Oswalt's agent, Bob Garber, confirmed Oswalt's retirement Tuesday and said the pitcher would come to work for his agency. Oswalt, 36, had a 163-102 career record with a 3.36 ERA. His best season came with Houston in 2004, when he went 20-10 with a 3.49 ERA. The durable righty - a three-time All-Star and 2006 NL championship series MVP - went over 200 innings seven times in his career but dealt with injuries in recent years....
The Scuderia were widely expected to mount a serious challenge to the continued dominance of the Silver Arrows this season. However, Charles Leclerc and Vettel finished fourth and fifth in the drivers’ championship, again won by Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes won the constructors’ championship by 235 points from Ferrari, who were victorious in only three races as Hamilton prevailed in 11 and Bottas took the chequered flag in four....
VFX studio Corridor Digital is at it yet again with their alternate takes on popular media. They recently challenged the Disney gods themselves by attempting to make a perfect deepfake Luke Skywalker in The Mandalorian, but now they’ve set their sights on something a bit more on the gritty (and very much gory) side. Based on a request from one of their own team members, the crew got together and used their special effect prowess to turn Harry Potter into something that would, at the very least, earn a solid R-rating....
The much-anticipated matchup between Scoot Henderson and Victor Wembanyama more than lived up to the hype with both prospects showcasing their elite talent as the G League Ignite held on for a 122-115 win over Metropolitans 92. Henderson finished with 28 points on 11-of-21 shooting, adding nine assists and five rebounds, while Wembanyama poured in a game-high 37 points on 11-of-20 shooting and 7-of-11 from three, adding four rebounds and five blocks....
The research from the World Benchmarking Alliance evaluated how 35 of the world’s largest apparel companies addressed the U.N.’s fifth Sustainable Development Goal: increasing gender equality and empowering women. L Brands ranked 27 out of the 35, with a score of 17, some 12 points below the industry average. With scores of 53.9/100, Gap, which also owns Banana Republic, Athleta and Old Navy, and VF Corporation — known for The North Face, Vans shoes and Timberland — topped the list....
“The SGM was was held at Bilimoria Hall, VCA Complex to discuss , consider and approve the proposed new constitution of VCA as per the recommendations of Lodha Committee appointed by Supreme Court. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Prakash Dixit, President VCA who took up the only agenda of the meeting,” said a release from the VCA. The release further stated: “As per the Article 5 of the amended constitution, the newly elected Executive Committee will nominate a women cricketer, along with one former player and a nominee of the State Accountant General....
That feeling of launching yourself into a huge slippery pile of mud; winning ball, man and half the countryside and rising victorious with trailing leg studs marks down your thigh is one of the purest joys a human being can feel. You may have seen our list of the most horrific tackles ever but here we visit some of the best sliding tackles ever executed by professional footballers. 1. This list starts rather predictably with an Italian centre-back....
In this video, a very young Jesse Lingard is seen learning tricks from a young Cristiano Ronaldo, who had just joined Manchester United at that time in 2003. Buy the Man Utd 2014/15 kit here 0 votes
Here’s a collection of all those ducks. The funny part is his reaction when he survived his 5th consecutive golden duck and 8th consecutive duck. http://youtu.be/lIZ_V7wgEB8 0 votes
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Paddy Power printed three nasty tweets from Arsenal fans and showed them to the players concerned. One fan thought that milk turns faster than “BFG” Per Mertesacker. The fan was proved wrong when Mertesacker proved that he could turn faster than milk after all. Who knew? Another fan wasn’t too impressed with Lukas Podolski’s shooting skills and claimed that the forward couldn’t even hit something as big as a barn door....
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Cameron Van der Burgh made it a brilliant night for South Africa when he claimed the gold in the men’s 50 metre breaststroke final at the World Championships here, beating Australia’s Christian Sprenger by just one-hundredths of a second. Van Der Burgh lived up to his billing of a pre-race favourite with a time of 26.77, while Sprenger clocked 26.78 Wednesday night, reports Xinhua. It made it a great day for South Africa in the pool in the Palau St Jordi, given that Chad Le Clos had claimed gold in the 200 metres butterfly just minutes earlier and to make things even better Giulio Zorzi took bronze for South Africa....
Van der Sar, who is now CEO at Ajax after a successful playing career that included playing over 250 times for the Red Devils, spoke of an incident following last season’s Europa League final. Rashford 15/4 to score first at Swansea United won the fixture 2-0, but while his team-mates were off celebrating, youth product Rashford took some time to think of the ex-goalkeeper’s family. “The funny thing, that is nice, is my son also played in the academy at United and, when the players collected the trophy [in Stockholm], Marcus asked: ‘How is your son doing?...
Netherlands moved top of Group C with their 17th successive victory at De Kuip, though their visitors looked like pulling off a heist in Rotterdam when substitute Josh Magennis climbed above Matthijs de Ligt to head home with 15 minutes remaining. Yet Memphis Depay levelled five minutes later before Luuk de Jong poked Netherlands ahead in stoppage time and Depay added a late third to move Ronald Koeman’s side top of Group C....
Van Dijk has been in fine form for Jurgen Klopp’s side this term and his dominant performances have helped the league leaders go unbeaten in the opening half of the campaign, conceding just seven goals. And, in an article on Liverpool’s website to mark a year since the Dutchman’s arrival from Southampton for a world-record fee for a defender of £75million, Van Dijk has expressed his pride following a superb 12 months at Anfield....
Netherlands captain Van Dijk was booked in the 13th minute of the Reds’ 1-0 victory when his studs caught Mertens’ ankle after he swept the ball away in a slide tackle. Van Dijk claimed he had won the ball cleanly but Ancelotti argued he was fortunate to remain on the pitch. “I’ve seen it on the video, I think it was a red card,” the Italian said. “There were a lot of questions about VAR....
Stallings could be heard screaming “f—ing apologize”; “M— f—, we don’t do that,” and “I’ll f—ing kill you,” as SB Nation and Diehard Sports pointed out. MORE: Field of 68 | Bubble Watch | Seed Scramble MORE: New uniforms for NCAA postseason | Charcoal maker pays Ed O’Bannon to use his image | Seed scramble Stallings was quick to apologize following the game. “After the game, an incident occurred in which I need to apologize for,” Stallings said in an official statement....
