Mel Stottlemyre, the Yankees’ pitching ace in their lean years of the late 1960s and early ’70s and later the longtime pitching coach for Mets and Yankees teams that won the World Series, died on Sunday in a Seattle hospital. He was 77. His wife, Jean Stottlemyre, said the cause was complications of multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers did not commit any rules violations with their recent signing and subsequent release of the restricted free agent Patrick McCaw, the N.B.A. announced Monday. The league opened an investigation last week at the behest of the Golden State Warriors, who had held McCaw’s rights, and said it found no evidence of wrongdoing after interviews with officials from […]

The Kelowna Rockets made it very clear at a press conference on Monday morning that the WHL team won’t be addressing a proposed head trauma class-action lawsuit involving former team captain James McEwan. “This press conference has nothing to do [with] nor will we have any statement with regards to the legal issue that [was] brought forward this weekend,” said […]

FILE – In this June 15, 2018, file photo, Oakland Athletics draft pick Kyler Murray looks on before a baseball game between the Athletics and the Los Angeles Angels in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray announced Monday that he would enter April's NFL Draft, picking football over spring training with Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics. […]

Unfortunately, he found less in the tank than the Trotters' Independent Traders van. Still, I managed to nail one winner to the mast, so here's hoping for some more success today. Newcastle 3.20 Mumgos Debut – 11-year-old was slightly lucky to come out on top at Ayr last time, benefiting from the late fall of Las Tunas.  However, that one has since […]

The recent rash of coaching hires in the National Football League has been puzzling. There is an egregious lack of diversity, not simply in the backgrounds of the coaches selected, but a lack of diversity in original thought. After Sean McVay’s rapid renovation of the Los Angeles Rams, owners and general managers have sped down the same worn trail searching […]

Bill Belichick wanted no part of it. Praise. To Belichick, praise is poison. His Patriots had just advanced to their record eighth consecutive AFC Championship game by virtue of Sunday’s 41-28 beatdown of the visiting Chargers at Gillette Stadium, and Belichick was asked to put that remarkable accomplishment of unprecedented sustained success and the challenges that come with it into […]

New York baseball has lost an icon. Mel Stottlemyre, an ace pitcher for the Yankees in the 1960s and a premier pitching coach on World Series champions for both the Mets and Yankees, passed away at the age of 77 after a long fight with bone marrow cancer, NBC 4 reported Monday. Stottlemyre was a five-time All-Star who won 20 games […]

Sala played in the Breton derby with Rennes on Sunday but headed for Wales by private jet to discuss personal terms and have a medical. Cardiff boss Neil Warnock has made giant hit man Sala his first choice for the window and his personal touch of going to meet him in France last week may have swung the deal. Sala, […]

Every year thousands of ticketless fans turn up to back the Brits. When did spectators first start watching Wimbledon on the hill? The All England Club purchased 11 acres of land to the north of Centre Court in 1967 and leased it to the New Zealand Sport and Social Club, who named it Aorangi Terrace. 'Aorangi' means 'Cloud in the […]