Lotte Giants pitcher Dan Straily can't think of anything comparable from his eight years in the major leagues to the past couple of months playing in front of no fans. The worst days for attendance in both Baltimore and Miami, where Straily most recently called home while playing stateside, had far more energy than today's empty ballparks of the Korea Baseball Organization. … [Read more...]

They might just end up being the three words that turned the tide for Major League Baseball -- or at least for the players who seemingly moved ahead of the league in the public relations game between the two sides earlier this week. It has already become a T-shirt, and with the sides now talking again, the simple hashtag #WhenandWhere could go down as the game-changer. The … [Read more...]

UFC president Dana White began touting a welterweight title bout between champion Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal as far back as January, when a heated exchange between the fighters during Super Bowl week lit a marketing fuse that was expected to detonate a blockbuster main event on July 11. But a lot has happened since the heat for that fight started to build, including the … [Read more...]

Who will be the most important and exciting players to watch when the NBA returns next month? The league is set to restart action on July 30 in Florida with eight seeding games for each of 22 teams before a potential play-in series and then the standard playoffs. LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard will look to repeat historic playoff performances, while Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jimmy … [Read more...]

Even when everything looks and feels different, some things never change. One hundred days after the Premier League was forced to shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, English football returned with an easy Manchester City win against Arsenal and another showcase of David Luiz's ability to mess things up. Nobody was there to see it, though. Just like in Germany, Italy … [Read more...]