Aaron Rodgers would like the good people of the internet to open their wallets to help a multi-millionaire during these trying times.
The New York Jets QB started Online Sports Database with co-founder Ryan Rottman, and the idea is it’s IMDB for athletes.
The site lists a player’s position, height, weight, number, college, endorsement information and more interesting tidbits, according to Bloomberg. So far, the duo has raised $4 million and the two are now hoping a “crowdsourcing campaign” can bring in another $1.5 million, according to the same report.
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This is no longer a fluke. Miami infielder Luis Arraez, the AL batting champ in 2022, is taking the first real swings at the historical mark since 2000.
There’s a poster on the bookshelf in Maryland president Dr. Darryll Pines’s office. Two words superimposed over a picture of Pines, football coach Mike Locksley and athletic director Damon Evans make its message clear: Representation matters. It’s an easy thing to say for those in college athletics as people become broadly aware of the need for diversity, equity and inclusion in hiring practices, especially in leadership positions. But it’s an entirely different undertaking to embody that ethos and do the actual heavy lifting of diversifying the workplace.
CM Punk is back.
And, as he reminded a packed crowd at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Saturday, he is tired of being nice.
Punk returned and wrestled on the debut episode of AEW Collision. The show represents the faith that Warner Bros. Discovery CEO and president David Zaslav has in AEW, putting Collision in prime time on Saturday nights. More on Zaslav in a moment, who was a talking point in Punk’s show-opening promo.
In addition to wrestling, Punk wanted to speak on Collision.
Weird things can happen at the lower levels of organized baseball. Just ask the Portland Pickles.
The Pickles play in the West Coast League, a college wood-bat circuit with 16 teams in Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alberta. It’s one of the better college summer leagues, but teams are still occasionally forced to reckon with some bush league complications.
For instance, on Saturday, as Portland’s home game against the Springfield Drifters dragged on into extra innings, it was briefly delayed when the sprinkler system in the ballpark came on automatically at midnight.
If the former All-Star forward is traded before the 2023 NBA Draft on Thursday, these five teams could send enticing packages back to the Pelicans.
The most heartbreaking way to lose a fishing tournament ever.
Imagine this for a moment: You just finished the fishing battle of a lifetime. A six-hour war with a 619-pound marlin that exhausted everyone, physically and mentally. In the end, it was all worth it. Your team set a record, and a stunning $3.5 million payday is waiting for you.
Then it’s all taken away on a technicality.
Patriots cornerback Jack Jones pleaded not guilty Tuesday to weapons charges, posted $30,000 cash bail, and is next scheduled to appear in court Aug. 18.
1. Red Sox manager Alex Cora has won over a lot of baseball fans around the country.
Over the weekend, with the Yankees and Red Sox slated for an ESPN Sunday Night Baseball game for the second week in a row, Cora went public with a gripe held by many MLB fans.
Via The Athletic’s Jen McCaffrey, Cora said, “I think it’s too much sometimes. Back-to-back Sunday night games, with all due respect to ESPN, come on. There’s other teams out there and people want to watch them.”
Cora on Red Sox-Yankees: “I think it’s too much sometimes.
Ohio State tight end Zak Herbstreit, the son of ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit, has been hospitalized.