Craig Taylor

Baseball Digest has revealed the winners of its Player, Pitcher and Relief Pitcher of the Year, with the awards going as follows:
Player of the Year
Mookie Betts Boston Red Sox.
Mookie Betts became the first […]

A tiny chip added to server circuit boards helped Chinese spies steal corporate data, Bloomberg says.
BBC News – Business

Officials say government critic Jamal Khashoggi is not at the Istanbul consulate where he was last seen.
BBC News – Middle East

Alberto Fujimori, sentenced to 25 years for human rights abuses in 2009, was pardoned last December.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Seven Russians are charged by the US, while the Netherlands says it has expelled four hackers.
BBC News – Europe

Intelligence officers also targeted the lab investigating the Salisbury poisoning, a UK diplomat says.
BBC News – UK

Senators disagree on the findings into sexual assault allegations against the Supreme Court nominee.
BBC News – US & Canada

The A’s decision to bullpen their way through Wednesday’s American League Wild Card Game was the first of its kind in a postseason setting, and scrutiny surrounding it will surely accompany their 7-2 season-ending […]

Search our interactive map of Britain to see where rent is judged as “unaffordable”.
BBC News – Business

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi visited the Saudi consulate in the Turkish city – but never came back out.
BBC News – Middle East

The previously unknown blue-throated hillstar, a blue and green bird, is in danger of extinction.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

France’s most-wanted fugitive, Rédoine Faïd, is captured three months after his dramatic escape.
BBC News – Europe

Theresa May will close the Conservative conference by saying the UK’s “best days lie ahead of us”.
BBC News – UK

The US president ridiculed Christine Blasey Ford, saying she could not remember important details.
BBC News – US & Canada

Ibrahim Sherifo has not seen or heard from his parents since he was 13 years old when they were “disappeared” in Eritrea.
BBC News – Africa

In a slightly surprising move, Oakland has listed Relief Pitcher Liam Hendricks as their starter for their winner takes all Wild Card game against the NY Yankees tonight. It’s not clear at this stage who will […]

Classic Bowl Games

Jim McMahon who would go on to win a Super Bowl in 1985 with the Chicago Bears led his team to a stunning come from behind win against SMU, cumulating in this final TD drive.

As a neutral you have to feel a little sorry for both these teams with both having just lost their Division tie break games, the Cubs  3-1 at home to the Brewers and the Rockies 5-2 at the Dodgers. Neither team […]

Surprise of the Season?

Preseason even die-hard Athletics fans were hoping for respectability at best in the tough AFL West and the opening odds of somewhere north of 300-1 suggested this. Fast forward to […]