SAN DIEGO — The Cubs lost out to the Blue Jays in the Russell Martin free agent sweepstakes, but may have come out ahead of the game behind the plate by trading for Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero on Tuesday. Montero is not the pitch-framing dynamo that Martin is, but he has been above league average for throwing out base stealers each of the last five seasons, and his bat is on par, as both players have a career OPS+ of 103....
The sign reads: “Press Box Annex. Wrigley Field. Chicago. No Women Admitted.” There’s also a date of 1945 in the upper right hand corner. In the middle of the art is a pink poodle. The Pink Poodle was the name of the Cubs’ press dining room. After Kenney posted the image to Twitter, it didn’t take long for others to call out the phrase “no women admitted” at the very bottom....
Hidden Valley and a handful of other “culture camps” serving families with children from overseas reflect the huge rise in the number of foreign adoptions, from 7,093 in 1990 to 15,774 last year. Most children come from Russia (4,491 last year) and China (4,206) but there are also thousands of others adopted annually from South America, Asia and Eastern Europe. After cutting through what can be miles of red tape, parents often come home to find a new dilemma....
The woman, an aide to the governor, recently told the Albany Times Union that Cuomo allegedly groped her in a sexually aggressive manner, reaching underneath her blouse and grasping one of her breasts over her bra, behind his desk at the governor’s mansion. She said she told Cuomo he would get both of them in trouble, to which the governor replied, “I don’t care.” “Near the end of it, he looked up at me and he said, ‘You know, by the way, you know people talk in the office and you can never tell anyone about anything we talk about or, you know, anything, right?...
The role of the half-mad Gould is a gift you’d want to give only to the most worthy actor, and Ian Holm does it extravagant justice. This great English actor makes Gould hilarious, scary, tragic, pitiable and exasperating, sometimes all at once. “Joe Gould’s Secret” is the story of his long relationship with Mitchell (Stanley Tucci), whom he loftily refers to as “my biographer.” We react to Gould with much of the complexity Mitchell does: fondness and awe alternating with distaste....
As Curry took the court at Barclays Center with his father, Dell, in the Shooting Stars Challenge, he sported a Hornets themed version of his new Stephen Curry One Under Armour shoe. MORE: N.C. State’s Abu pays tribute, too | Curry’s lob pass to Harden | Wins three-point contest | PHOTOS: ASG shoes and fashion Draped in teal and purple, the toe of the shoes had a few phrases inscribed around the toe....
The former Red Sox ace says he just doesn’t think Buchholz has the mettle to be the current No. 1. MORE: Curt Schilling should be in Hall of Fame “Well, I don’t think he wants to be one,” Schilling told reporters Wednesday, via the Boston Herald. “I think there’s a level of commitment mentally and physically you have to have. You have to have a little bit of a dark side, I think, in the sense that losing has to hurt so bad that you do whatever you can do to make sure it never happens again....
Too much homocysteine is toxic and can lead to numerous complications. Cystadane helps lower homocysteine levels by converting it to a less harmful form. Cystadane comes as a powder that you will need to mix with a liquid, such as water, juice, or milk, or food before taking. What Is Cystadane Used For? Cystadane is used to treat homocystinuria. People with homocystinuria have trouble breaking down certain amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) properly....
It has been Zeman’s latest display of solidarity with Israel as around 300 Muslims in Turkey, in contrast, showed support for Palestinians that have been killed in the ongoing violence at a funeral prayer on Friday, calling for Hamas militants to “continue resistance” as they fight with Israel. The Czech spokesman said the flying of Israel’s flag over the seat of the Czech presidency symbolizes “a sign of unequivocal support and solidarity” between their two nations....
The system categorizes patients into three risk-based recurrence groups: low, intermediate, and high risk, using such measures as blood PSA levels, Gleason grades, and tumor stages via T-scores. Function and Importance The D’Amico risk group classification system was developed to estimate the likelihood of recurrence for any patient using a given set of parameters and is widely used as one of many individualized risk assessment tools. This analysis could help those battling prostate cancer to make a more informed decision regarding their treatment....
Chris Odoi-Atsem and Eric Klenofsky were both considered the best prospects at their positions heading into the draft, but neither was the first player chosen at their position. In fact, Klenofsky wound up being the fourth goalkeeper, slipping into the middle of the second round after initially being considered a first-round prospect. For some teams, standing pat just wasn’t going to do, and teams that were aggressive on draft day wound up being rewarded handsomely....
(Our MLS Power Rankings are voted on by Goal’s editors and writers. Comments written by Rudi Schuller). 1. FC DALLAS LAST WEEK: 1 CHANGE: — Dallas was close to being knocked off the perch for the first time this season, only to be saved by two equalizers against the Timbers. If it isn’t already clear, it’s going to take a lot to claim the No. 1 spot from this team....
Though his musical talents were front and center, a group of older women in choir robes sung behind him. Their appearance onstage has already caused viewers to share numerous memes online. The identities of the choir-robe-clad singers are unknown, but their presence on the stage could rival pop cultural moments past. (Left Shark, anyone?) Twitter users were confused as to why the women had a place on the stage. In the background, they stood mainly in darkness as they danced along with the lyrics....
Posting in Reddit’s “Am I The A**hole” (AITA) forum under the username u/Dear-Account-5349, the father said the decision has caused some tension with his wife, Ashley. The post has garnered over 9,300 upvotes and roughly 1,500 comments from supportive Redditors, many of whom agreed that the man’s stepdaughter isn’t “entitled” to his daughter’s money. You can read the full post here. In his post, the father said he and his late ex-wife Sam divorced when their daughter was a child....
Mark Scoble took to Reddit to share the math problem he found in the book he was reading to his child at bedtime. While it is not the kind of math problem that is going to lead to any sleepless nights, there was something about it that clearly didn’t add up. The reader is presented with a page full of pictures of buzzing bees. The task laid out at the top is simple: “Count these buzzing bees then follow the arrows to write the number....
Stephan Waddell was driving his wife Emily to the hospital when she realized they weren’t going to make it. Stephan pulled over on the side of Interstate 69 where their daughter Reagan was born weighing 7 pounds and 10 ounces on September 12 at mile marker 12. Labor and Delivery While an increasing number of pregnant individuals are opting to give birth outside of hospitals, an estimated 98.5 percent of births occur in a traditional hospital setting....
Jonathan Silcock, 37, from Manchester in the U.K., had gone to the doctors over a year ago to complain about symptoms such as vomiting and persistent weight loss. Doctors initially said the symptoms were that of a stomach bug. Months later, in February of this year, they decided to refer him to a hospital where checks including an endoscopy and a biopsy were carried out. Within days, Silcock found that he had stage four pancreatic cancer....
WHAT WE’RE READING The articles you’ll want to save and share with your friends 1. With so much moaning about the steroid era, Bryan Curtis' exercise of reviewing reporting through those years is an interesting retrospective on what was missed and when it was missed. [READ MORE] 2. Who gave up their Hall of Fame vote to Deadspin? They revealed the answer on Wednesday. [READ MORE] 3. The winner of the Pro Football Focus NFL Rookie of the Year is ....
Equanimeous St. Brown is called the “most interesting recruit” in college sports by Sports Illustrated. [READ MORE] A case of the numbers lying or just luck? Grantland examines Mark Buehrle’s success. [READ MORE] The Lakers are going to stink again and Kobe Bryant is the problem. [READ MORE] TWEET OF THE DAY PICTURE OF THE DAY VIDEO OF THE DAY
VIDEO OF THE DAY WHAT WE’RE READING The five articles you’ll want to save and share with your friends 1. This SB Nation longform looks at Chip Kelly's roots in New Hampshire. [READ MORE] 2. Craig James is alleging discrimination and claiming he was fired for his views on same-sex marriage. (Don't worry, Craig. Most of the college football public can't get past how awful you are on TV or what happened at Texas Tech to get to that larger moral issue....
