• ESPN

    Bobby Portis, Khris Middleton help Bucks stave off elimination

    The Bucks beat the Pacers on Tuesday night without their top two scorers, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard, and made history in the process.

  • Alec Marsh exits with injury after getting hit vs. Blue Jays

    KANSAS CITY -- Royals starter Alec Marsh has a nasty bruise and the seams of a baseball imprinted on his right forearm, but X-rays showed no fractures after Marsh was hit by a 91.2 mph comebacker in the top of the fifth inning Wednesday night. “We feel like we got

  • Khris Middleton joins Giannis Antetokounmpo on Bucks' injury list before Game 3

    The All-Star forward injured his right ankle during Milwaukee's Game 2 loss

  • Giannis Antetokounmpo “Doubtful”, Khris Middleton “Questionable” For Game Three of Bucks-Pacers

    Coming on a little over 24 hours before an oddly-specific 4:30 (Central) tip-off time in game three of the Milwaukee Bucks-Indiana Pacers series, much understandably hinges on the health status of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton. The league’s first batch of injury reports that included Friday’s games are out, and the news isn’t exactly positive: Some more details (via Eric Nehm) on how the status of each and how they did in practice today: As far as Giannis is concerned, the report...

  • Shōgun: What the Hit Series Gets Wrong About Japan

    Is Shōgun a Japanese show or an American one? It was produced by an

  • GDT: Rays get an extra-base hit challenge

    GDT: Rays get an extra-base hit challenge. (Impossible). By Brett Phillips

  • Come get your schadenfreude, the Dwayne Johnson hit piece is here

    Following Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s failed attempt to take over the DC Cinematic Universe with his character, Black Adam, at the center (an awe-inspiring act of hubris, even for him), there was clearly blood in the water. Yes, the hierarchy of power in Hollywood has indeed changed, and The Rock is no longer the untouchable juggernaut he appeared to be in the mid-to-late 2010s. While Johnson crawled back to WWE and The Fast And The Furious franchise with his tail between his legs, at least one...

    • Quartz

    McDonald's is still getting hit by Middle East boycotts

    A Big Mac and fries doesn’t appear to be capturing the attention of consumers for now. McDonald’s stock fell about 3.3% in pre-market trading Tuesday after the fast food giant reported its first quarter earnings. McDonald’s posted lower-than-expected sales for the period. That slowdown was in part due to consumers in the U.S. tightening their wallets —and others staging boycotts related to the Israel-Hamas war. Buyers holding tight “As consumers are more discriminating with every dollar that...

  • North Vermilion's Charpentier gets game-winning hit

    LEROY – The North Vermilion Lady Patriots advanced to the semifinals of the Division II Non-Select playoffs with a thrilling 1-0 victory over the Iowa Lady Yellow Jackets. The Lady Pats won the game in walk-off fashion, scoring the game’s only run in the bottom of the seventh. With one out in the inning, Reese Charpentier stepped to the plate with the bases loaded. She sent a 2-1 pitch to the wall in left centerfield that scored Amelia Dupre, advancing the Lady Pats to the semifinals to face the...

  • Longtime announcer Rod Black gets to call son's hit

    Rod Black is a long-time sports commentator in Canada and former play-by-play man for the Toronto Blue Jays. On Tuesday, he got to do some play-by-play again, albeit in a more unofficial — and exciting — manner than what he’s used to. Black’s son, Tyler Black, made his MLB debut for the Milwaukee Brewers on

  • Johnny Knoxville on Dick Pics, Divorce, and Getting Hit in the Balls

    In this week's Rorschach Test, we asked the "Jackass" stuntman and prankster to sound off on the topics heavy on our minds: world peace, MILFs, and concussions.

  • Giants hit back-to-back homers to get past Pirates

    Thairo Estrada and Mike Yastrzemski hit back-to-back home runs in the third inning, and rookie right-hander Keaton Winn had another strong start to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.