Новости за 03.04.2019

Bill Simmons welcomed former ESPN boss John Skipper as a guest on his podcast this week, and they shed some light on the former’s forced departure from the network in 2015. The popular Simmons was suspended by Skipper, then ESPN’s president, for public comments critical of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s handling of the Ray Rice...

All Elite Wrestling is the wild card in the industry’s television and media landscape. The company that launched in January has the backing and the connections of president Tony Khan, whose family owns the Jacksonville Jaguars. The company’s executives and top-tier talent, such as Chris Jericho, have spoken about seeking a television deal. Jericho told...

After four straight NCAA Tournament bids and 20-win seasons, Kevin Willard is starting to gain traction nationwide, and it could cost Seton Hall. The Pirates head coach is a serious candidate to replace Buzz Williams at Virginia Tech, sources confirmed, after hearing from the ACC school last week. A source close to Willard told The...

ATLANTA — Hall of Famer Bobby Cox, the Atlanta Braves former longtime manager, has been admitted into an Atlanta-area hospital. Braves manager Brian Snitker told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he reached out to Cox’s family and was “very concerned” but couldn’t share details of his condition. The 77-year-old Cox was admitted with undisclosed...

Mike McCarthy is weighing in on the alleged turmoil at the center of his relationship with Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Discussing his late-season firing from Green Bay in a lengthy interview with ESPN, published Wednesday, McCarthy said Rodgers had been “heavily involved in game-planning,” and the duo had their inevitable ups and downs. “When I...

Football is a business, owners and general managers and coaches tell you as they release players who had become franchise institutions. When the positions at the table were flipped, Mike McCarthy did not appreciate the cold nature of that business. The former longtime Packers head coach, who was fired last season with four games to...

MIAMI — Depth wins. Even with a consistently shaky Jason Vargas on the mound. The Mets are off to a 4-1 start because they have more depth this season and that depth came through again in a 6-5 win over the Triple-A Marlins Tuesday night at Marlins Park with Dom Smith getting his first start...

The Yankees currently carry the feel of a slapstick klutz. Every time they stumble, you wonder whether they’re going to fall off a cliff. And let’s face it: How often does the klutz stand tall at the end, as opposed to being the comic relief? Already this season has taken an unexpected twist, the banged-up...

WASHINGTON — The first boos, guttural and loud, greeted Bryce Harper during pregame introductions 15 minutes ahead of the rain-delayed first pitch Tuesday night, as he stood in the Nationals Park visitor’s dugout wearing his Philadelphia Phillies uniform — and hours before he marked his second-deck homer with an epic bat flip. The jeers kept...

Lenny Dykstra is not the only ex-teammate former Met Ron Darling brushed back in his latest memoir. In “108 Stitches,” which the Mets author-announcer co-wrote with Daniel Paisner, Darling sets out to unspool the funny and unlikely yarns that crisscross the MLB generations, like the 108 threads of a baseball. While the book, which was...

Luke Voit has the build of a professional wrestler, and after Tuesday’s 3-1 loss to the Tigers he sounded like he was ready to enter the ring. Voit was “pissed off” after getting hit by a pitch from Joe Jimenez in the eighth inning then getting shown up by Jimenez on an unassisted double play...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook became just the second player in NBA history to have 20 points, 20 rebounds and 20 assists in a game as the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 119-103 Tuesday night. Westbrook clinched the mark with a rebound in the final minute, drawing a large ovation from the...

The numbers came back Monday night — 24 points, six assists, four rebounds — but Nets coach Kenny Atkinson saw more than just that from Caris LeVert. “From an athletic standpoint, No. 1, and then the confidence,” Atkinson said Tuesday. “Those two things going hand in hand, it was by far his best game. I...

MIAMI — Jason Vargas danced through trouble Tuesday night, using spacious Marlins Park and the anemic lineup he faced to his advantage. Gifted five runs in the first inning, the veteran left-hander essentially put the ball over the plate and dared the Marlins to beat him. That led to plenty of hard-hit balls and traffic...