The first major acquisition of the Boston Red Sox offseason is…Theo Epstein? According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the former Red Sox general manager who helped break the “Curse of the Bambino” is joining Fenway Sports Group as a senior advisor. While Epstein is not in charge of personnel decisions, he is expected to “carry enormous…
Former slugger Gary Sheffield claims MLB tried to force him out of the sport in the 1990s after he spoke out about the growing steroid scandal. Kyle Schwarber did something that’s only been done 11 other times in MLB history | Stats That Will Blow Your Mind “I was the first guy to bring up…
The doctor is in. So is the yogi. A sharp shift in health care is taking place as more than one-third of American adults now supplement or substitute mainstream medical care with acupuncture, meditation, yoga and other therapies long considered alternative. In 2022, 37 percent of adult pain patients used nontraditional medical care, a marked…
A joint study by the NFL and NFLPA found that lower-extremity injuries occurred at nearly identical rates on synthetic and natural turf, according to ESPN. 5 Richest active NFL players | Money Mondays The report examined all games over the course of the 2023 season, defining injuries that could be attributed to playing surface as…
The Los Angeles Lakers earned their most impressive win of the season Thursday night, while the Boston Celtics arguably ceded their worst loss. With LeBron James and Anthony Davis sidelined with injuries, Austin Reaves and Co. handed a fully staffed C’s team their third home defeat of the season, 114-105. Joe Mazzulla sat Jaylen Brown,…
With its streamlined curves and glow-in-the-dark sound system, the silver Lamborghini Huracán Performante was the stuff of teenage fantasy: $350,000 of aerodynamic metals and lightweight upholstery, packed into a taut and powerful body. Ben Armstrong loved it dearly. When he started shopping for a Lamborghini, Mr. Armstrong, a cryptocurrency evangelist with more than one million…
You — yes, I am talking to you — are getting old. I might have pointed at my own face in the mirror and said that when Xwitter informed me that Thursday was the 20th anniversary of the infamous Nipplegate halftime show. What does this Pitch Perfect star really think of last year’s Super Bowl…
Roughly 75 percent of women will deal with the burning, itching and discomfort associated with a yeast infection at least once in their lifetimes, and almost half will more than once. But here’s the twist: Most people who think they have a yeast infection actually don’t have one. “There’s some fairly simple things that can…
Background: Global warming is intensifying both threats. As humans warm the planet, both heat waves and wildfires are becoming more severe and longer-lasting in the American West. That also means they are more likely to overlap. Researchers have estimated that two-thirds of California’s land area experienced broiling heat and heavy wildfire smoke concurrently at some…
Good to be an O’s fan these days. We have no idea what kind of owner David Rubenstein will be, and it could be he’s just as interested in the “ballpark village” that John Angelos secured the tax money for before selling up. But his status as “Not An Angelos” will provide Orioles fans with…
