Mookie Betts Calls New Red Sox Pitcher Chris Sale ‘One Of The Best’

Share this: Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts had a phenomenal 2016 season batting .318 with 31 home runs and 113 RBI. The electric right fielder was one of the keys to the Red Sox success in 2016 and is excited that he won’t have to face newly acquired left-hander Chris Sale anymore. “Facing him you know what he brings,” Betts told NESN’s Tom Caron on Saturday at Red Sox’s “Baseball Winter Weekend” at Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. “You know when he’s on your team, you are happy you don’t have to face him. You know what he’s going to bring to the table and obviously, he’s one of the best of the best. For him to be a part of

49ers Vs. Falcons Live Stream: Watch NFL Week 15 Online

Share this: The San Francisco 49ers will be looking to pick up their first win since Week 1, but they’ll face a formidable division leader at the Georgia Dome. The 8-5 Atlanta Falcons come into their Week 15 matchup with the league’s top-ranked offense, averaging 32.9 points per game. They’ll face a 49er team that was unable to hold a 14 point lead last week against the Jets and has lost 12 straight. Here’s how to watch 49ers vs. Falcons online. When: Sunday, Dec. 18, at 4:05 p.m. ET Live Stream: DirectTV or Game Pass Click for NESN.com’s picks for every Week 15 game >> Thumbnail photo via Brett Davis/USA TODAY Sports Images More Stories Source link

Draymond Green Reverts To His Old Ways, Kicks James Harden In The Face

Share this: Draymond Green is at it again. In double overtime of Thursday night’s matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets, Green went up for a layup, and on his way down his foot just so happened to find James Harden’s face. Green was penalized with a flagrant one foul, and to add insult to injury, the Warriors lost 132-127. Dirty plays aren’t exactly new for Green. Fans remember his now-infamous kick to Steven Adams’ groin in the 2016 playoffs, as well as his shoving match with LeBron James, which earned him a suspension for Game 5 of last season’s NBA Finals. In fact, Green’s kick of Harden may have been his way of making up for a missed opportunity. In Game 4 of the Warriors’ first-round matchup

Matt Calvert Gets 36 Stitches, Later Scores Game-Winner For Blue Jackets

Share this: Hockey players often are labeled as the toughest athletes in sports, and Columbus Blue Jackets forward Matt Calvert did his best to prove that to be true in Friday’s game against the New York Rangers. It started with a blocked shot in the second period that swept him off his feet. The puck hit Calvert in the face, opening his face like a faucet and leaving a pool of blood on the ice. The wound required 36 stitches. [embedded content] He returned to the game (because he’s a hockey player) and remarkably scored scored the eventual game-winning goal for the Blue Jackets in the third period. [embedded content] Calvert’s toughness is one of the hallmarks of this Columbus squad. Unfortunately for the Blue Jackets, that’s

USOC boss says Lochte, fellow swimmers will face discipline

U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun says further action is coming in the matter of 12-time swimming medalist Ryan Lochte and his three U.S. teammates whose story of a robbery overshadowed the Rio de Janeiro Games. Blackmun offered no details on what disciplinary action may be coming, but he made no effort to hide his frustration with the matter. “They let down our athletes,” Blackmun said. “They let down Americans.” Lochte said he over-exaggerated what happened at a Rio de Janeiro gas station and acknowledged it was his “immature behavior” that got him and three teammates into a mess that consumed the final days of the Olympics.RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 10: Ryan Lochte of the United States competes in the

Neymar’s Brazil to face Germany in Olympic final

Neymar’s Brazil to face Germany in Olympic final

Nigeria 0-2 GermanySao PauloHorst Hrubesch's Germany side ensured European representation in the gold-medal match with a goal in either half of Wednesday's second semi-final. Leipzig defender Lukas Klostermann made it advantage Germany by converting Max Meyer's ninth-minute cross at the end of a sweeping move. Substitute Nils Petersen later removed any doubt about the outcome at the Arena Corinthians, angling home the 89th-minute clincher following Davie Selke's cross-shot. It put the seal on a clinical German performance.Brazil 6-0 HondurasRio de JaneiroTwo Neymar goals bookended an emphatic Brazilian success. The forward g... UEFA.com - News

Aqib Talib: Tom Brady Is Toughest Quarterback To Face In Playoffs

Aqib Talib hasn’t lost any respect for his former quarterback since joining the Denver Broncos. The former Patriots cornerback helped his team earn a 23-16 win Sunday over the Pittsburgh Steelers in their AFC Divisional Playoff, giving the Broncos a chance to host New England in Denver for the AFC Championship Game. And Talib knows his next task won’t be easy. Because even though the Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, Talib told NFL Network’s James Palmer that Tom Brady is better. Much better. Roethlisberger didn’t throw into the end zone Sunday, but he did manage to amass 339 yards on 24-of-37 pa...