Jake Arrieta said he didn’t feel sharp and that he was a little bit off Tuesday night. Arrieta became the first pitcher in the major leagues to reach 20 victories, Kris Bryant set the Cubs rookie record for home runs and Chicago inched closer to a playoff berth with a 4-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Looking loose after manager Joe Maddon entertained the team with a petting zoo in
During his brief time in the majors, Greg Bird has developed a knack for hitting big home runs. The rookie launched a three-run shot in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 Tuesday night to move closer in the AL East race. Andrew Miller (3-2) pitched two innings for the win and New York closed within 2 1/2 games of first-place Toronto.
Washington (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Wednesday mourned the loss of Yogi Berra, lauding the baseball catcher and cultural icon as an “American original.”
Iconic New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, as beloved for his folksy sayings as for his legendary baseball career, has died of natural causes at age 90. Tributes poured in from the sports world and beyond for the Major League Baseball Hall of Famer and three-time Most Valuable Player, who died late Tuesday. “Yogi conducted his life with unwavering integrity, humility and a contagious good humour that elevated him from
An assistant Texas high school football coach ordered his players to blindside a football official during a game as payback for what the team perceived to be the official’s use of racist language, TV sports network ESPN reported on Wednesday. In a letter detailing his interactions with the head coach after the game, John Jay High School’s principal said the team’s secondary coach, Mack Breed, admitted he “directed the students
(Reuters) – “I really didn’t say everything I said,” said Yogi Berra, the former New York Yankees baseball star who died on Tuesday at age 90. Known for sometimes sage malapropisms, Berra qualified as one of history’s most frequently quoted sports figures. Here is a selection of more “Yogi-isms” attributed to Berra, who may or may not have actually uttered the exact words.
Washington (AFP) – Baseball great Yogi Berra, who died on Tuesday evening at the age of 90, was known for his humor and quick wit.
By Alastair Macdonald and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders could promise billions of euros in new funding for Syrian refugees at an emergency summit on Wednesday where they will also try to patch up bitter divisions over the migration crisis. Meeting for dinner a day after interior ministers overrode furious objections from four eastern states in a vote that will distribute asylum-seekers around the bloc according to
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned 100 prisoners including three Al Jazeera television journalists on Wednesday, a day before he plans to head to the annual United Nations summit of world leaders. Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, Egyptian Baher Mohamed and Australian Peter Greste were sentenced to three years in prison in a retrial last month for operating without a press license and broadcasting material harmful to Egypt. A spokesperson for the
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia may deploy Iskander ballistic missiles to its enclave of Kaliningrad if the United States upgrades its nuclear weapons in Germany, the Interfax news agency cited a military source as saying on Wednesday. “A final decision well be taken after detailed analysis of the potential threat,” the agency cited the source as saying. (Reporting by Lidia Kelly; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
