Category: Sports News

MLB Roundup: Miguel Cabrera Strokes 3,000th Hit

Miguel Cabrera became the 33rd major-leaguer to reach 3,000 career hits and the Detroit Tigers routed the visiting Colorado Rockies 13–0 in the first game of a split doubleheader Saturday. Cabrera, 39, grounded a first-inning single to right field off right-hander Antonio Senzatela to join an exclusive club. The two-time AL MVP is the seventh…


Johnny Manziel Continues to Play Football, but ‘Learned More Through Downfall’

Johnny Manziel will play his second game Saturday this season in the Fan Controlled Football League (FCF), a professional indoor league created in 2017, where all of the games are played at the Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Georgia. In his third league since his last game with the NFL Cleveland Browns in 2015, the 2012 Heisman Trophy…


FINA Suspends Olympic Champion Rylov for 9 Months Over Putin Rally

Swimming’s world governing body FINA said on Friday it had suspended Russian Olympic gold medallist Evgeny Rylov for nine months after he attended a rally in support of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, a move that drew an angry reaction from the Kremlin and Russian sports officials. Rylov, who won gold in the 100 and…


Ukraine’s Svitolina Says Anti-War Russians, Belarusians Should Not Face Ban

Elina Svitolina said Russian and Belarusian players who denounce Moscow’s invasion of her country Ukraine should be allowed to participate at Wimbledon. The grasscourt major announced on Wednesday that Russian and Belarusian competitors would be banned from this year’s tournament. The decision means that the likes of men’s world number two Daniil Medvedev of Russia…


Video Shows Mike Tyson Punching Airline Passenger

SAN FRANCISCO—Authorities on Thursday were investigating an incident in which former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson was recorded on video punching a fellow first-class passenger aboard a plane at San Francisco International Airport. The video shows Tyson leaning over the back of his seat repeatedly striking the unidentified man in the head, drawing blood. The footage…


Former Raiders QB Daryle Lamonica Dies at Age 80

Daryle Lamonica, the deep-throwing quarterback who won an AFL Player of the Year award and led the Raiders to their first Super Bowl appearance, has died. He was 80. The Fresno County Sherriff’s said Lamonica passed away at his Fresno home on Thursday morning. The death is considered to be from natural causes. The Raiders…


Djokovic Condemns Wimbledon Ban on Russian, Belarusian Players

World number one Novak Djokovic said Wimbledon’s decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine is “crazy.” Wimbledon announced on Wednesday that it had barred all Russian and Belarusian players from this year’s championships due to the invasion, which Russia calls a “special operation.” The grasscourt Grand Slam is the first…


Brazil’s Pele Back in Hospital as Tumour Treatment Continues

SAO PAULO—Brazilian soccer great Pele returned to hospital on Monday as he continues to receive treatment for cancer, Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein hospital said in a medical note on Tuesday. Edson Arantes do Nascimento’s clinical condition is good and stable, and he is likely to be discharged in the next few days, doctors said, using…


Tom Brady on Return: ‘I Just Love the Competition’

A competitive nature prompted Tom Brady to decide last month that retirement wasn’t for him. Brady, 44, made rare public comments Monday about getting back into the game just 40 days after he called it quits. In particular, the NFC divisional playoff loss by his Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the eventual Super Bowl champion Los…


Kyle Busch Steals Bristol Win as Reddick and Briscoe Crash

BRISTOL, Tenn.—Kyle Busch backed into the record book by stealing a win at dirt-covered Bristol Motor Speedway. That’s what he’d say if it had been anyone else, right? Busch won his first race of the season Sunday night by sliding past the leaders as Tyler Reddick and Chase Briscoe spun racing for the win. Busch…