On Sunday evening, the Mets’ ace dazzled the Marlins, tossing seven innings and allowing just one run and five hits while striking out nine. MORE: Players critical of MLB’s new no-pitch intentional walk On Monday, Thor found a way to torture another NL East foe, on his rest day; he stole the Phillie Phanatic’s famous ATV before the game. Opponents messing with the Phanatic is sort of a rite of passage....
An annual count of the animals for 2021 showed the population has grown 5 percent from the previous year, to 196 from 186, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a statement. The Mexican gray wolf is the rarest subspecies of wolf in the U.S and Mexico. Today, they are only found in the grasslands and mountainous forests of Arizona and New Mexico. In particular, they are under threat from a lack of genetic diversity in the species, which means they have lower reproductive success....
The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced Tuesday that it had found the original sanctions for Club America center back Pablo Aguilar and Toluca midfielder Enrique Triverio to be adequate, effectively striking down the yearlong ban later given to both players. Now, Triverio is eligible for the Liguilla and Aguilar would be too if America can make it into the semifinals without him. Five Things from Liga MX Round 16...
The German club – second in the league and still in the Champions League – announced the deal on Thursday The 27-year-old left-footer joins on a loan until the end of the season, with Leverkusen having an option to buy the former Atlas player after that. “Andres Guardado is a very experienced player,” said Bayer 04 sporting director Rudi Voller in a statement on the club’s website, stressing the Mexican’s versatility....
It’s jubilation for Sweden as they serve up a comprehensive win to secure their place in the round of 16 - and joy for Mexico too! They also progress as South Korea defeat world champions Germany to knock them out and send El Tri through! Full-time in Ekaterinburg; Mexico 0-3 Sweden! FULL-TIME: MEXICO 0-3 SWEDEN 90’ + 2 mins: Save by Olsen from Lozano! But suddenly the Mexican fans erupt; South Korea have scored against Germany!...
El Tri came up against a trio of tough teams from three different regions of the world. That list includes none other than Lionel Messi and Argentina, the defending South American champs who are currently on a 31-game undefeated streak and on a mission to win the big one for their captain who could be playing in his last World Cup. And if facing Messi wasn’t tough enough, how about a date against perhaps a more lethal striker in Robert Lewandowski and Poland....
Meyer hopes to name one among the trio of Cardale Jones, J.T. Barrett and Braxton Miller before then. When will that decision come? “I think the middle of training camp,” Meyer said on the Big Ten spring teleconference Thursday. “Every one of them deserves the opportunity, and right now two of them aren’t getting it.” MORE: Bosa a future No. 1 pick? | OSU top football-basketball school | Top 25 quarterbacks Jones, who led Ohio State to wins against Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game and against Alabama and Oregon in the College Football Playoff, is the only one of those three active for Saturday’s spring game at Ohio Stadium....
Police say the shooting occurred around 7 p.m. on Thursday, after a dispute between four adult males, which started days earlier, escalated. Greg Chin, a spokesman for MIA, told Local 10 that the shooting took place at a Miami-Dade County Aviation Department property occupied by Cargo Force, a freight forwarding company adjacent to the airport. Detective Alvaro Zabaleta, a spokesman for Miami-Dade police, told the outlet that two men, aged 18 and 23, were hospitalized....
According to a news release sent to USA Today , Bruce’s dismissal was “based on multiple violations of team rules and a failure on his part to meet the clear expectations established to be a part of the Miami football program". MORE: Playoff contenders and pretenders after Week 6 The four-star prospect and Under Armour All-American would have been eligible to return to the team this week following a three-game suspension for violating team rules....
Anyone optimistic about the War on Drugs ought to contemplate Coconut Grove, the now infamous place where Jennifer Capriati’s tennis career went up in smoke last month. Under the eye of one of the most aggressive law-enforcement systems in the nation, the Grove is a seeming embarrassment – a veritable marketplace of illegal drug traffic known to all, yet shut down by no one. Even the squeegeemen on the causeways to Miami Beach get hassled more by the cops....
The player ESPN analyst Dick Vitale likes to call the best sixth man in the country will sit out games against No. 11 Louisville, No. 23 Notre Dame and Virginia Tech. He was in street clothes for warm-ups before Saturday’s tip off with the Cardinals. MORE: 16 most-hated college hoopers The school did not list what team rules were violated. Newton has averaged 10.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game for the 12th-ranked Canes (22-5)....
Whitworth had previously hinted retirement previously. The 40-year-old spoke about the possibility during an appearance on NFL Network shortly after the Super Bowl and said that he was “definitely leaning towards probably being done.” IYER: How Tom Brady’s return created AFC South derby for Deshaun Watson As such, it wasn’t a surprise when Whitworth called it quits, least of all to his family. They knew it was coming long before the public did....
Bennett was asked about the similarities between the teams, who will meet Saturday in Seattle in the NFC divisional playoffs. He started with a normal response. He compared it to looking in the mirror because the two teams have similar qualities. Then he got weird. MORE: SN’s playoff picks | Panthers’ Lotulelei reportedly out for game “It’s so much alike, man," he told John Boyle of The Herald (Everett, Wash....
Bisping scored perhaps the biggest victory of his career, but not after getting badly beaten and possibly knocked out. There was an accidental eye poke, an accidental groin kick, bad MMA judging and a lot of blood. MORE: Who has the belt? | Latest UFC 196 info The first two rounds were somewhat predictable, with the former middleweight champion Silva dropping his hands to his side, imploring Bisping to bring the fight to him....
The billionaire Democratic presidential candidate told the powerful pro-Israel lobby group that if he is elected president, he will “never” curb U.S. taxpayer funding to the Israeli military. Bloomberg, who received a standing ovation when introduced during the meeting in Washington D.C., demanded bipartisan support for Israel from Democrats but never directly criticized Republicans or President Donald Trump by name. Bloomberg said he supported Trump’s 2018 controversial decision to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and that he won’t move it back if he wins in November....
A controversial goal helped Panama to defeat Costa Rica while Mexico’s unbeaten run in the Hexagonal was ended by Honduras, meaning the USA moved from third place in the group to fifth on the final day of the qualifying cycle. Despite that, the World Cup veteran offered no excuses for failing to get the needed result. “Very upset, disappointed, angry that we couldn’t get the job done,” Bradley said to MLSsoccer....
That’s it. That’s the whole column. Well, not really. But it could be. Because, wow, there’s not much else you can say about the Flushing Nine at this point. FAGAN: The best Players Weekend nicknames, ranked The latest dumbfounding bit of injury news came Friday, when it was announced that Michael Conforto would require season-ending surgery to repair a shoulder that he dislocated on a swing (and a miss). It doesn’t get much more Mets than that....
The figures released late Wednesday showed several other groups with ties to supporters of Trump’s efforts to discredit the 2020 election results had been involved in the donation efforts, including Trump’s lawyer, Sydney Powell, and Patrick Byrne, the former CEO of Overstock.com. Donations from pro-Trump groups have surpassed $5.7 million—far more than the $150,000 contributed by the Arizona Senate, which commissioned the audit. For months, Doug Logan, CEO of Cyber Ninjas, the firm hired to lead the audit by the Arizona Senate, had not disclosed the amount the firm was being paid for the audit or where the funds came from....
And every time it happens — usually through someone photoshopping the DeLorean date input screen — it gets funnier and more mockable. People are increasingly desperate for the dopamine ping that nostalgia provides, and mining that nostalgia for internet traffic is a hell of a racket. All 15 #BTTF days we’ve endured are reminders of that. Now, “Back to the Future Day” is actually here, and references, naturally, are everywhere....
A wedding day story someone will never forget. That's reportedly the background on the video and photos of Michael Jordan playing beer pong (and wearing a particularly rare pair of his favorite shoes, the Air Jordan XI), according to TMZ. According to TMZ's report, the unidentified groom won the game of beer pong at the Ritz in Miami. Jordan being cool about the whole thing, even allowing the photos and videos, is probably the best gift the groom received....
