MLB notebook: Japanese slugger Tsutsugo signing with Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays will add a potential middle-of-the-order bat after agreeing to a two-year, $12 million contract with Japanese slugger Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, according to multiple reports on Friday.
Homemade ‘Nikes’ give Filipina athlete a golden edge
To some athletes, brands count for everything when it comes to performance.
Internationals extend lead over U.S. at Presidents Cup
The Internationals edged closer to a breakthrough win over the United States at the Presidents Cup on Saturday after continuing their dominance in the fourballs to extend their lead to a commanding 9-5 at Royal Melbourne.
Woods sits out entire day three of Presidents Cup
United States captain Tiger Woods elected to rest himself from the afternoon foursomes at the Presidents Cup on Saturday, even with his team trailing the Internationals 9-5 at Royal Melbourne.
‘Captain America’ Reed plugged in 0-3 hole at Presidents Cup
Patrick Reed’s dismal Presidents Cup continued on Saturday as he and Webb Simpson slumped to a third successive defeat at Royal Melbourne, the U.S. pair going down 5&3 to the Internationals’ Hideki Matsuyama and CT Pan in the morning fourballs.
USOPC expresses doubt over clean ‘neutral’ Russia athletes after ban
A top U.S. Olympic official on Friday expressed doubt over whether any Russian competitors could prove clean to compete as neutral athletes in the upcoming Tokyo Games, after Russia was barred from competition for doping violations.
New Zealand Olympic legend Snell dies at age 80
Famed New Zealand Olympic middle distance runner Peter Snell has died in Dallas at age 80, the New Zealand Herald reported on Saturday.
Dolphins WR Parker gets four-year, $40 million extension
Miami Dolphins wide receiver DeVante Parker has signed a four-year contract extension, the team announced Friday.
Original Olympic manifesto set to fetch as much as $1 million at auction
As athletes around the globe prepare to go for gold in Tokyo next year, a 127-year-old artifact that outlines the very foundation of the modern Olympic Games is set to claim a hefty purse.
Santa Anita introduces new technology to aid horses
Santa Anita Park, where 35 horses have died as the result of injuries in the past year, said on Friday it was introducing new technology for diagnosing pre-existing conditions in racehorses.