Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. But two-time Daytona 500 winner and NASCAR team owner will be a member of the “Dancing With The Stars” cast when the season kicks off Sept. 15, ABC announced on Thursday. Waltrip will be paired with professional dancer Emma Slater. MORE: Tony Stewart return | More Richmond controversy? | Chase hopefuls | Power Rankings
However, she gave another denial in a magazine interview with Amtrak’s magazine, The National. The interview was conducted by 12-year-old journalist Hilde Lysiak to promote her “Better Make Room” campaign aimed at engaging college students. Obama described how her upbringing in Chicago and her education had shaped her. When asked if there was “even a one percent chance” that she would consider running for president, Obama was strident. “Just between us, and the readers of this magazine—there’s zero chance,” she said....
Colon was struck as he reached for the comebacker off the bat of Royals leadoff batter Whit Merrifield. Second baseman Neil Walker was able to field the deflection and record an out. MORE: Worst fielders at every position There was immediate concern surrounding Colon, who was taken to the clubhouse for an examination. The Mets later said X-rays on Colon’s thumb were negative and that he suffered a contusion....
Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada was the latest casualty Saturday in the seventh inning of Game 2 of the NL Division Series between the Mets and Dodgers, when he suffered a broken leg on a takeout slide by the Dodgers’ Chase Utley. MORE: Best photos from NL Division Series games Utley tumbled into second base as Tejada attempted to turn an inning-ending double play. Tejada attempted to get up, but was ultimately carted off the field favoring his right leg....
Van Wagenen appeared to question Manfred’s leadership ability Thursday, while also ridiculing an idea that the Mets and Marlins stage a one-hour protest Thursday rather than boycott their game entirely. He even took a second to push back slightly against team COO Jeff Wilpon. He did all this while divulging classified info, to boot. Bad info, he now says. MORE: Mets’ Smith tearfully expresses hurt over injustices About two hours after video of Van Wagenen’s pregame comments to people off camera made it to the internet Thursday afternoon, the GM said he had gotten it all wrong: Manfred was not the bad guy, and the delay idea was just Manfred and Wilpon discussing whether the teams should play at 8:10 p....
Relief pitcher Jerry Blevins and catcher Travis d’Arnaud were lost to injury, Blevins with a fractured left forearm and d’Arnaud with a broken right hand, according to the New York Daily News. Blevins exited the game in the seventh inning after being struck on the left forearm by a line drive off the bat of Dee Gordon. Acquired from the Nationals toward the end of spring training, Blevins has faced 15 batters this season, retiring them all....
There are no rules or regulations inside the locker room, just a code. But no matter how hard leagues and teams try to clean it up, it remains a "boys cub." Stu Woo, 27-year-old Chinese American reporter for the Wall Street Journal recently published an article about an encounter he had in the New York Mets locker room on Monday. While conversing with Jeff Cutler, a 30-year-old Japanese American who serves as the translator for pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dan Warthen, the Mets pitching coach, interrupted to apologize to Cutler for using a racially insensitive word towards the translator in a previous conversation....
Pittsburgh sent minor league right-hander Zack Thornton and a player to be named to New York for the 27-year-old Davis. The Mets announced the deal just minutes before a 6-0 loss to Atlanta. Davis was on the field during batting practice earlier in the day. MORE: Braves nearly no-hit Mets | Mr. Met’s issues The Pirates had searched all winter for a first baseman, without success in the trade and free-agent markets....
The Associated Press reported most of the cereal boxes the agents seized came from a warehouse north of Mexico City. The Mexican consumer protection agency told the news outlet Friday the boxes did not clearly provide nutritional information such as carbohydrate and calorie content. In the AP report, the agency also said there were no “proper warning signs” for levels of unhealthy ingredients it considered “excessive.” Kellogg’s cereals such as Rice Krispies and Frosted Flakes generally have high sugar content, which has prompted the Mexican government to try to discourage their consumption....
Taking one look back at last week’s club action before this month’s Selección Nacional de México friendlies, Goal correspondent Jon Arnold reviews those stories and a few others ahead of the upcoming El Tri matches against Belgium and Poland.
With El Tri already qualified for the 2018 World Cup and the match against last-place Trinidad and Tobago unlikely to draw enough fans to fill the stadum with a capacity near 90,000, the Oct. 6 contest instead will take place in San Luis’ Estadio Alfonso Lastras. The stadium, with a capacity listed at 25,111, was without a primary tenant for the 2016-17 season but is now home to Atletico San Luis, a second-division club part-owned by Atletico Madrid....
Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that Mexico will send in authorities at its border with Guatemala, in order to cut migration from the so-called “Northern Triangle” countries of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. At the forefront of the security drive will be the National Guard militarized police, which previously led efforts to bring down the number of illegal immigrants entering Mexico from Central America in 2019, the outlet reported Wednesday....
But a strong showing from Giovani dos Santos and a goal from Oribe Peralta lifted El Tri to a convincing 1-0 victory over Cameroon in the opener on Friday Seth Vertelney breaks down the highs and lows from the Group A match. The good Giovani dos Santos: The Villarreal attacker’s place in Miguel Herrera’s 5-3-2 had been questioned ahead of the World Cup, with some suggesting he may not receive much playing time in Brazil....
Mexico hit the back of the net first in the 21st minute and it looked like El Tri would perhaps cruise at home after getting the key breakthrough goal. But Canada didn’t bow down and mounted a furious reaction, showing personality, fearlessness and creating multiple chances until it found a sensational equalizer through Jonathan Osorio just before halftime. “It was a complicated game. They have very vertical players, very quick,” Mexico goal scorer Jorge Sanchez told TUDN after the match....
The two most successful franchises in IPL history, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, are reeling at the bottom of the IPL points table. While MI are yet to win a game in IPL 2022, CSK have fared slightly better with just one win in six games. Mumbai Indians will be desperate to get off the mark with a much-needed win today and will bank on the likes of Ishan Kishan and Jasprit Bumrah to shine....
Mumbai Indians will face in-form Gujarat Lions in the 9th match of the Indian Premier League at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai later today. Mumbai who lost their first match at the same venue then travelled to Kolkata and won the game quite easily. Chasing a touch target of 188, Mumbai Indians showed their batting class as Rohit Sharma and Jos Buttler played well. Their confidence would be high and playing at home has always been an advantage for Mumbai....
MI6, formally called the Secret Intelligence Service, Chief Richard Moore gave his first public speech since becoming head of the organization in October 2020 on Tuesday. He said that China, Russia, Iran and international terrorism were the “big four” threats facing U.K. spies, with China taking the No. 1 priority slot. The Associated Press reported that Moore called China “an authoritarian state with different values than ours,” saying Beijing conducts “large-scale espionage operations” against the U....
The school says he injured his anterior cruciate ligament during a scrimmage Friday night. There is no timetable for his return, but the typical recovery from ACL surgery is several months. Williams was Stephen Morris' backup last season. The only other quarterback on Miami's roster with any experience is Gray Crow. Freshman Kevin Olsen has been battling Williams throughout the spring for the No. 1 spot on the depth chart....
