Pin ItemailprintThe Miami Marlins have secured their second big free agent in as many days. The club agreed last night to a $106 million, six-year contract with All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes. It is the largest contract ever given to a Marlins player. Reyes, the National League batting champ last year with a .337 batting average [...]
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ESPN The Magazine‘s 2011 “Body Issue”, the annual skin-fest where some of the world’s top athletes pose nude or semi-nude, hits shelves on Friday and this year’s cover photos have just been released. On this year’s cover will be women’s soccer star Hope Solo, St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson, NBA star Blake Griffin, [...]
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Hurricane Irene is about to shut down New York City. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today the first EVER mandatory evacuation of low-lying, waterfront areas of the city. The areas to be evacuated include parts of the financial district in lower Manhattan as well as sections along the Hudson and East rivers. The zone, which includes [...]
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What is it about a baseball game that makes people want to run out onto the field? Maybe it’s the fact that the game moves so slooooooowly. This guy decides to storm the field during a Mets game. He actually manages to outrun security for several minutes before finally getting caught. Is it just me, [...]
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It’s time for the mid-summer classic, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The game will be played tonight at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona with coverage beginning at 8 p.m. EDT on Fox. Will good pitching beat good hitting? It will probably be pretty hard to shut down these powerful lineups for very long. Taking [...]
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The Washington Nationals wasted no time in hiring a replacement for Jim Riggleman, who walked off the job earlier this week. The club has hired Davey Johnson as its new manager, according to ESPN. Johnson, 68, will take the reins for the remainder of this season as well as next, subject to league approval. Johnson [...]
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Lenny Dykstra certainly seems to be up a creek, as the former baseball star was handcuffed in court yesterday and locked up. His bail was set at $500,000 after the District Attorney hit him with a stunning 25 criminal charges. Dykstra, 48, was taken into custody in Los Angeles County Superior Court at the end [...]
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It was just your typical Houston Astros game. It was the bottom of the ninth inning against the New York Mets and Carlos Lee was trying to tie the game at Minute Maid Park when the unthinkable happened. A fan stormed onto the field and disrupted the game. That’s not so remarkable, I know, but [...]
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Roberto Alomar, a 12-time All-Star second baseman, and Bert Blyleven, a right-handed pitcher who won 287 games, have been voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, it was announced on Wednesday. The duo will be inducted in Cooperstown, New York, on July 24, 2011, along with ex-GM Pat Gillick, sportswriter Bill Conlin, and veteran Montreal [...]
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New York Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez was charged with third-degree assault late Wednesday night and suspended for two games on Thursday after fighting with his father-in-law at Citi Field. Rodriguez spent the night in holding and was due at an arraignment on Thursday morning. The pitcher, 28, attacked his 53-year-old father-in-law after the Mets’ 6-2 [...]
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Lady GaGa‘s crazy behavior at Yankee Stadium and Citi Field has struck a nerve with comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who blasted the star on a radio station in New York on Monday. “I’m not one of these all-publicity-is-good people,” Seinfeld said on WFAN. “People talk about you need exposure — you could die of exposure … [...]
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Lady GaGa has reportedly been banned from the clubhouse of the New York Yankees after she was spotted drunkenly slurring her speech and groping her own breasts while trying to meet players. Friday night, the pop superstar went to a Yankees game wearing underwear, fishnet stockings, a loose baseball jersey, and was chugging down the [...]
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