With NFL rule changes publicly backfiring, high schools across the country aren’t ready to follow the league’s lead on how to hit QBs.
Another day, another home run for the Rockies’ David Dahl. Dahl went deep for the fourth straight game on Thursday, when he sent Phillies starter Jake Arrieta’s 0-1 fastball over the center-field wall. According to Statcast™, the shot left his bat at 104 mph and traveled a projected 434 feet.
The Cavaliers may not have LeBron James this season, but Tristan Thompson believes they remain the team to beat in the Eastern Conference.
New York Yankees starter CC Sabathia, in the middle of a one-hitter and two innings shy of earning a $500,000 incentive-based bonus, was ejected from Thursday afternoon’s game at Tropicana Field.
The Cincinnati Bengals visit the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in a head-on clash of focal points. The Bengals (2-1) want to improve their run defense. The Falcons (1-2) want to improve their running game.
New York flexed its muscles and flaunted its backbone on Thursday afternoon, moving closer to the all-time single-season record for home runs by a club before CC Sabathia was ejected for appearing to intentionally throw at a batter in the sixth inning of a memorable 12-1 rout of the Rays at Tropicana Field.
Dolphins WR Kenny Stills said he talked to Colin Kaepernick on Thursday and said the QB continues to work out and “wants to play … deserves to play.”
Clay Matthews did not get a fine for his latest roughing the passer penalty. That’s what the Packers linebacker told reporters today, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN. That makes three roughing the passer penalties in three weeks for Matthews without a fine. None of Matthews’ three penalties were used on the
Carolina would have never acquired Eric Reid if Jerry Richardson was still in charge, and the move solidifies David Tepper’s status as the NFL’s most interesting owner.
It’s a shame that in a pass-happy league with few good defensive backs, it took a new owner in Tepper — who is still unencumbered by the NFL’s old guard — to make it happen.
