The Los Angeles Dodgers have announced the signing of outfielder Bobby Abreu to a one-year contract and optioned infielder Justin Sellers to Triple-A Albuquerque.
Abreu is one of just four players in MLB history with more than 500 doubles, 250 home runs and 350 steals, joining Barry Bonds, Rickey Henderson and Craig Biggio. Abreu hit 15 or m [...]
Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp has been unanimously voted the National League Player of the Month for April.
Through 23 April contests, Kemp led the Majors with a .417 (35-for-84) batting average and 12 home runs while ranking tops in the National League in RBI (25), hits (35), runs (24) and slugging percentage (.893), and seco [...]
Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton has been voted the American League Player of the Month for April.
Hamilton batted .395 (34-for-86) with three doubles, nine home runs, 25 RBI and 20 runs scored in 22 games during April to win his fourth career monthly award (also April and May 2008, and June 2010) and the second straight for the Range [...]
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg has been voted National League Pitcher of the Month for the month of April. In five April starts, Strasburg went 2-0 with a 1.13 ERA and an N.L.-best 34 strikeouts while walking just six.
The right-hander submitted quality starts in each of his five outings last month, allowing only fou [...]
I’m stunned by the tragic news of Junior Seau’s passing and almost at a loss of words. Junior Seau was one of the best defensive players to ever step foot on an NFL field and I’m really saddened to hear this news.
I really liked the way he played the game and his on the field passion. You could see how much he loved to play [...]
The Tampa Bay Rays have placed third baseman Evan Longoria on the 15-day disabled list with a partial tear of his left hamstring. To take his place on the active roster, infielder Will Rhymes has been selected from Durham (AAA) and will wear No. 10 once he arrives. To make room for Rhymes on the 40-man roster, right-handed pitcher Kyle Far [...]
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences last night recognized a wide range of baseball coverage at the 33rd Annual Sports Emmy Awards, as MLB Network, MLB Productions and FOX Sports took home a combined eight awards for their work in 2011.
MLB Network won three awards, with MLB Tonight, MLB Network’s signature nightly stud [...]
The Washington Nationals are looking to snap a four game slide in their return home from a 2-4 West Coast road trip. The team’s opening a six-game home stand starting tonight against the Arizona Diamondbacks and will finish it up this weekend against the N.L. East Division rival Philadelphia Phillies.
The Nats are off to a solid 14-8 s [...]
The six newest members of the Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame will be honored prior to the Washington Nationals series finale against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday, May 6 at Nationals Park. This year, the legendary sports club will enshrine the following inductees:
Glenn Brenner, Celebrated WUSA Sportscaster (inducted posthumously)
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Cincinnati Reds right fielder Jay Bruce has been named National League Player of the Week for the period ending April 29th. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network.
Bruce hit .476 (10-for-21) in six games last week, leading the Majors in slugging percentage (1.143) and total bases (24), while tying for the lead with four home [...]
Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko has been named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending April 29th. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network.
Konerko batted .435 (10-for-23) with three doubles, three home runs, four RBI, two walks and three runs scored in six games. The 36-year-old finished tops [...]
On this episode of Sports Power Hour we’re going to recap the 2012 NFL Draft and give you our take on what teams did the best and worst job at improving in this draft.
We’ll have special guest SteveO from FanSpeak.com to give you his analysis and grades for each team. Plus we’ll also let you know what teams did the best job [...]
I have to give the Brooklyn Nets credit for unveiling their new logos and color scheme because I think they hit a home run. The logos are going to be a big hit and I predict them to become quite popular among the team’s fans as well as the hip-hop crowd worldwide.
It reminds me of the Chicago White Sox when they modernized their color [...]
Going into the final scoring day in week four of the 2012 Fantasy Baseball season I’m locked into some very tight weekly matchups and looking to pull off my first 3-0 week of the season.
My CBSSorts.com team went into today’s MLB action clinging to a narrow 211-207.5 lead. I made a couple of roster moves going into this week that [...]