MLB games being ruined by broadcasting gimmicks
Watching the Yankees and Mets on TV used to be as easy as Scooter Rizzuto pie, but now it’s as complicated and stressful as pie. As you may know, pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, calculated by dividing the length of the circle by its circumference. As a decimal, pi […]
Bizarre choice of players, merch used to promote Mets’ London games
That’s not really surprising. As the Mets and Phillies prepare to meet back-to-back this week as part of the London Series, an eagle-eyed Mets fan’s X-post revealed an unusual advertisement for the event. A poster outside the New Era Carnaby store in London advertised the series, which features an unlikely trio of Mets relief pitchers: […]
Lifetime Ban Looms For Padres Infielder Tucupita Marcano For Allegedly Betting On MLB Games
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Major League Baseball (MLB) is currently investigating player Tucupita Marcano for allegedly violating the league’s strict gambling rules. The 24-year-old Venezuelan player could be banned for life depending on the outcome of an ongoing investigation. according to The investigation into Marcano, an infielder for the San Diego Padres, […]
Tucupita Marcano facing lifetime ban after alleged bets on MLB games
Major League Baseball is facing a possible new gambling controversy. Months after Shohei Ohtani’s longtime interpreter was indicted on charges of stealing $16 million from the Dodgers superstar to pay off sports betting debts, MLB is investigating injured Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano for allegedly violating baseball betting rules and could face a lifetime ban, reports […]
Warner Bros. Games launches leadership program for nonbinary
Warner Bros. Games has launched a leadership program aimed at women and “non-binary” individuals, aiming to reduce male dominance in the video game industry. Warner Bros. Games just lost $200 million on the Suicide Squad game, which hired diversity, equity and inclusion consultants to create some of the characters. The same company, Sweet Baby, is […]
Lucy Bronze’s next two games tell her tale as one of the greatest Lionesses | Lucy Bronze
Less than 48 hours after Lucy Bronze lifted her fifth Champions League trophy, she was at St George’s Park preparing for two Euro 2025 qualifiers against France. As Bronze stepped out of a taxi at her training base in England, sunglasses on and a big smile on her face, the 32-year-old star in Barcelona’s 2-0 […]
pic Games demands ‘inclusive word choice’ in coding
Video game developer Epic Games has released “coding standards” that call for inclusivity in programming, including using plural pronouns for singular people and avoiding the use of words like “master” and “slave.” As part of its use of Unreal Engine 5, Epic Games is requiring its programmers to work with progressive gender and race ideals. […]
ESPN’s Andraya Carter analyzes Caitlin Clark’s first five WNBA games
The Indiana Fever are off to an 0-5 start in head coach Caitlin Clark’s rookie year, but ESPN analyst Andraya Carter isn’t sounding any alarm bells. Carter spoke with The Washington Post in a phone interview Thursday about Clark’s trajectory in the WNBA, what went well and what she could improve on, and whether opponents […]
11 Friday night Fox regular season CFB games, ranked
Friday nights in the fall always seem to have a little less football on TV. With high school varsity games on Friday nights and NFL games dominating Sundays, Mondays, and Thursdays, Friday TV usually features the craziest college football games of the season (see: Stanford vs. Colorado last year). Most of the Friday games are […]
China launches ‘punishment’ war games around Taiwan
A furious China launched “punishment” drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to “separatist acts,” sending up heavily armed warplanes and staging mock attacks as state media denounced newly inaugurated President Lai Ching-te. The exercises, in the Taiwan Strait and around groups of Taiwan-controlled islands that sit next to the […]