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Groundswell of Sports Protests May Signal Progress
NEW YORK, NY – It has been another tough week in America. On the heels of the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin and the protests that ensued, the sports world was rocked by the news that several teams and leagues would join the protest. The Milwaukee Bucks led the charge when […]
COVID Cardinals Derailing MLB Season; NY Rangers Hit the Lotto
NEW YORK, NY – The St. Louis Cardinals haven’t played baseball in over two weeks due to a #COVID outbreak in their clubhouse. The season is only three weeks old. With yesterday’s positive test, the total is 10 players and 8 staffers who have fallen ill since the outbreak started. Cam James’ Cards are set […]
Baseball Teeters on Brink re Miami Outbreak as NBA, NHL Resume Seasons
NEW YORK, NY – We are just a week into the shortened 2020 MLB season and things are already coming off the rails. The Miami Marlins have had 17 players and 2 staff members test positive for COVID since opening day. Now the Phillies, Yankees, and Orioles have had their seasons disrupted because of the […]
NBA and MLB are Doomed Due to COVID Rise
NEW YORK, NY – With the major sports set to resume over the next few weeks, there are still some major concerns over whether the sports can pull off the restart safely. The NBA bubble is up and going. Think of the Orlando facility like a fortified compound in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. […]
Sports Plan Their Returns Amid Spike in COVID Cases
NEW YORK, NY – With COVID cases on the rise in the south and west of the country, the sports restart plans that have been unveiled over the last few weeks could now be in jeopardy. Major League Baseball has already moved to shift training camps from COVID hotspots Florida and Arizona to the teams’ […]
Sports Will Be Back Soon… Maybe. Bobby Bonilla, Vegas Knights, Rob Manfred
NEW YORK- NY – By this point in a normal June, we would be well into the NBA & NHL Finals and Major League Baseball would be about 60 games into the regular season. But this is no normal year. The global pandemic caused by the novel #Covid19 has shuttered the doors on most of […]
NHL, NBA and MLB Make Pitches to Resume Play
NOTE: Our man @CheesyBruin is getting his cancer removed today. Please keep him in your thoughts. NEW YORK, NY – As we near three months since the last time professional sports were played in the US, we are beginning to see some hope for their return this summer. A few of the leagues have proposed […]
Sports Returning Soon-ish? The Quiet Will Echo
THE LIVING ROOM, NY – We’ve now gone almost two months without sports and it doesn’t look like things will be getting back to normal any time soon. While some sports like golf, NASCAR, and UFC have announced plans to restart without fans in the near future, the way forward for MLB, the NHL, and […]
Quarantine Distraction Sports Movies List. John Candy, Kathy Ireland and ???
NEW YORK, NY – We’re now a month into the COVID crisis here in New York and the news keeps getting worse. And with all of the depressing news and no sports in sight, we need more distractions. Two weeks ago I listed some baseball movies that you may not have seen in awhile. Today […]
Yankees in Trouble, NFL Kicks Off on Eve of 9/11 Anniversary
NEW YORK, NY – With just a few weeks left in the MLB irregular season, the battered Yankees are on the verge of playing themselves right out of the playoffS. The Bronx Bombers won 14 of their first 20 games and looked like they would cruise into the playoffs at the top of the AL […]
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