The first weekend of July has arrived. Enjoy this slate of baseball while you can. Before you know it, we’ll reach the MLB All-Star break and hit that dead zone of sports where the only stuff to watch will be the ESPYs and maybe the Tour de France, if you’re one of those people.We’re going to play a baseball doubleheader with a WNBA upset for our nightcap. On with the picks:Boston Red Sox at New York YankeesYes, we’re going to open with the Yanks and the Sox for the second straight day. And yes, it’s a home run prop pick again. But you’ll forgive the repetition when you hear more.The Yankees look horrendous right now. With losses in nine of their last 11 and 15 of their last 20, they may be the coldest team in baseball. After the way the Red Sox rallied to win in 10 innings F…

Mesut Özil has shown his support for Marcus Rashford’s campaign by providing free school meals for around 1,400 pupils in north London for the rest of this week.

The Arsenal playmaker has joined forces with Barnet Sunday Football League (BSFL), Stefan Peppert and German Chefs Catering in Knightsbridge to deliver the meals to 12 schools, including Whitings School in Barnet.

“The school wanted to say thank you for his kindness and generosity,” said headteacher Sejal Patel.

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Boris Johnson is facing renewed pressure to commit more money for free school meals after the high-profile campaign led by…

A football club is to change the name of one of its stands after a new sponsorship deal saw it rebranded “the Gilbert & Rose West Stand”, triggering reaction on social media over the association with one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers.

Southend United, which plays in the National League which is the fifth tier of English football, signed a commercial partnership with a local estate agent in Leigh-on-Sea.

The juxtaposition of “Gilbert & Rose” with “West Stand” inadvertently saw Rose and West appear next to each other on season ticket cards and the club’s website.

Southend, who start their season at home to Boreham Wood on Saturday, are now to discuss “a …

When Callum O’Hare stepped up his rehabilitation from a serious knee injury last August, Coventry’s physios recognised the need to temper his enthusiasm. After eight monotonous months, he was inevitably excited to tie the laces on his boots and hit the grass. He felt “fresh out of the jailhouse” after countless days spent watching teammates train from an exercise bike in the gym, but was told to expect a fine if he began kicking balls too soon upon his return.

“The staff know how much I love football,” he says. “If there’s a ball in front of me, I’ll always play with it, no matter what it is: a tennis ball, a little floater – anything. Or I’ll make socks into a ball. They were like: ‘You’re not quite at the stage to…

PARIS — American Scottie Scheffler won the gold medal at the men's Olympic golf competition on Sunday with a final score of 19 under par at Le Golf National, south of the city. He turned in a final-round 62, which included six birdies on the back nine. He closed with birdies on holes 15 through 18. The World No. 1 finished one shot ahead of Britain's Tommy Fleetwood (66), who took silver at 18 under. Japan's Hideki Matsuyama (65) was two shots back to claim the bronze medal, improving on his tie for fourth place on home soil in Tokyo three years ago. For Scheffler, this is his seventh victory of 2024. His wins include The Players Championship and the Masters Tournament. –Reuters, Special to Field Level Media Relatedfree betting calculatormoney line parlay calculatorm…

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Kyle:
I'm guessing in MLB/baseball history, there have been pitchers who have been great hitters (Babe Ruth comes to mind), but in modern-day baseball, do you think we will ever see a pitcher who hits like .270-.300 consistently and isn't a sure out? I know recently there's been like Jason Marquis, Mike Hampton, and even Carlos Zambrano who have been known to knock one out of the park, but never hit for average.

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this study, there are a couple of guys like Zach Greinke who have managed to hover around .200, but they're few and far between. Pitching …

The three most likely NFL teams to move to Los Angeles—the Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers, and St. Louis Rams—will be staying where they are next season. All three of those teams have expiring leases with their current stadiums, but the NFL won't move a franchise to L.A. until a permanent site for the team is established. Here are the particulars, via NFL.com: The Chargers made the announcement earlier in the week that they are staying in San Diego next season, a clear sign that no one would be there next season. Had they thought another team could move to L.A. this year, they would've stayed in play. League sources confirmed this, saying neither of the other two teams whose leases allow them to move — the Rams and the Raiders are the others — will move this ye…

Millions of young boys around the world dream of one day making it inside Magic City, Atlanta’s internationally renowned strip club. Very few of those dreamers imagine it will be success in America’s bootleg soccer competition that will bring them there, but, for dreams, ends matter more than means. Fresh off winning the relatively obscure MLS Shiny Vase Trophy this past weekend, a handful of Atlanta United players proved as much last night when they were granted a place of prominence on Magic City’s hallowed dance floor. The strippers, who no doubt were previously completely unaware of the existence or identity of any of the soccer team’s “stars” until they stepped inside the door that evening, humored the players by showing the Shiny Vase a good time. From TMZ: Here’s …

And that's a problem, because Chane Behanan is still in college. Louisville lost in the 2012 semifinals to eventual champs Kentucky, and received their rings the next fall. At the time, Cardinals forward Behanan said "We're really hungry to go out and win a bigger one." They won it all in 2013, so Behanan apparently has no use for a participation award. As first noticed by Fox Sports Ohio, the ring purporting to be his is up for bidding at Grey Flannel Auctions. It features his last name on the side panel, and his full name engraved on the inside. The minimum bid is currently $605. The description doesn't say where the ring came from, and that very much matters to the NCAA—selling any memorabilia while still in school would be a violation. [Update, 10:32 a…