MB SPORTS DAILY March 8th, 2019 Welcome back, have a great Friday! On This Day In Sports 1900 NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville & Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee) 1930 Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with NY Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts “No one will […]
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MICHAEL BARI SHOW DAILY: HARDEN, NFL COMBINE AND MUCH MORE
MB SHOW DAILY March 3rd, 2019 Have a Great Sunday! Harden’s Scoring Streak Photo: Sporting News James Harden is on the verge of doing something amazing! The step back three shooting scoring machine will face the same pressures of a major league baseball player trying to catch Joe DiMaggio’s consecutive hit streak or maybe a […]
HARPER SIGNS, TROUT WAITS, MLB SPRING TRAINING NEWS
Photo: (by Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Images) The water torture for Philadephia Phillies fans is finally over Rick Soisson | Call to the Pen Phillies Mail Bag: So How About Craig Kimbrel Tim Kelly | Phillies Nation Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said the team found out about Bryce Harper from fans who […]
MLB NEWS & NOTES
Photo: Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black waits to be introduced during pregame at Wrigley Field before playing the Chicago Cubs in the NL West Wild Card playoff game Oct. 2, 2018. Manager Bud Black signs 3-year contract By PATRICK SAUNDERS Denver Post Adorable: Rob Manfred thinks the Braves are taking out the Tomahawk Chop By […]
BRYCE HARPER AND DODGERS TALKS HEATING UP
Photo Getty Images The Bryce Harper sweepstakes is heating up even more. The Dodgers have re-entered the race to sign the free-agent outfielder, ESPN reported, citing multiple league sources. However, the Dodgers are offering only a short-term deal, per MLB.com, which is not what Harper reportedly wants. He’s still pushing for a long-term contract akin to what […]
NEWS & NOTES FROM THE MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Now that Manny Machado’s 10-year, $300MM deal with the Padres has been announced, Bryce Harper and agent Scott Boras have a definitive bar to attempt to clear as they seek a record-setting contract of their own. Yesterday’s slate of rumors on Harper had a series of updates on how the Phillies, Nats, White Sox and Giants view […]
HARPER, MACHADO, BOCHY DOMINATE MLB NEWS
Bryce Harper is likely getting closer to a free agency decision now that fellow superstar Manny Machado has signed a deal with the San Diego Padres, and it sounds like he wants much more than the $300 million Machado took. Jon Heyman of Fancred reports that Harper has turned down “multiple offers” over the past […]
MANNY MACHADO SIGNS 300 MILLION DOLLAR DEAL, BRYCE HARPER IS NEXT
Photo: Sporting News That’s according to former MLB general manager Jim Bowden, who joined CBS Sports HQ on Tuesday to report on the fallout of Machado’s reported $300 million deal with the San Diego Padres. Following up on previous indications that Bryce Harper, the former Washington Nationals star, might be nearing his own contract with the NL East rival Philadelphia Phillies, Bowden said that […]
NBA WEEKEND DOESN’T DISAPPOINT, SPRING TRAINING, NHL NEWS
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Photo: Getty Image As usual, the NBA trade deadline provided all kinds of entertainment for both casual and die-hard fans of the league. There was plenty of actual player movement in addition to the (still ongoing) Anthony Davis saga and teams like the Philadelphia 76ers, Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks strengthened their rosters with […]
PICKING EACH MLB TEAM’S MOUNT RUSHMORE, NBA, NHL, NFL NEWS
Photo: GETTY IMAGE NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE Zion Williamson is the biggest name in college basketball and LeBron James is the biggest name in the NBA. When the two stars are associated in any way, news is sure to follow and that is what transpired on Saturday when James made a quick trip to Charlottesville, Virginia to see Williamson […]