Pittsburgh and Detroit spent Opening Day — and part of the evening — trading late-inning rallies in what became the longest season opener in either club’s history. In the end, their opener had everything from a run-scoring passed ball to a blown save to a potential game-winning run reversed on replay before Gregory Polanco’s three-run homer in the 13th inning powered the Pirates to a 13-10 win.
There’s a growing stereotype that college basketball teams play ugly and don’t play sound offense. These two teams buck that trend.
Friday’s wild Opening Day contest between the Tigers and Pirates took another crazy turn in the 10th inning, when what was initially ruled a game-winning single from JaCoby Jones became an out at home plate on replay.
MLB started the season with its most players born in Puerto Rico since 2011. The overall percentage of players born outside the United States was 29 percent, down from last year’s record 29.8 percent.
Nationals ace Max Scherzer has made it clear to begin the 2018 season that, even after winning back-to-back National League Cy Young Awards, he is not satisfied. He believes he can be a better pitcher this year than he was last year. Scherzer got to work in proving that during Friday’s season opener against the Reds. He struck out seven consecutive batters from the second inning and into the fourth before Joey Votto broke up the streak with a flyout. Scherzer reached 10 strikeouts in the fifth, having thrown 88 pitches, with the Nats holding a 1-0 lead.
Grizzlies coach J.B. Bickerstaff describes loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Will Marc Gasol be back next season? Will Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace be fired? Will J.B. Bickerstaff be retained as head coach? Will Jaxon Wexler remain as president of business operations? Should Memphis fans be
Malik Newman “went from a top 10 prospect to falling off the face of the earth,” but he has found his game and is leading Kansas’ national title push.
Raiders punter Marquette King is one of the best players at his position in the NFL, making the team’s decision to release him Friday somewhat perplexing to more than a few fans. Over the course of his six-year career with Oakland, the 29-year-old punter averaged 46.8 yards per punt and yearly improved his precision kicking to pin opponents deep. However, his boisterous, somewhat look-at-me personality doesn’t seem to fit the type of players that coach Jon Gruden is looking for early on during free agency and after signing punter Colby Wadman two weeks ago. “What we did in 1998 is we brought in a lot of veteran free agents, at the beginning. Tough guys, that were leaders at their position. Guys
Klay Thompson decided to play doctor and announce his status for the Warriors’ next game on his own. Not too long after, the team confirmed the diagnosis.
With Joel Embiid unlikely to return before the second round of the playoff, things look grim for Philly, but there’s some cause for optimism.
