Ciencia y Tecnología

Associated media - Linked media “Like having to choose between air and water,” he said. “I have to have both.” Although Flannery grew up primarily in Anaheim, California, his family came from the hills of Kentucky. His uncle, Hal Smith, was a catcher who hit a three-run homer for Pittsburgh in the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series. If the Pirates’ bullpen had been leading 9-7, Smith would have been a hero . Instead, the Yankees tied the game and Pittsburgh’s Bill Mazeroski won the game and earned immortality. Smith, who played for 10 seasons, regularly…

Connected media - Connected media The formal indictment and complaint were announced a day after The New York Times reported that Mizuhara and his lawyer, Michael Freedman, a former prosecutor who specializes in white-collar criminal defense, were negotiating a plea deal. On Friday, Mizuhara surrendered to law enforcement in Los Angeles and made his first court appearance, wearing civilian clothes and shackles. He did not enter a plea and was released on $25,000 bond. The conditions of his release require him to undergo drug tests and seek treatment for gambling addiction. Freedman released a statement Friday saying Mizuhara “is continuing…

Associated media - Related media It was jarring last summer when ESPN fired NBA Finals game analysts Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson. It was part of the network layoffs that Disney seemingly undergoes every two years, much like an NFL team pruning its books to make room for future multimillion-dollar expenditures. Notably, Van Gundy’s pay cut made no sense, given that he was perhaps the best game analyst in sports with his gym rat mentality and “Inside the NBA” weirdness. In the wake of these moves, ESPN is no longer as good as it used to be. With venerable…

Linked media - Related media Phoenix-area franchises are part of a growing wave of teams doing the same. The San Diego Padres, like the Diamondbacks, ended their deal with Diamond Sports, the largest provider of regional sports networks. Major League Baseball used its broadcast and streaming capabilities to keep teams on the air and guaranteed they would get 80% of the revenue they received in their Diamond Sports deals. Diamond Sports, which must repay at least $400 million in annual debt, is in talks with its creditors, some of whom want to reshape the company’s business while others want to…

Associated media - Associated media The case is a very public example of the fine line sports leagues are walking in regard to sports gambling. Professional leagues resisted any association with gambling for decades, but that has changed since a Supreme Court ruling six years ago led to 38 states now allowing legalized gambling on sports. (California is not one of them.) Now leagues are taking millions of dollars from casinos and sports books, and advertisements from sports gambling companies are ubiquitous in stadiums and on game broadcasts. Still, the leagues worry about protecting the integrity of their games, and…

Connected media - Associated media The box went to an anonymous buyer in Canada, Mr. Simonds said, breaking the record for the most money spent on unopened sports cards and the most anyone has spent on a hockey collectible. Baseball Card Exchange, an authenticator that specializes in unopened vintage sports cards, confirmed that 16 wax boxes were inside the case. Each box contains 48 packs of cards, with 14 cards per pack, for a total of more than 10,000 cards. The set contains 396 different player cards, which means that if the assortment were perfectly random, it would contain 27…