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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 Washington Nationals have won Game 7 against the Houston Astros to take the World Series championship. It all went down on Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park. The Nationals were able to win the game after being down 2-0 in the 6th inning. The Nationals kept going up from there and eventually reached a final score of 6-2. It’s the first […]
The MLB has another scandal on its hands. According to ESPN‘s Jeff Passan, the league has confirmed it was looking into the social media activity of Rob Drake, a veteran umpire who had posted threatening tweets aimed at Donald Trump‘s opponents. The 50-year-old Arizona resident reportedly expressed frustration over the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry into President Trump: […]
This Houston Astros’ controversy is only getting worse. According to a recent report by NPR’s David Folkenflik, the team’s assistant general manager, Brandon Taubman, had previously complained about one of the female reporters he allegedly targeted during a locker room outburst. Sources claim the assistant GM had criticized the reporter last year when she tweeted out the number to domestic violence […]
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 […]
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. […]
Oakland Athletics closer Liam Hendriks went full scorched earth in an interview with The Athletic, bashing the Golden State Warriors over how he was treated by the organization, especially after the team got good. “I don’t follow the Warriors. They treated us like s**t over here so we don’t care for them much,” Hendriks said about how Golden State switched up […]
