11:10 AM ET The Atlanta Braves have given manager Brian Snitker a two-year contract extension with a club option for 2021, the team announced on Monday. Snitker, in his third year managing the team, led the Braves to a 92-70 record and the National League East title, their first division crown since 2013. Brian Snitker
Month: October 2018
11:20 AM ET Notable bets is a regular Monday roundup of wagers — some sharper than others — made recently at sportsbooks across the nation. On an NFL Sunday highlighted by a primetime showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots, the biggest decision for several Las Vegas sportsbooks, of course, came down
10:56 AM BST A storming 20-metre run chasing a loose ball in slippery conditions last Friday was all it took for Dane Coles to convince All Blacks coach Steve Hansen to include the hooker in his squad for the end-of-season tour. The 31-year-old front row forward had not played since rupturing knee ligaments against France
3:00 AM ET Hyderabad 281 for 8 (Sandeep 96, Ayyappa 2-38) beat Andhra 267 for 9 (Vihari 95, Siraj 3-50) by 14 runs Mohammed Siraj reacts after dismantling the stumps BCCI A day after being released from India’s Test squad that swept West Indies 2-0, both Mohammed Siraj and Hanuma Vihari starred in the Vijay Hazare
How quickly things change. Germany went into the World Cup as reigning world champions, Confederations Cup champions and European U-21 champions. It wasn’t just the present that was rosy, but the future too. And Joachim Low got a big contract extension through 2022. Fast-forward to the present day. Saturday’s 3-0 defeat away to the Dutch
10:30 AM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs are off to a start that only their fans could’ve dreamed up, with a 5-1-0 record, and a 4.83 goals-per-game average. So we’re looking ahead, and answering the big questions: Will the Maple Leafs win the East? Greg Wyshynski, senior NHL writer: It’s not just that the Toronto
9:53 AM ET Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Breeland Speaks admitted he was worried about being called for a roughing the passer penalty on Tom Brady when he appeared to let the quarterback out of his grasp on a key play late in the fourth quarter Sunday. Brady gave the Patriots the lead with a rare
LA Galaxy star Zlatan Ibrahimovic made a surprise appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to meet the 12 Thai soccer players and their coach who captured the world’s attention after becoming trapped in a flooded cave. All 12 members of the “Wild Boars” team, and their coach, were saved from an 18-day ordeal in northern
8:45 AM ET Save the clichés. You know, the ones like, “They don’t award medals at the 50-meter mark of a 100-meter race,” or my personal favorite, “It’s a four-quarter game.” Halftime of the 2018 college football season is upon us, and while it is true that no team has ever won a championship and
9:03 AM ET Associated Press As Riley Cote took and delivered countless punches over more than a decade of junior and pro hockey, he was eager to avoid painkillers. Early on, marijuana was touted to the enforcer as a healing option. “I started noticing some therapeutic benefits,” Cote said. “It helped me sleep, helped with