Thursday, September 4

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Alcaraz, Djokovic on similar half of French Open draw
Tennis

Alcaraz, Djokovic on similar half of French Open draw

PARIS — Carlos Alcaraz and the person he simply changed atop the rankings, 22-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic, had been positioned in the identical half of the French Open subject in Thursday’s draw and will face one another within the semifinals. ...
Harrison Bader’s Protection Is Generationally Good
Baseball

Harrison Bader’s Protection Is Generationally Good

Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports I’m going to say this bluntly as a result of it’s one thing that the majority ought to agree with: Harrison Bader’s protection in middle subject is particular. Unfortunately for Bader and baseball followers, he has by no means totaled above 430 plate appearances in a single season, so we’ve by no means had the privilege to see him run across the outfield for a conventional full season and rack up defensive worth. But even with this limitation, he’s nonetheless at or close to the highest of nearly each aggregated defensive metric leaderboard for the previous couple of seasons. If you watch him roam the outfield — and I imply actually watch him — you understand that it is a participant who does every little thing accurately on the market and has an unflap...
Jabeur Feeling 100% Ahead of Roland Garros
Tennis

Jabeur Feeling 100% Ahead of Roland Garros

By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Friday, May 26, 2023     Ons Jabeur    , after enduring damage points for a lot of the clay season, says she is match and prepared forward of this 12 months’s Roland Garros.   The No. 7 seeded Tunisian, nonetheless seeking her first main singles title, is wanting ahead to the Parisian clay after coping with a calf damage in most of the lead-up occasions to the second Grand Slam of the 12 months.   “Well, injury-wise I'm feeling much better, and I had a very nice week of training here at the French Open. I'm going to do my best and hopefully do better than last year,” Jabeur stated in a pre-event press convention.    When requested if she was 100%, she replied “Yeah, definitely 100%. I was training with a lot of players, moving normally.”   "Les ...
Boone will get 1-game suspension, out for opener vs. Padres
Baseball

Boone will get 1-game suspension, out for opener vs. Padres

Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone acquired a one-game suspension and an undisclosed nice on Friday for his current conduct towards Major League Umpires, together with the actions following his ejection from Thursday night time’s 3-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium.  Michael Hill, Major League Baseball’s Senior Vice President for On-Field Operations, made the announcement. Boone determined to serve his suspension on Friday, when the Yankees  host the San Diego Padres. Content Source: www.mlb.com