Ten days ahead of the MLB deadline for 2020, the Phillies have made a move to support their bullpen. Philadelphia has acquired right-handed pitchers Brandon Workman and Heath Hembree from the Red Sox in exchange for right-handers Nick Pivetta and Connor Seabold. The Phillies also get casho considerations in the …
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The no. 4 and 7 trains will convert all weekend long, at least in a baseball game. A day after a Mets positional player and coach tested positive for COVID-19 – postponed Thursday’s game in Miami and the Subway Series opener on Friday – MLB announced that the Yankees and …
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Ryan O’Reilly died at the table in front of him, moments after the Vancouver Canucks’ six-game call from his St. Louis Blues completed. After the last game of last season, he and his teammates ran the Stanley Cup in victory. But O’Reilly did not recognize the team around him Friday …
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Barry Trotz won the Stanley Cup two years ago with a star-studded Capitals roster. Now he has sent them home early with a largely unheralded roster depicting the team. The Islanders, who learned they will play the Flyers in the next round after Philadelphia eliminated the Canadiens on Friday, have …
Read More »Dr Fauci says the US can learn from Asian countries in the fight against COVID-19
What else can the US do? © Getty Images Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: ‘When they quit, they quit like,’ Bang! ‘When we closed, it was never at the level that the Asian countries did. ‘ Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National …
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