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Jusuf Nurkic made headlines when he approached a fan, Steven Geske, after a game between Portland and Indiana, and threw the fan’s phone. The aftermath of the incident has caused the fan to sue Nurkic, Trail Blazers and Yahoo’s Chris Haynes. Nurkic was fined $40,000. Two days after the incident, Haynes tweeted that “the fan who Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic confronted in Indiana allegedly shouted “your mom is trash” and said his “grandma’s a (expletive).” Nurkic’s… Source link

Baseball isn’t just happening in the United States right now. It’s also happening over in Nippon Professional Baseball, Japan’s top baseball league (their MLB equivalent). And a young pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines just threw what might be the best professional game in history. Roki Sasaki, who is just 20 years old, threw a perfect game against the Orix Buffaloes on Sunday, the 16th perfect game in NPB history and the first one in 28 years. His dominant performance tied the NPB record… Source link

Alabama’s Montana Fouts pitches against UCLA in the first inning of an NCAA Women’s College World Series softball game Friday, June 4, 2021, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Montana Fouts celebrated her birthday with some history. The Alabama junior threw the fifth perfect game in the history of the Women’s College World Series on Friday in a 6-0 win over UCLA. It’s the first perfect game in the tournament since May 25, 2000, nine days before Fouts was born. Here’s how the game… Source link

The Roland Garros official Twitter account appeared to throw shade at Naomi Osaka on Saturday in a now-deleted tweet following the news of her media blackout at the French Open. The account shared four photos of other players meeting with reporters at the tournament with the caption, “They understood the assignment.” The tweet was later deleted. Naomi Osaka’s media blackout Osaka announced Wednesday on Twitter that she would not be speaking with any reporters throughout the tournament in… Source link

Carlos Rodón has entered the history books. (AP Photo/David Banks) One month ago, Carlos Rodón was battling for the fifth starter spot in the Chicago White Sox rotation, after undergoing Tommy John surgery, dealing with shoulder issues and getting non-tendered by the team. On Wednesday, he was completing the 20th no-hitter in White Sox history. The left-hander entered the history books against the Cleveland Indians, allowing no hits in nine innings for the second White Sox no-hitter in as… Source link

A woman has been charged with animal cruelty after she threw a dog from the second-floor balcony during a police visit. Police were called to a motel in Daytona Beach Florida on December 14 after the woman reportedly attacked a maid and was seen standing on the railing of the balcony threatening to jump, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. When police arrived at the scene the 35-year-old woman had locked herself in the room. Body cams captured the officers knocking on the door when the… Source link

As the 2020 college football season sputters to a close, the College Football Playoff debate appears to have a defining talking point: What is to be done about Ohio State? ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit spiced that up on Tuesday night, insinuating that Michigan could avoid playing the Buckeyes to undercut Ohio State’s playoff chances. (He later apologized for it.) The Buckeyes have become the manifestation of many of the issues that have shrouded this 2020 college football season — low on… Source link

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver D.K. Metcalf may have turned in the play of the 2020 NFL season when he chased down Budda Baker in Week 7. Metcalf showed off incredible speed on the play, saving what looked like a sure-fire touchdown with an excellent tackle. Even Baker was impressed. Given how fast Metcalf was moving, only 1-2 other players in the NFL could have made that play. Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who many believe is the fastest player in the NFL, is in that… Source link