Category: Sports
Why Angels might have their best TV broadcast team in 50 years
The adjective hit me like a line drive. Wayne Randazzo, the television voice of the Angels, was detailing just how poorly the team’s relievers had performed. He recited the Angels’ earned-run average in the late innings, inning by inning. Over 5.00. Over 6.00. In the ninth inning, at that time, over 7.00. “The numbers,” Randazzo…
Why are big-name U.S. players passing on World Cup tuneup?
“To represent my country in a soccer game, there’s just nothing better than that.” —Christian Pulisic, 2020 Never mind. —Christian Pulisic, last week With the World Cup, one the U.S. will play at home, just 380 days away, Captain America has decided to take a pass on the national team’s last major competition ahead of…
Pulisic’s surge to Balogun’s plunge: how USMNT stars fared in Europe this season | USA
There is, understandably, a lot of angst going around the US men’s national team fanbase. Recent performances have not been up to standard, and disappointing results are creating a distinctly doom-y feeling just over a year out from the start of a home World Cup. What might be lost in all of this is what…
How the word ‘womyn’ dragged the National Spelling Bee into the US culture wars | National Spelling Bee
We’re living through turbulent times, to say the least. Authoritarianism and fascism threaten the United States. The conspiracy thinking, paranoia and manufactured outrage so characteristic of QAnon and the big lie about the 2020 election have colonized our political discourse like a fungus. Even the National Spelling Bee, a cultural institution which will be celebrating…
Jack Kochanowicz shows potential in Angels’ loss to Yankees
Jack Kochanowicz mowed through his first three innings against the Yankees on Monday night. The 6-foot-7 sinkerballer was doing all of what manager Ron Washington asked of him before the game: pitch to contact and let his defense do the work. “Just be Jack,” Washington said. “Throw his sinker, change, eye-level, put the ball in…
Thunder stifle Anthony Edwards to move one win from NBA finals | NBA
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in a steely performance befitting the NBA MVP, and the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped back from a 42-point loss by beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 128-126 in Game 4 on Monday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference finals. “I tried not to…
Caitlin Clark out for at least two weeks for Indiana Fever with quad strain | Caitlin Clark
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark will be sidelined at least two weeks with a left quadriceps strain, the team announced on Monday. Clark recorded her third double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 assists in Saturday’s 90-88 loss to the New York Liberty. The guard is averaging 19.0 points, 9.3 assists, 6.0 rebounds…
French Open: US shocks as top-10 seeds Fritz and Navarro lose in first round | French Open 2025
There were major upsets for two of the top American seeds at the French Open on Monday, as Taylor Fritz and Emma Navarro crashed out in the first round. Taylor Fritz, the runner up at last year’s US Open, was eliminated 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 by world No 66 Daniel Altmaier of Germany. Altmaier broke…
French Open 2025: Raducanu, Alcaraz and Ruud in early action on day two – live | French Open
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Meantime, Raducanu holds for 3-5 in the second, forcing Wang to try and serve out the set a second time; Swiatek holds to secure a fun and competitive first set against Sramkova, 6-3. Share Oh, Rybakina makes 15-40, Riera goes long,…
Knicks make starting lineup change as Tom Thibodeau goes with Mitchell Robinson over Josh Hart in Game 3
Getty Images The predominant story of the 2025 Eastern Conference finals has been how badly the New York Knicks have performed with their starting lineup in the game. The five-man group of Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby and Karl-Anthony Towns led the regular season with 940 total minutes played and leads the playoffs…