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Another member of the Ortiz family is officially in the Red Sox organization. Boston selected David Ortiz’s son, D’Angelo, on Tuesday with their 19th-round pick (567th overall) in the 2024 MLB Draft. D’Angelo Ortiz, 20, is a third baseman/outfielder who last played for Miami Dade Community College in Kendall, Florida. A 6-foot-1, right-handed hitter, Ortiz appeared in 51 games for Miami Dade CC last season, batting .377 with one home run, seven doubles, and 35 RBI. The younger Ortiz has been around the Red Sox for most of his childhood. He was born a little over three months before his…
ARLINGTON — So many all-time greats have played for the Red Sox, a franchise rich in century-old history. Yet, the group of players who have won the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet — an honor first awarded in 1962 and then renamed in honor of a Boston legend in 2002 — is quite exclusive. It features a pair of Hall of Famers — 18-time All-Star outfielder Carl Yastrzemski (1970) and eight-time All-Star right-hander Pedro Martinez (‘99) — as well as 11-time All-Star right-hander Roger Clemens (‘86) and outfielder J.D. Drew (2008). On Tuesday night,…
Noah Lyles is hoping to leave his mark at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but safe to say his lead up to the event has made noise on social media. His docuseries on Netflix, ‘SPRINT’, received mixed reactions from fans, with many stating that they found his attitude unlikable. Noah Lyles brimming with confidence as he prepares for the Paris Olympics Then there is the reignited rivalry between the USA and Jamaica heading into the games, which has put Lyles in the middle of another discussion. However, that doesn’t seem to be what the 26-year-old is most bothered by. Lyles not…
Rafael Nadal’s first singles match since losing in the first round of the French Open in May ended with a 6-3 6-4 win against Leo Borg in the first round of the Swedish Open. Nadal, 38, missed Wimbledon to focus on the Olympics in Paris this summer and was making his return to action at the tournament in Bastad. The Spaniard, who won a doubles match with Casper Ruud on Monday, broke his 21-year-old Swedish opponent, the son of tennis legend Bjorn Borg, with a drop shot in the fourth game. Nadal went on to serve out the ninth game…
The premier college coach in West Virginia leads a program at the University of Tennessee. Kim Caldwell, hired Sunday as head women’s basketball coach of the Volunteers, led Marshall to a 26-7 record, the Sun Belt Conference championship and its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1997 this season in her lone season with the Thundering Herd. The victory total was the most in program history. For her effort, Caldwell was voted winner of the Furfari Award, named for longtime sports writer Mickey Furfari and presented by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. Caldwell won the award twice before, in 2019…
Tennessee has found the next coach to lead its women’s basketball program. Kim Caldwell will leave Marshall for Knoxville, as first reported by Talia Goodman. Caldwell takes over for Kellie Harper, who was fired last week after five seasons coaching the Lady Vols. Caldwell will be formally introduced at a news conference on Tuesday, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel. In Caldwell’s lone season at Marshall, the Thundering Herd won the Sun Belt’s regular season and tournament championships, going 26–7 overall and 17–1 in conference. That performance earned Marshall an NCAA tournament bid as a No. 13 seed, but the…
e individual women, six men, and women’s team receive USTFCCCA academic honors NEW ORLEANS – Sprinter Louie Hinchliffewas recognized as U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s (USTFCCCA) Scholar Athlete of the Year, and a total of 11 student-athletes were named All-Academic Athletes, the organization announced Monday. Hinchliffe was named the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Scholar Track Athlete of the Year after maintaining a 3.51 cumulative grade point average. The Sheffield, England, native won the 100-meter dash at the 2024 NCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a personal best time…
BOSTON — Red Sox Nation is in mourning after the passing of former team president and CEO Larry Lucchino, who died Tuesday at the age of 78. As part of the ownership group that bought the Red Sox in 2002 along with John Henry and Tom Werner, Lucchino was an instrumental figure in the franchise ending its World Series drought in 2004. Lucchino’s leadership and baseball expertise not only helped the ownership group revamp Fenway Park, but two more titles followed in 2007 and 2013.
The big storyline heading into the 2024 NFL season is what will happen with head coach Mike McCarthy and quarterback Dak Prescott, who are both in contract years with the organization. For McCarthy, he did enough last season to show ownership that they should see through the final year of his deal despite yet another letdown in the playoffs. But a new report has stated McCarthy being “fed up” with Jerry Jones and others in the front office.