Olympics: 2020 finalists named Doha and Baku were eliminated from the race for the 2020 Olympics yesterday as the IOC trimmed the field of candidates from five cities to three. Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul made the cut as the International Olympic Committe...
Like waves of immigrants before him, state Sen. Adriano Espaillat came here as a child, a stranger in a strange land. Now, after decades of hard work and political activism, he has arrived. Espaillat has a shot at unseating Rep. Charles Rangel and becomi...
Have you perused your baseball standings lately? Call it “Revenge of the Tired and Poor.” Nine teams run payrolls of $100 million or more. Of those nine, only two — reigning pennant winners Texas and St. Louis — stand at five games or more over .500. Of ...
Last Sunday’s Scout’s Scrimmage, an annual showcase in front of several Major League Baseball scouts at American Legion in Brooklyn, featured the city’s top high school baseball prospects. There was one notable absence – Grand Street Campus senior Ernest...
We MUST be seeing things. Rather, we must not be seeing things. The public used to rely on the media to fight for it, to go to bat for the bat-less. Not so much anymore. Most in the news take their corporate orders — real, tacit and imagined — or make th...
The Arizona Diamondbacks and All-Star catcher Miguel Montero have agreed a five-year contract extension, Major League Baseball's website reported on Saturday. Financial terms were not announced but Phoenix media reported the deal was worth $60 million. M...
Sky Sports Scout is where we scour the globe looking for the best talent, next up is Vaclav Pilar. Tracey McGrae is heading off to watch next season's Milan derby courtesy of Soccer Saturday Super 6. Check out all the summer moves and rumours with the Sk...
- R.Weeks homered to left on a 2-1 count. News: McClendon will be recalled from Triple-A Nashville on Friday, Mike Vassallo, the Brewers' media relations director, reports. (RotoWire - Thu. May 24, 2012) News: Parra has been mentioned as a possible repla...
Former Major League Baseball player David Segui may be called to testify in the perjury trial of ex-pitching ace Roger Clemens, the judge in the case ruled on Thursday. According to prosecutors Segui has been reluctant to travel to Washington for the tri...
Liddi rounds the bases after hitting a grand slam A grand slam from Alex Liddi helped the Seattle Mariners make it two of three against Texas Rangers with a 5-3 victory in Major League Baseball on Wednesday. Liddi hit his third home run of the season and...
According to Corey Brock of MLB.com, Cameron Maybin is currently dealing with a sprained right wrist . Maybin was sent for X-rays after leaving this afternoon’s game against the Mets in the sixth inning. Maybin acknowledged that his wrist has been bother...
: Royals second basemen Chris Getz, on the 15-day disabled list due to a ribs injury, is expected to resume baseball activities on Sunday, reports MLB.com. "I finally feel I've progressed the last two days," Getz said. "We kind of thought it was going to...
Published: May 26, 2012 at 6:07 PM MINNEAPOLIS, May 26 (UPI) -- Andy Dirks and Miguel Cabrera each went 2-for-4 with two RBI Saturday and the Detroit Tigers spanked Minnesota 6-3 in a rain-delayed contest. Dirks' two-run double highlighted a four-run fif...
Ryan Braun's bizarre two-strike bunt attempt Tuesday came as the reigning NL MVP is getting a reputation as a prima donna. He has complained so much about the odd shadows at Miller Park with the roof open for day games that the Brewers now partially clos...
Two students are taking to the MLB.com airwaves with hopes of combining their love of baseball and broadcasting to become some of the sport's next great radio voices. Ben Greenberg and Charlie Greenwald, two 2012 graduates of Staples High School in Westp...
