Jason Heyward is why Ryan Dempster should have been suspended for more than five games. Maybe that sounds like a stretch. Maybe I'm being overreactionary. But please stay with me here, and I'll try my best to explain what I mean. By now, you've surely heard about the Atlanta Braves outfielder getting clocked in the […]

Less than a week before the U.S. Open starts at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY on August 26 and it appears we may have a surprise threat to Serena Williams, the defending women’s champion and the top-ranked female tennis player in the world. Is it Maria “I’m not really changing my name […]

It's always a quaint little factoid when a team passes their win total from the prior year in August. The Red Sox have already done that, but after how disastrous their 2012 was, it seemed inevitable. The only other team to do that in 2013 did it on Wednesday night, and that team is the […]

Remember a few hours ago when we brought you the news that Jason Heyward was hit in the face by a pitch from Jonathon Niese of the New York Mets? Well, the news isn't good for Atlanta's right fielder, as the plunking fractured his jaw and will cost him four to six weeks.  Heyward has […]

How much is Brian Wilson's beard worth to him? We may soon find out. According to Radar Online, a razor blade company called 800Razors.com is negotiating a deal with Wilson to shave off his signature facial hair. But Wilson's people — doing an excellent job representing their client, quite frankly — are asking the razor maker […]

Controversy has enveloped the New York City mayoral race, but this might be the most scandalous story to come out yet: Democratic frontrunner Bill de Blasio is a fan of the Boston Red Sox. With just 20 days until the primary, clearly this could be damaging to his campaign. Born in Manhattan, de Blasio was […]

Phil Coke was kind of a rock star in Detroit after getting the final out of last year's ALCS versus the Yankees. Spiking his glove after getting Jayson Nix to fly out was one of the signature moments of the 2012 postseason and made Coke even more beloved among Tigers fans than he already was […]

Charlie Manuel's firing last week was a sad day in Philadelphia, as the all-time winningest manager in Phillies history was shown the door in the midst of a miserable season. Most of the negativity was directed at Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro, who saddled Manuel with an aging team in 2013 and threw him under […]

Remember when the Royals were supposed to make a run at the AL Central crown? After taking three out of four from the Red Sox and winning their series opener with the Marlins, Kansas City is 2-6, scoring a total of just 16 runs in those eight games. They've fallen to 8.5 games back of […]

MLB did as little as it could to actually punish Ryan Dempster after he threw at Alex Rodriguez during Sunday night's Yankees-Red Sox game. Dempster was handed a five game suspension and an undisclosed fine by the league, about as close to a slap on the wrist as you can get. His suspension is also