Alec Bohm extends hitting streak, Phillies beat Giants Brandon Marsh drove in two runs, Alec Bohm extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a run-scoring single, and the Philadelphia Phillies opened a four-game series against the visiting San Francisco ... 05/3/2024 - 3:07 pm | View Link
Blame for Cardinals’ hitting struggles will fall at feet of coach. But should it? Given that the power outage seems to be blanketing the entire roster, it scarcely comes as a surprise that the chorus demanding blood has found its newest target in hitting coach Turner Ward and his ... 05/2/2024 - 7:30 pm | View Link
How hitting with runners in scoring position has been Shohei Ohtani’s one Dodgers flaw When there hasn’t been a baserunner at second or third base season, Shohei Ohtani has been the best hitter in baseball. He is batting an MLB-best .398 in such spots. 05/2/2024 - 9:52 am | View Link
Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Why Jurickson Profar's hot streak might be short-lived, and more Connor Wong, C, Red Sox (33%) – Seeing as Wong is hitting .366/.387/.620 in 75 PA so far this season, I fully expected to open his BaseballSavant.com page and see a bunch of red, indicating he's as ... 05/2/2024 - 5:37 am | View Link
Wednesday’s high school scores and highlights ROUNDUP BASEBALL Aidan Murphy threw a no-hitter, and Ben Meade hit two home runs as Weston topped Bedford 9-0 in Dual County League action. … Matt Mahoney had a monster day for Lincoln-Sudbury, ... 05/2/2024 - 4:47 am | View Link
The basketball robot programmed to troubleshoot and negate any problem with relative ease encountered a worthy brain-teaser Saturday night.
How does one center adjust to a team that’s able to throw three capable and well-rested bigs at him throughout the course of a game?
Nikola Jokic was actually stumped.
“Have a duplicate clone of myself,” he said finally.
Anthony Edwards is the future, and the evolution was televised Saturday night.
The Nuggets lost for only the second time in their past 15 home playoff games, dropping the opener 106-99 in the Western Conference semifinals. As fans shrugged toward the exits at Ball Arena, one thing was clear: The Minnesota Timberwolves are way better than the whiny Lakers.
First, the obvious.
The Denver Nuggets lost the first game of the second-round NBA playoff series to the Minnesota Timberwolves 106-99 at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado on Saturday night, May 4, 2024.
Foul trouble is rarely a blessing in disguise.
It might’ve helped the Timberwolves steal a road game in the first chapter of what’s sure to be a bitterly competitive series.
NBA Sixth Man of the Year Naz Reid played prolonged fourth-quarter minutes with Karl-Anthony Towns in foul trouble, and his 10-point burst in the last six minutes handed the Nuggets a 106-99 Game 1 loss on Saturday night.
This is the first time in the last two postseasons that Denver has trailed a series.
Initial thoughts from the Nuggets’ loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals on Saturday.
Naz Reid took over in the fourth: Timberwolves forward Naz Reid was named this season’s Sixth Man of the Year for a reason. But how many walked into Ball Arena on Saturday expecting Reid to turn into an All-Star in the fourth?