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Daily Mail
9 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
MLB fans left furious as Fox refuses to show Canadian national anthem before All-Star game... months of from Trump's trade war threats
Major League Baseball celebrated the annual Midsummer Classic - hosting its All-Star Game in Atlanta and featuring players from 29 American teams and one Canadian team. But fans were outraged after the Canadian National Anthem wasn't broadcast on Fox Sports before the game began. The Toronto Blue Jays sent players to the All-Star Game and Canadian fans were serenaded with 'O, Canada' by Lauren Spencer Smith. However, that performance was not broadcast on Fox - who skipped it and only showed The Star-Spangled Banner performed by the Zac Brown Band. Fox Sports did not immediately return a request for comment on the matter from Fans took to social media to express their outrage in a year where tensions between the US and Canada are at the highest they've been in centuries. One user on X posted, 'Once again, @FOXSports doesn't show the Canadian national anthem on the US feed. So disrespectful.' 'The absence of the Canadian anthem and the jets was a missed moment for sure. Do you think the MLB could do better with its entertainment choices in the future?' said one pro-Trump account. 'Did @FOXSports not show the Canadian national anthem for the #AllStarGame or did they even have it?' asked another. One account posted, 'Typical Fox, of course they skipped over the Canadian anthem for television.' Another wrote, '@FOXSports shame on you for not showing the Canadian anthem.' After President Trump enflamed tensions between Canada earlier this year by threatening to turn them into the '51st state', that rivalry between the two nations spilled over into baseball, basketball, and hockey. The latter sport served as an inflection point of that tension in the NHL's '4 Nations Faceoff' - where the US beat Canada in the group stage before losing in overtime on home ice in the Final.
USA Today
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Freddie Freeman's All-Star return to Atlanta ends with standing ovation
ATLANTA - The incessant pressure for Freddie Freeman to emote has mercifully come to an end. From an on-camera interview moments before the All-Star Game in which Fox Sports asked all the leading questions, to an extra-long lingering over his name during pregame introductions that were otherwise conducted at one and a half times the usual speed, to a mid-inning defensive replacement, Freeman won't have to think about crying anymore. Or at least delivering the tears many expected him to shed. Freeman's return to Atlanta after signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers was an emotion-filled journey in 2022, from a press conference he had to cut short after breaking down to an extensive standing ovation during his first game. Yet Freeman is now a Dodgers World Series champion, four seasons removed from being a Brave, and although he admitted having this return date for the All-Star Game circled, it's been a minute now. So when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts interceded with one out in the second inning to insert Pete Alonso as a defensive replacement, it gave Freeman a chance to hug his replacement and his teammates, as if it were Senior Day at Duke or whatnot. The crowd gave him an ovation and moved on. Perhaps someday the machinery that expects to wring tears out of the All-Star first baseman will, too.
Chicago Tribune
10 hours ago
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
Column: With Pete Crow-Armstrong, Jacob Wilson and ‘The Miz,' baseball's future is in good hands
ATLANTA — Making his seventh All-Star Game appearance Tuesday night at Truist Park, New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge suddenly felt ancient at age 33. 'My biggest takeaway is that I keep getting older,' Judge said. 'You keep seeing young guys come in here. I look over to see the A's Jacob Wilson, who's 23 years old and starting his first All-Star Game. You can see the excitement and joy in his eyes walking around here enjoying the festivities. It's pretty cool. 'Just trying to enjoy every moment, soak it in and share the knowledge I can with these young guys and go out and win this All-Star Game.' One of those young guys he wanted to see was Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong, 23, who shared a couple of special moments with Judge last weekend at Yankee Stadium after they robbed each other of extra-base hits in the outfield. 'I'm definitely going to find him,' Judge told me. 'We both kind of gave each other little nods after each one. That was fun. That's what it's all about — we're out there competing. Obviously he wants to win, and I want to win as well. But having a little friendly competition there, some gamesmanship.' It started Friday when Judge leaped high against the right-field wall to rob Crow-Armstrong of a home run into the short porch. Crow-Armstrong waved his hand in mock disgust as he headed back to the dugout. 'Yeah, he gave me a little nod and whatnot,' Crow-Armstrong said of the back-and-forth. 'That guy is nuts. I don't even really want to talk about him. 'It's harder a lot of the time to appreciate what a guy is doing across the field when he's beating up on you, except for that. That was very easy to appreciate because of the greatness he displayed.' Crow-Armstrong reciprocated the next day with a running catch in left-center to rob Judge. This year's All-Star week belonged to Judge, the game's biggest star who is on pace to be remembered as one of the greatest hitters of all time. He and Shohei Ohtani were the main attractions for Fox Sports and fans watching Tuesday's game around the world. Column: For Chicago's MLB All-Stars in Atlanta, a chance to show they belongWhile Judge figures to be back many more times, he sounded like he's OK with turning the game over to the next generation, the kids like Wilson, Crow-Armstrong and Home Run Derby finalist Junior Caminero, 22. 'It's amazing,' Judge said. 'From a lot of the young pitchers that we've seen over the last couple years to be called up and succeed, to some of these young guys we've heard about for a while on the prospects lists that are now getting a chance to be up here and now they're in an All-Star Game like everyone expected, it's pretty special. Hopefully I can hang on long enough to compete at these events with these guys.' Wilson, the Athletics shortstop and son of former infielder Jack Wilson, is having such a brilliant rookie season, fans voted him in as an American League starter over the Kansas City Royals' Bobby Witt Jr., 25, who was selected as a reserve. The Wilsons became the 20th father-son All-Star duo. Jacob Wilson could be a trendsetter if kids follow his lead and use their video game skills to hone their batting skills, as he does daily. 'Just a theory,' he said. 'Nothing to prove it.' I asked him how that worked, since most Gen Z gamers I know are inside with their controls instead of outside practicing their hitting. 'Obviously it's a little different,' he said. 'It's not going to work for everybody. But for me, I think the training-the-brain part (works). It's just being able to recognize stuff on the game before I go to the field, making those quick decisions on the game before I make quick decisions in the box. It's something I've always thought in the back of my head, 'Oh, this is kind of helping me.'' Can gamers emulate his methods? 'I try to tell the young kids, 'Stay in school, do your homework, don't just go home and play video games,'' Wilson said with a laugh. 'But young kids, once they finish their homework, they can go play and hopefully train themselves mentally to have the (skills) you need to play this sport.' Which player does he like to use in MLB: The Show? 'I would say me, but I don't have a lot of power,' he said. 'I'd say Aaron Judge is pretty fun to use because when you hit it, it goes far.' The next-gen All-Star getting the most attention in Atlanta was Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski, 23, who was chosen as a replacement for Cubs starter Matthew Boyd when Boyd opted for rest. 'The Miz,' who stands 6-foot-7 and has a 103 mph fastball and 96 mph slider, is already a phenom. He has thrown 89 pitches of 100 mph or more — one reason he became the fastest player to be named an All-Star, with only five starts under his belt. The controversial decision Commissioner Rob Manfred signed off on was meant to create buzz for the game, while it upset baseball purists. Tuesday's National League starter, 23-year-old Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates, made his All-Star debut last year after only 11 starts, while three other pitchers played in the game with only 13 appearances: the Detroit Tigers' Mark 'The Bird' Fidrych in 1976, the Los Angeles Dodgers' Hideo Nomo in 1995 and the Florida Marlins' Dontrelle Willis in 2003. I asked Manfred if this would be the norm or if Misiorowski was a unique case. 'Replacements is a really difficult issue,' Manfred replied. 'We had worked our way through more replacements than I wished we had to, and when I looked at choices, I thought that the appropriate balance on this one was the excitement that was going to be generated, the fan interest in seeing this guy — and, you know, I actually thought the competition in the game cut the same direction. 'He's a very, very good pitcher on a very, very good run right now, so I saw that (choice) go that direction. Do I understand that five starts are short? I do. Do I want to make that the norm? No, I don't. But I think it was the right decision, given where we were.' Cincinnati Reds outfielder Nick Castellanos said MLB was turning the All-Star Game into 'the Savannah Bananas,' meaning a gimmick that ignores the true meaning of an All-Star. Misiorowski handled the controversy well and said his fellow All-Stars treated him fine. 'I don't think they're really coming after me,' he said. 'It's more of what MLB put out. It's not something I've done to them, so I don't really think much of it. Guys are going to talk. They're going to say stuff. Oh, well.' Still, Misiorowski told me being the center of attention was weird. 'Of course it's crazy I'm even in talks for being an All-Star, let alone being here,' he said. 'Growing up in a small town (Grain Valley, Mo.), it's a world of change. It's fun, it's crazy. But you have friends and family that are really supportive. It's been awesome.' So how fast can a human being throw a baseball? Misiorowski said he read that 106 or 107 mph would be the physical limit. Does he want to be the first? 'I am happy with where I'm at,' he replied. 'So if it does go higher …' It won't be the Miz. But whoever it is, rest assured that kid will be invited to pitch in the All-Star Game — as soon as he finishes his homework.
Time of India
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
"Onlyfans leaks would be fire": Joy Taylor gets axed by Fox Sports and fans already know her future career move
Fox Sports cuts ties with Joy Taylor (Instagram) In a stunning development that's shaking up FS1's on-air lineup, Joy Taylor has officially parted ways with Fox Sports. The move comes as the network embarks on a widespread reshuffle, axing multiple shows—including Speak, which Taylor co-hosted. Her exit also closely follows a months-long legal controversy involving allegations made against a former Fox Sports executive and Taylor's name surfacing in the lawsuit. While Taylor's departure was reportedly tied to the expiration of her contract, the timing has raised eyebrows across the industry. A sudden exit amid legal turmoil and programming shakeup Taylor had been a key presence on Speak since 2022, sharing the desk with former NFL star Keyshawn Johnson and ex-NBA player Paul Pierce. But the show, along with Breakfast Ball and The Facility, is now being scrapped as part of Fox Sports' latest cost-cutting and content realignment strategy. The Athletic first broke the news, revealing Taylor's contract would not be renewed. The exit comes just months after serious allegations from a former Fox Sports hairstylist, Noushin Faraji, rocked the network. Faraji accused then-Fox Sports executive Charlie Dixon of groping her during a party held for Taylor in 2017. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like An engineer reveals: One simple trick to get internet without a subscription Techno Mag Learn More Undo In a troubling twist, Faraji also claimed Taylor dismissed her accusation and was allegedly involved in an extramarital affair with Dixon—an affair Faraji claimed contributed to Taylor's rise to her former Undisputed moderator role. Additionally, Taylor was accused of mocking Faraji's accent and her PTSD-related behaviors. Taylor firmly rejected the claims, with a spokeswoman stating, 'The claims set forth against Ms. Taylor are devoid of merit and appear to have been strategically framed to create unwarranted publicity rather than to seek legitimate redress.' Despite the public stir, Taylor kept her composure, opting for measured statements. 'I know that the public has a lot of interest in this situation,' she told The Cut. 'But I have to let the legal process play out. ' After a brief two-week absence from air earlier this year, Taylor returned, fueling speculation about internal deliberations over her contract. A report from Front Office Sports had earlier mentioned her deal was due to expire this summer, which now appears to have marked her quiet exit. Fans think her next career is already known The Internet is going crazy after her exit. Users have come up with different thoughts but a major portion of them already let others know what they think of about her future career. One user @coldcallsniper commented, "Incoming OF." A second one having username @Jerryjo58719446 added, "Joy taylor onlyfans leaks would be fire." Another named @0usports echoed the same by saying, "She can take her career to onlyfans now." Joy Taylor becomes the center of internet discussion (Image via X) In recent months, Taylor had become more outspoken beyond sports commentary. On her Two Personal Show, she made headlines by suggesting the legalization of sex work as a remedy for male loneliness. On The Truth After Dark podcast, she remarked that religious men were a dating red flag for her—despite identifying as a 'person of faith' herself. These bold views have both intrigued and polarized her fan base, marking a noticeable shift in her public persona. As Fox Sports closes a chapter, the media landscape is now watching to see where Joy Taylor lands next—and whether the controversies surrounding her will fade or follow her forward. Also Read: Taylor Swift snubs Kamala Harris plea, but plays house entertainer for Travis Kelce's NFL frat party Catch Rani Rampal's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 4. Watch Here!
Yahoo
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Joy Taylor out at Fox Sports amid lineup shakeup, per report
Joy Taylor is out at Fox Sports, and so is her show, "Speak" – along with two other programs in the FS1 weekday lineup. "Breakfast Ball" and "The Facility" are also on the chopping block, according to The Athletic, with Taylor's dramatic few months at the network culminating in her exit. Advertisement The 38-year-old was named in one of two lawsuits against former Fox Sports programming executive Charlie Dixon, who was fired from the network in April. In the suit that named Taylor, Noushin Faraji, a make-up artist, accused Dixon of sexual battery and alleged that Taylor told Faraji 'to get over it.' Taylor denied the allegation but she did spend two weeks off the air in late February and early March. Her contract with FOX was set to expire sometime this summer, Front Office Sports reported in May. She co-hosted "Speak" with Paul Pierce and Keyshawn Johnson. "Breakfast Ball" featured Craig Carton, Mark Schlereth and Danny Parkins, while "The Facility" had four former NFL players – Emmanuel Acho, Chase Daniel, James Jones and LeSean McCoy – as part of the cast. All three shows were created under Dixon, and The Athletic reported low ratings as the reason for the cancellations. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Joy Taylor out at Fox, Craig Carton's 'Breakfast Ball' canceled
