Aust 7s claim world title, trump Kiwis Australia's women's rugby sevens team have claimed the World Series title and beaten New Zealand with a late try in the final of the Canada round. AAP · May 2, 2022
Bill Plaschke: Clayton Kershaw has surpassed Sandy Koufax as Dodgers’ greatest pitcher LOS ANGELES — Spencer Torkelson flailed, and Dodger Stadium shook. Los Angeles Times · May 1, 2022
Q&A: What comes next for Trevor Bauer in his suspension fight against MLB? LOS ANGELES — Fourteen months ago, the Dodgers signed Trevor Bauer, fortifying their roster for a World Series championship defense with the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, a hometown star who played at UCLA. Los Angeles Times · Apr 29, 2022
The Cleveland Indians changed their team name – what's holding back the Atlanta Braves? In October 1995, as the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves prepared to face off in the World Series, a group of Native Americans rallied outside Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to protest what they called both teams’ racist names and mascots. Some protesters carried signs, including one that said, “Human beings as… The Conversation · Apr 25, 2022
Bud Black Is the Right Manager to Lead the Rockies to Their Peak His steady hand is behind Colorado’s hot start and instrumental to its organizational shift. Sports Illustrated · Apr 21, 2022
Freddie Freeman Blasts First Home Run as a Dodger vs. Braves Freeman, 32, spent his first 12 years in Atlanta, winning a World Series last year before joining the Dodgers over the offseason. Sports Illustrated · Apr 19, 2022
Mark Bradley: Why the Falcons should draft a quarterback in Round 1 ATLANTA — The Braves rebuilt and won the World Series. The Hawks rebuilt and drew within two games of the NBA Finals. The Falcons remain reluctant to utter "rebuild," but you don’t trade a franchise quarterback for a Round 3 pick if you’re in Super-Bowl-or-bust mode. Tribune News Service · Apr 16, 2022
Understandably, Braves’ farm system isn’t what it used to be The Braves are reigning World Series champions largely thanks to their farm system that developed stars such as Austin Riley, Ozzie Albies, Max Fried, Ronald Acuna and Ian Anderson, among many others. While the Braves wouldn’t have engineered their unforeseen October run without a historically great trade deadline, the core… Tribune News Service · Apr 14, 2022
Braves Are Prioritizing the 2020s Over a World Series Repeat Atlanta is set up to bring home more championships in this decade than the club did during its dominant ’90s run. Sports Illustrated · Apr 13, 2022
Inside the Mind of Juan Soto, MLB’s Best Hitter The greatest hitting prodigy since Ted Williams conquers baseball’s top pitchers with power, patience and contact. Sports Illustrated · Apr 13, 2022
Jostens files a lawsuit against an auction house over a ‘stolen’ duplicate of Ben Zobrist’s 2016 World Series ring The manufacturer of the Chicago Cubs’ 2016 World Series championship rings filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against an auction house and collector over a replica ring bearing Ben Zobrist’s name that the lawsuit says was stolen. Chicago Tribune · Apr 10, 2022
Braves receive their 2021 World Series rings in pregame ceremony ATLANTA — The wait ended Saturday: The Braves received their 2021 World Series rings in a pregame ceremony at Truist Park. The event began 20 minutes before the Braves hosted the Reds in the third contest of a four-game opening weekend series. Tribune News Service · Apr 10, 2022
The Braves’ epic World Series rings even found a way to honor Joc Pederson’s pearl necklace The Braves went wild with these World Series rings. USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 9, 2022
Stadium leaves sports fans perplexed by selling 'ridiculous' burger for £25,000 A stadium in the United States is selling a burger for £25,000 ($33,000) to commemorate the Atlanta Braves' 2021 World Series title - but fans aren't convinced it's worth the price-tag Daily Mirror · Apr 8, 2022
RideApart · Apr 8, 2022 Registrations For The 2022 FIM Mini GP World Series Are Now Open The FIM Mini GP World Series reopens its doors alongside the Alpe Adria Motorcycle Union in Europe for young and aspiring racers.
Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2022 Bill Madden: Yankees haven’t been able to buy themselves a championship NEW YORK — On Nov. 20, 2008, Hal Steinbrenner was officially named Yankees general partner and the following year the team went to the World Series for the first time in six years, winning it for the first time in nine years. They did so with a major league-leading payroll…
Los Angeles Times · Apr 8, 2022 Bill Shaikin: Here’s the competitive balance reform MLB barely talks about LOS ANGELES — Of all the non-competitive nonsense of the last few years, the blatant tanking was not the most odious. Teams such as the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates did not hide their strategy. They were not trying to win, and they were so good at being bad that…
Sports Illustrated · Apr 8, 2022 Nats’ Dreary Opener a Reminder of How Quickly The 2019 Title-Winning Team Vanished The 2019 World Series win now well in the past, Washington has begun what will inevitably be another rebuilding season.
Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2022 Charlie Morton shines as Braves pick up first win of season ATLANTA — Behind Charlie Morton and a potent offense, the Braves won their first game of the season as they defeated the Reds, 7-6, on Friday at Truist Park.
Benzinga · Apr 7, 2022 Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts Guarantees World Series Win: Here's How Much A Bet Pays Out Most head coaches or managers of professional sports teams will say their team is the best or shy away from saying other teams are better than them. One Major League Baseball manager guaranteed his team will win the 2022 World Series.
Reason · Apr 7, 2022 The Atlanta Braves Won the World Series. Their Stadium Is Still a Taxpayer Boondoggle. The economic benefits are a home run that never came, and never should have been expected.
Tribune News Service · Apr 7, 2022 John Romano: These MLB predictions are guaranteed to be correct — until the games begin ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When spring training began last season, the computer models at Baseball Prospectus put Atlanta’s odds of winning the National League East at 20-to-1. Eight months later, the Braves were World Series champions. That’s not a knock on analytics, it’s a nod to unpredictability.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 7, 2022 Why I’m riding with the White Sox all the way to the World Series 2005 will be an even more distant memory come October.
Tribune News Service · Apr 7, 2022 Mark Bradley: The Braves should win more trophies. We’ve said that before. The Braves enter the slightly delayed 2022 season as reigning World Series champs. Last fall’s triumph bore a bolt-from-the-blue-element – postseason heroics were wrought by many players who weren’t Braves at the All-Star break – but we can’t say we hadn’t seen this team coming. The Braves made the playoffs…
Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 6, 2022 Stone knows what La Russa wants: Win 2nd World Series for close friend Reinsdorf There’s still room in baseball for 70-something baseball guys like Tony La Russa and Steve Stone.