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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Travis Kelce’s 1st pitch with Guardians goes awry, to delight of Patrick Mahomes  Yahoo Sports Source link

Ronaldo watches as a protester carrying a rainbow flag runs onto the field Monday during Portugal’s game versus Uruguay at the Qatar World Cup. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) LUSAIL, Qatar — In what initially appeared to be the first in-game demonstration in support of LGBTQ rights at the 2022 World Cup, a protester disrupted Monday night’s game between Portugal and Uruguay by running onto the field with a rainbow flag. The protester also wore a shirt that read “RESPECT FOR IRANIAN… Source link

Convicted Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes is scheduled to make part of a last ditch effort for a new trial on Monday during a hearing in the San Jose federal district court where a jury in January convicted her of criminal fraud. Criminal defense lawyers who talked with Yahoo Finance say Holmes’ chance of securing a redo are slim— especially in the wake of a court document filed Wednesday by Dr. Adam Rosendorff the former laboratory director of her defunct blood-testing startup… Source link

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper left Saturday’s game against the San Diego Padres after getting hit in his hands with a 97 mph fastball. The Phillies later announced that he’d fractured his left thumb, and that he’ll be out indefinitely. He’ll undergo further evaluation in the coming days. “I kind of wish it hit me in the face,” Harper said, via The Associated Press. “I don’t break bones in my face. I think I can take 98 (mph) to the face, but not 97 to the thumb. Yeah, I was… Source link

Damian Lillard needs a superstar running mate. Things aren’t going so great in Brooklyn. So Lillard’s taking his shot. The Trail Blazers sharp shooter make a not-so-subtle pitch on an Instagram story Saturday for Kevin Durant to come to Portland. Unless he possesses Photoshop skills on top of his basketball and hip-hop talents, it appears that he got some help. Lillard posted that image of himself standing alongside Durant in a Trail Blazers uniform sometime Saturday afternoon. By Saturday… Source link

Position players pitching is one of the most absurd things in sports. Yet it happens with regularity at the MLB level, where professional baseball teams on the wrong end of blowouts trot out most decidedly unprofessional pitchers to face big-league competition. Take, for instance, Frank Schwindel. The Chicago Cubs first baseman is a fine hitter and a solid source of power with eight home runs and 30 RBI in 56 games this season. He is not, however, a capable MLB pitcher. He found himself on the… Source link

President Biden announced a huge bipartisan infrastructure deal on Thursday, then spent the next four days trying to assure progressive Democrats he will also fight hard to pass a more sweeping package while assuring moderate Republicans and Democrats he is totally committed to the bipartisan package and would sign it if it arrived at his desk. On Tuesday, Biden will host members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus at the White House to shore up support for the package on the left, then… Source link

Turns out Yermín Mercedes won’t be the only person punished in the aftermath of this season’s biggest unwritten rules controversy. Minnesota Twins reliever Tyler Duffey was suspended three games and fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing behind the White Sox rookie in Tuesday’s game, the league announced Thursday. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli was also suspended one game and fined for the pitch. Duffey is appealing the discipline, so he won’t serve the suspension now, but… Source link

The Telegraph Karolina Muchova faces debate over controversial time-out after knocking out home favourite Ashleigh Barty The return of fans to Melbourne Park on Thursday could throw up some mixed reactions to Karolina Muchova, the unheralded Czech who has found her way into the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Muchova has been the subject of furious debate, especially among locals, after she came back from a first-set towelling to oust the home favourite and world No1 Ashleigh Barty… Source link

The 2020 presidential election has been called and former vice president Joe Biden is set to move into the White House in January. It didn’t take long for the local baseball team to come a-calling. As Biden delivered his victory speech on Saturday night, the Washington Nationals posted an invitation for Biden to throw out the first pitch on opening day of the 2021 season. Biden’s last pitch as an elected official came in 2009 when he threw the first pitch for the Baltimore Orioles on… Source link