The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays announced their Game 1 starting pitchers for the World Series. The Dodgers will start Blake Snell, while the Blue Jays are sending rookie Trey Yesavage to the mound. Game 1 is on Friday at 8 p.m. ET at the Rogers Centre in …
Read More »Dodgers attempt to join exclusive MLB ranks in World Series title defense vs Blue Jays
The Los Angeles Dodgers are looking to do something that no team has done since the New York Yankees did it in the late 1990s and early 2000s: repeat as World Series champions. The Dodgers became the first defending champions to make the World Series when they swept the Milwaukee …
Read More »Giants make history with unprecedented managerial hire from college baseball ranks
The San Francisco Giants made history Wednesday with their managerial hire. The Giants tabbed Tony Vitello, the manager of the University of Tennessee baseball team, to lead their clubhouse. Vitello is the first person to become an MLB manager directly from the college ranks, without any prior major league experience. …
Read More »MLB has no update on Guardians gambling probe as World Series approaches
Major League Baseball placed Luis Ortiz on non-disciplinary paid leave due to a gambling probe July 3. Roughly 3½ weeks later, two-time American League Reliever of the Year Emmanuel Clase joined him. Despite the devastating blows to the pitching staff, the Cleveland Guardians rallied to win the American League Central, …
Read More »Dodgers even up World Series against Blue Jays with Game 2 win behind Yamamoto, Ohtani
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 in Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday night to even the series up at one game apiece. While Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a one-run complete game in a historic outing for Los Angeles at the Rogers Centre, …
Read More »Arrests of NBA's Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups latest chapter of gambling scandals in the sports world
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA guard and coach Damon Jones were among those arrested by the FBI as part of an illegal gambling and sports betting probe Thursday. The investigation was tied to the members of the La Cosa Nostra …
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