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Los Angeles Times
14-07-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Your guide to official venues for 2028 L.A. Olympics and Paralympics
Long Beach Beach volleyball | Blind football Route After Games organizers failed to strike a deal with Santa Monica to host beach volleyball at the city's iconic pier, the marquee sport landed at the center of Long Beach's Olympic sports zone. Long Beach is hosting 11 Olympic sports and eight Paralympic the Olympics, the temporary beach stadium will be used for blind football for the Paralympics. Schedule Beach volleyball: July 15-29 Route Details Long Beach Coastal rowing | Marathon Swimming | Sailing Route After hosting sailing in the 1984 Olympics, Belmont Shore will only have windsurfing and kite surfing sailing events in 2028 while the Port of L.A. will host dinghy, skiff and multihull competitions. The Long Beach waterfront will also be packed with open water swimming events and coastal rowing. Schedule Coastal rowing: July 24-25Open water swimming: July 17-18 Sailing: July 16-20 Route Details Exposition Park Flag football | Lacrosse Route Website Two of the new Olympic sports will share LAFC's and Angel City FC's home stadium. Lacrosse is back in the Olympics for the first time since 1908 in a fast-paced sixes format that is played on a smaller field with a shorter game time. Flag football, played with five players per side, will make its Olympic debut with an opportunity for active NFL players to participate. Schedule Flag Football: July 15-22 Lacrosse: July 24-29 Route Details Softball Route Website The Olympic softball competition will be played more than 1,300 miles away from L.A. in Oklahoma City. The complex that hosts the Women's College World Series includes four fields, highlighted by the main 13,000-seat stadium. Organizers explored options to build a temporary softball facility inside existing baseball venues, but cited athlete feedback and experience as reasons to move Olympic competition outside of California to an existing sport-specific facility. With competition taking place in the latter half of the Games, softball athletes can still participate in the opening ceremony in L.A. Schedule Softball: July 23-29 Route Details Carson Archery | Field hockey | Rugby sevens | Tennis | Track cycling | Wheelchair tennis Route Website Dignity Health Sports Park and South Bay Sports Park on the campus of Cal State Dominguez Hills will host multiple events during the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Carson will host five Olympic sports and three Paralympic disciplines at Dignity Health Sports Park, highlighted by archery and rugby in the main stadium used by L.A. Galaxy. Schedule Tennis (Dignity Health Tennis Center): July 19-28Field hockey (Dignity Health Fields): July 12-13, July 15-29Archery (Dignity Health Sports Park): July 21-28Rugby (Dignity Health Sports Park): July 12-13, July 15-18 Track cycling (Velodrome): July 25-30 Route Details Elysian Park Baseball Route Website Chavez Ravine will host the Olympics for a second time after baseball was included in the 1984 program as a demonstration sport. Baseball, along with softball, is back at the Games for just the second time since 2008. Schedule Baseball: July 15-20 Route Details University Park Badminton | Rhythmic gymnastics | Wheelchair rugby Route Website USC's indoor arena used for volleyball and basketball games opened in 2006 and has hosted concerts, award shows and video game competitions. Schedule Badminton: July 15-24 Rhythmic gymnastics: July 27-29 Route Details Anaheim Volleyball Route Website U.S. national indoor volleyball teams already train in Anaheim, only five minutes away from the Ducks' home arena that will host Olympic volleyball competitions in 2028. Schedule Volleyball: July 15-30 Route Details Inglewood Basketball Route Website Opened in 2024, the home of the Clippers is the newest Olympic venue. Its debut allowed organizers to move the Olympic basketball competition to Inglewood while moving artistic gymnastics out of the Forum and into Downtown Basketball: July 12-13, July 15-30 Route Details Exposition Park Diving Route Website The LA84 Foundation / John C. Argue Swim Stadium in Exposition Park will host diving during the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Originally constructed for the 1932 Olympic Games, the pool next to the Coliseum hosted swimming, diving, water polo and the modern pentathlon in 1932. It was not used for competition in the 1984 Games. Schedule Diving: July 16-22, July 25-28 Route Details Whittier Narrows Shooting (shotgun) Route Website LA Clays Shooting Sports Park in South El Monte will host shotgun shooting during the Los Angeles Olympic Games. The shooting range will host trap and skeet shooting disciplines in El Monte. While the venue near the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area is removed from the other shooting events in Long Beach, it still represents a geographical improvement from the 2024 Olympics, which held shooting three hours away from Paris in Châteauroux, France. Schedule Shooting (shotgun): July 17-18, July 21-22, July 24 Route Details Long Beach Handball | Sitting volleyball Route Website An aerial view of the Long Beach Convention Center and Long Beach Arena, which will host multiple events during the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. The arena adjacent to the Long Beach Convention Center hosted volleyball during the 1984 Olympics. After Olympic handball in 2028, sitting volleyball will be held in Long Beach Arena during the Paralympics. Schedule Handball: July 12-13, July 15-28 Route Details Long Beach Shooting (target) Route Website The Long Beach Convention Center hosted fencing in the 1984 Olympics and will be home to both Olympic and Paralympic shooting events in 2028. It will be the first time that shooting events will be within walking distance of other Olympic disciplines. Schedule Shooting (rifle and pistol): July 15-17, July 19-20, July 22-25 Route Details Artistic swimming | Sporting climbing | Paraclimbing | Swimming | Water polo Route Website A temporary open-air pool and climbing venue will be built in the parking lot of the Long Beach Convention Center. Sport climbing has expanded from just one medal opportunity per gender during its Olympic debut in Tokyo in 2021 to now three as each discipline — bouldering, lead and speed — offers individual medals. The pool will serve as the paraswimming venue while paraclimbing will make its Paralympic debut in Long Beach. Schedule Artistic swimming (Aquatics Center): July 25-29Water polo (Aquatics Center): July 12-13, July 15-23 Sport climbing (Climbing Theater): July 24-29 Route Details Long Beach Rowing | Canoe sprint | Paracanoe Route Website The first man-made rowing course in the United States was originally built for the 1932 Olympics. Lake Casitas hosted rowing and canoe events in 1984. Schedule Canoe sprint: July 25-29 Rowing: July 15-22 Route Details Downtown L.A. Boccia | Fencing | | Judo | Table tennis | Taekwondo | Wheelchair fencing | Wrestling Route Website The 867,000 square-foot convention center will be split into three competition halls to host five different Olympic sports. It will also be home to five sports for the Paralympics. The convention center was used as the main media center during the 1984 Olympics. Schedule Fencing (Hall 1): July 15-23Taekwondo (Hall 1): July 26-29Judo (Hall 2): July 15-22Wrestling (Hall 2): July 24-30 Table Tennis (Hall 3): July 15-29 Route Details Exposition Park Track and field | Opening and closing ceremonies Route Website An artist's rendering of the Coliseum, which will host track and field at the 2028 Paralympic Games. The iconic L.A. stadium will make history as the first venue to host events from three different Olympic Games. Built in 1923 to honor the U.S. veterans of World War I, the stadium has attracted nearly every major type of event in the world, including the 1932 and 1984 Olympics, Super Bowl I in 1967 and concerts by U2, The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen. Schedule Olympic opening ceremony: July 14, 5 and field: July 15-24Olympic closing ceremony: July 30, 6 p.m. Paralympic closing ceremony: Aug. 27 Route Details Downtown L.A. Boxing | Goalball | Weightlifting Route Website The theater at L.A. Live is most often used for entertainment award shows, including the Primetime Emmys. After boxing preliminaries and weightlifting in the Olympics, the Peacock Theater will be the home for goalball, a sport that requires excellent acoustics as visually impaired athletes roll a bell-filled ball into an opponent's goal. Schedule Boxing (preliminaries): July 15-23 Weightlifting: July 25-29 Route Details Sailing (dinghy, multihull, skiff) Route Website The coast off the Port of Los Angeles will play host multiple sailing events during the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The Port of L.A. was added as a co-host for the sailing competition in June 2025, splitting the sport disciplines with Long Beach's Belmont Shores. While Belmont Shores hosted sailing during the 1984 Games, Port of L.A. was the sport's first Southern California Olympic home in 1932 and has hosted several recent Sail Grand Prix events. Schedule Sailing: July 23-28 Route Details Canoe Slalom Route Website Oklahoma City is home to the official U.S. Olympic and Paralympic training center for rowing and canoe/kayak, which made it an ideal option for canoe slalom events that would have otherwise required expensive temporary builds in L.A. Schedule Canoe slalom: July 14-22 Route Details Golf Route Website Riviera Country Club hosted parts of the equestrian and modern pentathlon competitions in the 1932 Olympics, but golf was mired in a century-long Olympic drought. The sport returned to the program in 2016 and will feature a mixed team event in 2028 for the first time in Olympic history. Schedule Golf: July 19-24, July 26-29 Route Details Pasadena Soccer Route Website Knock-out stages of the Olympic soccer tournament will be at the Rose Bowl after preliminary rounds are played in stadiums across the country. The 2028 Olympics will feature an expanded 16-team women's soccer tournament compared to 12 teams on the men's side, a first for an Olympic Games, which traditionally featured 16 men's teams and 12 women's teams. The switch will make the 2028 Games the first female-majority Olympics. Schedule Soccer (final stages): July 24-25, July 27-29 Soccer (prelinary stages, multiple cities): July 12-13, July 15-16, July 18-19, July 21-22 Route Details Arcadia Equestrian Route Website The horse racing track hosted equestrian events in 1984 and will be home to equestrian and paraequestrian events in original Games plan called for building a temporary facility in the Sepulveda Basin, but plans shifted toward Temecula's Galway Downs, which had existing infrastructure and enough space to host dressage, eventing and jumping events in the same venue. Organizers then made a change in April 2025, citing, in part, Santa Anita's proximity to other venues. Schedule Equestrian: July 15-18, July 20-21, July 23-26, July 28-29 Route Details Sepulveda Basin Basketball (3x3) | BMX racing/freestyle | Modern Pentathlon | Skateboarding Route Website A look at the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area, which will host multiple events during the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. The San Fernando Valley will host Olympic competitions for the first time, using temporary venues for BMX, skateboarding, 3x3 basketball and modern pentathlon. The Sepulveda Basin was going to host equestrian, but organizers opted to move the competition to an existing facility to help keep costs down. Schedule BMX freestyle (Valley Complex 1): July 28-29Skateboarding street (Valley Complex 1): July 18-20Modern pentathlon (Valley Complex 2): July 15-18Skateboarding park (Valley Complex 2): July 25-273x3 basketball (Valley Complex 3): July 16-22 BMX racing (Valley Complex 4): July 15-16 Route Details Inglewood Swimming Route Website Inspired by the 2024 U.S. Olympic trials that placed a pool inside Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadium, the 2028 Olympics will boast the largest swimming venue in Olympic history. The stadium used by the Rams and the Chargers will also co-host the Olympic opening ceremony with the Coliseum in the Games' first dual-venue opening ceremony. Schedule Olympic opening ceremony: July 14, 5 July 22-30 Paralympics opening ceremony: Aug. 15 Route Details Pomona Cricket Route Website Pomona Fairplex will host the cricket competition during the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Out-of-state options, including some East Coast locations, were considered for cricket's first Olympic competition since 1900, but organizers will instead build a temporary sport-specific facility in Pomona. Cricket is one of five new sports on the Olympic program in 2028. Schedule Cricket: July 12-13, July 15-20, July 22-29 Route Details San Clemente Surfing Route Website The Trestles will play host to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic surfing competition. Lower Trestles is a world-renowned surfing destination for its consistent waves that should offer reliable competition for surfing's third Olympic competition. The state beach was even mentioned in The Beach Boys hit 'Surfin' USA.' Schedule Surfing: July 15-18 (July 19-23 contingency) Route Details Studio City Squash Route Website Universal Studios in Universal City will host the Olympic squash competition during the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Squash is one of two sports making its Olympic debut in 2028, along with flag football. There will be a temporary squash facility built on the Universal Studios lot. Schedule Squash: July 15-24 Route Details Venice Marathon | Road cycling | Triathlon Route The beachfront neighborhood will feature all three legs of the triathlon and use the point where Venice Boulevard meets the sand as the transition area and finish line. The starting points for the marathon and cycling road race will also be at the Venice Beach boardwalk with the course yet to be set. Schedule Triathlon: July 15-16, July 20Marathon: July 29-30 Cycling road race: July 22-23 Route Details
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Letters to Sports: What a week, from ICE at Dodger Stadium to Lakers sale
Federal agents stage outside Gate E of Dodger Stadium on Thursday. The Dodgers would not let them into the parking area. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) The current incarnation of Dodger ownership is not your grandfather's Dodgers. In lieu of private, family ownership, you have one behemoth corporation, the Guggenheim Group, predicated on maximizing profit potential, and not giving a twit regarding social or moral imperatives. Doing the "right thing" might threaten their bottom line. After all, in their way of thinking, the business of America is business." ICE thugs terrorizing part of their fan base's families is not on their radar. It's all about money. Bob Teigan Santa Susana Why would Dylan Hernández be surprised by the Dodgers' silence over the Trump Administration's efforts to terrorize the Hispanic residents of greater Los Angeles? Never forget that Dodger Stadium stands on land acquired through similar tactics directed toward the Hispanic residents of Chavez Ravine. Advertisement BW Radley Mission Viejo So let me get this right. Seven months ago the Los Angeles Times editorial section declined to endorse either one of the candidates running for president of the United States, but today, Dylan Hernández, a columnist (which means he gives his opinion about topics) slammed the Dodgers for not taking a political stance on the current events in Los Angeles. Mr. Hernández, the Dodgers are a pro sports franchise, not a political party. Maybe if you want to continue to write about politics you should transfer to the Op-Ed department and leave the sports section to sports Russell Morgan Carson Mr. Hernández's diatribe in The Times is yet another example of his inability to comprehend legal from illegal status. He would have the Dodgers condemn the removal of those illegally in our country. The Dodgers ownership made the correct decision to remain silent. Do not reward the law breaker who was aware of the possible consequences from the beginning. Advertisement Bill Tewksbury Marion, Mont. . Thank you, Kiké Hernández, for standing up for Angelenos while they are being targeted because of the color of their skin. There is no larger supporter of the Dodgers than the Mexican-American community. The Dodger ownership should show that support works both ways. Mike Gamboa Buena Park Win-win situation Watching the NBA Finals it was clear that the Lakers would have no chance against the new, younger, more athletic players. Seeing what they've done with the Dodgers, it would be entirely reasonable to believe that the new ownership will be bringing the entire Lakers organization into the 21st century. Advertisement The best part of the sale: Lakers valued at $10 billion. Celtics valued at $6 billion. Victory! Paul D. Ventura Mission Viejo The Lakers move now from a Mom and Pop operated organization to corporate, with TWG Global group. Bill Plaschke writes about how great this will be for the Lakers since they will now be managed and have the same resources as the Dodgers, who went this same route back in 2012. That's great to look forward to but the immediate need is, who will play the center position for the Lakers? Is there a player for sale in Japan, maybe? Wayne Muramatsu Cerritos Management decision? I will no longer question manager Dave Roberts' pitching decisions. There are more important issues to raise. When asked about the deportation and rounding up of profiled people in L.A., he said, 'Honestly, I don't know enough' and 'I haven't dug enough and can't speak intelligently on it.' Do you read your own newspaper? Have you looked into the crowd that pays your $10-million salary and seen who is most loyal? Don't you honor Jackie Robinson every year and talk to your players about his legacy and standing up for one's rights? Well apparently he's either the team's PR manager, tone deaf or has been ordered to act dumb by management. The world is more than balls and strikes. Advertisement David Bialis San Diego Clayton clarification So on June 8, we get two letters suggesting that Clayton Kershaw stop pitching because he is "hurting the team." Over his next two starts, he pitches 12 innings, giving up one run, while striking out 12, walking one, and earning two wins. Did Bill Plaschke ghost-write these letters with his usual accurate predictions/suggestions? If so, keep up the great work, Bill! Richard Brisacher Mar Vista Spaun-ing controversy What am I missing here? A relatively unknown golf pro, J.J. Spaun, who graduated from San Dimas High wins one of the most prestigious and exciting golf majors in years; and he gets five paragraphs (and not even a quote) plus a photo on page 2. You gave LPGA winner Carlota Ciganda more coverage (in the same combined story) after recording her first win in 15 years for winning something called the Meijer (NOT Major) LPGA Classic. May I suggest a special profile column on the local major winner when you are "Dodger'd" out and have a slow news day. Advertisement Richard Whorton Studio City It was bad enough that you barely mentioned Scottie Scheffler's dominating victory in the PGA Championship last month. But you lowered the bar even further in the U.S. Open. The first three days of the event rated only a short notebook, but J.J. Spaun's thrilling final round, topped by one of the greatest putts in golf history, should have been an above-the-fold front-page story. You blew it. And to top it off, your story referred to Spaun's having a resemblance to Franco Harris? Please. If Adam Scott had won, would he have resembled, say, Ryan Gosling? I don't think so. Steve Horn Glendale Right on target What a terrific story by Gary Klein on Rams receiver Puka Nacua, with a good history of Polynesian players in the NFL! Although I have been following the NFL for many years, the growth in the number of Polynesian players is something I sort of overlooked even though I remember many of these players going back to Charlie Ane, who I also recall played at USC in the 1950s. Advertisement Bill Francis Pasadena Not his day After watching Shohei Ohtani strike out four times Tuesday night, I found myself thinking, "It's a good thing this guy can pitch." John Amato Sherman Oaks The Los Angeles Times welcomes expressions of all views. Letters should be brief and become the property of The Times. They may be edited and republished in any format. Each must include a valid mailing address and telephone number. Pseudonyms will not be used. Email: sports@ Get the best, most interesting and strangest stories of the day from the L.A. sports scene and beyond from our newsletter The Sports Report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
New York Times
09-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
This Week in Mets: Which Mets deserve to be All-Stars?
'Sometimes Is a good answer to any existential question.' — 'American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin,' Terrance Hayes This was a good week for the New York Mets. New York clinched the season series over the Los Angeles Dodgers with a split in Chavez Ravine, and it took care of business over the weekend at Coors Field to complete a season sweep of the wretched Colorado Rockies. Oh, and elsewhere in the division? The Philadelphia Phillies put Bryce Harper on the injured list, were swept at the Pittsburgh Pirates and have lost nine of 10. The Atlanta Braves are 0-for-June so far. Advertisement Let's put it this way: The Mets won five games last week. The other four teams in the NL East combined to win … four. So now's as good a time as ever to think about awards for this Mets team — specifically, how many players might be making an extra trip to Atlanta next month for the All-Star Game. Voting for the starters commenced last week, and the rosters will officially be announced in July. Which Mets, right now, deserve a spot, and which might make the conversation? Alonso hasn't always had the easiest path to an All-Star berth at a position of depth in the National League. He's competed with the likes of Freddie Freeman, Paul Goldschmidt, Matt Olson and Harper. That shouldn't be a problem for Alonso this year. He should be a shoo-in to be on the team, and the only question is whether his fifth trip to the All-Star Game is his first start. He's tied with Freeman in wins above replacement (according to FanGraphs) to lead all first basemen, and his 17 homers and 61 RBIs are well ahead of Freeman's. Yep, it's going to happen: Francisco Lindor is going to make his first All-Star team as a Met. Lindor's five consecutive summers without an All-Star appearance will go down as a historical anomaly — a product of one canceled Midsummer Classic and four years when he wasn't at his peak when voting was held. His OPS on the morning of June 9 during his years as a Met: .637, .758, .716 and .723. This year it's .842. That gives him a leg up at a loaded position, ahead of last year's starter Trea Turner, converted shortstop Mookie Betts and the Arizona Diamondbacks' Geraldo Perdomo, whom every Mets fan remembers chiefly for getting an All-Star nod over Lindor in 2023. Senga has yet to sound all that pleased with his results this season, yet here he is, into June, with a 1.59 ERA that leads the National League. Advertisement The peripheral numbers are not as enthusiastic on what Senga's done this season, and the likelihood from here is that Paul Skenes is making his second consecutive start for the senior circuit. But provided the bottom doesn't fall out over the next few weeks, Senga should be on the team for the second time. How's this for a sneaky candidacy? Peterson is seventh in the NL in ERA at 2.80, backing up the 2.83 mark he posted over the final four months last season. Again, his peripheral numbers aren't as sparkling, and it's tough to crack the pitching staff in this game since a lot of teams with only one All-Star send a pitcher. However, that he belongs in the conversation is worth noting. You could probably put Griffin Canning (2.90 ERA) and Clay Holmes (2.95) in this same bucket. Díaz has been especially sharp lately, allowing a single run over the past six weeks. He's 14 for 15 in save chances this season and right next to San Diego's Robert Suárez as the best closer in the National League. (Hey, and each can opt out of their contracts at season's end!) We've seen a few more setup men crack the All-Star roster in recent years, and in that context, Garrett has a strong case with an ERA that, even after a hit last week, sits below 1.00. Garrett's problem is that, in San Francisco, Randy Rodriguez is pitching in the same role just a little bit better. Rodriguez is the only reliever in the NL with a better ERA than Garrett's, and he owns the league's top strikeout rate. It will be interesting to see whether Soto can build a stronger case for himself over the next few weeks. Because right now, there isn't much of one to be made for him. He's seventh among NL outfielders in weighted runs created, and he doesn't offer much value elsewhere. Furthermore, outfielders who are behind him in production such as the Miami Marlins' Kyle Stowers and the Rockies' Jordan Beck have reasonable shots to make the squad as their teams' only representatives. Advertisement The Mets swept the Rockies for the second consecutive weekend. They won't see Colorado again this season unless it's in the postseason. New York is 41-24 and has built its lead in the National League East out to 4 1/2 games over the floundering Phillies. The Washington Nationals cooled a bit this week, losing consecutive series to the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers at home. Washington is 30-35 and in third place in the NL East. The Tampa Bay Rays have been one of the hottest teams in baseball over the past three weeks. With its series win over the Marlins this weekend, Tampa Bay improved to 14-4 over its last 18 games. It's at 35-30 and in second in the AL East heading into a three-game set at the Boston Red Sox starting Monday. vs. Washington RHP Griffin Canning (6-2, 2.90 ERA) vs. LHP MacKenzie Gore (3-5, 2.87 ERA) LHP David Peterson (4-2, 2.80) vs. RHP Jake Irvin (5-2, 4.02) RHP Kodai Senga (6-3, 1.59) vs. RHP Michael Soroka (3-3, 4.86) vs. Tampa Bay RHP Clay Holmes (7-3, 2.95) vs. RHP Taj Bradley (4-5, 4.58) RHP Tylor Megill (5-4, 3.76) vs. RHP Drew Rasmussen (5-4, 2.22) RHP Griffin Canning vs. RHP Shane Baz (5-3, 4.96) Red = 60-day IL Orange = 15-day IL Blue = 10-day IL • Mark Vientos landed on the IL this week with a low-grade hamstring strain. Vientos should be able to start baseball activities by the end of this week or early next week. • Sean Manaea started his rehab assignment Friday night for High-A Brooklyn with 1 2/3 innings. He'll build up inning by inning, a process that will take his return close to the All-Star break. • Frankie Montas made his fourth rehab start Sunday with Syracuse, throwing 76 pitches over 3 2/3 innings. That's a good build on his pitch count, but the innings stagnated; he'd thrown four innings the start before earlier in the week. The results have also been less than encouraging, with Montas carrying an ERA over 9.00. As mentioned last week, the Mets' next need for a sixth starter is in the final week of June, and Montas figures to be targeting that spot on the calendar. Barring a setback, his rehab assignment must be completed by June 24. Advertisement Triple-A: Syracuse at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (New York, AL) Double-A: Binghamton at Richmond (San Francisco) High-A: Brooklyn vs. Asheville (Houston) Low-A: St. Lucie at Daytona (Cincinnati) • Why the Mets' pitching staff is better equipped to handle the Dodgers now compared with last year • Griffin Canning on how he's revived himself with the Mets • Broken toe and all, Francisco Lindor saves the Mets again • Some sloppy defense and other takeaways from a split with the Dodgers • How Ronny Mauricio fits the Mets roster • Paul Blackburn returns and stars in a start against L.A. • TWIM: Looking ahead to potential trade deadline needs I told you I was in a poetry phase! Paul Blackburn recorded a four-inning save Sunday — the Mets' first save of that long since Brian Stokes in 2008. My initial question was going to be 'Who is the only Met to record a five-inning save?' However, it would be weird if the answer, for two consecutive weeks, was Doug Sisk. So, which Mets reliever, known to a different generation as 'the second spitter,' owns the most career saves of at least three innings in franchise history? Bonus question: This is a straight over/under: Is the largest margin of victory in a game in which a Met recorded a save over or under 14 1/2 runs? (I'll reply to the correct answers in the comments.) (Top photo of Kodai Senga: Justin Edmonds / Getty Images)
Daily Mail
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Jon Hamm new project out today amid college hazing scandal that he refuses to apologize for
Jon Hamm 's latest project has been released today amid controversy over resurfaced allegations about his college hazing past. The actor is playing Detective Jack Bergin in 'The Big Fix: A Jack Bergin Mystery,' an audio drama from Audible Originals. The four episode series is a dramatization of the Chavez Ravine evictions which took place when the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team moved to Los Angeles in the late 1950s. The move displaced generations of Mexican-Americans who were forced out of their homes to make way for the Dodgers' Stadium. Hamm told CNN it is important to learn from this dark chapter of LA's past, as he took aim at Elon Musk for not using his massive wealth to tackle inequality. But the Mad Men star has been less forthcoming about his own dark past and on Wednesday snapped at the Daily Mail for confronting him about his time as a sadistic college bully. Hamm was identified as one of seven upper classme n who tortured pledge Mark Sanders during an initiation for the Sigma Nu fraternity at the University of Texas Austin. The ordeal left Sanders with a broken spine and kidney damage as part of a brutal initiation ordeal. Hamm previously addressed the reports in 2018, telling Esquire magazine the incident had been 'sensationalized'. On Wednesday he told a reporter he was 'offended' to have been asked about the scandal when contacted, then haughtily declared that his publicists deal with such matters. Hamm's latest project is a murder mystery set against the backdrop of the Chavez Ravine evictions. 'To ignore it is to pretend that it never happened and to pretend it never happened means you don't learn from it, and if you don't learn from it, you're going to do it again,' Hamm told CNN. He pointed out that a stark divide remains between the 'haves and have nots'. 'If Elon Musk would take – and again, this is not this not something he needs to do – but if he would take a chainsaw to his own sort of personal wealth and spread it around, he could build 30 schools in each of the 50 states, and he could be the new Andrew Carnegie,' Hamm said. 'But he doesn't want to do that and that's an interesting choice on his end.' Hamm's latest role is not the first time he has dipped his toe into the world of voiceover and follows credits on 'The Big Lie' series, 'Bob's Burgers' and 'Big Mouth. 'I really like doing it,' Hamm said. 'I think it's a fun and creative way to kind of engage in storytelling and I think ('The Big Fix') is part of that.' Hazing victim Mark Sanders was hit so hard during the warped 1990 initiation that he suffered a fractured spine and nearly lost a kidney The Audible series is described as a 'gritty and winding tale' which also features Erin Moriarty, Omar Epps, and Alia Shawkat. The premise of the show sees Hamm's character investigate a brutal murder at the request of an old flam and uncovers a deadly conspiracy to forcefully evict a Mexican-American community in the process. His hazing scandal was dredged up by columnist Maureen Callahan on her new podcast The Nerve, which is part of Megyn Kelly's new MK Media venture. Callahan said she'd been shocked to see Hamm receive plaudits for his Apple TV+ show Your Friends & Neighbors and land plum spots on SNL and Jimmy Fallon. She said that in her opinion, Hamm is 'worse than Harvey Weinstein.' Callahan detailed the hazing incident Hamm was involved in and said it was shocking he'd escaped unscathed while the likes of Kevin Spacey and Alec Baldwin had seen their careers destroyed by scandals. She said Hamm was 'self impressed', only played a 'douche' and that his rage was 'barely-concealed' on screen. Allegations of the hazing first resurfaced in 2015, just as the final season of Mad Men was airing. At the time, a 'source' close to Hamm told Star magazine that the hazing horror was 'an isolated incident in Jon's life.' 'Since then, he's been strong enough to take steps to make him a better person,' the source added. But there was no sign of any introspection when Hamm was asked about the incident by Esquire magazine in a 2018 interview. Journalist Maximillian Potter said Hamm's tone became 'tinged with anger' when the subject was broached, with the actor snapping: 'I hope I didn't sign up for a hit piece.' When Potter pushed further for a response, he said Hamm 'bristled' before unleashing a stream of self-serving invective. 'I wouldn't say it's accurate,' Hamm began. 'Everything about that is sensationalized. I was accused of these things I don't... It's so hard to get into it. 'I don't want to give it any more breath. It was a bummer of a thing that happened. I was essentially acquitted. 'I wasn't convicted of anything. I was caught up in a big situation, a stupid kid in a stupid situation, and it's a f**king bummer. I moved on from it.' The scandal was then largely forgotten, with Hamm going on to land plum parts in prestige movies and TV shows including Top Gun: Maverick and The Morning Show.
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Fantasy Baseball: Cubs' offense is red hot and includes one of the week's top hitters on the waiver wire
There's one MLB club outscoring everyone else right now, and it's by a wide margin. And it's not the Yankees or the Dodgers, it's not the Mets or the Padres. It's not the Red Sox. It's not even the perennially-underrated Diamondbacks, who quietly led the majors in scoring last year. Meet the 2025 Chicago Cubs. Offense as it oughta be. Okay, it's been just 18 games and they have a few games in hand over most teams because of the two-game opening series in Japan, we get it. But the Cubs are 21 runs ahead of the No. 2 offense (Yankees), and it's been a variety of things working. The Cubs have the sixth-best average (.256), the fourth-best OBP (.348) and the third-best slugging (.439). They can whack the ball over the fence (25 homers, fourth) and they'll take a base when they want it (26 steals, first, and caught just twice). This is a lineup to get excited about. Skeptics might point to some outliers coming down. Kyle Tucker is a star, but nobody keeps a 214 OPS+ all season. Seiya Suzuki is outperforming expectations (.292/.390/.538). Michael Busch has been terrific (.315/.393/.593) at first base. But there are plenty of proven players who should pick up from slow stats, too. Dansby Swanson is at .188. Ian Happ has a 73 OPS+. Pete Crow-Armstrong just hit his first two homers of the year Sunday. What's exciting about this group is that most of the players get on base and most of the players have some combo of power and speed. Happ perfectly symbolizes what this offense is about. So what if he's batted .243 and .248 the last two years? He has a plus walk rate, he conks 20-25 homers a year, he's usually good for double-digit stolen bases. The perfect triggerman for this efficient offense. If Chicago is going to stay on top of the NL Central, the offense needs to keep humming. Star left-hander Justin Steele (elbow) is out for the year. Shota Imanaga and Matthew Boyd have pitched well; Ben Brown and Jameson Taillon have not. The bullpen has a 4.28 ERA. Settle in for some scoring days at Wrigley Field. Because it's always fun to look at team leaderboards, we'll knock off some other surprising things before we get to the hitter pickups. The Angels, of all teams, lead everyone with 30 home runs. The Red Sox, Padres and Mariners all have 23 stolen bases, nipping at Chicago's heels (a near-week without Oneil Cruz pushed the running Pirates back). The Padres have the highest average (.283), followed by the Cardinals (.280). St. Louis has the best OBP (.350). Not everything is surprising, of course. The Yankees still rule the world in slugging and OPS, by a healthy margin. Damn the torpedoes. Let's work the waiver wire. He'll sit against left-handers but so long as he keeps crushing righties, no one will care. Busch collected six hits and two homers in the final two games of the Chavez Ravine series, and the Cubs face eight straight right-handed opponents over the next week and change. Giddy up. He's had rotten injury luck since the beginning of the 2024 season but perhaps the fantasy gods are ready to cut him a break. Murphy already has three homers since rejoining the Atlanta lineup about a week ago, and he graded as the C9 back in 2023 despite a modest 108 games played. There's still plenty of upside to this Atlanta offense. We always like to provide you with a Swiss-Army knife, someone who can grab multiple positions (McKinstry qualifies at four) and chip in with production. McKinstry is playing over his head with an early .298/.382/.447 slash, but his walk skills and decent wheels will give him occasional run at the top of the Detroit order. If you have daily transactions, he can be a useful player. I'm not sure what to make of Polanco, who's limited to DH duties (he's dealing with side soreness) and isn't batting right-handed yet. But when he's been in the lineup, the numbers are a smash (.378 average, three homers, one steal). He had a 33-homer season just four years ago in Minnesota and this is merely his age-31 campaign. Maybe there's some plausible upside here. For about three years France was a staple of the Seattle lineup, making the All-Star team in 2022. He dipped back to a league-average hitter in 2023, and last year he never got things going in Seattle or Cincinnati. Maybe the move to Minnesota has sparked something because his contact rate has been excellent and he's off to a .298/.355/.456 push with a couple of homers. He's also started 15-of-16 games; manager Rocco Baldelli believes in him. This could be a nifty comeback for a professional hitter who's still just 30. Power will never be Meidroth's game, but he offers elite pitch recognition skills and will get on base easily. Note the .293/.437/.401 slash he carried at Triple-A last year, or the three-walk debut he posted against his former Boston club on Friday. Meidroth could help fantasy managers in average and steals, and although Chicago is currently using him in the lower half of the lineup, he has the skill set to potentially bat leadoff at some point this year.
