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New York Times
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Ken Griffey Jr. Is a Photographer Now
As if 630 home runs and a trip to the Hall of Fame were not enough, Ken Griffey Jr. has taken up a new activity since he retired in 2010: photography. Most recently he was spotted taking pictures at the Masters where he captured an image of the winner, Rory McIlroy, celebrating on his knees that spread quickly online. But Griffey, a.k.a. the Kid, has been shooting for years in the sporting and non-sporting realms. 'Because I played baseball, then I'm not allowed to do anything else?' Griffey, 55, said in an interview. 'They see me as one thing; that's not necessarily who I am.' Griffey tries to bring the perseverance he showed on the diamond to his life behind the lens. 'What I'm trying to do is get better at something that I really enjoy doing,' he said. 'I didn't start off in the big leagues,' he added. 'If you're willing to learn and put in time, you're going to get better.' While at the Masters, Griffey picked up tips from professional photographers. 'It really helped me understand about what's in the foreground, the background: Will it be a distraction? If you asked me that 10 years ago, I'm fine, I don't care what the background is. But now I'm looking at it.' Griffey shared five of his favorite shots with The New York Times and the stories behind how he got them. Shohei Ohtani Griffey traveled to Tokyo for the Dodgers-Cubs regular season opener this year and photographed the Los Angeles superstar Shohei Ohtani. 'Look at the attention to detail on how he puts on his equipment. How particular he is about it, the way he put on things.' On Safari A trip to Kenya for a photographic safari put Griffey closer than he expected to wild animals. 'I was like 20 feet away. At one point, one of the cheetahs ran underneath the safari vehicle.' 'We landed in Nairobi; it was five minutes from downtown. There were kids playing in the field next to a pack of lions; I'd say they were like a couple hundred yards away. It's just a huge part of life there.' Circuit of the Americas Griffey has shot the annual motorcycle races at the Circuit of the Americas racetrack in Austin. Trying to catch motorcycles speeding by posed some photographic challenges: 'It's funny, because I actually learned how to pan that day. You just try to follow them. In 25 shots, I get like half the motorcycle. It was a learning experience.' Fernando Tatis Jr. In a full-circle moment, Griffey caught Fernando Tatis Jr. on camera at a Padres game in Seoul. Griffey played against his father, Tatis Sr. 'I was just taking pictures of the guys warming up right before the game. I was on the field; I was next to the dugout.' 'I just captured it. It wasn't like I was hoping for something like that or told him to turn away. Actually, I thought I was going to get a face-on and he just turned, and I was like, oh, I'll just keep that.' Tiger and Charlie Woods Griffey captured Tiger Woods watching his son, Charlie, putting at a golf event in Orlando. 'I've known Tiger since he was 15; he did a clinic in Seattle. There's the good, the bad and the ugly throughout the years, but you see the joy he has when he's watching Charlie play.' Griffey's said his renaissance as a photographer started when his children were playing sports. 'As a dad, I'm more ecstatic and happy for what they do than anything that I've done,' he said. 'There are going to be some kids who are good. There are going to be some kids who are bad. All I'm looking for is effort, because I feel that if you give me effort, you're going to give me effort in life.'
Los Angeles Times
20-03-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
The Sports Report: Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani delivers during Tokyo homecoming week
Howdy, I'm your host, Iliana Limón Romero, filling in for Houston Mitchell, who is probably recovering from the Dodgers' season-opening sweep in Tokyo. Let's get right to the news. From Dylan Hernández: The entire week was a buildup to this. Whether the ball struck by Shohei Ohtani would have cleared the right-field wall at the Tokyo Dome if some fans hadn't reached over the railing is immaterial. In baseball, results are marked in absolute terms, and the official record will forever show that Ohtani homered in the fifth inning of the Dodgers' 6-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night. 'I'm relieved that one got out somehow,' Ohtani said in Japanese. Because Ohtani knew. He knew why 42,367 fans packed the Tokyo Dome on this night, and why many of them paid extraordinary prices for tickets. He knew what they wanted to see. This week wasn't about the defending World Series champions visiting Japan, or Yoshinobu Yamamoto's transformation, or even Roki Sasaki's major league debut. This was the Week of Ohtani. Continue reading here Dodgers-Cubs Game 2 box score Roki Sasaki's MLB debut is tantalizing, and shaky, as Dodgers complete Tokyo Series sweep Dodgers Debate: Dodgers go home with two wins, Roki Sasaki shows promise Shohei Ohtani is a $100-million man this year. Salary not included Kiké Hernandez and Will Smith on Roki Sasaki's first MLB start LA Times Today: 'Paint Japan blue': How the Dodgers' vision of Japanese prominence became reality Photos: Dodger Blue takes over Tokyo during season-opening series Jackie Robinson's Army story restored to Defense Department site after removal in DEI purge From Dan Woike: The streamers eventually would fall Wednesday night. The huge cheers for Bronny James coming off the bench in the fourth quarter were bound to happen. Randy Newman's 'I Love L.A.' would play. It was fated by the time fans started filing into the building. The latest chapter in the Lakers-Nuggets rivalry was going to look a lot different, with word that Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray weren't going to play buzzing around before the game. The script was flipped, the Lakers and their fans used to seeing Nuggets come off the injury report ahead of games against them. But without Denver's best players, all it was going to take from the Lakers was a focused performance to get the job done. By midway through the first quarter, Luka Doncic was so good that the bar for 'focused performance' suddenly had been significantly lowered. The Lakers handled the Denver Nuggets 120-108, Doncic's monster first quarter enough to cover up for sluggish, sloppy play that might've cost them if Jokic and Murray were on the floor. Continue reading here Lakers-Nuggets box score NBA scores NBA standings From Ben Bolch: Eric Dailey Jr. clapped along to the school's fight song playing over the sound system. Aday Mara and Lazar Stefanovic stood alongside one another on the perimeter and tapped basketballs before firing three-pointers. Trent Perry sank a half-court shot and commenced a victory dance. There was a reason they all seemed a little jaunty. Everything they did Wednesday afternoon inside Rupp Arena was a first. All four UCLA players had never participated in an NCAA tournament open practice, much less a game. Few on this roster have. Seven of the team's top 10 players will make their March Madness debut on Thursday night when the seventh-seeded Bruins (22-10) face 10th-seeded Utah State (26-7) in a Midwest Region first-round game. Continue reading here MORE COLLEGE BASKETBALL Xavier rallies to beat Texas in NCAA tournament First Four game Audi Crooks, Addy Brown lead Iowa State to NCAA women's tournament win over Princeton March Madness men's tournament analysis: Teams and players to watch March Madness women's tournament analysis: Teams and players to watch From Gary Klein: Cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon first joined the Rams in 2023, when he signed a one-year, veteran-minimum contract about a month before training camp. One game into last season, Witherspoon was a free agent when the Rams signed him to another one-year deal. On Wednesday the Rams and Witherspoon once again agreed to a one-year contract, the team announced. Continue reading here 1897 — Yale beats Penn 32-10 in New Haven, Conn., in the first men's intercollegiate basketball game. 1918 — The Toronto Arenas (who would become the Maple Leafs) are the first NHL team to play in the Stanley Cup Final. Toronto's Reg Noble scores two goals with an assist in the first period of a 5-3 win over Vancouver of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. 1939 — In a game of unbeaten teams, Long Island U. defeats Loyola of Chicago 44-32 to win the National Invitation Tournament title. 1954 — In the first televised NCAA championship game, La Salle defeats Bradley 92-76 and sets a record for most points in the title game. 1965 — Gail Goodrich's 42 points lead UCLA to a 91-80 victory over Michigan in the NCAA basketball championship. 1965 — St. John's sends Joe Lapchick out a winner, as the Redmen beat Villanova 55-51 to win their fifth National Invitation Tournament championship. 1965 — Bill Bradley scores 58 points to lead Princeton to a 118-82 rout of Wichita State in the NCAA third-place game. UCLA beats Michigan 91-80 to win its second National championship. 1968 — Dave Bing of the Detroit Pistons finishes the season with a league-leading 27.1 average, becoming the first guard in 20 years to lead the NBA in scoring. 1969 — Less than two months after she becomes the first woman to ride in a pari-mutuel race in America, Diane Crump rides her first winner at Gulfstream Park. 1976 — Boston's John Havlicek becomes the first NBA player to score more than 1,000 points per season for 14 consecutive years. 1988 — Mike Tyson knocks out Tony Tubbs in the second round to retain his world heavyweight title in Tokyo. 2005 — Liz Johnson becomes the first woman to advance to the championship match of a Professional Bowlers Association tour event, but loses by 27 pins to Tommy Jones in the final of the PBA Banquet Open. 2005 — LeBron James, 20, becomes the youngest player to score 50 points in an NBA game, when he scores 56 in the Cavaliers' 105-98 loss to the Raptors. 2006 — Japan beats Cuba 10-6 in the title game of the inaugural World Baseball Classic. 2010 — Northern Iowa pulls off one of the biggest NCAA upsets in years by knocking No. 1 overall seed Kansas with a 69-67 win. Ali Farokhmanesh buries an open 3-pointer with the shot clock still in the 30s to give the Panthers a four-point lead with 35 seconds left. 2014 — Bernard Tomic loses the shortest completed ATP match on record, lasting only 28 minutes at the Sony Open in his first tournament since having surgery on both hips. Ending a two-month layoff, Tomic wins just 13 points and loses to Jarkko Nieminen 6-0, 6-1. It's the quickest match since the ATP started keeping such records in 1991. 2020 — After 20 years with the New England Patriots, six-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady officially agrees to move to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Compiled by the Associated Press
USA Today
19-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Former Panthers QB does his best Steve Bartman impression at Wednesday's Dodgers-Cubs game
Former Panthers QB does his best Steve Bartman impression at Wednesday's Dodgers-Cubs game If the Los Angeles Dodgers are looking to add yet another baller to their star-studded lineup, then former Carolina Panthers quarterback Rodney Peete might be their guy. On Wednesday, the Dodgers battled the Chicago Cubs in the second game of Major League Baseball's 2025 Tokyo Games. And in attendance from the stands at the Tokyo Dome was Peete, who made his presence known with one heck of a catch on this foul ball . . . Peete played for 15 seasons in the NFL, with his final three years coming as a Panther. He started a total of 15 games for Carolina between 2002 and 2004—amassing 2,652 passing yards, 15 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. His best campaign with the organization came in 2002, one that resulted in a fifth-place finish in the AP Comeback Player of the Year voting. And albeit in a different sport, perhaps Peete has another impressive comeback left in him.
NBC Sports
18-03-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Rangers sign veteran lefty Patrick Corbin to plug gap in injury-thinned starting rotation
Dan Patrick dives into the Dodgers-Cubs series in Japan, sharing why he believes the games disrupt the timeline of MLB player preparation for the season and calls into question when the true Opening Day is. SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Texas Rangers signed free-agent left-hander Patrick Corbin to a one-year contract on Tuesday, plugging a durable veteran into their injury-addled starting rotation. Corbin, who'll enter his 13th major league season, struggled through most of his six-year, $140 million contract with the Washington Nationals, but he's a two-time All-Star who is the only pitcher in baseball who made 31 or more starts in every full season since 2017. The Rangers placed right-hander Jon Gray on the 60-day injured list to make room on the 40-man roster for Corbin. Gray broke his right wrist when he was hit by a line drive in a spring training game on Friday. Left-hander Cody Bradford, who was shut down from throwing last week when he developed soreness in his elbow, will start the season on the injured list. Injuries were an issue for the rotation last year, but the re-signing of Nathan Eovaldi and the return of Jacob deGrom and Tyler Mahle after recoveries from elbow surgeries delayed their 2024 debuts had the 2023 World Series champion Rangers appearing to be in good shape entering spring training. Corbin, who has logged the third-most innings in Major League Baseball since he broke in with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2012, was a stabilizer. 'A competitor, by all accounts, just a winning personality, somebody who's going to fit in our clubhouse well and gives us added protection,' president of baseball operations Chris Young told reporters. 'We also believe that there's some things we saw in the second half of last year with his performance that indicate he can continue that and be a very serviceable major league starting pitcher, which we need right now.' Corbin had a solid debut season with the Nationals in 2019, when he matched his career high of 14 wins, posted a 3.25 ERA in 33 starts and was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the World Series. But he went 33-70 with a 5.62 ERA over the next five years after the pandemic shortened the 2020 season. The 35-year-old allowed the most hits (208) and earned runs (109) in the major leagues in 2024, but he was second on the 91-loss Nationals with 174 2/3 innings. In 342 career appearances, including 324 starts, Corbin is 103-131 with a 4.51 ERA and 1,729 strikeouts in 1,892 1/3 innings.
NBC Sports
18-03-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Pros, cons of MLB Tokyo Series timing for players
Dan Patrick dives into the Dodgers-Cubs series in Japan, sharing why he believes the games disrupt the timeline of MLB player preparation for the season and calls into question when the true Opening Day is.
