President Trump announced Thursday that he will launch the opening pitch at Yankee Stadium on August 15. Trump told reporters at a White House coronavirus task force briefing that his friend Randy Levine, president of the New York Yankees, asked him to launch the pitch. The president made the announcement …
Read More »Fox Sports will fill empty baseball stadiums with virtual fans
Major League Baseball is starting to look and sound like a video game. First, the league announced that they will use the crowd noise from Sony’s MLB video game, and now Fox will use cutting-edge virtual crowds in their broadcasts. Is that how it works: Fox Sports, in its twenty-fifth …
Read More »NFL, players union delayed in 2020 plans, salary cap deal
(LR) Safety Erik Harris, fullback Alec Ingold and linebacker Kyle Wilber of the Las Vegas Raiders train in a park on June 17, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | fake pictures The push and pull of the National Football League with its players’ union is on public display …
Read More »Sailors lose catcher Tom Murphy to broken foot days from game 1
Mariners catcher Tom Murphy (foot) will go to IL before Friday’s opening game. (AP) The Mariners have received news that is as bad as it can be for an MLB team just days away from the start of the season – its starting catcher is heading to the disabled list. …
Read More »Masks, empty parks, social justice.
Opening day, finally. A baseball season that was on the brink before it started due to the virus outbreak will begin Thursday night when Max Scherzer and World Series champion Washington Nationals welcome prized ace Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees. York. When it starts, the DC forecast calls …
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