The girlfriend of Yankees slugger Aaron Judge pleaded guilty to misdemeanor DUI after cutting a deal with prosecutors, TMZ reported Sunday. Samantha Bracksieck, 26, was arrested for extreme DUI and four other charges in February while in Arizona for spring training. Extreme DUI, which is classified as a BAC of .15-.19 (or about twice the legal limit), usually comes with […]

There was symbolism in the timing when Major League Baseball announced a new, expanded postseason format. The league made it official on opening day in July, while the very first game of the season was already in progress. The message: We know this won’t last very long, but wait till we get to the fall! By opening up the playoffs […]

ARSENAL are reportedly in talks with Mesut Ozil about mutually terminating his contract, but the midfielder is said to want £13m to leave the club. Meanwhile the Gunners' failure to meet the demands of Houssem Aouar's brother and agent are reported to be the main reason the Lyon star didn't join. Follow ALL of the Gunners latest transfer news, updates […]

JARROD BOWEN loved watching his beloved Hereford United from the Edgar Street terraces. The young Bowen cheered on the Bulls in League One and Two and played for them in the National League aged 17. And he was devastated when the 90-year-old club that gave him his fondest childhood football memories — and his senior debut — was wound up […]

China Central Television, the state-run TV network, announced Friday that it would televise an N.B.A. game for the first time since a dispute with the league began last fall after a team executive expressed support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The move suggested a softening of tensions between the N.B.A. and China that the league estimated had cost it […]

JOHN KAVANAGH shared an incredible throwback of the UFC rejecting Conor McGregor – only to reveal the Irishman's rise to stardom. Keeping with the social media trend of sharing how a situation started and how it is going, McGregor's trainer Kavanagh released an old email with the UFC. View this post on Instagram How it started. How it's going. A […]

The Latest from the French Open (all times local): ___ 1 p.m. Yui Kamiji won her fourth French Open title in the women s wheelchair singles by beating Momoko Ohtani 6-2, 6-1 in an all-Japanese final. Ohtani upset defending champion Diede de Groot to advance to the final. The Dutchwoman had beaten Kamiji in last year’s final. ___ More AP […]

Shaquille O'Neal, 48, has revealed he just voted for the first time in his life. "I've never voted before, America," Shaq said on Wednesday's episode of The Big Podcast. "This is my first time voting. I promise you." The NBA icon said he hadn't voted before because he "never understood the electoral college system." Shaq didn't reveal who he voted for. […]

HARRY REDKNAPP once told a reporter to "F*** off" after being called a "Wheeler-dealer" in a TV interview but the former West Ham and Tottenham manager did have a nose for a bargain. Despite signing Paolo Di Canio for West Ham, Robbie Keane for Tottenham and Niko Kranjcar for three of the clubs he managed, not all of his signings […]

CRISTIANO RONALDO'S home was robbed while the football star's doting mothers Dolores Aveiro and his brother Hugo were inside, it has emerged. And Ronaldo's sister has claimed the thief being hunted by police in Madeira is a 'drug addict'. Elma Aveiro said her family knows him and pledged: “He’ll never get into the house again.” The man is said to […]