Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols has hit his 610th home run to pass Sammy Sosa for eighth on the MLB’s all-time list. Pujols took Nick Gardewine of the Texas Rangers deep in the bottom of the seventh inning on Tuesday. The home run also makes Pujols the all-time leader by a foreign-born player. Jim […]
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Manfred says MLB plans to issue policy on fan behaviour for 2018
DETROIT — Commissioner Rob Manfred says Major League Baseball plans to issue a policy on fan behaviour for all ballparks next season. Manfred spoke Tuesday while visiting Comerica Park before Detroit hosted the Yankees. Manfred said he didn’t want to talk about the details of what will be in the code of conduct for spectators. […]
ESPN broadcaster Robert Lee taken off UVA game due to name
BRISTOL, Conn. – ESPN broadcaster Robert Lee will not work Virginia’s season opener because of recent violence in Charlottesville sparked by the decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. A spokeswoman for ESPN says Lee has been moved to Youngstown State’s game at Pittsburgh on the ACC Network on Sept. 2. […]
Mehri plans to challenge Smith for NFLPA job
WASHINGTON — Civil rights attorney Cyrus Mehri, who co-wrote the NFL’s Rooney Rule, says he plans to challenge DeMaurice Smith for his job as executive director of the NFL Players Association. Mehri tells HBO’s “Real Sports” he felt compelled to become a candidate for the position after examining the league’s most recent labour deal with […]
Steelers holdout Bell hints at Sept. 1 return on Twitter
PITTSBURGH — Steelers star Le’Veon Bell has suggested on Twitter that he will return to the team on Sept. 1, the day after Pittsburgh’s final preseason game. Bell hasn’t signed his franchise tender and has been holding out through training camp. Responding to a fan Tuesday night asking when he plans to end his holdout, […]