With the team at the center of trade rumorsnot to mention three days before the draftthe Cavaliers have decided to part ways with general manager David Griffin.
Tonights Carolina League Home Run Derby was, as always, the years premier display of lower minor league power hitting on the East Coast. Glorious! But this years event brought us more than dingers. This year brought us Sicnarf Loopstok.
SNY analyst Keith Hernandez was caught in an unfortunate spot tonight when the broadcast came back from commercial early and caught him unawaresright as he was discussing how Washington Nationals starter Tanner Roark has been getting his tits lit lately.
Clayton Kershaw began the night against the Mets looking more or less like Clayton Kershaw, which is to say that he began the night looking as if hed be very hard to hit. But that soon unraveledseemingly slowly, at first, and then very quicklyand suddenly it was the seventh inning and baseballs best pitcher was&
Since MLB created new rules a few years ago to protect catchers and limit unnecessary hard contact in plays at the plate, weve seen fewer and fewer collisions. But we got one tonight, courtesy of Anthony Rizzo and Austin Hedges, and San Diego is steamed about the way it played out.
Cody Bellinger, called up when he was only because of injuries on the Dodgers big-league roster, gave the rest of the league a three-week head start. Hes caught up. With his 20th and 21st home runs in last nights 10-6 win over the Mets, Bellinger now leads the NL in home runs, and is just two behind the Yankees&
In the abstract, David Brookss choice to begin todays Times column about the assorted Trump/Russia investigations with the following isnt necessarily a bad one.
After the pre-draft trade between the Celtics and Sixers was made official yesterday, Celtics GM Danny Ainge held a conference call with reporters to explain his reasoning.
What do the three best teams in the National League all have in common? They all play in the NL West. As of Tuesday, the Diamondbacks have won seven games in a row, the Rockies have won five in a row, and the Dodgers have won four in a row. In their last 10 games, these teams are 9-1, 7-3, and 9-1, respectively.
The first thing I did when I got to Vegas was put a bet on Sergey Kovalev. It seemed like the right thing to do at the time. You might say, How could you bet against Andre Ward? One of the most polished pound-for-pound fighters in the world? An Olympic gold medalist? A world champion at two different weight classes?&
Everything about politics and the world in general is pretty bad right now. Walk up to me and say the word politics and Ill say to you, No sir! No maam! Id rather not!
Phil Jackson had millions of sad, tri-state area sphincters clenching after an April presser when he said there was no player on the Knicks who was safe from the trading block. They stayed clenched when Kristaps Porzingis skipped his exit meetings, apparently frustrated after wading through this sewer of a franchise&
Tony DiCicco, the USWNTs winningest manager, died last night according to a statement released by his son. DiCicco, who coached the team from 1994 to 1999, is the only manager of the U.S. to have won both a World Cup and Olympic gold. Heres his son Anthonys statement:
On yesterdays show, Mike Francesa passed along the Supreme Courts ruling on whether a slur could be registered as a trademarka case that would have affected the Washington Redskins trademarkwith the signature delicate approach only he could provide.
On Monday, with a distinct lack of ceremony, the Arizona Coyotes announced that they would not offer a new contract to Shane Doan, abruptly dismissing the longest-serving active captain in the NHL. Doan had been with the franchise his entire 21-season career, dating all the way back to when the Coyotes were the&
The Golden State Warriors have been champions for one week, and the rest of the NBA is already scrambling to get in position to beat them next year. The Cavs have spent the past few days on a nonsensical roller coaster, flirting with soon-to-be ex-Pacer Paul George then self-immolating and stunting any progress theyd&
Following last weeks failed raccoon coup, it seems that the squirrels may have gotten some nutty ideas, too. Todays edition of Squirrel Watch brings a confusing mix of romantic, vicious, and inscrutable deeds.
With Adidas taking over the contract for NHL uniforms from Reebok, that means redesigns for everyone. Any major redesigns? Officially, well all have to wait until tonight to find out. The jersey unveiling party is taking place in Las Vegas starting at 8 p.m. Eastern, with the reveal of the Vegas Golden Knights&
Ankers beginning its drive into the automotive accessory space with an affordable new dash cam, and you can race over to Amazon to snag one for $68, the best price weve seen since our exclusive (and short-lived) $64 launch deal..
Video streaming platform Twitch announced a two-year collaboration with Blizzard Entertainment today, where the service will receive exclusive third-party streaming rights to tournaments like the Heroes of the Storm Global Championship and Overwatch APEX League.
Red Sox star Mookie Betts uses a weird bat thats gotten a lot of attention over the last few seasons. Instead of the normal knob that is standard on wooden bats, the bottom of Bettss looks more like an axe handle; logic is that the more streamlined handle leads to fewer blisters on the palm.
This afternoon LeBron James posted a video of himself kneeling on a rubber sphere while waggling a large rubbery wand, that, per our own Tim Burkes experiences, is liable to knock you right on your ass should you stop waggling it at the right rate. Every fiber of Jamess action-figure torso strains to stabilize his&
Barring catastrophic injury or disaster, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a very good chance of returning to the finals next season, because the East is a bunch of cupcakes and having LeBron James is an excellent head start. Beyond that is unclear, as James has a player option for the 2018-19 season, and Dan Gilberts&
The second big trade domino has fallen ahead of Thursdays NBA draft. According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Los Angeles Lakers will send point guard DAngelo Russell and NBA Finals hero Timofey Mozgov to Brooklyn in exchange for Brook Lopez and the 27th pick in the draft.
After sitting at .500 two months into the season, Cleveland baseball might be back to where we expected at the start of 2017. In the midst of a six-game winning streak, the bats are absurdly hot, the pitching is strong, and once again this team is the clear favorite to win the AL Central.
Before the start of last season, Seattle Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto declared 2016 to be The Year of Mike Zunino. Simply put, it wasnt. Most of the season was spent in Triple-A, and while he showed some marked improvement at the plate during his weeks with the big-league club, it wasnt enough. Zunino was&