The fire sale has begun on the south side as the Sox Sunday morning have dealt left handed reliever Zach Duke to the St. Louis Cardinals for OF Charlie Tilson. This was about as clean a fit as a GM can find these days, dealing from surplus to fill a crying need.
Yankees acquired OF Clint Frazier, LHP Justus Sheffield and RHPs Ben Heller and J.P. Feyereisen from the Indians in exchange for LHP Andrew Miller. The chances that Miller would be traded went up after the Yankees traded closer Aroldis Chapman to the Cubs last week.
Meanwhile, the IOC has said a three-member IOC panel will have the final say on which Russian athletes can compete at the Rio Games, reviewing all decisions taken by the global federations.
With rebel-held areas running out of food and medicine after the only supply route into the city was cut by the army after months of heavy Russian and Syrian aerial bombing, many vulnerable civilians are desperate to leave, while being suspicious of the plan.
United States and European Union sanctions on Russia following Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, the present war of words on NATO’s expansion eastwards with the current controversy on the banning of Russian athletes from the Rio Olympics resonates with events in the...
Francis, at another massive gathering in the same field Saturday, urged young people not to become “couch potatoes”, saying they should try to ignore computer screens and video games in favor of activism and political interaction.
The rapid pace of arrests since the coup attempt has anxious many of Turkey’s Western allies, who say they see the country going down an increasingly authoritarian road.
Mr McDonnell, who is running Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign to retain Labour’s top job, accused Mr Smith of “flip-flopping” in the wake of reports some MPs meant to trigger a “semi-split” in the party. It followed a similar one in York last night and...
Manchester United are going to unveil their big fish after manager Jose Mourinho broke the bank for a world record 100 million Pounds transfer deal with Italian champions Juventus. Not only that, but the deal also includes that ‘The Old Lady ‘will receive a bonus...