Author: Black Dog
Something went quite wrong with NESN’s over-the-top streaming product NESN 360 Sunday. That came during the Boston Red Sox’s clash with the Baltimore Orioles, which saw Kutter Crawford starting for Boston and Albert Suárez there for Baltimore. But, during the seventh inning of that game, with the Orioles up 4-0 and Red Sox reliever Bailey Horn on the mound, the streaming feed of that game kept cutting back to the first inning of Friday’s game between the teams, which featured Cooper Criswell and Corbin Burnes as the starters: Cue the Mike Francesa “Is that a new report or an…
The Orioles elevated Eloy Jiménez to the cleanup spot for this afternoon’s series finale against the Red Sox. Jarren Duran robbed Jiménez of a home run last night with a leaping catch at the center field fence in the ninth inning. Jiménez is 14-for-33 (.424) with the Orioles Adley Rutschman returns to the lineup after pinch-hitting last night. He began the past two games on the bench due to lower back discomfort. Ryan O’Hearn is in right field and batting second. Anthony Santander isn’t in the lineup. Gunnar Henderson, in the third slot again today, is batting .346 against…
The game between AC Milan and Torino at San Siro last night had more drama than just the late comeback, as there were a couple of controversial moments involving the officiating. This morning’s edition of Corriere dello Sport (via MilanNews) has given the referee Fabio Maresca and his assistants a score of 5 out of 10 in their ratings from the 2-2 draw, and it is for one error above all. What the newspaper are contesting in Maresca is not so much the episode linked to Torino’s first goal, because in that case the referee…
The first game of the new Serie A season didn’t go as Davide Calabria would have hoped, to the extent that he left the field to boos during the second half. As MilanNews recall, Calabria was substituted off during the 82nd minute of Milan’s first game of the season against Torino at San Siro, with Noah Okafor coming on to take his place, the man who would go on to score the equaliser 13 minutes later. However, it wasn’t just a normal change as the captain left the field amidst heavy boos from the Milan fans present, as they evidently…
Torino denied Alvaro Morata a win on his Milan debut, yet the Spaniard inspired the Rossoneri to a late comeback in a nail-biting 2-2 draw. Paulo Fonseca’s side looked doomed heading into second-half injury time, trailing the Granata by two goals. However, Morata scored off the bench with an instinctive finish in the 89th minute before another second-half substitute, Noak Okafor, completed the comeback with a stunning volley in stoppages. It wasn’t the debut the former Atletico Madrid center-forward had hoped for, but it could’ve been worse for Milan. Fonseca’s tactical experiments nearly condemned Milan…
Alvaro Morata feels the comeback from 2-0 down to hold Torino 2-2 still ‘sends a message’ because Milan were ‘practically dead and would’ve won with another five minutes.’ The Rossoneri were heading towards an embarrassing home defeat in the opening round of the 2024-25 season, trailing 2-0 until the 88th minute to a bizarre Malick Thiaw own goal as he tried to clear and the Duvan Zapata free header. The substitutions made the difference, because Morata scored by redirecting a shot from Tijjani Reijnders, then Noah Okafor volleyed in a Yunus Musah cross at the 95th minute. A…
Paulo Fonseca provided quite a critical assessment of AC Milan’s first game of the Serie A season against Torino, a game in which his team had to battle from two goals down to earn a draw. Milan’s 2024-25 Serie A season could hardly have begun in a more dramatic way as they fought from two goals behind to draw 2-2 at San Siro against Torino on Saturday night. The memories of those preseason wins over Manchester City, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Monza quickly evaporated when the Rossoneri found themselves two goals down after Malick Thiaw…
Yacine Adli is on his way out of AC Milan, having been excluded from the squad for the Torino clash, and there could soon be some developments. Of course, as a report states, the main issue is convincing the player. Adli was signed by Milan back in 2021 but remained at Bordeaux on loan for one season. When he joined in 2022, he tried to break his way into the team but struggled big time, and it was only last season that he managed to get good playing time. However, as made clear by Fonseca’s squad list, he’s no longer…
Manu Kone has been linked with a move to AC Milan and despite the signing of Youssouf Fofana, he could arrive this summer. According to reports in Germany, the Rossoneri have an offer ready and an agreement is possible. Kone has just returned from the Olympics with France, during which he did very well, and he’s now focused on his future. Indeed, it doesn’t look like he will stay at Borussia Mönchengladbach beyond this summer. According to BILD, the midfielder has handed in a transfer request and the German side will grant…
Angel Reese slammed the media for focusing on the next Olympic squad right after the U.S. Women’s Basketball team won gold in Paris. The critique came after the WNBA rookie spotted an ESPN article on prospects for Los Angeles’ 2028 summer games. Considering the piece dropped the same day as Team USA’s historic win, Reese quickly shut down any conversation on X. “Let’s just congratulate these women & let them enjoy this moment,” expressed the Chicago Sky star. “Leave me out of this until my time comes!” Though Reese would rather her name be kept out of…