Browsing: All news

As pitchers work with a timer to prepare for the newly-introduced rule, the league’s batters will have to learn to deal with the change on the fly.
There’s no escaping the clocks. In every spring training complex, on every main field and backfield, teams are keeping time.
This is how MLB is preparing for its new pitch clock. In these early spring bullpen sessions and rounds of live batting practice, pitchers have been working with the timer, knowing they will have to do so for real when spring training games start on Friday.

NBA referees blowing their whistle for a travel or a double dribble is an incredibly rare occasion. If they did so more regularly it would slow the game to a crawl given the fact that players walk with the basketball on practically every other possession, but the no-call on Klay Thompson on Thursday night was egregious.
With the Golden State Warriors trailing the Lakers by nine points in the third quarter on Thursday night, Thompson caught an outlet pass at midcourt. After very clearly taking a dribble, he then went into a pump fake before taking the ball to the floor again.

The first Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl helped launch the HBCU Legacy Bowl. He spoke with SI on the event, the state of HBCU football and more.
When Doug Williams and James “Shack” Harris made the leap to the NFL ranks, they did not have the opportunity to participate in an all HBCU-only event to showcase their skills in front of NFL executives, scouts and decision makers.

The Dodgers are favorites to win the NL crown, but three teams are right on their heels.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the favorites to win the 2023 NL Pennant at SI Sportsbook.
After winning the National League pennant three of the last six seasons, the Dodgers once again look poised to take home the honors in 2023. Despite losing shortstop Trea Turner to the Philadelphia Phillies, the lineup remains dangerous with Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and a healthy Max Muncy.

For someone who said he is not a crime investigator in an interview with ESPN Wednesday, Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne sure has spent quite a bit of time investigating freshman star basketball player Brandon Miller’s role – or lack thereof – in the murder on the Alabama strip on Jan. 15.
Miller has not been charged as an accessory in the crime or with anything. Even though he did bring the murder weapon to the murder scene on that date, according to bombshell police testimony on Tuesday in a preliminary hearing in Tuscaloosa.

The Phillies check in at No. 21 in our comprehensive ranking of each MLB franchise’s 26-and-under talent. Here’s why.

Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images
Rookie Logan Sargeant posted the second-best lap time of the morning session
It is important to remember that lap times during Formula 1 pre-season testing are to be taken with a massive grain of salt. Teams are running different programs, trying different things with the car, using different fuel loads and tyre compounds, and the lack of uniformity makes comparing lap times an inexact science.
But with pre-season testing in Bahrain now halfway complete, there should be some smiles around the Williams Racing garage.

Russell Wilson asked Seahawks ownership in February 2022 to fire coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider with hopes that the team would hire Sean Payton to be the new coach, according to a report.

After being drafted in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft, Chad ‘Ochocinco’ Johnson didn’t want to fall into the trap we see so many young professional athletes fall for. Instead of blowing his $1.4 million signing bonus, Johnson set out to save his money and had a very interesting strategy for doing so.
The former NFL wide receiver recently sat down with Shannon Sharpe on the ‘Club Shay Shay‘ podcast and the two got to talking about money, specifically Johnson’s reputation of being frugal.

If he follows the path of Willie McCovey, the Yankees star could have an explosive 2023 campaign.
What can Aaron Judge do for an encore? History suggests he will put together another elite season, but one that doesn’t quite measure up to his 2022 breakout—unless he is another Willie McCovey and is about to get even better.
Last season Judge posted the greatest age-30 season ever, as measured by OPS+. It was far and away his biggest season. Almost without exception, such huge breakout hitters backslide a bit the next year.