ANAHEIM – Shohei Ohtani, Major League Baseball and the Angels announced recently that Ohtani will compete in the 2021 Home Run Derby on Monday, July 12, 2021 at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. Below are notes and information regarding Ohtani’s participation in the event: • Ohtani […]

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association jointly announced today the latest COVID-19 testing results conducted under MLB’s COVID-19 Health Monitoring & Testing Plan. The independent Utah laboratory has reported the following results during the past week: Weekly monitoring testing: • 9,104 […]

NEW YORK (June 22, 2021) – New York Islanders forward Mathew Barzal has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for cross-checking Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Jan Rutta during Game 5 of the teams’ Semifinals series in Tampa on Monday, June 21, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced today. The incident […]

Click here to view video teaser Beatclub to Curate Music, Beats and Songs Catalog for Use in 2021 Stanley Cup Semifinals, 2021 Stanley Cup Final, 2021 NHL Draft and 2021 NHL Expansion Draft NEW YORK / TORONTO (June 22, 2021) – The National Hockey League today announced […]

June 20, 2021 Sims follows with six to set CWS single-game strikeout record in CWS opener STARKVILLE – An RBI triple, a sacrifice fly and an NCAA College World Series 21 strikeouts helped the No. 3 Mississippi State baseball program to a 2-1 victory over No. […]

June 20, 2021 OMAHA, Neb. – Virginia (36-25) opened up the 2021 Men’s College World Series with a 6-0 shutout victory against third-seeded Tennessee (50-17) on Sunday (June 20) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. The Cavaliers will advance in the winner’s bracket and face […]

Every Year ST. ALBAN 1610s 1611: HENRY HUDSON, SON, AND 7 CREW SET ADRIFT BY MUTINEERS 1810s 1813: DURING THE WAR OF 1812, LAURA SECORD OF QUEENSTON HIKED 18 HOURS TO WARN BRITISH OF AN UPCOMING ATTACK 1830s BORN 1837: PAUL MORPHY (CHESS MASTER) 1840s […]

PRE-GAME AND POST-GAME FESTIVITIES (PHOTOS BY Osvaldo Figueroa, Jr. Is anyone surprised the last match at Historic Crew Stadium was worthy of the occasion and a revival of the venue’s greatest moments? It was a No. 11 who scored the first goal in the stadium […]

6/21/2021 MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN – Play Ball! Minnesota and the Minnesota All Sports Alliance are proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Play Ball! Minnesota Mr. Baseball and Ms. Softball awards. Mr. Baseball is Noah Bush, a right-handed pitcher and shortstop from Howard Lake-Waverly High School […]

June 19th, 2021 Willians Astudillo optioned to Triple-A St. Paul ARLINGTON, TX – The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have returned outfielder Byron Buxton from his rehab assignment and reinstated him from the 10-day Injured List. Buxton has missed the last 40 games with a right hip […]

June 19th, 2021 Club to recognize their beloved bench coach, who passed away from cancer in March, prior to Monday’s game with the Cincinnati Reds and manager David Bell, Mike’s brother MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN – The Minnesota Twins today announced plans to honor the life and […]

Gilberto Celestino optioned to Triple-A St. Paul ARLINGTON, TX – The Minnesota Twins announced on June 18 that they have returned outfielder Max Kepler from his rehab assignment and reinstated him from the 10-day Injured List. Kepler, who missed the Twins’ last 17 games with a left hamstring […]

MINNESOTA TWINS (30-41) vs. CINCINNATI REDS (35-35) MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 – 7:10 P.M. (CT) – TV: BALLY SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF LHP J.A. Happ (3-3, 6.12) vs. RHP Tyler Mahle (7-2, 3.39) GAME 72 HOME GAME 36 Upcoming Probable Pitchers […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS On Sunday, June 21, 1964, Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched the seventh perfect game in Major League Baseball history, defeating the New York Mets 6-0 in the first game of a doubleheader at Shea Stadium. A father of seven children at the time, Bunning pitched his perfect game on Father’s Day. One of Bunning’s […]

JUNE 19, 2021 Arizona (45-17) VS Vanderbilt (46-15) OMAHA, Neb. — Jayson Gonzalez snuck a one-out, RBI single through the middle with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 12th giving Vanderbilt a 7-6 win over Arizona at the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park. The Commodores (46-15) next […]

6/19/2021  W: Reid Johnston (9-3) L: Brendan Beck (9-2) S: Evan Justice (12) North Carolina State BATTING 2B: Tyler McDonough 1; Luca Tresh 1; Vojtech Mensik 1 HR: Jonny Butler 1; Devonte Brown 1 RBI: Tyler McDonough 1; Jonny Butler 5; Luca Tresh 1; Devonte Brown 1; Vojtech Mensik 2 BASERUNNING: RUNS: Austin […]

GAME NOTES: *In postgame ceremonies, they closed the stadium to music by the group Semisonic “Closing Time” *Saturday was the 14th Wedding Anniversary of Andrea and Caleb Porter. *Saad Abdul-Salaam, entered the game in the 2nd half giving him his 100th MLS appearance. *The first […]

NEW YORK (June 19, 2021) – Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin is the 2020-21 recipient of the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded “to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability,” as selected by the Professional Hockey […]

June 18, 2021 NORMAN — Oklahoma head softball coach Patty Gasso announced the addition of graduate transfer right-handed pitcher Hope Trautwein from the University of North Texas on Friday. “We’re extremely excited to add Hope Trautwein to this pitching staff,” said Gasso. “She brings experience and leadership, which […]

June 13, 2021 NORMAN – Oklahoma softball senior Jocelyn Alo has been named the Jim Thorpe Oklahoma Athlete of the Year, the Oklahoma District of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) announced Saturday.  The award was determined by the Oklahoma AAU executive committee and considered nominations of amateur athletes […]