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New York Mets infielder Jose Iglesias may soon reach a career crossroads – play baseball, or become a full-time pop music singer. Iglesias, backed by his Mets teammates, performed his OMG song Friday night on the field after the Mets beat the Houston Astros. Iglesias’s song has been playing at…

Caitlin Clark has thrown up her biggest shot of the WNBA season. Unfortunately, it came in a comment on her Indiana Fever coach. Indiana coach Christie Sides was the apparent target of Clark’s remark. Following Indiana’s 89-77 loss to the Seattle Storm on Friday night, Clark was asked about the best…

At 2 PM Pacific time today, LeBron James will be eligible to move on to any team in the NBA. That’s not to say he will, particularly since the Lakers drafted his son, Bronny, and has his podcast partner, J.J. Redick, as the team’s new coach. ESPN reports James intends to opt out of the final…

Orlando Cepeda, one of baseball’s most feared sluggers during his 17-year career, died on Friday, June 28, at his home. His family confirmed the death but did not provide a cause. "We lost a true gentleman and legend," San Francisco Giants chairman Greg Johnson said in a statement, according to…

Caitlin Clark is one of the top rookies in the WNBA when it comes to scoring and assists. She’s also one of the league’s top trash talkers, if one coach is to be believed. Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon said that while Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese gets a lot of attention for…

UPDATED with latest: Veteran ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale offered an update on his years-long battle with cancer today, and it was a tough one. “My report on the Biopsy of the Lymph Node in my neck has arrived & it is cancerous,” wrote Vitale. He went on to note he will have surgery on…

It’s been years in the making, and today the Los Angeles Lakers chose 19-year-old Bronny James with pick No. 55 in the NBA draft. The selection will unite the teen with his father, all-time great LeBron James, on the Lakers roster, the first-ever father-son duo in the league’s history to play at the…

Los Angeles Dodgers bat boy Javier Herrera might have saved Shohei Ohtani’s season. Herrera was standing on the dugout steps during the team’s game against the Chicago White Sox when a vicious line drive came screaming into the dugout. Check out the video below. Ohtani was directly in back of…

A Los Angeles jury agreed Thursday that the NFL violated antitrust laws by offering Sunday afternoon games via a premium subscription service, awarding plaintiffs hefty damages of about $4.7 billion in a years-old class action suit. The NFL said it plans to contest the decision. The lawsuit…

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp and his wife, Anna Marie Kupp, launched the Daily Grind podcast this week. The podcast has the couple share parenting stories and behind-the-scenes anecdotes of the NFL experience. “This is an opportunity for us to sit down and really have some…

Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost has snagged quite an assignment for the 2024 Olympics. The Weekend Update anchor has been tapped to cover the surfing competition from Teahupo'o, Tahiti, part of French Polynesia, for NBCU. This will be the second-ever Olympic surfing competition after the sport debuted…

The French connection dominated the early rounds of the 2024 NBA Draft, as three of the first six picks were Frenchmen. The European flavor continued throughout, as players from Germany, Belgium and Switzerland were also selected, in addition to other French players. French star Zaccharie…