Jun 28, 2024; Seattle, Washington, USA; Seattle Mariners centerfielder Julio Rodriguez (44) takes a selfie with fan before a game against the Minnesota Twins at T-Mobile Park. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Brashear-USA TODAY Sports A day after shortstop J.P. Crawford and first baseman Ty France walked through the clubhouse burning a couple of bundles of sage…
Jul 1, 2024; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Houston Astros designated hitter Yordan Alavarez (44) rounds the bases after hitting a two run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in the ninth inning at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports The Toronto Blue Jays will be dealing with injuries and uncertainty as they continue…
Jun 25, 2024; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Astros starting pitcher Hunter Brown (58) pitches against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning at Minute Maid Park. Mandatory Credit: Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports The Houston Astros aim to take their June success into July when they visit the Toronto Blue Jays for a four-game series that…
There are few moments of political theater as grand as a state dinner, essentially a pantomime of diplomacy and national pride from the set to the staging to the scripts — and the costumes. In that drama, the first lady is cast as both hostess and symbol, her dress a part of the decorative storytelling…
One evening in 2022, the five-person team behind the Chinese restaurant franchise MáLà Project, which has four locations in New York, were indulging in post-shift oysters and martinis when they began discussing their ideal bar. “We knew we wanted something approachable yet sophisticated,” says co-founder Christian Castillo, “and we’re all a bit romantic, so we…
On San Andres, a small Colombian island in an archipelago off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, counting the blues in the famous “Sea of Seven Colors” is on every visitor’s to-do list. It’s a midday activity done en route as you cruise among the cays, or keys, dotting San Andres’s eastern side: low-lying (mostly) uninhabited…
A stack of yellow and red bands drip from the top of “Painted Rain #3” (2022-23), a painting by the artist Pat Steir. Coalescing against a bright turquoise backdrop with layers of poured-on paint, the combination imbues the artwork with the sense that you’re peering into a sun shower. Hanging vertically at nine feet, the…
There is a throughline to some joke about a player in the future being shown a blue card and then having an arduous and impatient wait to be released out of a penalty box/sin bin. I’m clearly too mature to make such a joke. ‘Soccer fandom is full of gatekeepers’ says Ted Lasso actor Brendan…
In a lot of ways, feverishly watching the flight route of a plane that wasn’t everything it was cracked up to be is a pretty nice metaphor for the Toronto Blue Jays’ offseason and outlook. The Jays knew Shohei Ohtani wasn’t on that flight, but their fans certainly didn’t. That doesn’t mean that the Jays…
