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In its latest attempt to slow down already interminably long games, Major League Baseball is instituting a series of anti-pitcher procedures to expand the prohibition of “foreign substances,” strengthening Rule 3.01 that has been in place for 101 years.“In 1947 the average game, including those in extra innings, lasted two hours and eleven minutes,” CommissionerContinue reading “Major League Baseball fires a high hard one at its latest sticky situation”

President Joe Biden says he plans to “go on the offensive, using the NATO Rule 5” when he confronts Vladimir Putin, his Russian counterpart, in their face-to-face meeting in Geneva.“I know all about the Rule 5, known it since I learned all about it when I was playing baseball at Archmere Academy,” the U.S. presidentContinue reading “Biden: “Putin doesn’t know I know what I know and I know he doesn’t.””

Phil Mickelson earned almost universal congratulations for his victory in the PGA Championship – almost because Bernhard Langer laughed when Mickelson was proclaimed the oldest winner of a major golf tournament. “How old is he? Fifty?” Langer said. “He’s a kid, a punk. I was 59 in 2017 when I won the Regions Tradition, whichContinue reading “Who’s the oldest? Depends on who you ask”

Public transportation on streets around New York courthouses in lower Manhattan may experience disruptions in service in the coming months when Donald Trump and members of his family are expected to begin throwing each other under the bus. “That’s the only way some of them are going to avoid going to prison,” New York AttorneyContinue reading “Family is everything – except when it’s not”

Trainer Bob Baffert, whose 2021 Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, failed a drug test, has been suspended by Churchill Downs after failing a post-race test of his own. “I was celebrating with friends and family when a track steward pulled me aside, handed me two paper cups and said, ‘Fill ’em up,” Baffert said. “IContinue reading “Baffert: going, going …”

We know the big names, this year’s first-round NFL draft picks, some of whom will have great careers – and some who, like Ryan Leaf and Tony Mandarich, will quickly vanish, never living up to the hype. Likewise, NFL teams manage to find diamonds in the rough, undrafted players who, despite being overlooked, go onContinue reading “Want to keep picking high in the NFL Draft? Consider selecting some of these prospects”

As happens every year, there are films passed over for Oscar nominations by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, some of which are deserving of consideration. Then there are movies no one should ever even think of seeing – and you can thank your lucky stars if you didn’t accidentally view any ofContinue reading “The biggest waste of footage since the invention of the centipede”

In his strongest response yet to American election interference, President Joseph R. Biden revoked the diplomatic license plates of all 517 Russians assigned to their five consulates in the United States. “I’m not kicking them out,” Biden told a news conference. “But those plates are like gold, man. I mean, they never get parking ticketsContinue reading “To Russia with love: no license to park”

Jerry Falwell Jr. has filed a counter-suit against Liberty University, using a “you-didn’t-ask” defense against the school’s claim that its former president and chancellor withheld details of a personal scandal and enriched himself before the two parted ways last year. According to the complaint filed in Lynchburg, Va., Circuit Court, the university is seeking more thanContinue reading “Morality play or legal ploy?”

When Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama became the first man from Japan to win a major golf tournament, he sent commentators and fans scurrying to the record books to find other “firsts” in sports. Who knew that: Although there have been nearly two dozen South Koreans to play Major League Baseball, starting with pitcher Chan-ho ParkContinue reading ““First” isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be”