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Cincinnati Reds Surprising Baseball with Fast Start
Posted on April 13, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine If you take a look at the Major League Baseball standings at this early point of the season, you may see a few surprises. But no team has been more surprising than the Cincinnati Reds, who are 7-2 and lead the NL Central a...
Pacers, Bulls, And Celtics Take Care Of Business In Regular Season Finales To Complete Playoff Picture
Posted on April 13, 2017, by Travis Pulver The NBA’s regular season wrapped up Wednesday night. While there was nothing of significance going on in the Western Conference, over in the Eastern Conference, there were still a number of playoff scenarios still alive...
Clay Buchholz Has Tear of Flexor Pronator Mass, Season in Doubt
Posted on April 12, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine An MRI performed Wednesday revealed that Philadelphia Phillies starter Clay Buchholz has a partial tear of the flexor pronator mass in his throwing arm. The news is unfortunate but not unexpected after Buchholz lasted just...
Stephen Drew Goes On DL As Nationals Lose Another Shortstop
Posted on April 12, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine Less than 48 hours after the Washington Nationals placed starting shortstop Trea Turner on the 10-day DL with a minor hamstring injury, Turner's primary replacement joined him. On Wednesday, the Nationals added infielder...
Knee Sprain Sends Jackie Bradley Jr. To 10-Day DL
Posted on April 11, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine After being held out of action on Sunday and Monday due to a sprained knee, the Boston Red Sox formally placed center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. on the 10-day DL Tuesday afternoon. The Red Sox believe that Bradley's injury...
Jay Bruce Carrying Mets In Quest for Redemption
Posted on April 11, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine Few players needed to get off to a fast start in 2017 more than New York Mets outfielder Jay Bruce, as he tries to erase a dreadful two months he experienced after being traded to the Mets last summer. Well, Bruce has done...
Heat-Cavaliers Recap: Miami Downs Cleveland In OT To Keep Playoff Hopes Alive
Posted on April 10, 2017, by Travis Pulver When the Miami Heat had a record of 11-30 the last thing fans expected to happen was for their team to be in playoff contention come April. But then they rattled off 13-wins in a row to improve to 24-30—and become a...
Trea Turner Lands on DL with Hamstring Injury
Posted on April 10, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine The Washington Nationals have placed shortstop Tree Turner on the 10-day DL with a strained hamstring. Turner suffered the injury early in the team's lopsided loss to the Phillies Saturday night. He was unable to play on...
LeBron James May Not Be Worried—But Should Cleveland Cavaliers Fans Be Worried?
Posted on April 10, 2017, by Travis Pulver Confidence is a good thing for professional athletes. Once they start listening to the negativity online and in the media, if what the haters were saying wasn’t reality—it soon will be. Besides, when you are as good as LeBron...
David Price Throws First Bullpen in Road Back from Injury
Posted on April 10, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine Boston Red Sox ace David Price threw a bullpen session on Monday, indicating a positive step in the right direction following an elbow injury that sidelined him early in spring training. The former Cy Young winner was...
Thunder-Nuggets Recap: Russell Westbrook Sets Triple Double Record In Awesome Fashion
Posted on April 9, 2017, by Travis Pulver We all knew it was going to happen. It was just a matter of when. When Russell Westbrook tied Oscar Robertson’s triple double record with his 41st one last week, there was no doubt that he would record at least one more in the...
Oakland Athletics Make Early-Season Change To Starting Rotation
Posted on April 9, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine After just one time through their starting rotation this season, the Oakland Athletics are ready to make a change. The club announced Sunday that rookie Raul Alcantara was being pulled from the rotation after just one...
Warriors-Pelicans Recap: Kevin Durant’s Return Goes—Okay.
Posted on April 9, 2017, by Travis Pulver NBA fans watching the New Orleans Pelicans and Golden State Warriors play Saturday night were not as interested in who won the game as they were something else. Winning the game wouldn’t do anything for either squad. The...
New York Yankees Lose Gary Sanchez To 10-Day DL
Posted on April 9, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez is already having trouble following up what was a brilliant rookie season in 2016. With just three hits in his first 20 at-bats this season, Sanchez is now heading to the 10-day DL with...
Houston Astros Shut Down Collin McHugh
Posted on April 8, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine The Houston Astros have been dealt a significant blow to their pitching staff early in the season. The club announced Saturday that right-handed starter Collin McHugh is being shut down for the next six weeks because of an...