Baseball umpires often catch a lot of heat for being bad at their jobs, and rightfully so—they do seem to make a lot of mind-boggling calls.
But we can’t ignore an ump when he does his job correctly and nails a call, especially one that comes after his world gets turned upside down.
That’s exactly what happened Tuesday night in Kansas City when first base umpire Vic Carapazza get absolutely lit up by Royals reliever Aroldis Chapman, who was running to first to try to help on a ground ball.
Carapazza was able to shake off the huge hit and make the call.
A total of 88 players will tee it up in the 2023 Masters and while you’ve already focused in on your favorite storylines and players you like to contend for a green jacket on Sunday, we’re here to offer up three players you may want to consider pulling for.
None of the three players we’ve circled are Tiger Woods. This isn’t a swipe at Woods, in fact it’s the opposite.
At this point, golf fans are either cheering for arguably the greatest golfer to ever live or they’re not.
The San Francisco 49ers might be in the mix to land Aaron Rodgers from the Packers.
All eyes have been on a potential trade between Green Bay and the Jets to land the future hall of famer. However, there’s been very little public movement on shipping Rodgers out of town since the QB made his intention to play for the Jets clear.
Will the Packers trade Aaron Rodgers to the Jets or a different team? (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
Will a trade happen? Is something holding up? Nobody outside of the Packers and Jets seems to know.