“Holding your nerve is a very polite way of putting it,” says the Barnsley chief executive, Dane Murphy, breaking into laughter as he recalls this time last year when the club was propping up the Championship and seven points from safety. They stayed up on the final day courtesy of […]
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Ross D. Franklin/Associated PressFormer All-Star pitcher and 1959 World Series champion Stan Williams died Saturday morning at the age of 84.Manny Randhawa of MLB.com reported the news, noting Williams died in his Nevada home. He was hospitalized on Feb. 11 because of a cardio-pulmonary illness.The right-hander pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees,…
Tommy Lasorda, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who guided the Los Angeles Dodgers to two World Series titles and later became an ambassador for the sport he loved during his 71 years with the franchise, has died. He was 93. The Dodgers said Friday that he had a heart […]
Dick Allen, the Major League All-Star who overcame racist abuse from fans and teammates to become one of baseball’s most feared hitters, died on Monday at 78. The 1964 National League Rookie of the Year and and 1972 American League Most Valuable Player passed away at his home in Wampum, […]
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Clayton Kershaw’s glittering career lacked two of the most satisfying accomplishments: a win deep in the World Series and a championship ring. He took the mound Sunday night with the Los Angeles Dodgers shaken, and Kershaw steadied his team with a gritty performance, plus one particular […]
Clayton Kershaw’s glittering career lacked two of the most satisfying accomplishments: a win deep in the World Series and a championship ring. He took the mound Sunday night with the Los Angeles Dodgers shaken, and Kershaw steadied his team with a gritty performance, plus one particular delivery home that will […]
Following a disappointing fourth-place finish and a second-round playoff exit, Daryl Morey has reportedly stepped down as general manager of the Houston Rockets on Thursday about a year after igniting an international controversy with a tweet supporting anti-Beijing protesters in Hong Kong. ESPN was first to report the news, which […]
After an expanded Wild Card round that included 16 teams with the eight higher seeds hosting best-of-three series, Major League Baseball is moving to a bubble format similar to the NBA playoffs for the remainder of its postseason, with games played at neutral sites. American League teams will play in Los Angeles […]