Rangers GM Chris Young defended his team’s postseason-clinching celebration and ripped an Astros reporter’s “pretty poor journalism” for comparing the in-state rivals’ celebrations.
Despite a no-hitter in August, the Phillies left off Michael Lorenzen, while the Rangers included former top pick Matt Bush in a surprise move as wild-card rosters were set Tuesday.
The AL Wild Card Series opener between the Rangers and Rays drew just 19,704 fans to Tropicana Field on Tuesday, the lowest for a postseason game since the 1919 World Series other than during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In letters to NBA commissioner Adam Silver and the head of the NBA players’ association, leaders of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China asked pointed questions about business ties that leverage forced labor in China.
James Harden is expected to arrive in Colorado for training camp as soon as Tuesday, but it’s not immediately clear how soon or whether he will participate in practices, sources told ESPN.