Jalen Ramsey and Golden Tate are practically family. They’ve known each other for years, back to when Ramsey and Tate’s sisters attended high school together at Brentwood Academy in Tennessee. Ramsey eventually started dating one of Tate’s younger sisters, Breanna, and the two had a child together earlier this year. So Golden Tate and Ramsey […]
Giants coach Pat Shurmur wouldn’t officially rule Barkley out of Friday’s game, but he’s unlikely to play. Shurmur said everyone can guess and surmise, but a player who does not practice because of an injury isn’t typically going to play in a preseason contest. The Giants had a light workout with the Lions on Thursday […]
The Boston Red Sox were an excellent team in 2017, going 93-69 and winning the AL East before losing to the Astros in the Division Series. The Red Sox made one major transaction in the offseason, signing J.D. Martinez as a free agent. As you know, Martinez has terrorized pitchers all season, hitting .333/.400/.665 while […]
During an interleague road game Tuesday, Porcello enjoyed a rare opportunity to pitch, swing the bat and channel his inner Zack Greinke. He put on quite a show. Fresh off one of his worst starts of the season in Toronto, Porcello dazzled the Phillies with his command and five-pitch repertoire. He allowed two hits over […]
It is a destination of sorts, even a starting point, a place some are told they have to go, have to get in and stay in. It is the foundation, what Denver Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. calls “everything.” It is routinely still called a book, except it isn’t for most. But how quickly, how […]
New AC Milan Gonzalo Higuain has said Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri was the only one at the Premier League club who wanted him, while also inisting that he did not feel forced out at Juventus by the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo. Higuain had been linked with a move to Stamford Bridge this summer to be […]
Khris Middleton is forthright when asked about the visible sense of fun and enjoyment among the NBA players on the opening day of the 2018 Basketball Without Borders Africa camp in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Indeed, the smiles of the NBA players at the American International School in Midrand were every bit as broad as those […]
The details of Roberto Osuna’s domestic violence case have not been made public, and it isn’t entirely clear whether they ever will. Osuna has a court date Wednesday in Toronto. Whatever emerges in that hearing, in subsequent legal action or in media reporting is now property of the Houston Astros. They employ Osuna after acquiring […]
We didn’t get a Bryce Harper blockbuster on Tuesday, but we did get two fascinating deals, as Chris Archer and Kevin Gausman, two pitchers under team control beyond 2018, were traded out of the American League East to the National League. Archer has been the subject of trade rumors since the winter after his 2015 […]
An hour before the main event on Sunday, there’s a buzz circulating inside Los Angeles’ famous Drew League gym as it quickly fills up to a standing-room-only crowd of 1,100. Everyone, including California congresswoman Maxine Waters, is on hand to watch a battle of two MVPs. James Harden, the reigning NBA MVP, is making an […]