Bryan Harper, 26, was called up from Double-A Harrisburg to the Syracuse Chiefs after Matt Grace and Trevor Gott were placed on the disabled list, Syracuse.com reported. MLB MOCK DRAFT: Who will Philies pick with No. 1 selection It is the relief pitcher’s second stint with Syracuse. In his first, he pitched only four innings at the end of last season. He currently has a 1.50 ERA with six saves in 24 innings this season....
But she has a warning for those fans: Do not include Harper’s 4-week-old son or family in the heckling. Kayla Harper spoke her mind on Twitter on Thursday morning, the night after fans at Nationals Park heckled her husband in the eighth inning. The Phillies slugger had already addressed the issue, saying, “It’s just not right. It’s not right.” Kayla Harper called the fans “classless” for including the couple’s son in the taunts....
WATCH: The 20 best, weirdest, wildest MLB brawls since 1976 After being hit with high-90s fastballs, Machado went after late Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura last June, and Harper hunted down Hunter Strickland in San Francisco on Monday. Your browser does not support iframes.Your browser does not support iframes. Who wore it better? If “mound-charging aptitude” is a criterion teams use to decide which player to offer more money to in a couple of years, here’s an early breakdown....
DeChambeau is one of LIV Golf’s most well-known players; he joined the upstart golf league in June after months of speculation that he would leave the PGA Tour. This week, he will play in his first LIV Golf tournament. On Tuesday, he expounded on his decision to join LIV Golf, saying that he made a business decision to try to better his community with the money he’s receiving. Speaking at a press conference ahead of LIV Golf’s stateside debut outside Portland, Ore....
The 25-year-old is a part of the seven-piece group made up of himself, Jungkook, Jin, J-Hope, RM, V and Suga. The group, who debuted in 2013, has seen a rise in global success over the last few years and even earned a Grammy nomination for Pop Duo/Group Performance at this year’s ceremony. Last month, the group were unveiled as house ambassadors of Louis Vuitton. When asked by Rolling Stone if he could see still himself in the group at the age of 40, Jimin said: “I don’t think I’ve ever really thought of being not a part of this group....
V, who is reportedly Shin’s favorite member of the global boy band, posted a comment on South Korea’s Weverse platform in a show of support for her at the Tokyo Games. On Sunday the 17-year-old—the youngest member of the South Korean women’s table tennis team—defeated Luxembourg’s Ni Xia Lian, a 58-year-old China-born Olympic athlete who is a former world champion. Shin beat the veteran athlete in the second round of the women’s singles event for table tennis....
The Tour did not disclose the name of the friend. Watson has not yet commented. Watson was scheduled to tee off at 8:11 a.m. ET Thursday with Brooks Koepka and Adam Scott. The two-time Masters champion will leave Orlando, the site of the tournament, to be with the family of his friend. Watson, last year’s Masters champion, has two top three finishes this season.
On Gay’s first NFL kick, he booted the longest field goal in Heinz Field’s 18-year history. The successful 55-yard field goal came at the end of the first half. The rookie kicker was shocked when he found out about the record, but then came to the unfortunate realization this feat was accomplished during the preseason. “Really?” Gay told Buccaneers.com after the game. “Wow. That’s awesome. That’s cool to know. I don’t know if that would count because it’s preseason, but that’s cool to know....
With the Buccaneers’ 31-9 win over the Chiefs in Super Bowl 55, Succop became the first “Mr. Irrelevant” since the term originated in 1976 to play in the Super Bowl and win the Lombardi Trophy. And the 256th pick of the 2009 NFL Draft was excellent on the Super Bowl stage, going 4 for 4 on extra points and 1 for 1 on field goals. He completed 12 of 13 extra point attempts and all nine field goal attempts in Tampa Bay’s four postseason games....
There’s nothing surprising about how the Bucs pick from April 29-May 1. They start with the last pick in the first round and follow that with six more, one each in round. Here’s how Sporting News projects the Bucs’ selections from Round 1 through Round 7: MORE NFL DRAFT: Complete 7-round mock | Top 100 big board Buccaneers mock draft 2021 No. 32 overall, first round Levi Onwuzurike, DT, Washington (6-3, 290 pounds)...
Line: Panthers -3.5, Total: 41 Line movement: The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook opened the Panthers as 5.5-point favorites, but reposted Carolina at -4.5 following news of Cam Newton’s car crash. The line moved down further after that. There was no adjustment on the total from the 43 posted at the Westgate immediately after Newton’s accident, but it steadily moved down to 41 after that. Visit our live odd page for updated lines and totals....
In a matchup of the top two teams in the NFC South, led by two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks standing neck-and-neck atop the NFL’s all-time passing touchdowns list, the contrast could not have been more stark. Drew Brees lit up the Tampa Bay defense, completing 26 of 32 passes (81.3 percent) for 222 yards and four touchdowns. New Orleans’ defense dominated Tom Brady, intercepting him three times. The 43-year-old Brady completed 22 of 38 passes (57....
The Office of the Ukrainian Attorney General made the claim via its official Telegram account on Monday. In the post, the office stated that prosecutors investigating potential Russian war crimes alongside Kyiv police found the chamber in the basement of a children’s sanatorium in Bucha, a suburb northwest of the capital city, with the dead bodies of five men with their hands bound inside. Ukrainian officials said Sunday that Russian soldiers killed at least 400 Bucha residents as they withdrew from the region, with disturbing photos of the carnage circulating worldwide....
They won’t knock your socks off — or the Buckeyes'. MORE: Big Ten non-con schedule rankings | Buckeyes are top program since 2000 Ohio State will play Army on Sept. 16, 2017, and Florida Atlantic on Aug. 31, 2019. Both games will be at Ohio Stadium. Before you snicker, consider this: Ohio State’s 2017 nonconference opponents also include Oklahoma at home and North Carolina in Chapel Hill, while the 2019 schedule includes Cincinnati and TCU in Columbus....
It is hard to imagine that Ohio State sophomore Cardale Jones is playing just his third game under center. Just when you think the 6-5, 250 pound quarterback was coming apart at the seams in the third quarter, Jones kept his composure giving up his body to convert on key third downs in the second half. Jones connected on passes of 50, 45, 26 and 26 yards en route to 16 of 23 passes for 242 yards and one touchdown adding 38 yards and a touchdown on the ground....
Here is the league’s full statement: Wednesday’s game between the Bucks and Magic was set to begin at 4 p.m. ET, but Milwaukee players never emerged from the locker room for pregame warmups. Orlando players took the floor at the usual time for warmups, but they returned to their locker room once it became clear that the Bucks did not intend to play. MORE: Doc Rivers delivers impassioned call for justice...
The Bucks were on the floor against the Cavaliers, and it wasn’t during garbage time. No, this was at the start of the game, when coach Jason Kidd experimented with 6-11 Giannis Antetokoumpo at the point, along with center Zaza Pachulia and three forwards — Parker, Ersan Ilyasova and Khris Middleton (who, like Parker, is 6-8) — on the floor. The experiment was a flop — for now, at least....
According to multiple reports, the Bucs are looking to get a late pick in Thursday’s first round of the draft. Tampa Bay holds the second pick in the second round (34th overall) and that will likely be a bargaining piece if a trade back into the first round does take place. MORE: SN’s Draft Central | Over/unders for first round | Strangest draft moments O’Donnell’s tweet refers to the 1995 draft when the Buccaneers selected two Hall of Famers — Warren Sapp and Derrick Brooks — in the first round....
The 35-year-old lost his place as first-choice No. 1 to Manchester United’s David de Gea at Euro 2016, and has been left out of the squad altogether by new coach Julen Lopetegui for the World Cup qualifiers against Italy and Albania this week. Casillas — who played in his 1,020th career game for Porto against Nacional last weekend, drawing level with Andoni Zubizarreta as the Spanish goalkeeper with the most number of competitive appearances — has struggled to maintain top form since losing his place in the Real Madrid first team during Jose Mourinho’s final season in charge....
Buffon’s fantastically decorated career is without a Champions League winners’ medal, with losses to Barcelona and Real Madrid in two of the past three finals bitter pills for the goalkeeping great to swallow. But arguably his most acute instance of heartache came at Old Trafford in 2003, when Milan triumphed on penalties after a drab final ended goalless. Buffon saved from Clarence Seedorf and Kakha Kaladze, but failures by David Trezeguet, Marcelo Zalayeta and Paolo Montero meant the Rossoneri prevailed 3-2 on spot-kicks....
