Sports & Leisure
July 26, 2017 at 12:49 pm
As August and September beckon, the Cleveland Indians figure to fetch a few headlines in the hope of holding off the suddenly hot Kansas City Royals in American…
July 25, 2017 at 2:02 pm
Last season, the Montreal Canadiens —the National Hockey League’s most storied franchise—captured the Atlantic Division title with 103 points, giving hope to fans who are hungry for their heroes to capture what would be…
July 19, 2017 at 1:40 pm
Since his 2011 debut for the Houston Astros, who called him up following the trade of Hunter Pence to our Philadelphia Phillies, J.D. Martinez has proven an admirable hitter. The 2015 All-Star has clubbed…
July 18, 2017 at 2:09 pm
I failed to sleep well last night, so when reading this morning that Major League Baseball has a gripe with an e-sports entity’s intended logo, I first had to rub…
July 17, 2017 at 1:32 pm
During his 10 seasons in the National Football League, eight as a Detroit Lion and two as a Buffalo Bill, Chris Spielman stopped many frustrated foes in their tracks, tallying 1,181 tackles. The…
July 14, 2017 at 2:11 pm
Throughout his surefire Hall of Fame career, Bill Belichick has been able to count many reasons to revel, including amassing 263 overall wins, five Super Bowl titles and three Associated Press Coach of the…
July 11, 2017 at 1:52 pm
Gary Sanchez has amassed 119 hits for the New York Yankees, and 33 of them have left the yard, so strictly from a performance point of view, the 24-year-old deserved his…
July 10, 2017 at 12:44 pm
The appropriation of Native American references to provide professional sports teams with their nicknames has long rankled many people, with objectors claiming the use of terms such as Indians and Redskins places…
July 7, 2017 at 12:48 pm
When a franchise’s fans endure an agonizing period between championships, one might expect that waiting an additional two months for an item that commemorates the conclusion of the undesired delay would…
July 5, 2017 at 12:53 pm
How do the Los Angeles Clippers love Blake Griffin? Let him count the bucks. The National Basketball Association franchise forked over 173 million greenbacks Friday to keep the power forward in California for five more seasons,…
