Dr. Anthony Fauci was the butt of many jokes on Thursday, when his first pitch to start the 2020 season was entirely. But the next day, the White House Coronavirus Task Force member explained to the Wall Street Journal that his pitch was misplaced because he had played the night …
Read More »Mike Ditka: kneeling athletes should ‘get out of the country’
“If it were up to me, I’d say no,” Ditka replied when asked about kneeling. “If you can’t respect our national anthem, get out of the country. This is how I feel. Of course, I’m dated. So I’m just going to say what I feel.” Ditka is the president of …
Read More »VHSL adopts a condensed athletics program for the 2020-21 school year
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia (WDBJ) – TO UPDATE: The League of Virginia High Schools voted Monday morning to adopt the third model to reopen sports and activities for the upcoming school year with a 34-1 vote. The plan involves delaying all sports seasons to a condensed schedule, which will tentatively start December …
Read More »Raiders list of 53 all-time players: Al Davis’ fingerprints are on this entire epic group
“Just win, baby” was Al Davis’ favorite saying during his nearly 50-year career with the Raiders organization. During that time, Davis, who initially served as the franchise’s first successful coach before becoming general manager and co-owner of the club, greatly enjoyed helping the Raiders become one of the NFL’s grassroots …
Read More »Justin Verlander closes
Weekend A forearm strain of Justin Verlander rocked the fantasy industry on Sunday afternoon. The ace will close for at least two weeks, at which point a launch program must begin. In all likelihood, we will not see Verlander in a major league game for at least 4-6 weeks. And …
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