Angel Hernandez, a 55 year old Cuban-born umpire, has filed suit claiming that MLB has racially discriminated against him in their promotion and post-season assignment policy.
A salute in the presence of the commander-in-chief is a respectful and time-honored tradition, but not necessarily the kind of salute Cubs Centerfielder Albert Almora Jr appeared to give.
The defending World Champion Chicago Cubs are in town to play the Nationals this week, and when in DC, you do the kinds of things that DC people do. You go to the White House.
After Sunday’s 8-4 win over the Orioles, the Astros are on course for the World Series title that Sports Illustrated predicted three years ago would happen this October.
Two-time World Series champion Aubrey Huff tweeted shock on Sunday over demonstrations at U.S. airports against President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban for seven terror-prone countries. After a backlash, Huff’s tweets disappeared.
Few broadcasters take more grief than Joe Buck, and after an interview with 590 The Fan’s Tim McKiernan in St. Louis, Joe Buck won’t be here to kick around much longer either, at least not at World Series time.
Major League Baseball changed the rule that gave World Series home-field advantage to the league that wins the All-Star Game.
One does not simply win the World Series to undo a curse that lasted for more than a century.
Comedian and lifelong Chicago Cubs fan Bill Murray was elated when the Cubs ended the 108-year World Series drought late Wednesday night. A somewhat inebriated Murray interviewed Cubs outfielders Dexter Fowler and Jason Heyward, as well as team president Theo Epstein,
David Ross exited a baseball field the way every boy dreams and few middle-aged men experience.
Donald Trump’s campaign is running three campaign ads during the World Series Game Seven between the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians, according to a campaign press release on Wednesday afternoon.
Whenever the unstoppable force and the immovable object collide, drama ensues. Wednesday night, that clash happens in Game Seven of the World Series.
“Buy the ticket, take the ride,” Hunter S. Thompson tells us in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. That ticket might cost you more than tuition at an Ivy League school if you plan on watching Wednesday’s seventh game of the World Series between the Cubs and the Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland.
Sports broadcaster Joe Buck lavishes so much praise on 23-year-old Chicago Cubs outfielder Kyle Schwarber during this year’s World Series, it prompted one fan to open up a wedding registry for the two at Bed Bath and Beyond.
Comedian and lifelong Chicago Cubs fan Bill Murray led the Chicago Cubs faithful in the traditional 7th inning stretch “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” Friday night. In Bill Murray fashion, the comedian requested everybody to sing like the
Three-time World Series champion Curt Schilling hosts a political talk show weekdays from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. online at Breitbart.com. On Thursday, Steven Crowder came on the show, “Whatever It Takes,” to talk about talk politics, humor, Uber and magnetic resonance imaging devices.
A Mission Viejo High School grad predicted in 1993 that the Chicago Cubs would win to the World Series in 2016.
Last night Indians starter Corey Kluber devastated the Cubs lineup, mowing down batters with reckless abandon and setting a World Series strikeout record for the first three innings. Kluber, along with the rest of the Indians staff, treated runners in scoring position with a particular ferocity.
Every now and again, life must imitate art. Such as the case with this year’s storybook World Series contest, featuring two teams with the longest championship droughts in sports, which could soon take a very Hollywood turn.
For Cubs fans the hope remains that a combination of youth and ignorance does away with any curse and brings a World Series championship. If you pay close attention, you’ll realize that baseball fans and the media make up 99.8% of the people talking about history and curses.
Just when you thought 2016 couldn’t get any weirder, the Cleveland Indians won the ALCS on their way to the World Series. Also true to format for both 2016 and the Indians, it came complete with major oddities.
Leftwing filmmaker Michael Moore refused to remove his hat during the patriotic singing of “God Bless America” at the World Series.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The jersey that Eric Hosmer wore in the decisive game of the World Series is headed to the Hall of Fame. So is the glove Salvador Perez used, the spikes Lorenzo Cain laced up and the bat that third baseman Mike Moustakas took to the plate.
HBO host and comedian Bill Maher was spotted alongside liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore during Saturday’s World Series game four between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Mets. In April, Maher told Playboy magazine that he is a minority owner of the
After being accused of trying to “scalp” Mets tickets at his political fundraisers, New York’s Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo has canceled plans to offer up World Series tickets to raise tens of thousands in campaign donations.
After Sen. Ted Cruz lashed out against the Republican debate moderators at CNBC, Comedian Bill Maher celebrated on Twitter.
The Mets last playoff appearance was pre-Obama. Their last pennant was pre-Bush 43. They haven’t won it all since Reagan. To say they’re hungry in Queens would be an understatement.
A bar on Chicago’s Southwest Side is most assuredly not jumping on the Chicago Cubs bandwagon despite the fact that the north siders won a smashing Wild Card victory and head to the NLDS to face the St. Louis Cardinals. In fact, the bar is going the opposite way by offering free drinks for every Cardinals homer.
For the fifth time since 2001, a Little League team from the San Diego area heads to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
