The Chicago Cubs came out swinging on the Fourth of July against the St. Louis Cardinals, and they didn’t stop until they’d made franchise history.
It started in the first inning, when Seiya Suzuki launched a 413-foot homer to left center field to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead over Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas. Just three pitches later, emerging superstar Pete Crow-Armstrong hit one out 111mph to right center to give the Cubs a 2-0 lead.
They were just getting warmed up.
First baseman Michael Busch led off the bottom of the second inning with a homer of his own to make it 3-0.
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Gypsy Joe may have been best known for his infamous match with New Jack, but the hardcore legend was much more than that. (Photo: Reverend Dan Wilson. Design: Jonathan Castro, Yahoo Sports.)
When all-time tough guys are discussed in professional wrestling, names like Terry Funk, Haku and Mick Foley often come up. The sport’s historians might mention older names like Dick the Bruiser or Johnny Valentine.
Report: Chelsea win race for Joao Pedro after January groundwork
Chelsea’s early planning pays off
Chelsea’s capture of Joao Pedro from Brighton marks a significant win in their summer transfer strategy, especially with Champions League football on the horizon and a disrupted pre-season due to their Club World Cup involvement. While other clubs may still be weighing options, Chelsea were proactive, targeting players for early acquisition and ensuring new signings could integrate swiftly.
The decision to pursue Pedro had been months in the making.
MANCHESTER — Before James Tibbs III could tell his mom and dad, they brought up the topic.
“I called my mom and my parents (Julie and James Jr.) were like, ‘Hey, did you see (Rafael) Devers got traded to the Giants?’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, yeah, well, that’s me. I’m part of that trade,’” Tibbs said this week at Delta Dental Stadium before playing for the Portland Sea Dogs against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
Tibbs learned San Francisco dealt him to the Boston Red Sox for Devers during a game.
Concord High School junior Grace Saysaw left the NHIAA Division I track and field championships with four titles.
Five, really, if you count the Crimson Tide’s team title, their first outdoor track state championship since 1988.
Saysaw won all four events she competed in and set two Division I records at the May 30 meet at Portsmouth High School. Her efforts that day earned her the May New Hampshire Union Leader Apple Therapy Services/Bedford Ambulatory Surgical Center/Express MED Athlete of the Month award from the Union Leader Board of Judges.
Saysaw won the 100-meter dash in 12.
Dartmouth College baseball coach Bob Whalen this week announced his retirement after 36 years and 653 wins, the most of any Ivy League baseball coach at a single institution.
Whalen, the longest-tenured Division I head coach at one school, won 11 Ivy League Red Rolfe Division titles, two Ivy League crowns, and his teams made two NCAA Tournament appearances.
Since Whalen took over, Dartmouth has had 31 Major League Baseball draft picks, with six reaching the majors.
The former head of the NFL Players Association has some harsh words in a new book about one of the league’s best and most important players.
DeMaurice Smith, who ran the NFLPA from 2009-2023, was not a fan of legendary quarterback Aaron Rodgers during his time as the head of the union. “The god of Cheesehead Nation was isolated and dismissive,” he said about Rodgers in his new book, “Turf Wars,” according to Awful Announcing.
“He sat in the back row of the meeting room, issuing loud sighs before standing for a dramatic exit,” he continued.
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