Subscription Required rumors, news

Breaking news and rumors

Injuries and suspensions

Lifestyle

Trade rumors, contract, salary

Stats and scores

Family

Top stories

Fantasy rankings and news

Schedules and games

Rumors and scandals

• Cardinals vs. Chargers: Monday Night Football Open Thread

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The second of two primetime games tonight starts in Arizona. Join us here to discuss the game! The Arizona Cardinals host the Los Angeles Chargers in the second game of tonight’s Monday Night Football doubleheader. This West Coast matchup is taking place behind the ESPN+ paywall for the first time. Can the Arizona defense hold up? Will Justin Her...2024
See more articles Monday Night breaking news
• Outside The Confines: Juan Soto is going to get PAID

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images The superstar slugger just proved why he’s worth big bucks. The Dodgers took care of the Mets in Game 6 of the NLCS, so they will face the Yankees are facing in the World Series — the first between those two teams in 43 years. Most of today’s links are focused on — you guessed it — the Championship Series and the upcoming World Series. We’ve got a lot of ...2024
Read about Brian Murphy news and rumors
• Southwest Notes: CP3, Flynn, Pippen, Grizzlies, Pelicans, Hawkins
Of the hundreds of players currently on NBA rosters, only two are older than 39-year-old Chris Paul. While the Spurs point guard’s days as an NBA player may be numbered, he’s still not sure what the next stage of his career will look like, writes Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News (subscription required). One […]...2024
See more Tom Orsborn
• TNA Wrestling Star Granted Release
A new report has revealed that TNA Wrestling star Jai Vidal has been granted his release from the promotion. According to Fightful Select (subscription required), Sean Ross Sapp reports that […]...2024
Check it out TNA Wrestling
• Outside The Confines: Is Taylor Swift taking over baseball next?

Photo by Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images No, but she did get great seats for the ALCS. The hullaballoo and backlash of Taylor Swift’s presence at Kansas City Chiefs games may now be moving over to baseball. It turns out the pop singer’s famous boyfriend Travis Kelce is a big Cleveland Guardians fan, so the pair headed to the first game of the ALCS to watch the Guardians take on ...2024
Read about Taylor Swift
• Central Notes: Walker, Sheppard, Swider, Buzelis, Cavs
With Pascal Siakam and Obi Toppin back under contract with the Pacers on new four-year deals, there won’t be regular playing time available at power forward for 2023 lottery pick Jarace Walker anytime soon, barring an injury. That’s why, as Dustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star (subscription required) writes, Walker finds himself battling Bennedict Mathurin […]...2024
Continue with Indianapolis Star news today

• Central Notes: Walker, Sheppard, Swider, Buzelis, Cavs
2024

See more Indianapolis Star injury
• Southwest Notes: Eason, Jackson, Pelicans, Extension Candidates
The leg injury that sidelined Tari Eason for most of the 2023/24 season has made him the most overlooked of the Rockets‘ young core players, but he remains highly regarded by the team’s decision-makers, writes Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle (subscription required). Eason’s role for the Rockets in 2024/25 may ultimately be impacted by […]...2024
Click for news about Tari Eason
• Outside The Confines: A long, long streak ends

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images But one more keeps going. One incredible streak has finally come to an end, as Padres’ slugger Luis Arraez finally struck out. It took 141 plate appearances to get him. Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani continues he quest for 50-50 as he gets to 48-48, already in a class by himself. The Mets did something fun for fans, the Royals are good for baseball, and is Mike...2024
Read about Jeff Zrebiec availability report
• Outside The Confines: A long-awaited debut for Kumar Rocker

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images The player is poised to make history as he prepares to make his debut. Happy Friday, everyone! We’re halfway through September, which means we only have two full weeks of regular season baseball left. There are still some questions about who will slot in for the wild card spots, and some teams who are poised to win their divisions might want to worry a bi...2024
See more articles Alika Jenner injury update
• Outside The Confines: Shohei Ohtani had one heck of a weekend

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Grand slams, records made, hard hits, and first pitches. We all know Shohei Ohtani is a generational talent, and probably one of the best baseball players of all time, but he had an incredible weekend that helped prove it. First, he was the fastest player to reach the 40/40 club, he reached the milestone in 126 games, something none of the other five p...2024
Continue with Katelyn Mulcahy injury report
• Outside The Confines: 300 for Judge

Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images One of many more milestones to come. On Wednesday, Aaron Judge got his 300th home run, and managed to get a little shade from the White Sox right beforehand. Judge’s big bomb came right after Juan Soto was intentionally walked. Judge became the player to achieve the 300 home run milestone the fastest, which has many people wondering if this is just the b...2024
Check it out Eric Fisher injury update
• Outside The Confines: Waiting for a milestone

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Aaron Judge is on the cusp of a major career moment. As of Wednesday morning, Aaron Judge is currently sitting at 299 career home runs. The major 300 home run milestone is just around the corner, and Judge will join a special club, and doesn’t seem poised to slow down any time soon. Judge’s quest (and how he adjusted his swing) is a big story of the week...2024
Read about Gun Kelly
• Outside The Confines: A Trout setback

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Bad news for Mike Trout and the Angels Happy Wednesday, friends! It sounds like bad news for a rehabbing Mike Trout who was hoping to be back with the Angels later this week. Trout was pulled from a recent rehab start after only two innings, feeling soreness in his post-op knee. This obviously isn’t ideal news for Trout, who wants to get back into the ...2024
Visit the page Brandon Sloter injury report
• Outside The Confines: Happy All-Star break!

Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images It may be a break, but there’s no rest from news! Happy Monday and welcome to the All-Star Break! Tonight we look forward to the Home Run Derby, and tomorrow will be the big game. Of course, the news from over the weekend is largely about the draft, with Aussie Travis Bazzana getting selected first overall by the Guardians. Draft time is alw...2024
Check it out All Stars availability report
• Frank Ragnow ranked 8th among interior offensive linemen according to ESPN poll

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Another ESPN top-10 list and another Lions starter is favorably recognized at his position. The days until training camp continue to dwindle, but the lists and rankings keep on coming. ESPN’s rankings series, where they rank the top-10 players at each position, recently took a look at the league’s best interior offensive linemen (ESPN+ subscription req...2024
Check it out Frank Ragnow injury

• Outside The Confines: Shohei Ohtani’s surprise wedding

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports The superstar posted the news to social media. Surprise! Shohei Ohtani has tied the knot, and for someone worth nearly a billion dollars, and a superstar athlete in both his native Japan and his present home of the US, one might expect some high-profile nuptials, but instead Ohtani has kept his wedding relatively quiet. Ohtani has married a woman from Japan ...2024
See more Joe Camporeale
• Outside The Confines: Is the MLBPA going to stand up for MiLB?
Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Seems like some interesting changes might be coming. In some late-breaking Sunday news that we will most certainly be hearing a lot more about in the coming week, it appears that a vote is on the way to see how Minor League players feel about having the MLPBA act as their collective bargaining representative. BREAKING: Minor Leaguer...2022
See more articles Mike McDaniel
• Monday Morning Hangover: AFC and NFC Finalists All Have Their Flaws
2016

See also Super Bowl
• Devin McCourty Inserting Himself into Discussion of NFL's Top Safeties
2015

See more articles Devin McCourty

2024
"The Daily Belli watch: 28 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener"

2023
"Florida’s comeback, Langford’s big blast headlines wild first day in Omaha"

2022
"Baseball America announces their Top 10 Cubs prospects"

2021
"Padres’ Chairman: A.J. Preller’s Job Is Safe"

2020
"Padres Discussing Mookie Betts Trade With Red Sox"

2019
"Rangers Have Interest In Nolan Arenado"

2018
"Brewers Reportedly Interested In Lorenzo Cain, Open To Trading Current Outfielders"

2017
"Orioles Reportedly Asking For Offers On Manny Machado"

2016
"White Sox Willing To Trade Any Player With Less Than Four Years Of Control"

2015
"DeAngelo Williams Should Remain a Part of Panthers Backfield for One More Year"

2014
"Is Stephen Curry Really in the NBA MVP Conversation?"

• Outside The Confines: Juan Soto is going to get PAID
2024

Click for news about Brian Murphy salary
• Central Notes: Walker, Sheppard, Swider, Buzelis, Cavs
2024

Read about Indianapolis Star salary
• Outside The Confines: Tropicana Field devastated by Hurricane Milton

Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Tampa Bay Rays may need a new stadium sooner than expected. Hurricane Milton, the fifth hurricane this year to make landfall in the US, and following shortly on the heels of Hurricane Helene was always going to be a destructive force in the Tampa Bay area, but in the aftermath of the brutal winds, there was an unexpected victim to the devastation: the ...2024
See more Andy Nesbitt contract
• Outside The Confines: Iconic October baseball is upon us

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images This postseason is shaping up to be a fun one. Happy Monday everyone! We’ve already had plenty of excitement this postseason, with some unexpected winners in the Wild Card series, and some intense games to start off the Divison series. Today we’re going to look at an incredible home run robbery played off as a trick, a game-changing home run, and “pitc...2024
See more articles Michael Baumann
• “Legitimate Chance” Rockets, Sengun Will Agree To Extension
There’s a “legitimate chance” that the Rockets and big man Alperen Sengun will agree to terms on a rookie scale contract extension by the October 21 deadline, a source with knowledge of the negotiations tells Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle (subscription required). Speaking to reporters on Monday, Sengun expressed a desire to get a […]...2024
See also Alperen Sengun
• Outside The Confines: So long, Oakland.

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The A’s said goodbye to their Coliseum home. Thursday afternoon, the Oakland Athletics played their final game in Oakland, and it was the end of an era. The A’s have not always been an Oakland-based team (they started in Philadelphia before heading to Kansas City), but they’ve been in Oakland since 1968. Now, mismanagement and other frustrating motivations w...2024
Check it out Ezra Shaw
• Cavaliers To Sign Jacob Gilyard, Zhaire Smith
Free agent guards Jacob Gilyard and Zhaire Smith are signing Exhibit 10 contracts with the Cavaliers, reports Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com (subscription required). Gilyard, 26, spent last season on two-way deals with the Grizzlies and Nets, appearing in a total of 41 games for the two teams. The 5’9″ point guard held his own in […]...2024
See also Jacob Gilyard
• Outside The Confines: The White Sox tie an unwelcome record

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images They are on their way to the most losses in modern baseball history. We all know the White Sox are having a bad season, but now we officially know they’re one of the worst teams in modern baseball history. On Sunday night they lost to the Padres, and that loss saw them tie the 1962 New York Mets at 120 losses ($). And there’s still a week of baseball left....2024
Visit the page White Sox
• Alondes Williams Reportedly Joining Clippers
Former Heat guard Alondes Williams is set to join the Clippers on a training camp contract, according to Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel (subscription required). Williams, who played college ball for Triton College, Oklahoma, and Wake Forest, went undrafted in 2022 and spent his rookie season with the Nets and their G […]...2024
Continue with Wake Forest
• Bears vs Texans: How to watch, TV schedule, online stream, odds and more

Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Have you been waitin’ all day for Sunday Night? Because we sure have! And like that, the season is underway. Fresh from taking a win out of Indianapolis, a place that has historically been stingy about giving up wins to the good guys, the Houston Texans return to the Motherland for their home debut against the Chicago Bears. The Bears took out the vile and hated...2024
Check it out Chicago Bears trade rumors

• Outside The Confines: The postseason has begun!

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The annual postseason tournament got under way, and other MLB news and notes. It’s October! And that means that postseason ball is here, and it’s already proving to be as interesting as one could hope, with the Tigers and Royals both winning the first game in their series, which means if things continue on this course, we might have an ALDS that is three-qu...2024
Continue with Pete Rose
• Outside The Confines: In a club of one

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Shohei Ohtani is constantly making history. Happy Monday, friends (and happy birthday to me!). Hope your weekends were lovely and you’re ready to jump into some news updates. Over the weekend, Shohei Ohtani joined the unique tier of players as the only person to join the 46-46 club (and seems poised to potentially hit the 50-50 club). In other news, some big...2024
Read about Harry How Getty
• Outside The Confines: Happy Wednesday!

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Unless you’re a White Sox fan. Happy Wednesday! We’re unbelievably nearing the end of August already (how?!) and not a single MLB team is anywhere near 100 wins (though one is very close to 100 losses), and the postseason really could be anyone’s game at this point. It’s certainly been an unusual year, and will continue to be so as we head...2024
See more Old Dominion stats
• Outside The Confines: It’s a tidal wave of trades

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The trade deadline looms, and teams are taking advantage The trade deadline is looming this week and competitive teams aren’t afraid to trade prospects for a chance to win this year. All the big news this weekend has been trade-focused for the most part, so without preamble we’re just going to jump into all the big (and small) trade news that came up over...2024
Click for news about Andy Nesbitt statistics
• Outside The Confines: A new home for the Rays

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Rays have passed one of the most difficult hurdles to securing their new stadium Baseball isn’t leaving St. Petersburg, FL any time soon, thanks to a major hurdle the Rays cleared today. The City council voted in favor of the Rays stadium deal, meaning the team has found its home for the next thirty years. Specifically, the vote was to ...2024
Click for news about Mike Carlson stats
• Outside The Confines: Got that summer feeling

Photo by Alan Harvey/SNS Group via Getty Images And trade discussions are heating up along with the air outisde. Wednesday is upon us and there’s plenty of discussion brewing in the baseball world. Today’s links offers up a lot of trade deadline talk, amazing catches by both players and fans, Shohei Ohtani looking to break more records, and a certain heavy hitter changing his tune about “n...2024
Continue with Shohei Ohtani
• Outside The Confines: MLB Player Poll results are in...

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports And they have plenty to say. Some fun stuff in the links wrap-up today, folks. First, there’s a look at the new Twins’ City Connect jerseys. We represent the Land of 10,000 Lakeshttps://t.co/bcodsrdnT5 pic.twitter.com/1buPyI4RXr— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) June 10, 2024 And then there’s the annual MLB Player Poll from The Athletic... Well, I'm going to k...2024
See also Kim Klement stats
• Outside The Confines: Monday reflections

Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images The new week is upon us. Happy Monday, friends! We have some fun stuff in today’s links for you. Shohei Ohtani continues to set records (and one reporter thinks he’s got a good case for NL MVP); Darryl Strawberry reflects on his career as he gets a big honor; several broadcasters lose it during live airing; and the Mets might just need to tear it all down...2024
Click for news about Miller Lite scores
• Outside The Confines: A retiring Angel

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images The much maligned umpire has announced his retirement Usually, when we report news on retirements, it’s about a long-tenured player, or a multi-World Series-winning team manager, but the absolute biggest news of the week was the announcement that umpire Angel Hernandez was planning to retire. Umpires bear a certain amount of negativity from MLB fans, bu...2024
Visit the page World Series
• Notes: Former Detroit WR back on market after short stint with Bills

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK A recently-reinstated Detroit Lions WR is back on the free agency market after a short stint with the Buffalo Bills. Earlier this offseason, the NFL ended the indefinite suspension handed down to several Detroit Lions players who violated the league’s gambling protocol. Since then, the Lions re-signed safety C.J. Moore to a one-year deal. However, another pla...2024
See more articles Detroit Lions statistics

• Cardinals vs. Chargers: Monday Night Football Open Thread
2024

Continue with Monday Night
• Outside The Confines: Juan Soto is going to get PAID
2024

See more Brian Murphy
• Outside The Confines: Is Taylor Swift taking over baseball next?
2024

Visit the page Taylor Swift
• Outside The Confines: Tropicana Field devastated by Hurricane Milton
2024

Continue with Andy Nesbitt
• Outside The Confines: Iconic October baseball is upon us
2024

Continue with Michael Baumann
• Outside The Confines: The postseason has begun!
2024

See also Pete Rose
• Outside The Confines: So long, Oakland.
2024

Continue with Ezra Shaw
• Outside The Confines: A long-awaited debut for Kumar Rocker
2024

Click for news about Alika Jenner
• Outside The Confines: In a club of one
2024

Check it out Harry How Getty
• Outside The Confines: Just how bad are the White Sox?

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images So bad they’re dragging down the average of the entire AL Central division. Happy Wednesday, friends! Here we are in September, and there are some fun stories making the rounds, so here’s what you can look forward to in today’s links: the White Sox have been brutally bad, but just HOW bad? Shohei Ohtani reaches historical highs, and experts are starting...2024
Check it out AL Central

• Is Stephen Curry Really in the NBA MVP Conversation?
2014

See more articles San Antonio
• Odell Beckham Jr. Does Indeed Appear to Be the Real Deal for the Giants
2014

See more articles Odell Beckham
• Rajon Rondo Is Kobe Bryant's Best Chance at 1 Final NBA Title
2014

See also San Antonio
• Ben Roethlisberger's MVP Play and Candidacy Is More Than Just a Flash in the Pan
2014

Continue with Ben Roethlisberger
• If J.J. Watt Isn't NFL MVP Material, What Does the Award Even Mean?
2014

See more articles Monday Night
• How Does the Warriors' 20-2 Start Compare to the Greatest Starts in NBA History?
2014

Continue with Michael Jordan
• Is Tony Romo an MVP Candidate?
2014

Continue with Tony Romo
• Kobe Bryant Scoffs at Idea of Leaving Lakers: 'I Bleed Purple and Gold'
2014

Read about Julius Randle

1. NFL Draft

2. Super Bowl

3. Miami Dolphins

. . .

5516. Subscription Required

• Outside The Confines: Waiting for a milestone
2024

Read about Gun Kelly
• Outside The Confines: Liar, liar, pants on fire...

Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports MLB’s latest snafu invloves see-through pants. In 2022 we saw tensions between MLB and MLBPA lead to a delayed start to the season. Now, while there isn’t a lockout looming, there are new issues brewing between MLB and its players, as there are mounting complaints about something unexpected... pants. While MLB is adamant there have been no major changes made t...2024
See more articles Juan Soto
• Notes: Former Lion Dominic Raiola on life as the father of No. 1 college QB recruit
Dominic Raiola has devoted much of his retirement to watching his children play sports. Dave Birkett of the Free Press has the story. For 14 seasons, Dominic Raiola could be found at the center of the Detroit Lions' offensive line. Changing protections pre-snap and always being willing to get into extracurricular activities after the whistle—Raiola made up for his relative lack of size with an at...2023
Check it out Dave Birkett
• Week 2 Waiver Wire: Top Pickups and Drops
2016

Visit the page Waiver Wire
• Monday Morning Hangover: No Clarity for NFL Quarterback Controversies
2015

See more articles Mike Singletary
• B/R NFL 1000: Ranking the Top 35 Centers from 2014
2015
• B/R NFL 1000: Ranking the Top 35 Left Tackles from 2014
2015
• Steelers Must Use Offseason to Finally Build a Younger Secondary
2015

See also Pittsburgh Steelers
• New Eastern Conference No. 1 Seed Atlanta Hawks Could Be Here to Stay
2015

Visit the page San Antonio

• Cardinals vs. Chargers: Monday Night Football Open Thread
2024

Check it out Monday Night
• Outside The Confines: Juan Soto is going to get PAID
2024

Check it out Brian Murphy
• Outside The Confines: Is Taylor Swift taking over baseball next?
2024

See more Taylor Swift
• Central Notes: Walker, Sheppard, Swider, Buzelis, Cavs
2024

See more articles Indianapolis Star
• Outside The Confines: Iconic October baseball is upon us
2024

Click for news about Michael Baumann
• Outside The Confines: The postseason has begun!
2024

Continue with Pete Rose
• Mavs Notes: Lively, Gafford, Thompson, Morris, Dinwiddie
Daniel Gafford was the Mavericks‘ starting center down the stretch and in the playoffs last season, but second-year big man Dereck Lively has a chance to overtake him for that role this fall. As Brad Townsend of The Dallas Morning News (subscription required) writes, head coach Jason Kidd has suggested Gafford and Lively could compete […]...2024
Click for news about Daniel Gafford
• Open Thread: Week 3 Monday Night Football Double-Header

Photo by Bryan Bennett/Getty Images Week 3 of the 2024 NFL season features a Monday Night Football double-header! A joy for football fans has arrived as the final night of Week 3 concludes with a double-header on Monday night, even if the games on tap don’t seem appealing. Matter of fact, both games don’t appear particularly close to the oddsmakers FanDuel Sportsbook Odds Jacksonville Ja...2024
Continue with Monday Night
• Outside The Confines: The White Sox tie an unwelcome record
2024

See more articles White Sox
• Texans at Vikings: How to watch, TV schedule, online stream, odds and more

The locksmith! | Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Wanna watch the Texans take on the Vikings in the great white north? Here’s how you can! After an ugly win, but a win nonetheless, the Houston Texans take the show on the road once more to the Midwest to take on the Minnesota Vikings and do what no Texans team has done before: beat the Vikings at home. Can they do it? Will we get to see fra...2024
Click for news about Tim Warner Getty

• Outside The Confines: A long-awaited debut for Kumar Rocker
2024

Check it out Alika Jenner whispers
• Outside The Confines: Welcome to August

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images The tail end of the season has begun. Welcome to August, friends, the tail end of the season is here, and we’re still reeling from the big (and small) moves of the trade deadline. Today’s links are heavy on trade deadline reviews, plus looking at the unfortunate end of Mike Trout’s 2024 season, an update on what’s happening with Freddie Freeman’s family, and...2024
See more articles Mike Trout
• Outside The Confines: The Rickwood Field game brings history to the spotlight

Photo by Russell Kilgore Jr./MLB Photos via Getty Images Baseball remembers Willie Mays and other Negro League legends. The two big stories of the latter half of the week go hand in hand, with the Rickwood Field game happening on Thursday, just after the passing of the iconic Willie Mays late Tuesday. The memory of Mays and also remembering Negro Leagues legends of the past is a huge part ...2024
See more Jimmy Traina
• Stein’s Latest: Lakers’ Coaching Search, Nembhard, Siakam, Mitchell
J.J. Redick and James Borrego have emerged as the top two names in the Lakers‘ coaching search, but there’s increased speculation about Monty Williams if the Pistons let him go, Marc Stein writes in his latest Substack column (subscription required). Detroit is going through an organizational shakeup after Trajan Langdon took over as head of […]...2024
Visit the page James Borrego
• Outside The Confines: A call-up for the ages?

The arrival of Paul Skenes in Pittsburgh is getting a LOT of attention Two big stories lead the headlines heading into this Friday. The first is obviously the call-up of rookie pitching prospect Paul Skenes, who is poised to start for the Pirates against the Cubs on Saturday. Skenes touches triple-digits and has a five-pitch mix, making him an exciting part of the Pirates’ future and one of the mo...2024
See also Paul Skenes
• Outside The Confines: One month down

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images At the end of baseball’s first month, things are starting to take shape. It seems impossible that a full month of baseball has passed us by. It feels like only yesterday we were celebrating Opening Day, and now we’re getting to a point where it might be time to stop saying “small sample size” as an excuse. The Dodgers aren’t a shocker as the NL West le...2024
Check it out Andy Nesbitt scandals
• Outside The Confines: The Yankees bid farewell to John Sterling

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images The iconic radio voice of the team announced his sudden departure this week. On Monday, with no preamble, the Yankees announced that their long-time radio play-by-play announcer John Sterling was calling it a career, and his last game in the booth was behind him. The 85-year-old called 5,420 regular season games over his long career. Sterling cited the s...2024
See more articles John Sterling
• Outside The Confines: A new chapter in the Ippei Mizuhara betting scandal

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images A freshly released criminal complaint offers shocking details in the betting scandal. Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani has been charged with bank fraud after stealing $16 million from Ohtani. In a newly publicized criminal complaint, texts were released between Mizuhara and his bookie, as well as details regarding how much he won (a...2024
Visit the page Andrew Marchand
• A few thoughts about Shohei Ohtani’s news conference

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The Dodgers star addressed gambling allegations surrounding his now-former translator. Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani and his translator Ippei Mizuhara recently became the focus of an investigation regarding sports betting involving an illegal bookmaker in California (sports betting is not legal there). I covered a few of the details in this...2024
See more Michael Owens
• Outside The Confines: Opening Week is here!

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The pre-season ends this week, real baseball is almost here! Well, friends, we have officially made it. This is the last Monday without baseball! (Well, regular season baseball. that is.) It’s so thrilling to realize that this is the week baseball begins in earnest and we can switch from saying “Spring training doesn’t count” to “it’s ...2024
See more articles Frank Jansky scandal