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Biblioracle: Reading can help you explore the world. John McPhee’s ‘Tabula Rasa’ is just such a book.
By: Tribune News Service
One of the things I love about reading a good work of nonfiction is that it’s like you’ve dispatched your own explorer into the world, tasked to return with the most interesting things they can find. Sometimes authors explore ideas, sometimes it might be the past (as in a work...
Column: Chicago Cubs’ blown game in Atlanta is a blast from the past — the 1998 Brant Brown ‘Oh no’ drop
By: Tribune News Service
Seiya Suzuki’s missed eighth–inning fly ball that sent the Chicago Cubs to a crushing 7-6 loss Tuesday will no doubt go down in infamy. The immediate reaction from Cubs fans watching at home was one of horror, as many flashed back to a similar play on Sept. 23, 1998, at...
Rockies’ 100th loss comes in blowout vs. Dodgers, naturally
By: Patrick Saunders
Thanks to veteran right-hander Chase Anderson and rookie left fielder Nolan Jones, the Rockies were able to stave off the inevitable. For a few hours, anyway. After defeating the Dodgers, 4-1, in the first game of Tuesday’s doubleheader at Coors Field, the Rockies were clobbered in Game 2, losing 11-2....
Chicago Cubs lose dramatic 7-6 game to the Atlanta Braves on Seiya Suzuki’s error
By: Tribune News Service
A routine fly ball turned into a nightmare for Seiya Suzuki and the Chicago Cubs at Truist Park — and with it a heartbreaking blow to their postseason hopes. The Cubs were an out away in the eighth inning from escaping with a one-run lead intact when left-hander Drew Smyly...
Rockies’ road to 100: The omens, injuries and ugly defeats that led to Colorado’s worst season in franchise history
By: Kyle Newman
The 2023 Colorado Rockies are officially infamous. The Rockies lost 100 games for the first time in franchise history, a dubious feat sealed by a 11-2 defeat to the Dodgers in the nightcap of a doubleheader Tuesday at Coors Field. The milestone loss was the exclamation point on Colorado’s season-long...
Orioles, playing with ‘heavy heart,’ shut out Nationals, 1-0, behind Kyle Bradish’s gem, Gunnar Henderson’s homer
By: Tribune News Service
Kyle Bradish isn’t viewed as an American League Cy Young candidate, but he pitched like one Tuesday. Gunnar Henderson, meanwhile, is the AL Rookie of the Year front-runner, and he hit like it Tuesday. Bradish twirled eight shutout innings, Henderson hit a leadoff home run and the Orioles held on...
Brooks Robinson: Orioles players, manager Brandon Hyde, the baseball world and beyond remember ‘Mr. Oriole’
By: Tribune News Service
Legendary Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson died Tuesday at the age of 86. Robinson spent all of his 23 major league seasons with Baltimore, making 18 All-Star teams and winning 16 straight Gold Glove Awards from 1960 to 1975. He was a member of the Orioles’ World Series teams in...
Macario, Ueki and Tullis-Joyce among best summer signings in Women's Super League
By: Sophie Lawson
With the start of the 2023-24 Women's Super League around the corner, here are the biggest new signings to watch this season.
Keeler: Where’s Cormani McClain? Stuck in Deion Sanders’ doghouse. There’s only one way out. “It’s time to grow up.”
By: Sean Keeler
BOULDER — Deion Sanders dunked on Cormani McClain so hard, Samari Rolle flinched. In Florida. “I know what’s going on. And having been around Cormani, I think he’s got all types of God-given ability.” Rolle, the former NFL Pro Bowl cornerback and McClain mentor told me Tuesday, cutting straight to...
Dansby Swanson returns to Atlanta with the Chicago Cubs, plus a Jeimer Candelario injury update and Ian Happ’s walks
By: Tribune News Service
Dansby Swanson perched on the top step of the visitors dugout Tuesday night at Truist Park, a familiar yet inherently different perspective. Swanson, in his Cubbie blue jersey, took in the Atlanta Braves’ almost two-minute tribute video before the Cubs’ series opener in his homecoming. He tipped his hat to...
Column: Home cooking for Dansby Swanson and sleepless nights for David Ross as the Chicago Cubs enter the final week of the wild-card chase
By: Tribune News Service
David Ross participated in seven postseasons as a player with four different teams, and one season on “Dancing With the Stars.” But the pressure Ross faced before is nothing like what he’s going through now managing the Chicago Cubs in this crazy National League wild-card chase. The challenge of getting...
Orioles fans honor Brooks Robinson at Camden Yards: ‘He was Baltimore baseball’
By: Tribune News Service
Orioles fan J.T. Fauber stopped at the iconic statue of his all-time favorite player, Brooks Robinson, as he walked into Camden Yards on Tuesday. After smiling for a photo, another fan gingerly approached — his grim face and the tears in his eyes telegraphing his message: Robinson, a baseball legend...
Brooks Robinson, legendary Hall of Fame third baseman for the Orioles, dies at 86
By: Tribune News Service
Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson died Tuesday, his family said in a joint statement with the Orioles. He was 86. ”An integral part of our Orioles Family since 1955, he will continue to leave a lasting impact on our club, our community, and the sport of baseball,” the...
Rockies beat Dodgers 4-1 to open final homestand of 2023
By: Kyle Newman
One hundred losses will have to wait. The Rockies beat the Dodgers 4-1 to open the final homestand, using three runs in the opening frame plus a Nolan Jones homer to win just their second game against Los Angeles in 10 tries this season. On the mound, Colorado finally got...
After redshirt season, guard RJ Smith aims for court time with CU Buffs men’s basketball
By: Pat Rooney
BOULDER, CO – SEPTEMBER 25:The Buffaloes’ RJ Smith watches the play during practice at the CU Events Center in Boulder on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer) RJ Smith arrived at Colorado last year a little battered and facing a numbers crunch in the backcourt. One redshirt season later,...
Orioles postseason tickets are drying up. Here’s how you can get them on resale.
By: Tribune News Service
MLB’s tickets for postseason Orioles games are running out — the official retail site only had a handful of playoffs games still open Monday evening, four days after sales went live. You can still grab tickets from resellers, though they could be pricier. SeatGeek is the MLB’s “official ticket marketplace,”...
Orioles closer Félix Bautista throws live bullpen for 1st time since injuring elbow, but timeline still unknown
By: Tribune News Service
Félix Bautista took another step Tuesday toward returning from his elbow injury, but Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said the closer’s timeline is still murky. Bautista threw a live bullpen — pitching on the mound at Camden Yards and facing a hitter — for the first time since he partially tore...
5 candidates to be the new Chicago Sky coach — including a few ‘let’s try something different’ options
By: Tribune News Service
With the Chicago Sky eliminated from the WNBA playoffs, the team’s front office now faces the most important task of the year: filling the empty offices left by former coach and general manager James Wade, who unexpectedly departed the team midseason to take an assistant coaching job with the NBA’s...
