Author: Mikesportz
Saturday, adding some much-needed depth down in Triple-A Worcester. Boston announced catcher/designated hitter Tyler Heineman was reinstated from the injured list and optioned following Friday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Heineman made just one appearance with the Red Sox this season, being hit by a pitch in his second plate appearance and eventually being removed from the game. He’d been out since April 23 with a right hamstring strain but will return to Worcester where he provided a steady bat for the WooSox. The 32-year-old produced a .235 average with a double, three RBI, eight runs scored and two…
WHILE ANXIOUSLY WAITING to move on from the 100-1 win bet on Akshay Bhatia — who didn’t make the cut at this weekend’s PGA Championship — a merry mid-May roundup of select sports & media Ins and Outs: In — The Bears at Arlington Park— A no-brainer three years ago and absolutely nothing has changed in terms of the good franchise fortune attendant to the core concept. … Biblical types would call those 326 acres manna from heaven. … Are the McCaskeys really that dumb to stay waddled away? Out — Warren’s Folly — When a traveling salesman like Kevin…
Former LSU women’s basketball player Angel Reese graduated with her degree and her current Chicago Sky teammates had to celebrate. Reese got her degree in interdisciplinary studies with concentrations and minors in communication studies, leadership development and psychology on Friday, according to an LSU news release. She completed her degree in four years, including two years at the University of Maryland. Fellow Sky graduating teammates got their diplomas as well. Kamilla Cardoso completed her bachelors and Brianna Turner completed her masters. LSU basketball star Angel Reese laughs on the on the court-side during the first half of an NBA basketball game…
After two hard-fought weeks, the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves will battle to see whose season will march on and who will pack up until next fall. The Nuggets and Minnesota meet for Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinal series in Denver on Sunday night with a trip to the conference finals on the line. After six games of blowouts, tight games and wild swings, including the Timberwolves dismantling the Nuggets 115-70 in Game 6 on Thursday night, the series comes down to one night. They’re the defending champs, so it’s going to be super tough,” Minnesota guard Anthony…
Upon signing a new four-year, $212 million contract extension with a record $73 million signing bonus, Lions quarterback Jared Goff can surely set aside his doubters. He has believers in the organization, he’s gotten paid, and that’s all that matters. But even in his press conference to talk about his contract extension, Goff said he plays “best when I’m doubted.” The lame critique he gave the Detroit media in April proves he’ll probably never let go of noticing those who doubt him. Which is fine, since athletes should find motivation wherever they best think they can. The chip on his…
During a “Dwight Clark Legacy Series” event — a charity event benefitting The Golden Heart Fund of San Francisco — former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith appeared on a panel with three other quarterbacks who have also been associated with the San Francisco 49ers: Brock Purdy, Jeff Garcia and Steve Young. Smith spoke about the unique situation in which he found himself the 49ers had selected him out of Utah with the first overall pick of the 2005 NFL Draft: following Joe Montana, Young — and even Driskell — as San Francisco’s starter. “There had never been a franchise to have a Joe and Steve,”…
Why Warner believes Greenlaw fit 49ers’ Dwight Clark Award originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Star 49ers linebackers Fred Warner and Dre Greenlaw are extremely close, and their friendship was on full display at the annual Dwight Clark Legacy Series event on Thursday night at the California Theater in San Jose. Warner, last year’s recipient of the Dwight Clark Award, which “honors the current 49ers player who best exemplifies Dwight’s spirit of teamwork and camaraderie,” detailed what makes Greenlaw such a special person and worthy of this year’s honor. Yeah. Dre is everything to me,” Warner said of Greenlaw…
FRISCO, Texas – The Committee. That’s all we hear about these days. The Committee, the plan for how the Cowboys will handle the running back position come 2024, not necessarily by choice but by necessity. At least as of May 17. But what does that mean? How big is the committee? Who is on the committee? Who is head of the committee? What are the individual member responsibilities? A lot to digest. Let’s start here. When the Cowboys begin their first of three OTA practice sessions next week, here are the committee members at this point, and ranking them in…
San Francisco Giants’ Jung Hoo Lee fails to catch a fly ball hit by Cincinnati Reds’ Jeimer Candelario in the first inning of a baseball in San Francisco, Sunday, May 12, 2024. Lee would leave the game after injuring himself during the play. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP) (Jose Carlos Fajardo / Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee will miss the rest of the season after dislocating his left shoulder while crashing into an outfield wall. The Giants announced Friday that Lee will have season-ending surgery in the next couple of weeks. Lee…
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says he would have wanted Son Heung-min to be the man to miss a big chance in the Premier League title race, after the Tottenham captain was denied by Stefan Ortega Mikel Arteta has singled out Tottenham’s Son Heung-min as the player he would have chosen to convert the crucial chance that might have put Arsenal at the forefront of the Premier League title race. As the Gunners approach the season’s final weekend with their title hopes hinging on West Ham’s performance against Pep Guardiola’s team, Arteta reflected on what might have been if Spurs’ captain…