Curt Schilling questions character of Kirby Puckett in Hall of Fame rant Kirby Puckett has had his dirty laundry aired in public (at least in the media) on multiple occasions, perhaps most notably in this 2003 Sports Illustrated piece, three years before his early death.
It is a part of the Puckett story that most Twins fans either honestly don’t know about or choose to forget about — or, at the most, gloss over when thinking about the baseball hero.
The less-than-perfect side of Puckett the human, in fact, gets buried so deep that it becomes somewhat shocking when someone brings up his name in a negative way. More
McCann drives in 3 as Braves beat Giants 6-3 Brian McCann hit a two-run homer and an RBI single in his third game this season after coming off the disabled list, and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Thursday night to begin a four-game series between NL division leaders. More
Royals snap Braves' 10-game win streak Wade Davis pitched five-hit ball for seven innings, Jeff Francoeur had a fourth-inning RBI single and the Kansas City Royals stopped Atlanta's 10-game winning streak with a 1-0 victory Wednesday. More
Sources: Verlander gets record $180M deal Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers have reached agreement on a new contract that could exceed $202 million, according to sources. Verlander's deal, which would make him the highest-paid pitcher in the game, is for seven years and worth $180 million, sources said. More
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Broome Returns, Leads Auburn to Dominant Win Over Purdue After leaving Auburn’s win over Georgia State after two minutes due to a shoulder injury, star big man Johni Broome made his presence known this afternoon. The 6-foot-10 forward led all scorers and ... 12/21/2024 - 9:26 pm | View Link
New Yankee Max Fried Drops 7-Word Message Taking Shot at Braves, Fans Not Happy Since the early 1990s, the Atlanta Braves have been one of the most consistently successful franchises in Major League Baseball, missing the postseason only nine times in the last 33 seasons (not ... 12/20/2024 - 9:00 pm | View Link
PHOENIX — Unlike the last two years, the Nuggets were not surrounded by the comforts of home this Christmas.
Extracted from the mountains and dropped in the desert, they couldn’t find any flow in a 110-100 loss to the Suns.
Bradley Beal and Kevin Durant combined for 52 points with impressive shot-making inside the arc, and Denver’s offense had an uncharacteristic dud at Footprint Center.
Colorado defensive end BJ Green II during a game against Kansas State on Oct. 12, 2024, at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo.(Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)
SAN ANTONIO – BJ Green II took a chance on Colorado when he opted to spend his final season of college football with the Buffaloes.
Already an established star with Arizona State, Green could have wrapped up his career with one more solid season with the Sun Devils.
Merry Nixmas. And Happy New Year?
Bo Nix and the Broncos have exceeded expectations, posting their first winning season since 2016. But the joy they have brought Broncos Country also makes them prisoners of their success. We are a society defined by instant gratification.
Puzzles and government bonds were not under the tree Wednesday.
By WILL GRAVES
PITTSBURGH — Andy Reid donned a Santa Claus suit in a giddy Kansas City Chiefs locker room on Christmas Day, then handed his team a present it increasingly looks like it deserves: home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.
How Reid managed to slide into the costume so quickly after Kansas City’s clinical 29-10 victory over the reeling Pittsburgh Steelers to lock up the top seed in the AFC for the fourth time in seven years is a mystery (though he hinted there’s an elf involved).
How Reid’s team manages to pull away from the pack year after year is not.
A lot of Patrick Mahomes.
Here’s a look at what you need to know about the NBA’s Christmas games:
San Antonio Spurs (15-14) at New York Knicks (19-10)
Time: 10 a.m. MT | TV: ABC, ESPN
Line: Knicks -7.5 (via BetMGM)
Spurs team leaders: Scoring — Victor Wembanyama (24.8 ppg). Rebounding — Wembanyama (9.9 rpg). Assists — Chris Paul (8.4 apg).
Though vocally skeptical of the allegations, a Denver judge has agreed to allow an aunt of former Granby Ranch ski area CEO Melissa Cipriani to investigate whether she used the ski area to fraudulently transfer money and evade the aunt’s $19 million court judgment.
“I’m frustrated with this case,” Judge David Goldberg said at a Dec.