The St. Louis Cardinals will retire former manager Tony La Russa’s uniform #10 prior to the Cardinals’ Friday, May 11 game (7:15 p.m. CDT) against the Atlanta Braves.
La Russa, the winningest manager in St. Louis Cardinals franchise history, announced his retirement last October after a record 16 seasons as the team’s manager and after guidi [...]
The first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs is almost complete with a good chance of finishing up tomorrow night. The San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder have already advanced with convincing sweeps and are now kicking back, relaxing an.
All six of the remaining first round matchups are being led 3-1 and ready to be closed out. The only [...]
The Chicago Cubs today recalled infielder Adrian Cardenas from Triple-A Iowa. To make room for Cardenas on the roster, left-handed pitcher Travis Wood was optioned to Triple-A.
Cardenas, who joins the first major league roster of his career, will wear uniform number 45 and be available for the Cubs tonight against the Atlanta Braves at Wrig [...]
Los Angeles Angels pitcher Jered Weaver, who tossed the first no-hitter of his career on Wednesday and the second in the Majors this season, has been named American League Player of the Week in recognition of his accomplishment for the period ending May 6th. The announcement was made earlier this afternoon on MLB Network.
Weaver, a two-time [...]
The Baltimore Orioles announced that they have recalled pitcher Jason Berken, selected the contract of Stu Pomeranz from Triple-A Norfolk, and optioned catcher Ronny Paulino and pitcher Tommy Hunter to the Tides. Pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada has been transferred to the 60-day disabled list to make room for Pomeranz on the 40-man roster.
Berken, 28 [...]
The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced that San Francisco Giants pitcher Guillermo Mota has received a 100-game suspension after testing positive for Clenbuterol, a performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
The suspension of Mota, who received a 50 [...]
The Washington Nationals today reinstated third baseman Ryan Zimmerman from the 15-Day Disabled List and placed outfielder Jayson Werth on the 15-Day Disabled List, retroactive to May 7, with a left radius fracture. Nationals Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.
Zimmerman, 27, [...]
Here’s a list of topics you will hear on this episode of Sports Power Hour:
The Tragic Passing Of Junior Seau
NBA Playoffs
NFL Suspensions Of Bounty Gate Players
RG3 Named Redskins Starting QB
Cole Hamels Beaning Bryce Harper
Any Late Breaking Sports News And More!
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I have no problem with Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels intentionally hitting rookie Bryce Harper with a pitch. It’s a part of the game like Hamels stated in his post game interview, but he left MLB with no choice but to slap him on the wrist by being dumb enough to admit it.
The suspension is nothing more than window dressing [...]
Major League Baseball has announced Cole Hamels of the Philadelphia Phillies has received a five-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for intentionally throwing a pitch at Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals during the bottom of the first inning of last night’s game at Nationals Park.
Unless appealed, Hamels is scheduled to beg [...]
The Baltimore Orioles have just completed a three game sweep of the Boston Red Sox in Boston and now own the best record in MLB at 19-9, but are they for real?
They have been one of the biggest surprise teams in the early stages of the 2012 season, but can they keep this up?
The next couple of weeks will tell us a lot about whether they have [...]
Here’s a look at the 2012 training camp roster of the Washington Mystics. The Mystics will be playing a couple of preseason games over the next week against the Chicago Sky and Connecticut Sun.
They will open the regular season at home on Saturday May 19 against the Chicago Sky at Verizon Center.
TRAINING CAMP ROSTER
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Albert Pujols finally hit his long-awaited and much-anticipated first home run of the season! Plus the Los Angeles Angels can breathe a sigh of relief as well because this home run drought was adding more pressure by the day to an already tense atmosphere surrounding the underachieving team.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that this is [...]
The following are the rookie and veteran minicamp dates for 2012, as well as the organized team activity (OTA) dates for all 32 NFL teams.
Clubs are permitted to hold a rookie minicamp on one of the first two weekends after the NFL Draft and conduct one mandatory minicamp for veteran players. Clubs with new head coaches, however, are permitt [...]