A female fan was seriously injured by a piece of a broken baseball bat that flew into the stands during the Boston Red Sox and Oakland A’s game. The woman, who was struck in the face, was rushed from the field on a stretcher and taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, The Boston Globe reported. The incident took place in the second inning when A’s batter Brett Lawrie shattered
(Reuters) – A female baseball fan was struck in the head by a broken bat during a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics at Boston’s Fenway Park on Friday and suffered life-threatening injuries, a Police spokeswoman said. The woman had been sitting in the second row with her husband and son when the incident occurred at 7:40 p.m., said Officer Rachel McGuire. “Apparently a broken bat
Norway’s Suzann Pettersen fired a bogey-free seven-under 65 to seize a share of the lead with Mariajo Uribe atop a crowded leaderboard after the second round of the LPGA Tour’s Manulife Classic. Pettersen missed just three fairways and hit every green to sit tied with Uribe, who shot a bogey-free round of 66. “I think if you hit all the fairways, you’re going to give yourself a lot of chances
NBA Most Valuable Player Steph Curry and Golden State coach Steve Kerr will not allow the Warriors to relax even after NBA Finals foe Cleveland lost star guard Kyrie Irving. The Cavaliers said Friday that versatile playmaker Irving suffered a fractured left kneecap in over-time during Golden State’s 108-100 victory Thursday over Cleveland in the opener of the best-of-seven championship series, dealing superstar LeBron James and his teammates a major
Golden State’s Steve Kerr and Cleveland’s Dave Blatt, the first rookie coaches to meet in the NBA Finals since the first one in 1947, took paths through the Middle East to reach the sport’s biggest stage. Kerr wanted Blatt on his coaching staff before Blatt was offered the top coaching post in Cleveland, taking it only a few weeks before superstar LeBron James decided to leave Miami and return to
Boston Bruins rookie general manager Don Sweeney said Friday that coach Claude Julien will stay on for a ninth season. The decision ends nearly two months of uncertainty over Julien’s future after the Bruins underwent a front-office shake up this spring. Sweeney replaced Peter Chiarelli in April.