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On Tuesday night, Justin Turner of the Los Angeles Dodgers was removed from Game 6 of the World Series after his COVID-19 test results came back positive for the disease. Turner was pulled in the eighth inning of the game. The Dodgers went on to beat the Tampa Bay Rays in Arlington, Texas to win the World Series. The Dodgers […]
Watching sports from home with few options to visit stadiums may be necessary to curb the pandemic, but one fan in the City of Champions wasn’t having it. On Sunday, a fan snuck into Fenway Park while the Boston Red Sox took on their arch-rivals, the New York Yankees. The man was somehow able to climb the Green […]
Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman was caught on a live mic blurting out a homophobic slur during Game 1 of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals. While we will not spell out exactly what he said, here are a few takeaways from Brennaman’s comment: 1) It’s not one of these “maybe we misinterpreted what was […]
Jerry Lorenzo has introduced Seventh Collection, the latest update to the Fear of God catalog of luxury pieces. The new collection is detailed in a WWD piece published Monday that sees Lorenzo—who founded the brand back in 2013 and has since become a prominent figure in modern fashion—explaining how he sees this as the natural […]
The Oakland A’s and bench coach Ryan Christenson have issued an apology after he used a Nazi salute twice during a game on Thursday. “I made a mistake and will not deny it,” Christenson said in the statement, while maintaining that the gesture was unintentional. He threw up the salute at the end of the game, […]
It appears the Miami Marlins have made MLB insiders “very unhappy.” Earlier this week, it was reported that the team had at least 14 confirmed coronavirus cases among its players and coaching staff; This alarmingly high number had jumped to 21 by Friday morning. Though none of the players who tested positive have exhibited serious symptoms, the MLB has postponed […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, took to the mound to throw out the ceremonial first pitch ahead of tonight’s MLB season opener between the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals. It wasn’t pretty. Fauci’s woeful first pitch was soon being compared to other horrendous attempts, most notably being 50 Cent’s […]
The Boston Red Sox expressed their solidarity toward the Black Lives Matter movement by erecting a Black Lives Matter banner on the exterior of Fenway Park on Wednesday night. This act was met with heavy pushback and anti-Black Lives Matter rhetoric, however, from some fans of the team who were upset that the Red Sox showed support […]
The Cleveland Indians are the latest sports team to announce their decision to reconsider their controversial name. “We are committed to making a positive impact in our community and embrace our responsibility to advance social justice and equality,” the basketball team said in a public statement. “Our organization fully recognizes our team name is among the […]
The Major League Baseball Players Association remains at odds with the league over what will become of the 2020 season, ESPN reports. After rejecting the league’s latest proposal, the MLBPA released a statement Saturday through their executive director Tony Clark. “It unfortunately appears that further dialogue with the league would be futile. It’s time to […]
