Dave Roberts has always been an unconditionally positive leader, but after years of playoff criticism, his finest work at the helm also demonstrated his evolution as a manager. On May 26 last season, Yohan Ramirez was struggling to find the zone in the eighth inning when something happened that the journeyman reliever had never experienced … Read more
Yahoo Sports AM is our daily newsletter that keeps you up to date on all things sports. Sign up here to get it every weekday morning. 🚨 Headlines ⚽️ Japan 2, USWNT 1: Japan beat the USA, 2-1, in Wednesday’s de facto SheBelieves Cup final, snapping the Americans’ five-year streak of winning the tournament and … Read more
MLB’s hot stove season is effectually over, as the top two dozen players are off the board. Free agency is always a gamble for teams and players, as an executive with a tolerance for risk and a superstar whose tenure will be judged on his salary both need a lot of things to go right … Read more
This offseason will be remembered as the winter of Juan Soto, when the Mets emerged victorious over the Yankees for the most expensive player in the sport’s history on one side of the country while the Dodgers (supposedly) broke the game with their spending on the other. Top free-agent pitchers Blake Snell, Corbin Burnes and … Read more
The year 2024 is winding down. That means we’ve gotten through half the decade and while usually that isn’t cause for a party, given what we went through in 2020, we should be celebrating. Plus, with half the decade complete, we can do fun things like make up fake awards. Let’s get to the Half-Decade … Read more
Upon hearing of the death of all-time great Rickey Henderson, I first got a little pedantic with myself. The overuse of the word “unique” has become a bit of a pet peeve here. Every single person, by definition of the word, is unique. There are no copies of us and we’re all one of a … Read more