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Cardinals and Reds Game Devolves Into Fracas (VIDEO)

By Ryan Hogan

Cardinals and Reds Game Devolves Into Fracas St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina and Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips exchanged harsh words at the plate during their Tuesday night contest in the Queen City. Their ruction eventually led to a benches-clearing brawl. When the competition finally resumed, some seven minutes later, Phillips grounded out. [caption id="attachment_4945" align="aligncenter"... »

Garza Throws Ray’s First No-Hitter, 5th Of MLB Season

By Ryan Hogan

Garza Throws Ray's First No-Hitter, 5th of MLB Season Fortunately, New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez did not hit his 600th home run last night. Had he done so, ESPN would have spent the night congratulating him—one of the most hated sports figures of all-time—instead of praising the first no-hitter ever thrown by a Tampa Bay Rays pitcher. [caption id="attachment_4903" align="aligncenter"... »

Boston Red Sox: Cautious Buyers As Trading Deadline Approaches

By Ryan Hogan

Boston Red Sox: Cautious Buyers As Trading Deadline Approaches Entering the month of July, the Boston Red Sox have Major League Baseball's third best record; they are leading the race for the American League Wildcard; and they are one game behind their arch nemesis, the New York Yankees, for first place in the division. For a team of Boston's ilk one could... »

Edwin Jackson Accomplishes No-Hitter, MLB Batsmen Long For Steroids Era (VIDEO)

By Ryan Hogan

Edwin Jackson Accomplishes No-Hitter, MLB Batsmen Long For Steroids Era (VIDEO) Perhaps it's no longer newsworthy when a baseball pitcher accomplishes a no-hitter. Hitherto, shall we only herald results sans hit-less competition? Nonetheless, Arizona Diamondbacks' pitcher, Edwin Jackson, threw a no-hitter of great and historic interest. [caption id="attachment_4787" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Edwin Jackson, center, celebrates after throwing a no-hitter... »

Strasburg Resplendent In Major League Introduction

By Ryan Hogan

Strasburg Resplendent In Major League Introduction "I have seen the future, and it's Stephen Strasburg." - Lincoln Steffens Washington Nationals' phenom of all phenoms, Stephen Strasburg, made his MLB debut Tuesday night, June 8, 2010, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. His performance was, in a word, baronial. After just 11 minor league starts,... »

Armando Galarraga: Ruination of Perfect Game His Fault Not Umpire Joyce (VIDEO)

By Ryan Hogan

Armando Galarraga: Ruination of Perfect Game His Fault Not Umpire Joyce (VIDEO) Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga handed umpire Jim Joyce the lineup card Thursday afternoon less than 24 hours after Joyce's controversial call dashed Galarraga's hopes of pitching a perfect game. Wednesday evening at Comerica Park, Galarraga was one out away from a perfect game when Cleveland Indians shortstop Jason Donald... »

Braden Perfect For Oakland, Braden’s Grandmother Contumelious Towards A-Rod (VIDEO)

By Ryan Hogan

On Mother's Day 2010, the Oakland Athletics' Dallas Braden pitched the 19th perfect game in Major League history, a 4-0 victory over baseball's most inimitable team, the Tampa Bay Rays. The 26-year old left-hander, making just the 53rd start of his career, threw 109 pitches and struck out six. It was also Braden's first career complete game. [caption id="attachment_4524" align="aligncenter" width="400"... »

Rays, Orioles: Contrasting American League’s Best & Worst Teams

By Ryan Hogan
On the left is Cesar Izturis of the Baltimore Orioles and on the right Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price.

Rays, Orioles: Contrasting American League's Best & Worst Team After a score of Major League Baseball games the Baltimore Orioles find themselves 11 games abaft of the Tampa Bay Rays in the highly competitive American League East Division. The season is an eighth of the way transpired and already the Orioles find themselves trailing the first position team by double-digit games. ... »

Jimenez Throws Inaugural No-Hitter For Rockies (VIDEO)

By Ryan Hogan

Jimenez Throws Inaugural No-Hitter For Rockies Ubaldo Jimenez threw the inaugural no-hitter for the Colorado Rockies Saturday, April 17, 2010. Despite walking six, Jimenez was able to use his 98-mph fastball to keep the Atlanta Braves hitless and secure the 4-0 win for his team. Rockies outfielder Dexter Folwer made an awe-inspiring catch in the seventh inning to maintain Jimenez's no-hit... »

Cubs Fans Should Increase Support Of Alfonso Soriano

By Ryan Hogan

Cubs Fans Should Increase Advocacy Of Alfonso Soriano Less than a fortnight into the 2010 MLB campaign and the drama surrounding the Chicago Cubs is already in mid-season form. The player at center stage of this contrived April tragedy is left fielder Alfonso Soriano. Apparently, at least judging from opines and editorials, Soriano is cause célèbre for the Cubs not being... »

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  • Game 7: Most-watched NBA game in 12 years

    ABC's coverage of the NBA Finals' Game 7 garnered the largest basketball audience in 12 years. Thursday night's Game 7 drew 28.2 million viewers, the largest television audience since a Bulls vs. Jazz game in 1998. Lakers-Celtics scored a hefty 11.4 rating among adults 18-49. The pivotal game was also TV's top non-Olympics summer telecast in nearly a decade.

  • Last Game of NHL Finals Scores Best Ratings in 36 Years

    The sixth and final game of the Stanley Cup Finals, in which the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Philadelphia Flyers for their first championship since 1971, drew 8.3 million viewers making it the most-watched NHL game in nearly 40 years. The entire 2010 Stanley Cup Finals was the most viewed finals in nearly 13 years. However, NBC still came in second thanks to the Fox Network's two-hour edition of So You Think You Can Dance.

  • Shawn Johnson Set To Tumble At London Olympics

    Iowa native and gold-medal winner in gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Shawn Johnson, recently announced that she plans on competing at the 2010 Summer Games in London. The 18-year-old gymnast made the announcement to a crowd of 8,000 students at Des Moines' Hy-Vee Hall. In 2008, Johnson won four medals the Summer Olympics, a gold in the balance beam as well three silvers.

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