Matt Manning, Jason Foley and Alex Lange authored the first combined no-hitter in Detroit Tigers franchise history on Saturday.
Author: Michael
I don’t know if you were aware of this, but most WNBA teams fly commercial.
For whatever reason, this shocks and appalls certain people. The kind that doesn’t understand that chartered flights are pretty expensive. If they weren’t. everyone would take them all the time.
In light of recent travel nightmares — okay, really just that time Alex Stein asked Brittany Griner questions loudly — there have been for the league’s players to stop flying private.
Charter flights have been a bone of contention for a while in the WNBA.
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The day after news broke that Northwestern head football coach Pat Fitzgerald had been suspended following an investigation into hazing allegations, a report from a campus newspaper detailed some of the accusations.
Some of the disturbing alleged hazing acts were sexual in nature. Additionally, one accuser even claimed that players believed Fitzgerald was aware of them.
The Daily Northwestern published a piece in which they spoke to an unnamed former player. He described — in graphic detail — some of the alleged hazing practices.
Yair Rodríguez is looking to upset the balance at UFC 290.
If Rodríguez defeats Alexander Volkanovski later tonight, he will disrupt more than the featherweight division, but also the entire upper echelon of the UFC.
“This is an opportunity for me to reach the next level of competition,” says Rodríguez, who enters the interim champ. “Alexander Volkanovski is just an amazing opponent. Even though I’ve had several opportunities to show my ability, this will be different. Alexander Volkanovski will push me to the edge.
The Tigers were dominant on the mound on Saturday, utilizing three pitchers in a no-hit effort against the Blue Jays. The trio of Matt Manning, Jason Foley, and Alex Lange combined to throw just the second no-hitter of the 2023 MLB season, and the ninth in Detroit franchise history.
After the game, Lange was on the field for a postgame interview, during which he let slip an NSFW comment while celebrating the achievement with the fans at Comerica Park.
“Man.
The Detroit Tigers completed an impressive, combined no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon.
This comes just a few weeks after Domingo German of the New York Yankees threw a perfect game against the Oakland Athletics.
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Considering the significantly tougher opponent, the Tigers’ accomplishment is a substantial accomplishment.
Matt Manning started the game for Detroit, finishing off 6 2/3 innings. Manning allowed just three base runners, all on walks, striking out five.
The gulf between Nebraska coach Matt Rhule’s résumés in the collegiate and professional ranks is miles wide.
On campus, Rhule is 47–43—a record that belies two wholesale turnarounds at Temple and Baylor. In the NFL, Rhule went a pedestrian 11–27 and was dismissed during his third season with the Panthers.
The difference in his experiences has given Rhule perspective as he prepares for his first season with the Cornhuskers, which he outlined in dramatic terms in a June 30 profile written by Pete Thamel of ESPN.
Josh Donaldson, who has drawn the ire of Yankees fans this year, is on a somewhat strange side of history after hitting his 10th home run of the season in New York’s 6–3 win over the Cubs on Saturday.
The veteran slugger, who entered Saturday afternoon’s tilt hitting just .125 (2-for-16) in the month of July, belted his second home run of the current home stand but it comes with a dubious distinction.
With the blast, Donaldson reached double-digit home runs but he only has 14 total hits in 2023.
Tigers pitchers Matt Manning, Jason Foley and Alex Lange combined to no-hit the Blue Jays in a 2–0 win at Comerica Park on Saturday afternoon.
Manning got the start just a few weeks after returning from the injured list with a broken foot. The 25 year-old came into the game with a 4.84 ERA but threw 6.2 no-hit innings on 91 pitches. After Manning walked Cavan Biggio in the seventh, manager A.J. Hinch chose to pull him with the tying run coming to the plate to try and preserve the lead.
From there, Foley and Lange did the rest in relief, each retiring every batter they faced.
Rockets rookie Amen Thompson will likely miss the rest of Summer League due to a Grade 2 ankle sprain he suffered in Friday’s debut, a source told Andscape.