NBA

Minor league baseball team rebrands as the ‘Pizza Rats’

June 12, 2018 Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A minor league baseball team in New York says it will rebrand as the “Staten Island Pizza Rats” — at least for five season home games. SPECIAL DELIVERY: SI YANKS ➡️ STATEN ISLAND PIZZA RATS on Saturday night home games this season 🍕 🐀 Visit https://t.co/YMn5c29QA8 to place your order! #SIPizzaRats […]

SPORTS NEWS

Idaho teen in recovery after skull fracture at ball practice

May 8, 2018 Associated Press

PAYETTE, Idaho (AP) — A 15-year-old Idaho baseball player is in recovery after an accident at practice resulted in a fracture to his skull. Kodee Bennett was flown to a Boise hospital for emergency brain surgery Friday night after the Payette High School freshman collided with a teammate on the baseball field. The second baseman […]

NFL

Mayfield goes 1st to begin rush to get QBs in NFL draft

April 27, 2018 Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Quarterback desperation means NFL teams can’t pass on taking a passer — even a flawed one — in the draft. The Browns, Jets, Bills and Cardinals heeded that notion Thursday night, even as more highly rated players at other positions remained on the board. Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield became Cleveland’s […]

MLB

Column: Some changes to help make baseball great again

April 18, 2018 Associated Press

Attendance is down in baseball, though the sample size is small because the season is still young. What caused the drop depends on who you listen to. Unusually cold weather is surely one culprit, and escalating ticket prices are likely another. Teams tanking before the season even began might also be an issue, with fans […]

MLB

Column: Rules tinkering by baseball bosses ruining sport

March 22, 2018 Associated Press

By HAL BOCK, AP The proprietors of baseball, charged with the task of protecting and preserving the sport, insist on tinkering with it instead. They keep fooling around with the game, changing the rules every so often, adding a designated hitter here, and a wild card team there. And now they have come up with […]

Brewers

New OF Christian Yelich gives Brewers lefty bat, flexibility

March 16, 2018 Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — Christian Yelich is giving the Milwaukee Brewers’ outfield a new look. The Brewers could plug him into the No. 2 spot in the lineup, while Yelich has shown the ability to play every outfield position. “They had a good thing going last year and fell just a little short” of the playoffs, […]

MLB

Manfred promises pace changes by next week

February 15, 2018 Rick Solem

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says proposed rules changes to speed pace of play will be in place by the start of big league exhibition games on Feb. 23. The commissioner has hoped for an agreement with the players’ association but has the right to implement last offseason’s proposal to install […]

MLB

Cleveland Indians dropping Chief Wahoo logo from uniforms

January 29, 2018 Rick Solem

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians announced Monday they are dropping the Chief Wahoo logo from their uniforms next year, bowing to decades of complaints that the grinning, red-faced caricature used in one version or another since 1947 is racist. The move came after protracted discussions between team owner Paul Dolan and baseball Commissioner Rob […]

SPORTS NEWS

UPDATE: Ballfield approved on Isle La Plume

January 29, 2018 Rick Solem

A third field at Carroll Ball Park on lsle la Plume got the green light by a city committee in La Crosse on Monday. The city Board of Public Works approved clearing out leased truck parking to the north of Carroll for a third field. The approval comes despite the city’s streets department voicing concerns […]

MLB

Baseball players reject pitch clock, mound limits

January 19, 2018 Rick Solem

NEW YORK (AP) — The players’ association rejected Major League Baseball’s proposal to institute 20-second pitch clocks and limits on mound visits, a move that dares management to unilaterally impose the changes designed to speed pace of games. Union head Tony Clark and deputy general counsel Matt Nussbaum informed MLB of the decision Thursday during […]

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