Month: February 2021

7:05 PM ET Shohei Ohtani said he topped out at 97 mph while throwing live batting practice on Wednesday, an encouraging development that further supports the enthusiasm voiced by prominent members of the Los Angeles Angels throughout the offseason. Ohtani, the Japanese two-way player who hasn’t pitched regularly since the start of the 2018 season,
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4:49 PM ET Manchester City players celebrate during their win against Gladbach. Getty Manchester City extended their winning run in all competitions to 19 games as they comfortably beat Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0 in the Champions League round of 16 first leg. Two near-identical goals, one scored by Bernardo Silva and the other assisted by him, put
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8:26 PM ET Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini said the referee ruined the match by sending off Remo Freuler early on in his side’s 1-0 Champions League last-16, first-leg defeat to Real Madrid on Wednesday. Freuler was sent off in the 17th minute for denying Real’s Ferland Mendy a goalscoring opportunity — the earliest red
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11:17 PM ET The father of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker, Jose Becker, died in a tragic accident on Wednesday. Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images The father of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker drowned in a lake near his holiday home in southern Brazil on Wednesday, local police said. Jose Becker, 57, had been swimming at a
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9:49 PM ET Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — Free-agent outfielder Shin-Soo Choo has agreed to a one-year contract to play for a baseball club in his native South Korea. Choo, who spent the last seven seasons with the Texas Rangers, signed a 2.7 billion won ($2.4 million) deal with a Korean Baseball Organization team
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