Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras has been named the National League Player of the Week for the period ending August 6th. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network. Contreras batted .455 (10-for-22) with six runs scored, a double, five home runs and 13 RBI to claim his first career NL Player of the Week Award. […]
Orioles’ Tim Beckham named American League Player of the Week
After a stellar debut with the team, Baltimore Orioles infielder Tim Beckham has been named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending August 6th. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network. Beckham posted a slash line of .583/.600/1.167 with six runs scored, three doubles, a triple, three home runs and six […]
ESPN Signs New Deals With Several College Football Analysts
ESPN has signed new deals with several of its prominent college football voices in advance of the 2017 season. Dusty Dvoracek, Rod Gilmore, Brock Huard, Tom Luginbill and Greg McElroy will all continue to serve as game analysts and contribute to ESPN’s college football coverage. More about each analyst: Dvoracek, who joined ESPN in 2016, primarily called games on ESPNU last season. The […]
NFL Network’s ‘Inside Training Camp Live’ — Saturday, July 29
‘Inside Training Camp Live’ at 10:00 AM ET – Live Coverage From Philadelphia Eagles & Oakland Raiders Training Camps ‘Training Camp Primetime’ at 8:00 PM ET NFL Network’s Inside Training Camp Live continues Saturday, July 29 at 10:00 AM ET providing nine hours of continuous live coverage, featuring Andrew Siciliano, Shaun O’Hara, Daniel Jeremiah, Ian Rapoport and Michael Silver with the Philadelphia Eagles, and Colleen Wolfe, Michael Robinson and Steve […]
Bastian Schweinsteiger Voted Captain for the 2017 MLS All-Star Game
Major League Soccer today announced that Chicago Fire midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has been voted captain of the MLS All-Stars following the annual fan Snapchat vote. Schweinsteiger will wear the captain’s armband as the best in MLS face Spanish giants Real Madrid in the 2017 MLS All-Star Game presented by Target next Wednesday, Aug. 2 at Soldier […]
Embiid, Nowitzki, Porzingis to lead 15th Basketball without Borders Africa
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) today announced the top 80 boys and girls ages 17 and under from 26 African countries who will participate in the 15th edition of Basketball without Borders (BWB) Africa ahead of NBA Africa Game 2017, the NBA’s second game in Africa. BWB, the NBA and […]
Major League Baseball and the Washington Nationals unveil the official logo of the 2018 All-Star Game
Major League Baseball, the Washington Nationals and officials from the District of Columbia today unveiled the official logo of the 2018 All-Star Game presented by Mastercard. The 89th Midsummer Classic will be played at Nationals Park on Tuesday, July 17th, with the National League as the home team during the contest. Those in attendance for […]