The Cleveland Guardians have the best record in baseball heading into the third week of August. The “dog days of summer” are ending as serious playoff races around the MLB are heating up. The Guardians are the leader in the American League Central, and closer Emmanuel Clase deserves some props. On Tuesday night, Clase’s dominant…
Jul 26, 2024; Paris, FRANCE; Celine Dion performs under the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower during the Opening Ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games along the Seine River. Mandatory Credit: Andrew P. Scott-USA TODAY Sports PARIS — American Kristen Faulkner pulled off a major upset as she won the women’s road-race gold…
Jul 30, 2024; Paris, France; United States player Dearica Hamby (5) reacts in the women’s pool basketball 3×3 game during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at La Concorde 1. Mandatory Credit: Yukihito Taguchi-USA TODAY Sports PARIS — The United States, the reigning champion, suffered a stunning second loss in the women’s 3×3 basketball pool…
Apr 11, 2024; Augusta, Georgia, USA; Xander Schauffele shows Scottie Scheffler his ball on the no. 2 green before switching balls during the first round of the Masters Tournament. Mandatory Credit: Adam Cairns-USA TODAY Network Scottie Scheffler doesn’t often play a golf tournament where he isn’t favored head and shoulders over the rest of the…
Unless you live under a rock in the world of sports news, you’ve probably heard that Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was selected to bear Team USA’s flag for the Olympics in Paris. This is a great honor, as each country selects one individual to represent an entire nation. And for the United States…
PHOTO USA Today Sports Images Three things a man thinks he can do better than anyone: grill meat, drive a car and run a baseball team. So when you hear Mike from Marietta or Sammy from Schaumburg griping about the moves their Braves or Cubs made or didn’t make as the calendar advances later into…
“Explore what’s in bloom now,” exclaims a banner on the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill’s website. And, indeed, there is much to see. The dramatic property in Boylston, Mass., includes two conservatories and 18 distinct gardens, both formal and naturalistic. The grounds offer sweeping views across the vast Wachusett Reservoir, as well as…
Two years ago, fivethirtyeight.com ran a story on Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez, calling him baseball’s least appreciated superstar. Two years later, that remains true. But if Ramirez and the Guardians keep winning games at the stunning clip they’re winning them at this summer, he might become a whole lot more appreciated outside of…
When Donald J. Trump held his post-conviction news conference at Trump Tower after his hush-money trial in May, he did so in his signature red (tie), white (shirt) and blue (suit), standing before so many flags he looked like a head bobbing in an ocean of patriotic hues. It was a bit of star-spangled scenography…
Three Black men have accused American Airlines of “blatant race discrimination” over its temporary removal of them and five other men from a Jan. 5 flight from Phoenix to New York, in a federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday. The men said they were seated on a plane at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport when an…
