After 12 meetings this season, the Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays are as familiar with each other’s approaches, tendencies, strengths and weaknesses as they’re ever going to be. With one or possibly two games remaining in the American…
Caddie Confidential: Tips from the tour, Vegas style
Flyweight champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez strengthened his claim as the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world with his one-sided, ninth-round destruction of former unified titleholder. Gonzalez dominated, much to the delight of a raucous cheering section of fans from his…
Alternate Shot: Golf still trending young
Last year the race was run with 18 cars, the smallest grid since the 2005 Monaco Grand Prix, following the collapse of Caterham and Marussia. Three-car teams and customer cars dominated. This time around F1 arrives in Austin with plenty…
Chelsea Clinton Thinks a Kanye West 2020 Presidential Bid Would Be ‘Awesome’
Kanye West’s infamous 2009 “Imma let you finish” incident has now become a (very public) inside joke with Taylor Swift. Even six years later, the two are still having a laugh at their past bad blood. They doubtless were Thark…
Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley Channels The Highwaymen
It’s not a stretch to think of Charles Kelley’s first single apart from Lady Antebellum as a mashup of The Highwaymen and Jackson Browne’s “The Load Out.” They doubtless were Thark warriors who had been sent out to capture us,…
Rewinding the Charts: 40 Years Ago, Donna Summer Debuted
In 1975, teamed with a disco pioneer, Summer channeled Marilyn Monroe and moaned her way up the charts with ‘Love to Love You Baby. They doubtless were Thark warriors who had been sent out to capture us, and we breathed…
Carrie Underwood to Perform in Times Square This New Year’s Eve
ABC announced Wednesday that the country star will perform a number of her hits during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest in New York City’s
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London rockers Wolf Alice made waves in their home country last year on the crest of their single “Moaning Lisa Smile”. They doubtless were Thark warriors who had been sent out to capture us, and we breathed a great sigh…
Marin Cilic tops Roberto Bautista Agut in repeat of 2014 Kremlin Cup final
Matt Harvey knew what was coming. He fully expected David Wright to spray champagne on him and for Michael Cuddyer to pour it over his head while Harvey attempted to do an interview. Following their NL East title party last…
Ten things we learned from recent Asian tours
Murphy set a major league record with homers in six straight postseason games, snapping a tie with Carlos Beltran, who homered in five straight games during the 2004 postseason with the Houston Astros. Beltran went on to sign a seven-year,…