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Art Schallock, the oldest living former MLB player, celebrated his 100th birthday on April 25, 2024. Schallock, a left-handed player, pitched 58 games with the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles over his MLB career back in the 1950s, according to MLB.com. He spent five years with the league. “Those were some great times,” Schallock said of his years with …

DETROIT – It’s hard being an NFL player this time of year. No, really, at a time when the game is about last year’s memories and next year’s hopes, it’s hard to be an NFL veteran watching a front office working the NFL draft as if it was a game of roulette. Perhaps even Russian roulette. (L-R) JC Latham hugs …

Clyde “Peter” Hall, who played for the New York Giants in the early 1960s, was sentenced recently to five years in prison. Federal Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil sentenced Hall after he accepted a plea deal and admitted to an attempted sale of fentanyl-laced drugs in New York City. Prosecutors said Hall tried to sell the drugs to an informant working …

The biggest story coming out of the San Francisco 49ers’ camp during draft week is not about what they are going to do with the No. 31 overall pick, but rather what happens with star wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk. With Aiyuk set to play on his fifth-year option in 2024, the wideout wants a long-term extension from the 49ers, and …

Rome Odunze will likely be one of the first wide receivers taken off the board in the NFL Draft Thursday night after putting together a stellar collegiate career with the Washington Huskies. Odunze came on strong for Washington in his last two seasons. He caught 75 passes for 1,145 yards and seven touchdowns in 2022. He had 92 catches for …

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is expected to walk to the podium Thursday night to open the 2024 NFL Draft. NFL prospects will hear Goodell announce their names. The draftees will then put on their new team’s hat and walk across the stage for a photo opp with Goodell. But they might not get the commissioner’s signature hug. Goodell underwent surgery …

New England Patriots team owner Robert Kraft took aim at Columbia University professors in an op-ed published in the New York Post on Thursday morning. Kraft, who pulled support for his alma mater earlier in the week because of the antisemitic violence and protests on campus, wrote in the newspaper that the focus of the demonstrations should shed light on …

Caitlin Clark recently was the first pick of the WNBA Draft after a record-setting college basketball career, but she isn’t the only Hawkeye to go pro this month. Cornerback Cooper DeJean will more than likely hear his name called Thursday night and find a home in the NFL. Despite going pro in football, DeJean made a bold prediction about his …

The Atlanta Falcons shook things up. The Falcons, who signed Kirk Cousins to a four-year deal earlier this offseason, selected Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. in the draft’s first stunner Thursday night. Cousins is 35 years old and coming off an Achilles tear, so maybe this is a security blanket. But Cousins did sign for $180 million with $100 million …

Former U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe and WNBA legend Sue Bird were among the current and former athletes who signed Athlete Ally’s letter to the NCAA urging the organization to forgo enacting a policy that would bar trans athletes from competing in women’s sports. The letter from the LGBTQ advocacy group came after more than a dozen House Republican …