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Freeman, Fried power scorching hot Braves past Brewers, 4-2

By admin | July 15, 2019

MILWAUKEE (AP) — One pitch was all Freddie Freeman needed to power the Atlanta Braves to their fifth straight victory. The left-handed slugger sent an offering from Milwaukee Brewers starter…

Summer League winds down, and now, maybe, some NBA rest

By admin | July 15, 2019

They’ll hand out T-shirts to the Summer League winners following the championship game between Memphis and Minnesota in Las Vegas on Monday night, and then things will finally slow down…

NBA’s Silver says changes to rules on draft trades possible

By admin | July 10, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wants the hat game fixed. Mindful that it was awkward for draft picks this year who were selected by one team and…

“Robot umpires” debut in independent Atlantic League

By admin | July 10, 2019

YORK, Pa. (AP) — “Robot umpires” have arrived. The independent Atlantic League became the first American professional baseball league to let a computer call balls and strikes Wednesday night at…

Trade deadline looms as baseball resumes after break

By admin | July 10, 2019

CHICAGO (AP) — Francisco Lindor and the Cleveland Indians, looking up at Nelson Cruz and the surprising Minnesota Twins. Matt Chapman and the Oakland Athletics, trying to run down José…

Sturgeon, America’s forgotten dinosaurs, slowly coming back

By admin | July 10, 2019

CHARLES CITY, Va. (AP) — Sturgeon were America’s vanishing dinosaurs, armor-plated beasts that crowded the nation’s rivers until mankind’s craving for caviar pushed them to the edge of extinction. More…

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