With the Philadelphia Phillies (31-30) beating the Milwaukee Brewers (22-37) 5-1 on Thursday, they pass .500 and increase their winning streak to five. Does their recent success make them a threat in the National League? The Phillies got out to an early lead with scored runs by Michael Young (off of a hit by Ryan Howard) and John Mayberry, making [&hellip

  No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic recently inked an extensive deal with Adidas footwear. Although Djokovic’s support of the German brand goes back to 2003—the year he made his professional debut—in 2009 the Serbian native parted ways with Adidas apparel and decided that a 10-year apparel deal with Sergio Tacchini better suited him. His Adidas footwear sponsorship was still [&hellip

Thirteen months ago the Chicago White Sox (24-28) loss to the Oakland A’s (32-24) after 14 innings and a two-run hit off of Hector Santiago’s pitch to Yoenis Cespedes. Although the White Sox have performed relatively well at Oakland since 2008, Friday’s game was a must-win that they were unable to close. Oakland won game one of the series, 3-0. [&hellip

The best games are played at midnight. After waiting two-hours and thirty-nine minutes the Cleveland Indians (29-25) were able to host the Tampa Bay Rays (30-24) without the interruption of delays and heavy rain. The streaking Indians headed into Friday’s game with hopes of securing an early win in the three game series, and improve their overall season record against [&hellip

With the worst record in all of the American League, and a chance to tie the three game series, Houston (14-35) desperately needed a win against the Oakland A’s (27-23) on Saturday. But with 6 runs scored in the second inning and four runs scored in the fourth, the Athletics created an early large deficit that Houston never recovered from. [&hellip