CLEVELAND — Sam McDowell, a six-time All Star who led the American League in strikeouts four times before becoming a counselor for athletes suffering from addiction issues and depression, died Monday at his home in The Villages, Florida. He was 84. “Sam spent eleven of his fifteen seasons ...
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Michigan State guard Jeremy Fears has been named the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year. The fourth-year player was selected on Monday by the conference’s coaches and a media panel, coming off a season that earned him second-team All-America and All-Big Ten recognition. ...
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro offensive lineman Lane Johnson has announced his retirement from the NFL after 14 seasons. “I have given it my all for 14 years,” Johnson said Tuesday in a statement, “season after season pushing my body to the max and tirelessly working my ...
CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox last clinched a postseason series at home when Jiggs Donahue and George Davis helped the South Siders beat the Chicago Cubs in Game 6 of the 1906 World Series. That's how long it's been. And the Cleveland Guardians have absolutely no interest in being on the ...
Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman certainly is no P.J. Fleck. One week after the Minnesota coach smeared the blood from linebacker Maverick Baranowski’s mouth on his face in a postgame celebration, Freeman had an entirely different reaction when Fighting Irish offensive lineman Anthonie Knapp ...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers placed second-year defensive tackle Derrick Harmon on injured reserve Monday. The club made the move four days after Harmon injured his foot in the first half of a 27-24 loss to Cleveland. Harmon will miss a minimum of four weeks, a significant blow to a ...
