Curt Schilling questions character of Kirby Puckett in Hall of Fame rant Kirby Puckett has had his dirty laundry aired in public (at least in the media) on multiple occasions, perhaps most notably in this 2003 Sports Illustrated piece, three years before his early death.
It is a part of the Puckett story that most Twins fans either honestly don’t know about or choose to forget about — or, at the most, gloss over when thinking about the baseball hero.
The less-than-perfect side of Puckett the human, in fact, gets buried so deep that it becomes somewhat shocking when someone brings up his name in a negative way. More
McCann drives in 3 as Braves beat Giants 6-3 Brian McCann hit a two-run homer and an RBI single in his third game this season after coming off the disabled list, and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Thursday night to begin a four-game series between NL division leaders. More
Royals snap Braves' 10-game win streak Wade Davis pitched five-hit ball for seven innings, Jeff Francoeur had a fourth-inning RBI single and the Kansas City Royals stopped Atlanta's 10-game winning streak with a 1-0 victory Wednesday. More
Sources: Verlander gets record $180M deal Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers have reached agreement on a new contract that could exceed $202 million, according to sources. Verlander's deal, which would make him the highest-paid pitcher in the game, is for seven years and worth $180 million, sources said. More
Red Sox sign left-handed first baseman, acquire infielder from Mets The Red Sox made a pair of moves to bolster their infield depth on Wednesday, signing a left-handed hitting first baseman and trading for a new utility player. 05/1/2024 - 7:31 am | View Link
Pirates Complete JT Brubaker Trade by Acquiring Infield Prospect From Yankees The Pittsburgh Pirates have completed the trade that sent right-handed pitcher JT Brubaker to the New York Yankees. The player to be named later heading back to the Pirates is infield prospect Keiner ... 04/30/2024 - 9:38 am | View Link
Pirates acquire minor-league infielder Keiner Delgado from Yankees to complete JT Brubaker trade The Pittsburgh Pirates completed the March 29 trade of pitcher JT Brubaker to the New York Yankees on Tuesday, acquiring switch-hitting, minor-league second baseman/shortstop Keiner Delgado as the ... 04/30/2024 - 9:07 am | View Link
Yankees announce player to be named later in deal for injured pitcher Back in March, the Yankees struck a deal with the Pirates to acquire RHP JT Brubaker, who is currently on the injured list recovering from Tommy John Surgery. In the trade, the Yankees announced that ... 04/30/2024 - 8:43 am | View Link
Pirates Acquire Keiner Delgado From Yankees The Yankees have traded infielder Keiner Delgado to the Pirates as the player to be named later in the JT Brubaker trade from last month, per announcements from both clubs. The infielder wasn’t on the ... 04/30/2024 - 7:55 am | View Link
Jamal Murray’s intermittent injury report appearances this season are practically a crash course in human leg anatomy.
A hamstring. A knee. Both ankles. His shins.
Now, a calf.
None of the injuries have been severe enough to sideline him for more than three-ish weeks, but they’ve each been accompanied by a sense of foreboding, which is owed to the Nuggets’ recent playoff history with and without Murray.
Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag weekly during the season and periodically during the offseason. Click here to submit a question.
Is it safe to Buy a Bo Nix jersey? Fans wanna know because of the revolving QB door we seem to have.
— Maria England, Phoenix
Thanks for getting us going this week, Maria.
New month, same awful Rockies.
The Colorado club that is becoming nearly impossible to watch lost again on Wednesday at loanDepot Park, dropping to 7-23 in the club’s worst-ever 30-game start.
In the 4-1 defeat in Game 2 in Miami, the Rockies wasted a strong outing by Dakota Hudson and, in a familiar refrain, lacked clutch hits.
WINNIPEG — Rick Bowness invoked the wisdom from one of hockey’s most famous playoff tales Tuesday night.
His Winnipeg Jets had just finished a season with 110 points — fourth-most in the NHL — but only one postseason victory after the Colorado Avalanche rolled past his club in five games during an opening-round series in the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
“You get to this stage, at the end of a playoff series, if you’re not putting an ice bag on, you’re not playing hard enough,” Bowness said.
You are what you tweet.
Scroll Deion Sanders’ timeline and it provides messages that are uplifting, encouraging and confusing. Sanders dispenses advice on pursuing dreams, believing, staying positive and remaining disciplined.
Intertwined in those messages, Sanders makes and takes things personally. As one of the greatest defenders ever to play football, it is natural for him to defend himself.
The younger brother of Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. was arrested early Sunday morning in Missouri on investigation of driving while intoxicated.
Jevon Porter, 20, was arrested at 1:31 a.m. in Boone County, Missouri, State Highway Patrol records show. Porter, who was released, also was accused of speeding.
The 6-foot-11 Columbia, Missouri, native is a sophomore on the Loyola Marymount University basketball team.