Day: May 27, 2017

Cleveland Indians unveil statue of Hall of Famer Frank RobinsonCleveland Indians unveil statue of Hall of Famer Frank Robinson

The Cleveland Indians honored Hall of Famer Frank Robinson with a statue at Progressive Field on Saturday. Robinson was the first African-American manager in the big leagues, hired by the Indians in 1975. He remained an active player while running the club from the dugout. Robinson managed the Indians

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Shaquille O’Neal: LeBron James is ‘a mixture of Michael, Shaq and Magic’Shaquille O’Neal: LeBron James is ‘a mixture of Michael, Shaq and Magic’

O’Neal said The King’s game is a combination of three all-time greats. Shaquille O’Neal has finally gotten to the bottom of it. LeBron James has etched his name into the NBA record books not by following someone else’s mold, but by sticking true to the unique talents he’s honed and developed over an

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Revisiting the Patric Hornqvist-James Neal trade three years laterRevisiting the Patric Hornqvist-James Neal trade three years later

When Jim Rutherford took over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the summer of 2014 he was inheriting a team that was coming off of one of its more disappointing postseason exits, having blown a 3-1 series lead to the New York Rangers in the second-round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. To begin re-tooling his roster Rutherford’s first major trade was to ship James Neal to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling. With the Penguins and Predators meeting in the Stanley Cup Final beginning on Monday, and with Hornqvist and Neal still playing prominent roles on their respective teams, we should take a quick look back at that trade to see how it has all shaped out.

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