(Photo by Alysa Rubin/Clarkson Creative/Getty Images) Bryce Harper’s Philadelphia Phillies are off to a sensational start to the season and have the best record in baseball at 37-15, though his ability to help them on Friday night was short-lived as the Phillies fell, 3-2, to the Colorado Rockies after Harper’s first-inning ejection. Harper was bummed…
Jamal Murray caused controversy during the Denver Nuggets’ 106-80 Game 2 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves by throwing a heating pad onto the floor in the middle of a possession. Referee Marc Davis stated post-game that Murray should have received a technical foul for the incident, but not have been ejected. “I was the lead…
In Monday’s game between the Yankees and the A’s, Carlos Rodón fooled Esteury Ruiz with a back foot slider, leading Ruiz to be hit by the ball. Umpire John Tumpane ruled in favor of Ruiz, causing Yankees manager Aaron Boone to complain, receiving a warning from home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt. The confusion continued, with…
The toll of the Warriors season on Steph Curry was plain to see when he fought back tears against the Magic on Wednesday. Just four minutes into the game, Draymond Green was ejected for getting lippy with the referees. Curry could be seen with red eyes after the ejection and looking awfully dispirited. From the…
Steph Curry has opened up about Draymond Green getting ejected less than four minutes into the Warriors’ matchup with the Magic on Wednesday. Golden State went on to beat Orlando 101-93, but Curry was visibly upset with Green getting himself kicked out of the game after arguing with the referees. “All I’ll say is we…
When Baylor coach Scott Drew was ejected in the second half of Saturday’s intense 70-68 home win over Iowa State, it marked the first time in his 707 games as a head coach he got the hook. Drew received two technical fouls for lingering outside the coaching box (and for some excessive protesting, to be…
In a heated matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets, an intense exchange between LeBron James and Rockets head coach Ime Udoka resulted in both receiving technical fouls, leading to Udoka’s ejection with 8:35 remaining in the game. The incident unfolded without a clear explanation of the content of the conversation that…
Hall of Fame guard Chris Mullin was not happy with Scott Foster’s decision to eject Chris Paul from the Suns-Warriors game on Wednesday. “The league office, much like they review player’s conduct, should review that and there should be some action taken,” Mullin said on the NBC Sports Bay Area postgame show, speaking to Foster’s…
