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Seattle Mariners Demote Nori Aoki
Posted on June 25, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine In a move that was at least a little surprising to everybody but him, the Seattle Mariners demoted outfielder Nori Aoki to triple-A on Friday. The 34-year old Aoki has hit just .245/.343/.313 this season and will experience...
Astros Call Up A.J. Reed for Big League Debut
Posted on June 25, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine Even amidst the team's current six-game winning streak that has brought them back to the edge of contention, the Houston Astros have struggled to find a permanent solution at first base. On Saturday, the Astros will try...
Tarvaris Jackson Latest Former Player To Have Trouble With The Law This Week
Posted on June 25, 2016, by Travis Pulver Around this time of year, defense lawyers leave their phones on, and head coaches start to worry while TMZ lurks everywhere. Why? NFL players everywhere are trying to let loose and relax one more time before they have to...
Braves GM Says ‘No’ to Trading Julio Teheran
Posted on June 24, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine With a little more than a month until the August 1 non-waiver trade deadline, chatter and speculation are starting to pick up regarding what players could be moved before the deadline. One of the top targets among pitchers...
Cubs’ Catcher Contreras To Also Play First Base, Outfield
Posted on June 24, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine Less than a week after calling him up to the big leagues for the first time, the Chicago Cubs are already doing everything they can to get top catching prospect Willson Contreras into the lineup. Contreras started Thursday's...
Mets With Growing Interest in Jose Reyes
Posted on June 24, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine When Jose Reyes was first designated for assignment by the Colorado Rockies, officials from the New York Mets were quick to say that the team had no interest in bringing their former shortstop back to Queens. But over time,...
Flurry Of Trades Highlight NBA’s Draft Day
Posted on June 24, 2016, by Travis Pulver There are two times when NBA fans can expect to see a lot of trade activity—before the in-season trade deadline and the days leading up to as well as the day of the draft. In respect to in-season trades, teams are trying to...
Don’t Look Now But The Indiana Pacers Have Reloaded!
Posted on June 24, 2016, by Travis Pulver It wasn’t that long ago that the Indiana Pacers were the toast of the Eastern Conference; the only team that came close to challenging the LeBron James-led Miami Heat. But then Paul George broke his leg playing for Team USA,...
Another Outfield Injury for Red Sox, Chris Young to DL
Posted on June 23, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine The injuries to the Boston Red Sox outfield just keep on coming. Veteran Chris Young has joined Blake Swihart and Brock Holt on the DL after suffering a hamstring injury during Thursday's win against the Chicago White Sox....
Mets Survive Injury Scare to Syndergaard, Cespedes, and Wheeler
Posted on June 23, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine Less than one day after the New York Mets survived an injury scare with 43-year old pitcher Bartolo Colon, who is fine after taking a line drive off his thumb Tuesday night, the team and its fan base can breathe a huge sigh...
Texas Rangers Lose Lewis, Holland from Starting Rotation
Posted on June 23, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine In a matter of hours on Wednesday, the Texas Rangers lost two pitchers from their starting rotation, the starting rotation that has been among the best in baseball all season and a huge factor in the Rangers building a...
Matthew Stafford Must Know Something The Rest Of Us Don’t—Or He’s Nuts
Posted on June 22, 2016, by Travis Pulver Two years ago it looked like it was finally going to happen for the Detroit Lions, but thanks to some questionable calls (and non-calls) they were bounced from the playoffs in the wildcard round. Fans had high hopes going into...
Derrick Rose Traded To The New York Knicks—Will Dwight Howard Follow?
Posted on June 22, 2016, by Travis Pulver At one time, Derrick Rose appeared to be the next superstar in waiting. When the Chicago Bulls took him with the No. 1 pick the hoped he would be, and they were not disappointed. He became the first No. 1 pick since LeBron...
Cardinals Beat Cubs To Finish Off Three-Game Sweep
Posted on June 22, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine For much of the season, it has looked like the Chicago Cubs would run away with the NL Central. However, over the last three days, the St. Louis Cardinals proclaimed "not so fast." The Cardinals beat the Cubs in a Wednesday...
LeBron James Says He Will Remain In Cleveland
Posted on June 22, 2016, by Travis Pulver It took over half a century, but it finally happened. The City of Cleveland can now claim to be the home of a champion, the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. The city had hoped for one when native son LeBron James first joined the...