The University of Kentucky has hired athletic director J Batt away from Michigan State, a little more than a year after he left Georgia Tech. Kentucky announced the move on Monday, delivering another blow to Michigan State's leadership. "The championship standard has been established at ...
CLEVELAND — Mother Nature wrecked havoc on Travis Kelce's scheduled first pitch before Sunday's game between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians. The final game of the weekend series was postponed because of the threat of inclement weather, 40 minutes before the scheduled first pitch The game will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on Sept. 4. The rescheduled game will start at 2:10 p.m. EDT with the regular game at 7:10 p.m. EDT. It was sunny when the teams and umpire crew met, but weather radar showed a large cell of rain and thunderstorms coming in from the ...
CLEVELAND — Tarik Skubal wasn't seeking any sentimentality for his return from elbow surgery. Save the pats on the back and warm words for someone else. Skubal didn't win back-to-back AL Cy Young Awards on fuzzy feelings or nostalgia. The fiery left-hander is all business, and his time ...
CHICAGO — Several top pro athletes and their surgeons say a modern version of an old tool is shaving weeks off the recovery time for certain injuries. And some top doctors think this is only the beginning. Cy Young Award winners Tarik Skubal and Blake Snell let doctors use the instrument on ...
DETROIT (AP) — Spencer Torkelson hit one of Detroit's six homers and the Tigers rolled to an 11-0 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday. Colt Keith, Gleyber Torres, Riley Greene, Zach McKinstry and Wenceel Pérez also went deep for Detroit. Leading 2-0, Torkelson hit a two-run shot in ...
DETROIT (AP) — Byron Buxton hit his 20th home run of the season, Royce Lewis also connected and the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 6-3 on Wednesday night. The game was delayed for 1 hour, 7 minutes in the middle of the first inning due to inclement weather. Lewis opened the scoring in the second inning with the second-longest homer of his career, a 444-foot shot to left. Buxton made it 4-1 in the fifth with a three-run shot. Buxton is the third in Twins history with 20 or more homers through 69 games, joining Harmon Killebrew and Justin Morneau. Buxton is the fourth ...
