data-mm-id=”_31hn2ss3k”>The New York Yankees are one win away from clinching their second AL East title in three years. Ahead of their game against the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday, New York received some bad news about one of their pitchers. Nestor Cortes was scheduled to start Wednesday night against Baltimore but was placed on the 15-day injured list due to a left elbow flexor strain. Cortes had allowed one earned run in his last 15-and-a-third innings pitched. According to ESPN's Jorge Castillo, Nestor said he could return if the Yankees make a deep playoff run. New York called up Cody Poteet from Triple-A and announced Marcus Stroman would be starting Wednesday night's game instead. Prior to tonight’s game, the Yankees made the following roster moves:• Placed LHP Nestor Cortes on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to 9/22) with a left elbow flexor strain.• Recalled RHP Cody Poteet (#72) from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Additionally, RHP Marcus…— New York Yankees (@Yankees) September 25, 2024Cortes had pitched 174.1 innings this season with a 3.77 ERA and 162 strikeouts. According to YES Network's Jack Curry, Cortes could have been used as a starter or reliever in the playoffs. RELATED: Shohei Ohtani granted GOAT status from an all-time sports greatAssuming the Yankees clinch the AL East — they need to win one game or have the Orioles lose one game — they'll also clinch a first round bye in the playoffs, meaning they automatically make the ALDS. The Yankees also sit 1.5 games ahead of the Cleveland Guardians for home field advantage throughout the AL playoffs. If they secure that, they'll face either the four or five seed in the division series. New York still has a solid rotation heading into October. The Yankees 3.69 ERA is the sixth-best in the league. MORE TOP STORIES FROM THE BIG LEADNFL: ”Everything’s on the table” for struggling Jags MLB: Deion gives Shohei GOAT statusSPORTS MEDIA: FOX rejects Netflix request for Tom BradyGOLF: 2024 President’s Cup preview
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data-mm-id=”_lqwir1rhn”>Archie Miller is a fiery coach on the sidelines and on Sunday he showed it. As his Indiana Hoosiers battled No. 9 Penn State, mounting frustration with missed free throws led Miller to a brief explosion where he punched a clipboard out of an assistant coach's hand. While their coach was exasperated on the sideline, the Hoosiers showed incredible toughness on Sunday, coming away with a huge win. Archie Miller lol #iubb pic.twitter.com/jesDi3JAcT— kgholler (@kgholler_) February 23, 2020Indiana took a haymaker from Penn State early in the second half, but stuck with the gameplan, hunkered down on defense and came away with a huge 68-60 win. The Hooisers jumped out quickly, taking 37-18 lead with 2:16 left in the first half. They were dominating the game in e…
data-mm-id=”_kqwkst0zu”>Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones went on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas Wednesday afternoon and tried to calm rumors surrounding the team's signing of Andy Dalton. While some had speculated the franchise inked Dalton just in case contract negotiations with Dak Prescott went south, Jones quickly denied that. Jones claimed the Dalton signing has no impact on the team's pursuit of a long-term deal with Prescott, who will remain the team's unquestioned franchise quarterback. While Prescott's long-term deal has taken a while to get hammered out, Jones believes it will happen. #Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones on @1053thefan on Dalton/Dak: “Obviously, it has no bearing on Dak. Dak is the quarterback of our franchise now, and for many year…
data-mm-id=”_edeen3p9m”>At least five Alabama football players have tested positive for COVID-19 because the virus is still very much active and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. Here is the order in which things played out. See if you can spot anything problematic. … Further, I'm told that nearly 50 players were together yesterday on the band field. (As we saw in many videos) Those players "should" be in quarantine moving forward, source says. @CBS_42— Simone Eli (@SimoneEli_TV) June 4, 2020Should be noted this was not organized team activity, nor a voluntary workout — which begins next week. This was Alabama players gathering together in their free time, on their own.— Simone Eli (@SimoneEli_TV) June 4, 2020Now, I am not a public health expert and…
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data-mm-id=”_p7tb8ui01″>Patrick Mahomes has appeared mortal only a handful of times so far in his young NFL career. There was the time he got hurt in October 2019, which was jarring because it was the first even semi-serious injury of his young career, and at least on my end I sort of unconsciously assumed he was immune to that sort of thing. Otherwise, the only instances where Mahomes looked like he was just another guy all came in games against the New England Patriots. It was more of the same during Monday night's game. His Kansas City Chiefs won, which is all that matters, but Mahomes didn't play well. By his standards, he was awful. He completed 19 of 29 passes for 236 yards. He's credited with two touchdowns, but both were pitches off reverses to a player a foot in…
data-mm-id=”_feezetq5d”>The UFC is looking to crack down on piracy on the the most expensive card in UFC history this Saturday. With the UFC and ESPN teaming up to jack the permanent price of pay-per-views to $69.99 plus the price of an ESPN+ subscription during a pandemic, illegal streams are a major concern. That's why UFC president Dana White is looking to make an example out of a streamer this weekend. He first gave some details at a press conference on Thursday. Uncle Dana got an illegal streamer ? #UFC257 pic.twitter.com/ONXgPTOcGc— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) January 21, 2021″We’re watching this guy right now. All you have to do is turn it on on Saturday and we got you, f-cker.”White later clarified that comment in an interview with BT Sport. Here's a clip.Da…
data-mm-id=”_bwr1psvp7″>Henry Rowengartner wrote a song about American Pie. There's really no other way to say it. Actor (and musician) Thomas Ian Nicholas, who starred in Rookie of the Year and played Kevin in the American Pie movies, has recorded a parody of Bowling For Soup's hit "1985" called "1999" and it's all about the events of the first American Pie movie, which was released on July 9, 1999.Today is the day. My song #1999 featuring #BowlingForSoup is out now! https://t.co/TAx19YLKO9 pic.twitter.com/pTeon7KdqF— Thomas Nicholas (@TINBand) July 9, 2022The song was born back in December when Nicholas was a guest on lead singer Jaret Reddick's pocast. The two discussed a version of the song about the movie and Nicholas went and wrote it. Bo…
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data-mm-id=”_wnhmochy0″>Over the summer, the Indianapolis Colts revealed their new alternate uniforms for the 2023 NFL season and they looked terrible. In fact, they looked so bad an article was published on this very website lambasting the design and color scheme. Today the Colts debuted those uniforms for the first time this season and they look even worse than anybody could've imagined. I mean come on. This is not the uniform of a serious professional football team. It looks like a high school knockoff of color rush uniforms. Or a Pac-12 After Dark special. We'll take that one. 📺 CBS pic.twitter.com/aY500lY6I4— Indianapolis Colts (@Colts) October 22, 2023Everybody knows black doesn't go with blue. Not even a hi-def camera highlighting the objectively co…