⚾ If you're an elite Cuban baseball player who wants to defect, there's one person you want in your corner: The Extractor.
@GregBishopSI tells the story of Billy Henderson on the 📚@SInow Sports Illustrated Weekly #podcast: https://t.co/rS8y2rv2gU
I had a productive meeting with FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Wednesday.
I’m looking forward to bringing the magic of the 2026 World Cup to every New Yorker.
FIFA Fan Fest for NYC/New Jersey (in Liberty State Park) cancelled, a year after being announced and with tickets on sale. Sharp policy shift and reassessment of budget priorities following a change of NJ governor. Many host cities scaling back fan fests.
https://t.co/6FpKrPy6na
It’s actually a great to build hype for the year that the US hosts the World Cup to have the signature athletic event be a low-scoring defensive game in which points are only scored by kicking.
Will Lewis was too busy to join the call to tell his staff he’s destroying the @washingtonpost sports department yesterday … but he did have time to walk the red carpet at NFL Honors here in San Francisco today. Amazing.
Pickleball has exploded in popularity — but one California town says enough is enough. After years of resident complaints over the noise, officials voted to ban the sport at public facilities.
https://t.co/DiJFen58md
There will never be another @RayHudson. I so revere his verbal dexterity that I once booked him on the @scrippsnews National Spelling Bee podcast:
🐝https://t.co/g61i1E0yJd
Ray talks about his father and a teacher Ms Sally who gifted him a lifelong love of words. Thank you sir!
Cape Cod has long been a summer destination for college baseball players hoping to make it to the MLB. But the Cape Cod Baseball League has also become one of the country’s premier internships for aspiring broadcasters. My latest for @BostonGlobe https://t.co/c9bphhZwQw
Heading into this holiday weekend, and the unofficial start of summer: a story about a HS baseball team and a slur that tore a community apart.
@hbryant42 spent a year chronicling how a Florida community is holding up after a squad walkout. #ESPNDaily https://t.co/sss7FTYPvB
I had the opportunity to step away from my usual duties to write a feature about basketball in Japan, in reality two stories in one. It's the tale of the Japan league's improbably ambitious plans under @SHIMADASHINJI and a 20-year pro named @JGibbs3434
https://t.co/f2st6rgjzA