SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League honored Ben Adams, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of the Cleveland Monsters, and Ariel Padilla, director of ticket sales and marketing for the Ontario Reign, with league awards at the 2025 AHL Team Business Meetings in Indianapolis today. Adams has been named the winner of the … Read more
From Yusuf Pathan’s barnstorming cameo in the very first Indian Premier League final to Krunal Pandya’s ice-cool spell that sealed Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s long-awaited crown in 2025, the Player of the Match (POTM) award has become a time-capsule of the league’s biggest nights. Every season’s finale has produced its own solitary hero, a cricketer who … Read more
For most of the year I’ve harped on the Royals’ inability to hit for any kind of power. In case you’ve missed it, they’re actually doing quite well in terms of batting average. They could do better in OBP, but the real problem is that almost all of their hits are singles. Today both teams … Read more
We updated this list from the THW Archives of the oldest and youngest winners in NHL history, originally published Jan. 19, 2015. And, before you say anything, I didn’t do the math to figure out who was older or younger by months if there was a tie, except for the Calder Trophy’s youngest winner. (All … Read more
File this one under, “The other guys get paid, too.” Omar Narváez and Rafael Devers were the big heroes in this one for the Red Sox. Devers, obviously, is expected to play hero most nights. Narváez is somewhat new to the role, but, as the first sentence says, the other guys get paid, too. Still, … Read more
The Royals have done it, they have secured their first winning road trip of the season, completing their fourth win out of a total of six planned contests, and fourth out of five completed contests. If you didn’t see the subhead above, the Royals have now shutout their opponents in half of their last eight … Read more
The Royals six game win streak came to an end on Sunday afternoon. Yordan Alvarez powered Houston to a 7-3 win, to avoid getting swept in Kansas City for the second consecutive season. The Royals also fall back under .500, now sitting at 14-15 heading into an off day tomorrow before playing the Rays Tuesday-Thursday. … Read more
MJ Melendez, as it turns out, was not the sole cause of the Royals’ early-season offensive ineptitude. First, let’s highlight a couple of good days we saw at the plate today. Remember, we’re judging on a bit of a curve. Winners Jonathan India had a three-hit game, including a lead-off double in the eighth inning. … Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today the individual team winners of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year awards, selected by their respective clubs for their outstanding contributions to the local community and charitable organizations during the 2024-25 season. From this list of finalists, representatives from IOA/American Specialty and the AHL will … Read more
*Using heights listed in the players’ bios at pickleball.co Have you noticed a recent trend on the PPA Tour, where you have to look up to see the Men’s Doubles champions hoisting the trophy? It’s been like that this year. In the 32 Men’s Doubles finals at PPA tournaments since the start of 2024, eleven have been won by teammates both over six feet … Read more