MLB salaries 2018: A 3% raise for average major leaguer – but future commitments dipping The free-agent market was a dud this winter, leaving Major League Baseball players and their agents seething. Ultimately, baseball’s average salary compared to 2017 amounted to a cost-of-living bump, as it rose 3% – and […]
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Royals’ Salvador Perez out 4-6 weeks after freak knee injury Talk about carrying some baggage into the season. Kansas City will be without Salvador Perez for up to six week after the star catcher sprained the medial collateral in his left knee while carrying a suitcase up some stairs in […]
76ers’ Joel Embiid leaves with facial contusion after collision with Markelle Fultz Philadelphia’s win streak became a secondary concern after Joel Embiid went down in the second quarter. Dario Saric had 26 points and 14 rebounds and the 76ers earned their eighth straight victory despite losing Embiid to a facial […]
LeBron James ties Michael Jordan’s record for double-digit scoring as Cavs beat Hornets LeBron James doesn’t go into every game thinking he needs to score 10 points. The 14-time All-Star said it just “organically happens.” It helps, of course, to be a multi-talented 6-foot-8, 250-pound forward viewed by many as […]
Moritz Wagner is Final Four-bound Michigan’s emotional spark plug Michigan likes to fancy itself a national brand, with an alumni and fan base that stretches coast to coast. Wolverines basketball coach John Beilein knows this, and so when he boarded a plane to Berlin a few years ago to follow […]
Why Connor McDavid should not repeat as NHL MVP Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid scored his 40th goal of the season on Tuesday night, the first Oilers player to hit the milestone since Petr Klima in 1990-91. He passed the 100-point mark by adding two assists to give him 102 […]
Rams betting stars will align despite adding so many big personalities to roster Early this offseason, the Los Angeles Rams vowed to take an aggressive approach to building on their surprising success from 2017. General manager Les Snead and coach Sean McVay saw no room for complacency despite winning the […]
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich on guns: It’s time to reassess the Second Amendment In the wake of former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens calling for a repeal of the Second Amendment, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said changes to gun laws being discussed are Band-Aids. “Even if they […]
Super Bowl champ: Don’t allow cops to use stand your ground as defense for unjust killing My cousin Corey Jones tossed a football with me long before I ever caught passes in the NFL. A great guy and talented musician, Corey was shot dead by a plainclothes police officer while […]
Morocco touts its gun safety in 2026 World Cup bid against U.S. Morocco touted its limited threat from gun crime in a 2026 World Cup bidding proposal to take on the United States-led rival for the soccer showpiece. The north African nation highlighted safety for visiting fans in bidding documents […]
