BASEBALL
A’s May tells owner to sell
Oakland Athletics reliever Trevor May on Monday ripped team owner John Fisher and implored him to sell the franchise while announcing his retirement in an impassioned video message. “Sell the team, dude... Sell it, man,” May said in a video posted on Twitch. “Let someone who actually, like, takes pride in the things they own, own something. There’s actually people who give a shit about the game. Let them do it. Take mommy and daddy’s money somewhere else, dork.” Fisher’s parents founded Gap Inc, and Fisher became majority owner of the A’s in 2005. He is attempting to relocate the team to Las Vegas after talks for a new stadium in the Bay Area fell through, prompting outrage and protests from fans in Oakland. The A’s have also routinely ranked near the bottom in MLB in payroll. The club finished 50-112 this season, by far the worst record in baseball.
ICE HOCKEY
Fleury mum on retirement
Marc-Andre Fleury on Tuesday would not say if it was his last in Montreal. If it was, it was a fitting finale in his home province for the 38-year-old from Sorel. He made 27 saves in his first start of the season, was selected the first star and received a standing ovation from the Bell Centre crowd, as his Minnesota Wild beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-2. “It was a nice moment,” Fleury said, still wiping off the shaving cream teammate Marcus Foligno stuffed in his face during a postgame interview. Fleury told reporters on Monday it could be his final start in Montreal. After the game, he was focused on enjoying the moment. “I’m not sure if it’s done or not,” said Fleury, who had about 90 friends and family in the building. “I don’t want to talk too much of that side of it for today, the present moment was really a special night for me.”
FOOTBALL
NFL preparing for Olympics
NFL executive Peter O’Reilly on Tuesday said that the league would work with the players’ union on allowing current and former players to participate in the Olympics after flag football was among five sports officially added to the 2028 Los Angeles Games by the International Olympic Committee. “It is the pinnacle of sport globally,” O’Reilly said at the league meetings. “Ultimately, that decision on the makeup of Team USA is a decision of USA Football and the national governing body or the governing bodies around the world in similar roles because we are thinking about Team USA, but there are also a lot of other passports in the NFL — 113 foreign-born players on NFL rosters as of Week 5.”
SOCCER
Mainz suspends player
Dutch forward Anwar El Ghazi was suspended by FSV Mainz 05 on Tuesday for a social media post about the Israel-Hamas conflict that the Bundesliga club said was “unacceptable.” El Ghazi, who joined Mainz last month, has since deleted the post. Although the club wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that it “clearly distances itself” from the post, it did not reveal the contents of the post. The former Aston Villa winger El Ghazi wrote in a separate post on X last week that he had “received some negative messages around my social media posts.” He said he stood for peace and called for “more empathy, deepening our knowledge about the history of this conflict.”
Taiwan kept their hopes of advancing to next year’s World Baseball Classic (WBC) alive with a 9-1 victory over South Africa in a qualifier at the Taipei Dome on Saturday, backed by solid pitching. Taiwan last night played against Nicaragua. As of press time, Nicaragua was leading 6-0. Bouncing back from Friday’s struggles on the mound, when Taiwanese pitchers surrendered 15 runs to Spain, Team Taiwan on Saturday kept the visiting team in check, allowing just one run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Starting pitcher Sha Tzu-chen struck out one and allowed no hits, except for a hit-by-pitch over
Taiwan kept its hopes of advancing to the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) alive with a 9-1 victory over South Africa in a qualifier at the Taipei Dome last night, backed by solid pitching. Bouncing back from Friday’s struggles on the mound, when Taiwanese pitchers surrendered 15 runs to Spain, Team Taiwan kept the visiting team in check, allowing just one run in the bottom of the fourth inning. The win was crucial for Taiwan, as a loss would have eliminated the team from contention for the next WBC. Starting pitcher Sha Tzu-chen (沙子宸) struck out one and allowed no hits, except for
Team Taiwan are set to face Spain in a win-or-go-home match tonight for the final berth at the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC), despite losing to Nicaragua 6-0 in the WBC qualifier at the Taipei Dome on Sunday. The home team’s loss on Sunday means Nicaragua finish first in the qualifier round in Taipei with a perfect 3-0 record and advances to next year’s finals. After crushing South Africa 9-1 earlier on Sunday, Spain took second place in the four-team qualifier with a 2-1 record. With a 1-2 record, Taiwan finished third while South Africa placed at the bottom with
Team Taiwan avoided missing the World Baseball Classic (WBC) for the first time by defeating Spain 6-3 in a do-or-die game in Taipei last night. After narrowly escaping a mercy-rule loss to Spain in the WBC Qualifiers opener on Friday last week, the home team — winner of last year's WBSC Premier12 title three months ago — got their revenge against the 2023 European champions at Taipei Dome. "It felt quite different from when we won the Premier12," Taiwan captain Chen Chieh-hsien (陳傑憲) said after the game, recalling the ups and downs the team has experienced over the past few days. Unlike in
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