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Finally, there’s some more info on Yoenis Cespedes‘ ankle injury. When Cespedes’ injury was first announced in May, general manager Brodie Van Wagenen described the cause as a “violent fall.” That’s not the complete story. The New York Post reported that the New York Mets, the MLB, the player’s union, and Cespedes have agreed that his ankle injury was caused by an encounter with a wild boar. […]
On an album that will largely serve as an afterthought in the catalog of (arguably) the greatest rapper of all time, there was a taunt that caused plenty of sports fans to perk up when they heard it. In the first verse of the eighth track of his 2013 offering Magna Carter Holy Grail, JAY-Z […]
Former Boston College baseball captain Pete Frates, who inspired people to raise millions for ALS research with the Ice Bucket Challenge, has died age 34. As Variety reports, Frates was one of the first people to help popularize the viral challenge. Frates was first diagnosed with the disease in 2012, when he was 27 years old. […]
An alleged drug kingpin that could be linked to the shooting of David Ortiz was taken into custody on Monday, CBS News reports. According to Dominican authorities, César Emilio Peralta was apprehended in Colombia. Peralta is known by the nickname “César the Abuser” and is accused of running a network that transports heroin and cocaine through Colombia, Venezuela, the […]
A World Series victory regularly comes with an invitation to the White House. However, one pitcher is turning down the trip. Washington Nationals reliever Sean Doolittle said that he wouldn’t participate in the team’s trip to the White House. Doolittle made it clear to the Washington Post that this decision was driven by the issues he […]
The 2019 campaign has come and gone for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the team is once again left wondering how such a promising regular season could only lead to an incredibly disappointing playoff run. After losing in back-to-back World Series appearances, the Dodgers finished this year with a franchise-record 106 wins, and appeared poised to right their […]
Additional details about Tyler Skaggs’ untimely death have come to light. ESPN reports Eric Kay, the Angels’ director of communications, told federal agents he had supplied Skaggs with Oxycodone pills just days before the pitcher was found dead inside a Texas hotel room. A toxicology report released back in August revealed Skaggs had died from a mixture of “alcohol, Fentanyl, and […]
From the moment that David Ortiz was shot in the Dominican Republic in early June, his extended family, the Boston Red Sox, have been by his side to provide Big Papi and those close to him with “all available resources” that they may need. After Ortiz had undergone surgery to have his gallbladder and parts of his intestines removed, the Red Sox […]
Chace Numata, a 27-year-old minor league catcher who had been playing in the Detroit Tigers organization, died on Monday from injuries he suffered in a skateboarding accident that occurred last week. Numata was found early on Friday morning in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania after he was spotted by a motorist. He was bleeding from the head […]
An autopsy reveals alcohol and drugs were in Tyler Skaggs‘ system on the night he was found dead in his Texas hotel room. According to a toxicology report obtained by the Los Angeles Times, the Angels pitcher died from a mixture of “alcohol, Fentanyl and Oxycodone intoxication,” which caused him to choke on his vomit. […]
