MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said one big turnout by Oakland Athletics fans doesn’t change “a decade worth of inaction” as he defended earlier comments about the “reverse boycott” held in protest of the team’s proposed move to Las Vegas.
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West Virginia point guard Kerr Kriisa will enter the NCAA transfer portal in the wake of Bob Huggins’ resignation as head coach, he told ESPN.
Travis Kelce says he understands Ja’Marr Chase wanting to stick up for Joe Burrow but by dissing Patrick Mahomes he better be ready to back up his “bold” talk.
The question tumbles forth, with interruptions aplenty owing to awkward phrasing, stutters and pauses. Still, it’s necessary to ascertain a truth as unfathomable as anything in sports.
The question, posed to Carlos Adames, a bruising middleweight contender whose interim world title bout is scheduled for Saturday: “Well, I just wanted … to start here … with, um, his number of siblings. This is … kind of an unfair question. But I’m, well, I’m curious. Can he name all 34?”
Adames cackles through the Zoom screen.
Before being traded to the Grizzlies this week, Marcus Smart spent his entire career with the Celtics, starting from when he was drafted with the No. 6 pick in the 2014 draft. In his nine years with Boston, he became a leader on a Celtics team that is one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference.
For the first time since the trade, Smart said goodbye to Celtics fans following his nine years in Boston.
“I came to Boston as a naive kid from Dallas not really knowing what to expect,” he wrote on Twitter.
After months of anticipation and build-up, Victor Wembanyama’s long-awaited debut finally appears to be on the horizon following his selection by the Spurs with the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA draft.
Fans eager to see Wembanyama in action were finally given dates to mark on their calendars on Friday after the NBA released its full summer league schedule. The Spurs will participate in two of the three sessions in Sacramento and Las Vegas, with the third session taking place in Salt Lake City.
Transgender boxer Patricio Manuel, a biological female, won another victory recently in a unanimous decision.
Manuel, who’s 37 years old, started competing in 2018 and scored a win over Hugo Aguilar at the time.
This most recent victory for the transgender fighter was over Alex Gutierrez in a four-round super featherweight fight.
Manuel posted on Instagram about the result.
“Picked up another win, got some stitches, hung with some of my people, did the thing I love with sacrifices but not compromises… all in all, 10/10,” Manuel wrote.
As we know, one of the ways the NBA draft can become intriguing for fans is through the ability to place wagers on players’ overall draft positions. However, following one of the league’s highlighted events of the offseason, many bettors are now crying foul.
NBA insider Shams Charania, a known brand ambassador for FanDuel, reported that G League Ignite star Scott Henderson was “gaining serious momentum” to become the No. 2 pick for the Hornets just hours prior to the start of Thursday’s NBA draft.
Orcas have been a subject of great debate in the public discourse recently, as multiple videos have emerged of incidents involving the whales and boats in various bodies of water over the past week.
On Thursday, the sea mammals made a notable—and nearly unfortunate—impact on the sports world.
While approaching the Strait of Gibraltar on Thursday, The Ocean Race’s Team JAJO encountered a pod of orcas, also known as killer whales, and were forced to navigate for several minutes as the whales ambushed the team’s boat.
As MLB’s All-Star week approaches, some fans are looking forward to the Home Run Derby. With Seattle hosting the event, the first player to enter his name in the Home Run Derby is someone close to Mariners fans’ hearts.
MLB confirmed that Julio Rodríguez, the 2022 AL Rookie of the Year, will officially take part in the Home Run Derby as the hometown favorite. Last year, Rodríguez took the league by storm, blasting 28 home runs in 132 games on his way to that Rookie of the Year award, becoming the fourth Mariner to win the award since 2000.