ATLANTA (AP) — Gabe Kapler keeps saying he loves the Phillies’ bullpen. The first-year manager proved it by again pulling his starter early. This time, the strategy worked. Carlos Santana drove in J.P. Crawford with a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning, and Kapler went through nine pitchers for his first win as the Phillies…… More
Free agency started with a bang thanks to the open market on quarterbacks. Kirk Cousins, the big catch of the free-agency class, landed with the Minnesota Vikings. How did the rest of the league do? Here’s a look at all 32 teams. READ MORE>… More
The road to get here has been interesting. There have been upsets and chalk, giving this tournament a personality of its own. But now, it is time for the Final Four, for the games. Who will win? Who will advance to Monday’s national title game? READ MORE>… More
Just ahead of a torrential downpour, Nick Markakis made it an opening day to remember for the Atlanta Braves. Gabe Kapler would rather forget his managing debut. Markakis delivered a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning , capping the Atlanta Braves’ historic comeback from a five-run deficit that rocked the Philadelphia Phillies…… More
When the 2017 season ended, the Houston Astros were celebrating the first World Series title in franchise history. With all of their star players back and some big offseason additions, the Astros open 2018 as the unanimous No. 1 team in our rankings. But who is hot on their heels? Will the Yankees bash their…… More
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns stood up and stared at a printout of the box score of Minnesota’s game against the Atlanta Hawks. There was a lot for Towns to admire. Towns scored a franchise-record 56 points and added 15 rebounds for his league-leading 63rd double-double, and the Timberwolves beat the Hawks 126-114 on Wednesday…… More
NEW YORK (AP) — Rusty Staub, the orange-haired outfielder who became a huge hit with baseball fans in two countries during an All-Star career that spanned 23 major league seasons, died Thursday. He was 73. He died after an illness in a hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida, hours before the start of the baseball…… More
There has been no shortage of movement this offseason, and now it’s time to make some sense of it. The ESPN power panel — a group of more than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities — evaluates how the NFL stacks up following the initial surge of free agency. (Hint: The league has shifted quite…… More
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan State University official who oversaw a clinic that employed Larry Nassar was charged Tuesday with sexually propositioning female medical students and compiling nude student “selfies” on his work computer, in the first charges to spring from an investigation into how complaints against the disgraced former sports doctor were…… More
I’m convinced this Falcons off-season is good for 2019 and beyond, but not 2018 I’ll trust in the Falcons off-season plan being good for the LONG TERM success of the franchise. Locking down your own to extend the contender window. I’ll also believe that you have not improved your chances of winning in a VERY…… More
