Tom Brady has already thrown nine touchdown passes and is an early-season favorite to win MVP. He still ruined Bruce Arians’ Sunday. The Buccaneers head coach called out Brady during an interview on WDAE radio on Tuesday, blaming the 44-year-old quarterback for a turnover in the team’s win against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. Brady … Read more
Jessica Mendoza and Melanie Newman are poised to make history before the 2021 MLB season comes to an end. The pair are set to call an MLB game on Sept. 29 for ESPN, marking the first time the network has had an all-women broadcast for a nationally televised game for MLB, NBA, NFL regular season … Read more
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas can’t (won’t) give a “ballpark” estimate on daily illegal immigration numbers. Let Stitches help you out there, Mr. Mayorkas. The Miami Marlins average attendance this year is 7,940. Just double it. Winners of nine straight heading into Tuesday night, the Cards are getting away from the Reds, Padres and Phillies … Read more
Chicago has gotten small doses of Justin Fields through the first two weeks of the NFL season, but is about to see the rookie phenom significantly more. Bears coach Matt Nagy announced Wednesday that Fields, the 11th overall pick in this year’s draft, will start the team’s Week 3 game against Cleveland. It’ll be Fields’ first … Read more
HAVEN, Wis. — The 43rd Ryder Cup doesn’t begin play until Friday morning and already the European team is on the offensive. The charm offensive. In a positively brilliant bit of strategy on the part of Team Europe, its players on Wednesday were clad in the green, yellow and white colors of Green Bay Packers, … Read more
The landscape for Week 3 NFL survivor pool picks is more “balanced” than last week’s, at least in terms of the viable, high-percentage picks. Six different teams are favored by a touchdown or more, with the largest favorite beingDenver at 10.5 points over the Jets. With several bigger favorites to choose from, the best Week … Read more
The Ben Simmons-76ers saga is the soap opera you didn’t know you needed. On Wednesday, Philadelphia’s head coach Doc Rivers appeared on ESPN’s “First Take” and made one thing clear about the team’s estranged star point guard: “We want him back.” Although Simmons is still on the roster and has four years left on his … Read more
This week’s NFL DFS main slate offers a number of presumptive shootouts and exciting developments, and it starts with Justin Fields making his first career start. He leads our Week 3 DraftKings Lineup picks, and to abate some of the risk inherently associated with a rookie QB, were pairing him with arguably the best daily … Read more
The Kansas City Royals have had a rough season, but after sweeping a doubleheader from the Cleveland Indians, they were on a 20-15 roll, and they will look to stay hot in Cleveland on Wednesday. Carlos Hernandez has allowed two runs or fewer in seven of his last nine pitching appearances with just four home … Read more
76ers coach Doc Rivers said Wednesday during an appearance on ESPN’s “First Take” that his comments about Ben Simmons after Philadelphia’s Game 7 loss to the Hawks in the 2021 Eastern Conference semifinals were “misrepresented.” Rivers, who after the loss responded, “I don’t know that question or the answer to that right now” when asked … Read more