White Sox’ Yasmani Grandal Drives in Eight Runs in Return From the Injured List
Sometimes when baseball players return from a stint on the injured list, it takes a game or two to get their hitting back up to speed. This was not the...
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Orioles End 19 Game Losing Streak
The Baltimore Orioles last playoff appearance was in 2016. They were 89-73 in the regular season and lost the Wild Card playoff to the Toronto Blue Jays. Since that time,...
Miguel Cabrera Hits 500th Home Run of His Career
Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers hit his 500th career home run in Toronto on August 22nd, becoming the 28th player in major league history to reach that milestone. The...
Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani Making His Case for A.L. MVP
The Los Angeles Angels beat the Tigers 3-1 in Detroit on August 18th, and Angels’ starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani showed why he is one of the leading candidates for American...
Alabama Ranked 1st in AP Preseason College Football Poll Yet Again
Defending national champion Alabama leads the 2021 AP Preseason College Football Poll. The Crimson Tide had 47 first place votes, so while Alabama opening at #1 isn’t a surprise, there...
White Sox Win Dreamy Field of Dreams Game
The long delayed major league baseball game at the Dyersville, Iowa location of the 1989 Kevin Costner film “Field of Dreams” finally was played on August 12th. Originally, it was...
R.I.P. Hockey Hall of Famer Tony Esposito
Tony Esposito, a Hockey Hall of Famer and three time Vezina Trophy winning goalie for the Chicago Blackhawks, died of pancreatic cancer on August 10th at the age of 78....
Allyson Felix Wins Record 11th Olympic Medal; Men’s and Women’s 400m Relay Teams Sweep Gold
Allyson Felix won a U.S. record 11th Olympic Medal as the U.S. Women’s 4 X 400 relay team took the gold in one of the last track events of the...
Andre de Grasse of Canada Wins Men’s 200 meters; Americans Kenneth Bednarek an Noah Lyles win Silver and Bronze
Andre de Grasse edged Americans Kenneth Bednarek and Noah Lyles in the men’s 200 meters at the Tokyo Olympics to become the first Canadian to win the event since Percy...
Jamaicans Sweep Women’s 100m; Italian Sprinter Lamont Marcell Jacobs Wins Men’s 100m
Usain Bolt has retired, but the tradition of great sprinters from Jamaica lives on, at least for women. Elaine Thompson-Herah, winner of the 100 meters in Rio in 2016, successfully...
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