by Zack Cox on Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 11:35AM 2,491 The 2016 San Diego Padres are not a very good baseball team. Just ask the man in charge. Padres executive chairman Ron Fowler eviscerated his team Wednesday in a local radio interview, calling the Padres a bunch of “miserable failures” after they lost 16-4 to the Seattle Mariners to wrap up a 1-7 road trip. “It’s been embarrassing. I don’t know how else to put it,” Fowler told Mighty 1090 AM, as transcribed by FOX Sports’ Ken...
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Ibrahimović calls on Paris to take ‘the next step’
It was another UEFA Champions League victory over Chelsea but this time it felt more significant than the one 12 months ago, an irresistible sign that this Paris Saint-Germain side could indeed answer the post-match call from Zlatan Ibrahimović and take the next step to greatness.Ibrahimović's challenge to his team-mates after his show-stopping performance on another thrilling west London occasion was to use their 4-2 aggregate win to take them to the next level. "Today we did well, but let's see what happens in the quarter-finals," he said after the Ligue 1 club's 2-1 second-leg triumph. "If we do well there, then it looks good."The Sweden captain believes Laurent Blanc's...
New Miss America Calls Tom Brady A Cheater, Defies All Logic (Videos)
Betty Cantrell is the newest Miss America, but don’t expect New England Patriots fans to stand and applaud her victory. Because, you see, Cantrell believes Tom Brady did deflate those footballs after all. Here’s a sentence we never thought we’d type: Country singer Brett Eldredge asked Cantrell, who’s Miss Georgia, on Sunday if she believed Brady cheated in the Deflategate scandal, even though the QB’s suspension was nullified last week. Cantrell’s response must have left Roger Goodell, Ted Wells and Jeff Pash proudly beaming in their palatial New York estates. Minutes later, in a moment that Brady pal and Miss America rival Donald Trump wo...
Pele calls for end to protests in Brazil
Brazil legend Pele has urged protesters in his homeland to leave the streets and focus on football. GettyImagesBrazilian protesters demonstrate outside the Arena Castelao in Fortaleza • Duarte: Issues unmasked Demonstrations continued across Brazil on Thursday with protesters notably blocking the main access road to the Arena Castelao, in Fortaleza. The protest was the latest of a wave in recent days that has marred the ongoing Confederations Cup, and has been organised by groups demanding better public services and complaining about the local government. "Let's forget all this commotion happening in Brazil, all these protests, and let's remember how the Brazilian squad is our country and our blood," Pele told O Globo. The former Santos player's appeal, however, was soon derided on social media, with many claiming
Former Sabre Rob Ray Calls Buffalo’s Lack of Response to Milan Lucic’s Hit on Ryan Miller ‘Very Disappointing’
Rob Ray spent more than 13 seasons with the Buffalo Sabres and knows a thing or two about sticking up for a teammate. So when the Sabres did nothing following Milan Lucic's hit on Ryan Miller, he was very disappointed. Ray, who played with Buffalo from 1989-2003, said the Sabres had the players on the ice who would do something, so it was a bit surprising to see Lucic get let off the hook. And while he would have liked to have seen the Sabres take more initiative, he doesn't expect too much to happen in the way of fights when the teams hook up in Buffalo on Wednesday night. To hear what else the former Sabre had to say, check out