Under normal conditions, the first weekend of the Major League Baseball season would have been played by now. And by the end of this week, the Minor League season would have gotten underway. However, neither will start on time, or in the worst-case scenario, never play at all. Baseball, like the rest of life as […]
The prior week in MLB was about a starting pitcher undergoing elbow surgery, the league and players’ association reached a relevant agreement, and a player displays generosity. New York Mets Starting Pitcher Noah Syndergaard Undergoes Tommy John Surgery The New York Mets will be without a critical member of their starting rotation if baseball is […]
American swimming star Ryan Lochte has offered up an outside-the-box idea today that would make it possible for this summer’s Olympic swimming events in Tokyo to start as planned in July. The controversial swimmer’s idea hit the airwaves only hours after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced it has postponed the Tokyo Games indefinitely because […]
By Dan Rubin, BCEagles.com contributor On weekends, Alec Lindstrom is No. 72, the starting center on the Boston College football team. He’s the Eagles’ starting center, an anchor whose older brother, Chris, was the Atlanta Falcons’ first-round draft choice in 2019. He’s at the forefront of the team’s offense, a local piece of the school’s “O-Line […]
When 9/11 happened some 19 years ago, I wrote about how my family, including my kids, turned to sports as a way to cope. As a parent I found relief and pleasure watching my kids play football, basketball, baseball, and swimming. So we ask, can Americans cope in a world without sports? As a writer, […]
There are several great defensive prospects in this draft including Chase Young, Isaiah Simmons, Javon Kinlaw, and Derrick Brown. One prospect to pay attention to in the 2020 NFL Draft is Ohio State cornerback Jeffrey Okudah. As a 6′ 1″ 205 pound defensive back, Okudah can bring a lot of versatility to an NFL defense. […]
When the college basketball season returns in November and assuming traveling out of the country will not be a problem, the Boston College men’s basketball team will take part in a four-team event in the Bahamas. The event is called the Junkanoo Jam and it will take place on Friday, November 19 and run through […]