Новости за 08.06.2019

If you’re poised to tune into the U.S. Open this week expecting Tiger Woods to repeat his record-shattering performance of 19 years ago at Pebble Beach, you’re likely to be disappointed. That isn’t going to happen again, and probably never will. But if you don’t think Woods has a great chance to capture his fourth...

As the seat beneath Mike Maccagnan suddenly heated up around the NFL draft, Joe Douglas purportedly began reaching out to prospective employees in case he ended up filling the Jets’ GM job. Turns out Todd McShay may have been contacted. The popular ESPN football analyst cryptically declared that “Joe is considering multiple options,” for a...

There’s been a lot of recent talk in both baseball and sports betting about “analytics.” Unfortunately, it’s a buzzword that doesn’t capture reality. People who are loudly against analytics would be much less vocal if the essence of the word were better expressed. People who endorse it would be less smug if they admitted there...

In 2006, Kyle Boddy was a 27-year-old college dropout who had just left a server job at the Olive Garden for one in tech. He coached Little League baseball in his spare time, using a cautious approach based on drawing walks and increasing on-base percentage that earned him the derision of rival coaches. Boddy, who...

We’re down to the final leg of horse racing’s biggest trio of runs. The 151st Belmont Stakes will take place on Saturday in Belmont Park, New York. The top two competitive horses are expected to leave the gate side-by-side. Betting favorite Tacitus drew the outside post, while Preakness Stakes winner War of Will will start...

No one, aside from Bill Belichick, has more power than Jon Gruden. And so Gruden handpicked Mike Mayock as his general manager in Oakland. It is a true partnership only because Gruden has implicit trust in Mayock as a football man and elite talent evaluator. Because of the Jets ownership’s recent buttfumbling, Adam Gase was...

The Mets started a critical stretch of games Friday night the same way their benches-clearing clash against the Rockies ended: with a dud. There was a lot of talking and not much action, the same as provided by the Mets’ bats in a 5-1 loss to the Rockies at Citi Field. Jacob deGrom tossed six...

At the University of Richmond Pro Day in 1999, Joe Douglas handed out a résumé to the teams there. Knowing he was not going to make it as a player, the offensive lineman tried to get an entry-level job with an NFL team. One of the teams he spoke to was the Jets, but they...