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Kevin Durant Carries Warriors to Game Three Win Over Cavaliers
Posted on June 7, 2018, by Travis Pulver For the Cleveland Cavaliers to win even a single game in the NBA Finals, they need a break to go their way. During Game Three Wednesday night they finally got one. Steph Curry and Klay Thompson went 3-15 from behind the arc,...
Diamondbacks Acquire Jon Jay in Trade with Royals
Posted on June 7, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine The Arizona Diamondbacks are not waiting until the trade deadline to address one of their most pressing needs. Late Wednesday night, Arizona acquired outfielder Jon Jay in a trade with the Kansas City Royals. The Royals...
Alex Reyes Has Season-Ending Surgery
Posted on June 7, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine After four innings and one start, the 2018 season is over for St. Louis Cardinals prospect Alex Reyes. The team announced Wednesday night that Reyes has undergone surgery to reattach a tendon in his right lat. Recovery time...
Chris Paul Isn’t Going to Make a Difficult Off-season Any Easier—or Less Expensive—for Rockets
Posted on June 6, 2018, by Travis Pulver When the Houston Rockets acquired Chris Paul last year, they knew that they would have their work cut out for them to re-sign him following the 2017-18 season. It’s not that doing so would be hard to do. They’d just need to...
Jordan Montgomery Out for Season with Tommy John Surgery
Posted on June 6, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine A temporary vacancy in the New York Yankees rotation is now a permanent one. A month after going on the DL with an elbow problem, Jordan Montgomery's season is official over. The Yankees announced Tuesday night that...
Carlos Martinez, Yadier Molina Return to St. Louis Cardinals
Posted on June 5, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine As they fight for the top spot in the uber-competitive NL Central, the St. Louis Cardinals are about to add two all-stars to their roster. On Tuesday, the Cardinals activated both ace Carlos Martinez and catcher Yadier...
NBA Finals Game Two Recap: No Moral Victory For Cavaliers This Time; Steph Curry Has Record-Setting Night
Jake Arrieta Blows Up After Phillies Get Swept
Posted on June 4, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine The Philadelphia Phillies have surpassed most outside expectations to this point in the season. But the team is still falling short of new ace Jake Arrieta's expectations. After the Phillies were swept in a three-game series...
Mookie Betts Forced to DL by Abdominal Strain
Posted on June 2, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine The best player in baseball is officially sidelined with an injury. The Boston Red Sox placed outfielder Mookie Betts on the 10-day DL Friday night because of an abdominal strain on his left side. The move comes after Betts...
Clayton Kershaw Back on DL with Back Problems
Posted on June 2, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine Clayton Kershaw's time back on the active roster turned out to be brief. The Los Angeles Dodgers placed Kershaw on the 10-day DL Friday night, one day after the lefty was activated from the DL to start against the Phillies....
Zach Davies Returning to DL
Posted on June 1, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine The Milwaukee Brewers may sit atop the NL Central, but they continue to battle injuries to their pitching staff. Zach Davies is once again being sidelined with an injury. Davies was placed on the 10-day DL Friday because of...
NBA Finals Game One Recap: Cleveland Cavaliers Deserve Win—But Then J.R. Smith Happened
Posted on June 1, 2018, by Travis Pulver It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. The Cleveland Cavaliers were not supposed to have a chance in—you know – to win Game One of the NBA Finals. But the Golden State Warriors had a good but not great game. LeBron James was...
Clayton Kershaw Returns As Kenta Maeda Hits DL
Posted on May 31, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine Things are finally starting to look up for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They enter the final day of May as winners of 10 of their last 13 games. That run has them within 3.5 games of first place in the NL West. More importantly,...
NBA Finals Preview: Please, Golden State! Make It Quick!
Posted on May 31, 2018, by Travis Pulver For a time, it looked like we might get some new blood in the NBA Finals this year. The Cleveland Cavaliers were not exactly playing well. To be fair, LeBron James has been playing well; the rest of the team—not so much. The...
Alex Reyes Has Promising But Brief Return from Tommy John Surgery
Posted on May 30, 2018, by Bryan Zarpentine Wednesday began with a great deal of optimism for the St. Louis Cardinals. The team's top prospect Alex Reyes made his long-awaited return from Tommy John surgery. Reyes started off well, tossing four scoreless innings...