NEW DELHI: Alyssa NakkenTHE San Francisco Giants assistant coach, made history once again. More than three years after becoming the first woman to join a Major League Baseball coaching staff and 18 months after becoming the first woman to coach on the field at a MLB match, Nakken has now become the first woman to interview for a major league management position.The president of the Giants Baseball Operations’ Farhan Zaidi confirmed that Nakken had a first-round interview for the managerial position last week. This groundbreaking development comes as the team searches for a replacement for recently fired manager Gabe Kapler.…
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The Tampa Bay Rays have renewed hope for a stadium deal after nearly two decades of failed efforts to develop a successor facility to Tropicana Field. Rays principal owner Stu Sternberg – who has faced years of criticism for his apparent inability or refusal to reach a deal with a local stadium – said he is “very optimistic” that a deal worth approximately $1.2 billion will be reached in St. Petersburg by the end of the year. Sternberg also said he was willing to pay more than half the cost of the stadium, a notion that led the owner to…
The Pittsburgh Penguins once again looked like world beaters, zombies and world beaters, but it was the zombified second period that cost them dearly in a 6-3 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. The Penguins roster exists in the form of two teams in the same locker room. Detroit’s postgame bulletin delves deeper into this topic. National Hockey Now has picked up the “Off the Record” column, in which NHL executives, scouts and insiders talked about the latest NHL trade rumors and even offered some colorful opinions on recent moves. Also in the Daily, the Ottawa Senators received a big…
WASHINGTON – October 11, 2023 – Today Foundation for Individual Rights and Expressionthe leading national organization in favor of freedom of expression, announced a six-figure advertising campaign raise awareness and support the protection of free speech for all Americans. The campaign includes a two-minute sports-themed commercial that will air nationally on NBC during the primetime USC vs. Notre Dame college football game on Saturday, October 14 at 7:30 p.m. ET. The announcement, which can be seen here, takes a humorous approach to the problem: It shows two football announcers talking while one player – the star quarterback – kneels at…
At a reception attended by several university presidents in Manhattan, Arizona State President Michael Crowe was asked to reflect on a not-so-distant future where football and basketball players Sun Devils ball would get a share of the billions of dollars their sports generate in media rights deals. “I don’t support that. And are we preparing for that, too? The answer is no, we’re not,” Crowe recalled. “This is not an outcome that is conducive, in my opinion, to the success of the pluralistic, gender-balanced college sports framework that we currently have in the United States.” Regardless, the NCAA and major…
Two rounds of the MLB playoffs have provided important lessons, especially for a team like the Cubs with ambitions to join the party. The Cubs were two games short of securing a wild card spot – one if that extra win was against Arizona or Miami – so perhaps these trends can help them get through the winter: Opt for the slug The National League playoffs have been all about home runs, with Arizona hitting 13 in five games and Philadelphia hitting 13 in six games. The Cubs had a decent offense in 2023, but lagged a bit in home…
The first part of our WNBA Anonymous survey of general managers focused on issues related to players and coaches in and around the league. But general managers are also required to understand much more than just the makeup of their own team. The second part of our investigation addresses a number of league-wide topics, including expansion, rule changes and a potential new collective bargaining agreement. GO FURTHERWhich player would WNBA general managers choose to build a team? Responses to our anonymous survey Athleticism surveyed the league’s general managers, who are most often the top basketball executives on their teams, for…
World number 1 Novak Dkjovic has accused the game’s authorities of endangering players’ health by deciding to use different balls for each event. In comments made during an interview with Sportal, the 24-time Grand Slam legend claimed that the constant changing of tennis balls in different tournaments poses a huge threat to players. World number 3 Daniil Medvedev has been highly critical of the Head tennis ball used at tournaments in China, with several players suggesting that everyone’s ball switching even contributes to shoulder and wrist injuries. Djokovic has now joined the debate, as he believes the game’s decision-makers must…
Novak Djokovic got the ball rolling in a debate that is set to rock tennis, with the specter of the game now a huge topic of discussion in the game. Betting on tennis matches outside the top levels of the game has been a major point of contention in the game, with enormous risks of corruption when players win modest sums from participating in tournaments. In this context, the steady stream of suspensions of players found guilty of match-fixing confirms that the game has huge problems with players struggling to finance their own careers and being tempted by the office…
Novak Djokovic got the ball rolling in a debate that is set to rock tennis, with the specter of the game now a huge topic of discussion in the game. Betting on tennis matches outside the top levels of the game has been a major point of contention in the game, with enormous risks of corruption when players win modest sums from participating in tournaments. In this context, the steady stream of suspensions of players found guilty of match-fixing confirms that the game has huge problems with players struggling to finance their own careers and being tempted by the office…