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Shohei Ohtani’s incredible MLB debut has created excitement in baseball circles, and for collectors as well. If you need evidence of that, you need look no further than the market value of a signed Ohtani rookie card. According to ESPN’s …
Robert Griffin III spent a year out of the NFL in 2017, and he thinks that has helped him. Griffin spent the season watching more football than ever before, particularly studying other quarterbacks and their mistakes. “It helped me become a …
Anthony Rizzo is on the disabled list for the first time in his career, and he thinks a hotel bed is to blame. Rizzo is sidelined due to back tightness, and he thinks a bed from the Cincinnati hotel the Chicago Cubs stayed at for their second series …
The 2018 college basketball season is in the past, which means it’s not too early to look ahead to 2018-19. We have a pretty good idea of what recruiting classes will look like, and though some NBA decisions remain in the balance, we can make …
Though we’re still months away from the start of the 2018 college football season, spring games and practices are a nice reminder that it’s not too early to begin considering who could contend for the Heisman Trophy. There will be no …
A Michigan State student was raped by three basketball players in 2015 and coerced by the university into not reporting it, according to a new lawsuit. According to Chris Solari of the Detroit Free Press, the suit accuses three unnamed basketball …
The sale process of the Carolina Panthers is down to two bidders, according to a new report. Ken Belson of the New York Times reported Monday that hedge-fund billionaire David Tepper has withdrawn from bidding at the current price of $2.5 billion, …
Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts is off to a great start to 2018, but that start will be interrupted with an injury. The Red Sox announced Monday, via ESPN’s Marly Rivera, that Bogaerts has a crack in the talus bone in his left ankle. …
Bad weather and a poor start from the Chicago White Sox conspired for dreadfully low attendance at Guaranteed Rate Field on Monday. A fan shared an image of the ballpark during Monday’s game between the White Sox and Tampa Bay Rays, and …
New York Yankees broadcaster John Sterling will be introducing a new home run call for Giancarlo Stanton. After Sterling’s first call did not go over well with fans, the longtime Yankee radio announcer decided to mix in a new call for Stanton …
Andrew Luck’s rehab is coming along slowly but surely. The Indianapolis Colts quarterback confirmed Monday that he still hasn’t thrown an NFL-size football since his shoulder surgery and is taking his recovery methodically. Colts QB …
The Oakland Raiders parted ways with punter Marquette King amid talk that some of his on-field behavior was a necessary distraction. For King, that doesn’t really hold water — but if people want him to change, he will. In his first public …
The Chicago Cubs were supposed to play their home opener at Wrigley Field on Monday. Instead, they played in the snow. Cubs players enjoyed the surroundings Monday morning as snow blanketed Chicago ahead of the ultimately doomed home opener. The team …
The Oakland Raiders may have a contract issue on their hands with pass rusher Khalil Mack. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Mack was unusually absent from the first day of the Raiders’ offseason program on Monday. He does not have a …
As far as Ben Simmons is concerned, the Rookie of the Year award should be no contest. The Philadelphia 76ers star said Saturday that he “100 percent” deserved the award — and that he hasn’t even been impressed with any of his …
Billboards have popped up ahead of LeBron James’s free agency trying to get him to join a new team, and the Cleveland Cavaliers star thinks it’s nice to be wanted. The most notable billboard is in New York near Madison Square Garden, and …
