At 1 a.m. on Monday, the day of the U-17 U.S. men’s national team’s first qualifier for the U-17 World Cup in November, 16-year-old forward Chase Adams woke up. He was dealing with a stomach bug that kept him up until 7 a.m. – 13 hours before kickoff in Alajuela, Costa Rica against the U.S. […]
Welcome to Snyder’s Soapbox! Here, I pontificate about matters related to Major League Baseball on a weekly basis. Some of the topics will be pressing matters, some might seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things, and most will be somewhere in between. The good thing about this website is that it’s free, and you […]
(NEW YORK) — Measles cases are rising in the U.S. with infections confirmed in at least five states so far this year. Cases have been reported in Alaska, Georgia, New York City, Rhode Island and Texas, mostly among individuals not vaccinated for measles, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In western Texas, an outbreak […]
The New York Knicks (34-18) and the Indiana Pacers (29-22) meet in an Eastern Conference showdown on Tuesday. The Knicks had their two-game win streak put to an end last time out. On Saturday, the Boston Celtics beat New York 131-104. The Pacers have dropped two of their last three games. On Feb. 8, the […]
Over the last 25 years, the NHL has only continued to get more skilled and more entertaining. Today, we’re going to celebrate the stars who have led that charge with CBS Sports’ NHL Quarter-Century team. Cutting this team down to just 20 players total was a challenge. So many players have made a huge impact […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order pardoning Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was sentenced to 14 years in prison before Trump commuted his sentence in 2020. “It’s my honor to do it,” Trump said during remarks from the Oval Office on Monday. “He was set up.” Trump called the […]
Myles Garrett dropped a bomb at the beginning of Super Bowl week last Monday. He publicly requested a trade from the Cleveland Browns. Garrett’s trade request comes a few days after Browns general manager Andrew Berry told local beat writers at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, that he wouldn’t trade Garrett for two first-round […]
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk joined President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday, where he addressed reporters for the first time amid his controversial cost-cutting efforts across the federal government. Musk defended DOGE as Trump asked him to speak about the team’s work. The Tesla billionaire brought his young son “X” […]
(WASHINGTON) — Three weeks into Donald Trump’s breakneck effort to remake the federal government, the rapid pace of lawsuits pushing back against his orders — and a number of legal setbacks for the Trump administration — have challenged the Department of Justice, seemingly overwhelming the government lawyers tasked with defending the president in court. In a court […]
A$AP Rocky‘s defense team rested their case on Tuesday morning as the rapper faces two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm for allegedly firing a gun at a former friend during an incident in Hollywood on Nov. 6, 2021. The rapper, whose legal name is Rakim Mayers, did not take the witness stand. Both the […]
