Manager Alex Cora of the Boston Red Sox. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced its finalists for the American League Cy Young Award earlier this week. One is last year’s Cy Young winner, Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers. He is joined by another dominant lefty who had his breakout season in 2025, and whose numbers were close to identical with Skubal’s — Garrett Crochet of ... Read more
When A’ja Wilson takes over, the Mercury have no chance—Aces storm past rivals in a Game 1 WNBA Finals spectacle.BT
LAS VEGAS — The Aces hadn’t spent a lot of time working on zone defense, so what better time than the fourth quarter of a WNBA Finals game? It worked out perfectly for Las Vegas. The zone cooled off hot-shooting Phoenix just enough to allow the Aces, who received 21 points each from A’ja Wilson and Dana Evans, to rally for an 89-86 Game 1 victory Friday night. Wilson scored 12 points over the final 14 minutes, and ... Read more
Baseball Hall of Fame Snubs Lou Whitaker Again — and Tigers Fans Are Losing Patience.yv
Alan Trammell's longtime double-play partner won't be joining him in Cooperstown anytime soon. Lou Whitaker, the Tigers' longtime second baseman whose career stats stack up against some of the best players of his generation, was not included on the latest veterans committee ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame released its Contemporary Baseball Era player ballot Monday, and it includes Barry Bonds, ... Read more
Mike Johnson’s Weak Defense: Refuses to Share Republican Healthcare Plan After MTG Publicly Challenges Him on Fox News.AT
“Where is the Republican plan? She says, Johnson said he’s got ideas and pages of policy ideas and committees of jurisdiction are working on it. But he refused to give one policy proposal to our GOP conference on our own conference call,” asked the Fox host. Johnson tried to argue that they can’t share the super-secret Republican healthcare plan because…his own members will leak it to the media.“Yeah, I don’t know what to ... Read more
Cardinals Shortstop Silences Doubters and Stakes His Claim Among Baseball’s Elite.yv
The St. Louis Cardinals' season was a disappointment, but the team did have a player receive individual honors as Masyn Winn was honored with the Gold Glove award at shortstop. They could potentially receive one more award as Brendan Donovan and Alec Burleson are finalists for the Silver Slugger award. Winn's selection as the National League's best defensive shortstop was not a surprise to anyone ... Read more