Nearly three years ago, Edwin Diaz got Teoscar Hernandez looking with an inside slider on the 10th pitch of the at-bat and raised his hands into the air as his Team Puerto Rico teammates emptied out of the dugout to celebrate in Miami. Díaz’s spotless work in the ninth preserved an upset win over the…
Phoenix Raceway (Avondale, Ariz.) — The venue is kind of new but it’s the same old INDYCAR question heading into the second race of the season. How are teams going to beat Alex Palou? “We need to improve and be better — but I think the whole field needs to try and do that for…
We learned a lot from the NFL Combine. We saw some absolute studs shine in Indianapolis, and we also got a clearer picture of which players will be the best fits for different squads next season. And after the combine came a blockbuster trade, which saw the Chiefs send cornerback Trent McDuffie to the Rams….
The beauty of the Matthew Stafford (and Jared Goff) trade was that it re-framed what we thought was possible in the NFL. Before that, it felt laughable to discuss a trade involving a QB of Stafford’s magnitude. But since Stafford, we’ve seen trades involving Deshaun Watson, Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson. Even last year’s Geno…
In the three years since Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout to end a riveting 2023 World Baseball Classic, winning the tournament in 2026 has consumed Mark DeRosa’s every thought. To give his team the best chance, the Team USA manager knew there had to be a shift. “You see it from every other country,…
Drake Maye and the New England Patriots will need to find a new top wide receiver for the 2026 season. Wide receiver Stefon Diggs has been informed by the team that he’ll be released after the start of the new league year on March 11, NFL Media reported Wednesday. Diggs later confirmed the news in…
Team Australia infielder Travis Bazzana has yet to make his Major League Baseball debut, but he has already made MLB history. Bazzana became the first Australian-born player to be drafted in the first round when the Cleveland Guardians made him the first overall pick in 2024. Two years later, the top prospect is knocking at…
Pato O’Ward loves him some INDYCAR. So it is understandable that he’s slightly frustrated ahead of the INDYCAR-NASCAR Cup weekend at Phoenix. “I’m sick and tired of INDYCAR being, like, the support race,” O’Ward told me and other INDYCAR beat reporters during his media session last Friday morning in St. Petersburg. In the same conversation,…
Before I wrapped up a recent phone conversation with TCU head coach Sonny Dykes, we visited the one of many topics reshaping the sport: Which College Football Playoff format does he actually prefer? Twelve teams? Sixteen? The Big Ten’s floated 24-team model? What I got is one of the rarest commodities in sports journalism: a…
In a conversation with reporters on Tuesday, Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead hinted at the possibility his franchise could make another big splash, exchanging premium picks for premium players. Well, Snead and the Rams went back into “F them picks” mode on Wednesday. They reportedly agreed to trade for Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro…
