Category: Sport

Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle sat down with Athletics pitcher Mike Fiers, and the man who dropped the dime on the Astros’ sign-stealing revealed something that, while not surprising, is pretty damn disappointing: he has received “a lot of death threats” since the story about it all appeared in The Athletic last November. […]

Cleveland Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco felt discomfort in his right leg during a spring training workout this week and will undergo an MRI. He was seen on crutches at Indians camp in Arizona this morning. The team will update his status tomorrow, after the test results come back. Carrasco was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia […]

Roger Federer will be out three months, through the French Open, following surgery after right knee pain. “My right knee has been bothering me for a little while,” was posted Thursday on his social media. “I hoped it would go away, but after an examination, and discussion with my team, I decided to have arthroscopic […]

Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev overcame a poor start to beat Jannik Sinner 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 and reach the Open 13 quarterfinals on Thursday. The U.S. Open runner-up, who lost in the fourth round of the Australian Open last month, dropped his serve twice but broke the 18-year-old Italian’s serve four times at the indoor tournament in […]

Top-seeded Simona Halep came from a set down for the second day in a row to beat Aryna Sabalenka 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Thursday and reach the semifinals at the Dubai Championships. Halep had to save a match point against Ons Jabeur on Wednesday and again found herself in trouble against the hard-hitting Sabalenka. But she […]

Third-seeded Christian Garin of Chile advanced to the Rio Open quarterfinals Wednesday, beating Argentina’s Federico Delbonis 6-4, 6-3. Garin will face Argentina’s Federico Coria, a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 winner over Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz Garcia. Home favorite Thiago Monteiro dropped out with a 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 loss to Hungary’s Attila Balazs. Balazs will face Pedro Martinez […]

The Astros’ sign-stealing story broke in November, a steady drumbeat of coverage of it lasted through December and into January, when Rob Manfred’s report came out about it. The report was damning and, in its wake, Houston’s manager and general manger were both suspended and then fired. After that a steady stream of media reports […]