Controversial baseball player Pete Rose has died at the age of 83, according to a report by TMZ. Rose’s agent, Ryan Fiterman, confirmed the news to TMZ but said the family “is asking for privacy at this time.” In addition, ABC News confirmed Rose’s death with the medical examiner in Clark County, Nevada, on Monday. … Read more
Abbie Parr | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images The Seattle Seahawks may be the next National Football League team to sell. Beyond that, it’s anyone’s guess when another franchise will change hands. Former Seahawks owner and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen died in 2018. Since Allen’s death, the team has been controlled by a trust … Read more
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, #17, watches his ball soar after hitting his first home run as a Dodger off of Giants pitcher Taylor Rogers, # 33, in the seventh inning at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Several months after Fanatics … Read more
New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge. Erick W. Rasco | Sports Illustrated | Getty Images Gotham Advanced Media and Entertainment, the joint venture between MSG Networks and the YES Network, is launching a new bundled app in the fall that will air local games for seven New York area teams. The package announced Wednesday is … Read more
America’s two most beloved competitive passions are about to collide, baseball and stock car racing. Don’t worry, NASCAR isn’t running a race in the middle of a Los Angeles Dodgers game. Major League Baseball announced on Friday that Bristol Motor Speedway will host the MLB Speedway Classic, a regular-season game between the Atlanta Braves and … Read more
Josh Harris poses for a photo during the 2024 CNBC CEO Council Summit in Washington, D.C. on June 4, 2024. Shannon Finney | CNBC In 2023, private-equity investor Josh Harris headed a group that paid $6.05 billion for the Washington Commanders, which still stands as not only the most money spent to purchase an NFL … Read more
Stewart-Haas Racing announced on Tuesday it will shut down at the end of the 2024 NASCAR season after 15 years in competition. For racing fans, the statement from team owners Tony Stewart and Gene Haas didn’t come as a surprise after months of speculation surrounding the outfit’s future. Despite winning two Cup Series championships over … Read more
Major League Baseball will officially be including statistics for the Negro Leagues in its record books on Wednesday, USA Today has reported. While the segregated leagues produced some of the best baseball players in the sports’ history, thousands of players who played in iterations of the Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1948 have been omitted … Read more
The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to bank and tax fraud in a sports betting case in which prosecutors allege he stole nearly US$17 million from the Japanese baseball player to pay off debts, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The scandal surrounding Ippei Mizuhara shocked baseball fans … Read more
Fire crews found the burned remnants Tuesday of a prized bronze statue of Jackie Robinson that was stolen last week from a public park in Kansas, authorities said. The Wichita fire department received a call around 8:40 a.m. about a trash can on fire at Garvey Park in the southern part of the city and … Read more
