By Gary Phillips It’s rare that a major leaguer is “excited” to get sent down, but that’s exactly how Blake Snell described his May 2017 demotion. The Rays southpaw was coming off a notable rookie season, but Snell’s sophomore campaign began with a concerning eight-start stretch. With...
By: Kelly Wallace Julianna Zobrist is a lot of things. She's a musician, a motivational speaker, a lover of fashion and art, and now the author of a new book, "Pull it Off." She sat down with us at The Peninsula Hotel last week to talk...
By: Kelly Wallace On May 3rd, Mount Kīlauea began to erupt. It was the beginning of a series of volcanic explosions that only stopped a few weeks ago in mid-August. The official number of homes destroyed by both the volcano and the accompanying earthquakes stood at...
By: Kelly Wallace Before it was the Jason Heyward Walk-Off Grand Slam Game, it was a nail-biter at Wrigley Field. With two runners on, two outs, and the tying run at the plate, the Cubs turned to one of their most reliable offseason additions, righty reliever...
This is the second part of a two-part conversation with Sean Doolittle and his wife, Eireann Dolan. The first part can be found here. … Expanded Roster: I’ve heard you talk before about the exploitative nature of the minor league system, the economics of it specifically. How...
By: Kelly Wallace This is the first part of a two-part conversation with Sean Doolittle and his wife Eireann Dolan. … Expanded Roster: Let’s just dive right in with the tweets. It's happened a lot lately to a couple different players...
By: Kelly Wallace William Contreras knew he just needed a home run. He was in the midst of one of his best offensive performances of the season with the Rome Braves and one swing away from the first cycle of his career. Off the bat, the...
By Kylie Sparks “Can y’all SHUT UP, I’m trying to watch the game here!!!” No, that’s not some old man watching sports on his La-Z-Boy in a living room. That was me at this year’s Dodgers Pride Night at Chavez Ravine with my group of queer friends...
By: Lena Park In most ways, Ashton Lansdell and Emily Tsujikawa are your typical high schoolers. They like to hang out with friends. They spend Friday nights cheering from the stands at football games. They cruise around, an extra swagger in their step, with their newly...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It all started with a tweet. One day, I said I was frustrated with the fact that there wasn’t any sports media that felt like it represented me. I posited that there should be a place where a more diverse group of people could tell...