[ad_1] Ben Lindbergh, Rany Jazayerli, and Neil Paine discuss the death of Willie Mays, Mays as the last legendary link to an earlier era, the statistical cases for Mays as the greatest all-around player and greatest player, period in major league history, and (36:45) baseball’s new greatest living player, plus (46:02) banter about Kansas courting…
[ad_1] Former Wimbledon winner Angelique Kerber of Germany has received a main-draw Wimbledon wild card. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL The Wimbledon wild card field pops with Grand Slam champions. Four of the seven Wimbledon ladies’ wild card recipients—Angelique Kerber, Naomi Osaka, Briton Emma Raducanu and Caroline Wozniacki—are former Grand Slam champions. Osaka, Kerber and Wozniacki each returned…
[ad_1] The All-England Club on Wednesday announced its preliminary wild-card recipients for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. In gentlemen’s singles, all seven so far hail from Great Britain. They are Liam Broady, Jan Choinski, Jacob Fearnley, Arthur Fery, Billy Harris, Paull Jubb, and Henry Searle. Fearnley (TCU), Fery (Stanford), and Jubb (South Carolina) are college tennis…
[ad_1] Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss whether Nike’s City Connect uniforms are losing their appeal, the Dodgers’ recent setbacks with injuries to Mookie Betts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Kyle Bradish, the imminent returns of star pitchers Gerrit Cole, Max Scherzer, and Clayton Kershaw, Carlos Correa’s impressive performance at the plate, Elly De La Cruz’s unexpected…
[ad_1] (Photo by Carly Mackler/Getty Images) One NFL player who saw his stock rise to incredible heights throughout the 2023 NFL season was superstar tight end Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs. Kelce went from being considered the greatest tight end in NFL history, along with New England Patriots legend Rob Gronkowski and a…
[ad_1] Emma Raducanu was offered an ITF Wild Card to enter the 2024 Paris Olympics, but she declined the chance to play. The Brit played some stellar tennis on clay earlier this year, leading the British Billie Jean King Cup team past the French team in the team competition. With those performances, it seemed very…
[ad_1] 17-year-old Joao Fonseca is seemingly the next super talent worth following on the ATP Tour, and thanks to a wild card, fans will get a chance to see him at the 2024 Halle Open. The Brazilian teenager turned heads earlier this year on clay in South America when he produced a sensational performance, making…
[ad_1] Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss various baseball topics in their latest podcast episode. Some of the topics covered include Kyle Schwarber batting leadoff, teams paying players not to play in-game, on-field interviews, the phrase “potential World Series preview,” a team buying and privatizing a valuable public baseball website, a player who only hits…
[ad_1] Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about this season’s giant cluster of wild card contenders, the potential for an inactive trade deadline, the role the White Sox will play, whether the compression of the standings is good or bad for baseball, and expanded-playoffs incentives. Then (33:46) they talk to NPR producer Alana Schreiber, creator…
[ad_1] Emma Raducanu is certain that her Wimbledon wild card might have helped with her miraculous US Open run, as both came out of nowhere. Back in 2021, Raducanu was a talented young tennis player who was hoping to get a shot to prove herself. It came thanks to a wild card for Wimbledon, which…
