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Orioles manager Craig Albernaz takes line drive to face in terrifying scene
Baltimore Orioles manager Craig Albernaz was involved in a terrifying moment during the team’s victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night.Albernaz was struck by a line drive off the bat of Orioles second baseman Jeremiah Jackson in the fifth inning. The ball hit the manager’s left cheek and he left to be looked at by the team’s medical staff.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAlbernaz briefly returned to the game after Jackson hit a grand slam to help the Orioles to the...
Pat Cummins to likely join Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 17
Pat Cummins to likely join Sunrisers Hyderabad on April
Former cricketers back Sufiyan Muqeem, question selection policies
KARACHI: Former cricketers Karman Akmal and Basit Ali have called for improved selection policies in Pakistan cricket while strongly backing spinner Sufiyan Muqeem, saying he has been performing consistently and should be given more opportunities at the international level. Speaking on ARY News program Sports Room, former Test cricketer Basit Ali suggested that Sufiyan Muqeem should stop using his X (formerly Twitter) account, saying that his posts after non-selection often provoke unnecessary...
No handshake! India's Harika breaks silence on Uzbek GM's 'Namaste'
Harika Dronavalli clarified viral handshake incident with Nodirbek Yakubboev, saying there was no disrespect. He had pre-informed her he cannot do handshakes due to religious beliefs, and her instinctive resignation gesture caused confusion. She urged social media not to blame him. Similar past incidents exist with Vaishali Rameshbabu. Harika stressed mutual respect and focus on chess, despite controversy overshadowing results.
Celtics 2026 NBA playoff outlook: 5 questions facing coach Joe Mazzulla and Boston
The Boston Celtics won’t learn their first-round opponent — either the Orlando Magic or Philadelphia 76ers — until Wednesday night, but it’s time to start looking ahead to the playoffs anyway. Here are five big questions that will help define how far Joe Mazzulla’s team goes.How will Mazzulla handle the frontcourt rotation?Neemias Queta has separated himself as the Celtics’ clear-cut top option at center. Barring injury or foul trouble, he should play just about as many minutes as his body can h...
Vince Velasquez is still going, 10 years after 'forgotten' 16-strikeout game with Phillies
Vince Velasquez was on the mound last week in Louisville, Ky., and fewer than 3,000 people were in the seats. There was a special for $4 non-alcoholic slushies from a local eatery called Philly’s Best Frozen Desserts. Velasquez, who turns 34 in June, was pitching for the Triple-A Iowa Cubs. It’s been almost three years since he appeared in a big-league game.He fired a first-pitch fastball at 92 mph for a called strike.Advertisement
Here's why Jonathan Quick deserves to be in the Hockey Hall of Fame
Jonathan Quick is one of a kind.The Milford, Conn., native, who reached his greatest heights in 2012, when he backstopped the bottom-seeded Los Angeles Kings on their remarkable run to the Stanley Cup, played the final game of his long, storied NHL career Monday night in Florida.Quick will retire with more NHL wins than any American goalie in history. He won three Stanley Cup championships, two William M. Jennings Trophies and a Conn Smythe Trophy. He did it all playing a hyper-aggressive, athle...
Inside the Hornets' transformation from irrelevance to the NBA's most promising team
CHARLOTTE — Charles Lee finished his news conference on the first Thursday in April and found a hiding spot. The Charlotte Hornets had just won their 41st game, ensuring that they would not have a losing season for just the second time in the last decade. Perhaps more auspiciously, it was also the night Kon Knueppel set the single-season franchise record for 3-pointers.Advertisement
Nicky Henderson on Constitution Hill and the yips: ‘The best jumper you’ll ever see and he lost it’
The venerated trainer could not find a guru in the world to cure one of the greatest hurdlers in history but a surprise switch to the Flat promises a career swansongNicky Henderson is 75 years old and, after almost half a century of training horses, he has seen everything in the strange and compelling world of racing. But the extraordinary and still evolving story of his great old horse Constitution Hill makes even Henderson pause in his study. It’s a sunlit afternoon in Lambourn and we’ve just...
Blackhawks' late-season slide guarantees another top-4 draft pick
CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks hoped to end their season on a high note.As Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill put it before their season-ending home stretch, “The other side of it, we have four games at home — making sure that we say to our fans how good this team is when we play good, how good we can be and how good we will be.”Advertisement
Nothing matches what Celtics are doing in terms of nonstop surprises (not even the Pats)
It’s not so much that the 2025-26 Boston Celtics have been a “surprise.” It’s that they’ve been a conveyor belt of surprises, an assembly line of ever-altering expectations that have inspired a nonstop whirl of people to stand up and shout, “Wow, I didn’t see that coming!”I’ll go so far as to submit that I can’t think of a team in recent Boston sports history that has delivered this many surprises in one season. And I know what you’re thinking: What about the 2025 New England Patriots? Yes, the...
College softball power rankings: Welcome back to the top, Oklahoma
Ah, a tradition unlike any other. Yes, that applies to the Masters, but in this case, it’s all about the Red River Rivalry. While yes, I did have that sweet, sweet music and Jim Nantz’s voice in the background this weekend, there were also almost too many prime softball matchups to count, a handful of which were rivalries. There’s no official “rivalry weekend” in softball; honestly, it’s because almost every week feels like that, especially with how competitive the SEC and ACC races are becoming...
How to watch 2026 NBA Play-In Tournament: Streaming, schedule for final playoff spots
Eight teams. Six games. Four playoff spots. The NBA Play-In Tournament compresses and pressurizes the middle of the standings. It gives extra flavor to the earliest stages of postseason basketball.This year’s Play-In has range. There are feel-good ascendants like the Charlotte Hornets and Phoenix Suns. There are also glossy, drama-laden underperformers like the Golden State Warriors and LA Clippers. Check out the schedule and preview the pairings below.All times ET.Advertisement
Panthers players excited after free agent additions: 'We're gonna be a force to reckon with'
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nick Scott was as fired up as anyone last month when the Carolina Panthers landed two of the biggest fish in free agency with the additions of edge rusher Jaelan Phillips and linebacker Devin Lloyd.The only problem: Scott himself was a free agent at the time and holding out for money from the Panthers, a stance the veteran safety softened when he saw what general manager Dan Morgan was cooking up for the defense.Advertisement
Who was the last quarterback signed, developed and retained by each SEC team?
Every college football program in the country preaches development. But never has that felt less true than at the quarterback position in this era of roster movement.Coaches go with transfers over in-house options at nearly every opportunity. Quarterbacks frequently bounce around if they don’t play quickly enough. And there are times when programs develop quarterbacks, only for those players to leave for perceived greener pastures.So, we’re on a mission to find out when the last time each Power...
How Megan Jastrab rode to fifth place at Paris-Roubaix - America's highest finish for 25 years
Hurting with injuries and covered in blue KT tape, Megan Jastrab started Paris-Roubaix with no expectation of reaching the race’s famous velodrome. She ended it as America’s highest finisher at the classic in 25 years.“I’m definitely a bit tired,” Jastrab tells The Athletic, speaking the morning after finishing fifth, on the wheel of Lotte Kopecky, 1:30 behind winner Franziska Koch (FDJ United-Suez).Advertisement
Newcastle and Eddie Howe will review their situation this summer. Who is out there in case he goes?
There is a cloud that hangs over Newcastle United.They might only be five points from seventh place, but Eddie Howe’s side sit 14th in the Premier League table and are 17 points worse off after 32 games compared to this time last season.That cloud could be lifted by their head coach, but The Athletic reported this week that Howe and Newcastle’s owners will evaluate the situation at the end of the season. a.showcase-link-container { display: flex; gap: 20px; flex-direction: column; align-items: c...
Red Wings' Atlantic Division rivals have raised the bar. Will Detroit be left behind?
For years, the four-team race in the bottom half of the NHL’s Atlantic Division has unfolded in slow motion.As the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers thrived as some of the top teams in the sport, the Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres worked through their respective rebuilds, preparing to one day supplant those powers if, and when, they finally wobbled.Advertisement
A look at Michael Busch's extended slump to start the season: 'It's been pretty frustrating'
The results just weren’t coming for Michael Busch. Entering Sunday’s comeback victory, Busch was in an 0-for-30 slump. That, his manager put it plainly, was why he was sitting.“Simple as that,” Craig Counsell said before Sunday’s 7-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. “You could say there’s a lot of line drives in there. But you get to a place of playing every day for a week and not producing and not having any results, and it wears on you. It wears on you mentally as much as anything.”Adverti...
Collier-Keywood not forced out of WRU - Tierney
Collier-Keywood not forced out of WRU - TierneyImage source, Huw Evans Picture AgencyImage caption, Richard Collier Keywood replaced Ieuan Evans as the WRU chair in 2023ByGareth GriffithsBBC Sport WalesPublished11 minutes agoCommentsWelsh Rugby Union (WRU) chief executive Abi Tierney has denied departing chairman Richard Collier-Keywood was forced out by the governing body's board.It was announced in March that Collier-Keywood will leave his position in June following the end of his first t...