Giancarlo Stanton is stirring buzz off of the field. The Yankees star is dating hospitality worker Asiana Jayd “AJ” Hung-Barnes, who joined the slugger on the road amid spring training, Page Six reported Thursday, citing multiple sources. Stanton, 34, and the 27-year-old Hung-Barnes, a New Jersey native, have been “tangled up” since 2022, after he … Read more
Baseball fans have seemingly been more than happy to celebrate the retirement of umpire Angel Hernández gleefully, and SNY’s Mets broadcast team got in on the action during the Mets loss to the Dodgers on Wednesday. Coming back from the break after the second inning, Gary Cohen mentioned the retirement of Hernández poking fun at … Read more
Olivia Dunne was fired up for her boyfriend Paul Skenes after a dominant start on his 22nd birthday. In his fourth big league outing on Wednesday afternoon, Skenes punched out nine Tigers over six innings of two-run ball en route to his second career win for the Pirates in what was a 10-2 thrashing in … Read more
There’s more clarity surrounding Hayden Hopkins’ pregnancy. And the father is still someone involved in sports, just not Raiders owner Mark Davis. After Hopkins shut down rumors and an erroneous report that she was having a baby with Davis, TMZ reported Tuesday that the dancer and choreographer is actually having a child with Nationals slugger … Read more
Olivia Dunne enjoyed some R&R in Los Cabos after she attended the launch of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s 60th anniversary issue last weekend. The 21-year-old LSU gymnast — who helped the Lady Tigers secure its first NCAA gymnastics title in program history last month — rode horses on the beach in Mexico with her sister, Julz … Read more
David Justice is calling fake news on how he was depicted in the “Moneyball” movie. The movie, based on the Michael Lewis book about former Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane, portrayed Justice as a me-first egotist. Justice appeared on Keyshawn Johnson’s Fox Sports podcast “All Facts No Brakes” and repudiated specific aspects of how … Read more
Livvy Dunne agrees with this Pirates fan. A young Pirates fan named Cooper said in an interview with SportsNet Pittsburgh on Thursday that his two favorite things about pitcher Paul Skenes — the rookie fireballer and Dunne’s boyfriend — are his mustache and his infamous girlfriend. The LSU gymnastics start soon caught wind of the … Read more
Consider Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes a fan of girlfriend Olivia Dunne’s latest Sports Illustrated Swimsuit photo shoot. When celebrating the launch of the 2024 edition of the iconic publication — its 60th-anniversary issue — the famed LSU gymnast, 21, was asked what Skenes, also 21, thought about her Portugal shoot, where she modeled an array … Read more
Despite being named after baby bears the Cubs clearly have the memories of elephants. As Chicago’s north side team hosted the Braves on Thursday, they took a jab at how Atlanta stalled a high-stakes extra-innings game late last season to commemorate Ronald Acuña Jr. becoming the first player ever to hit 40 home runs and … Read more
For one young Pirates fan, there are two things that he really likes about phenom pitcher Paul Skenes. The right-hander’s facial hair and his uber-famous girlfriend. The viral moment occurred as SportsNet Pittsburgh’s Hannah Mears was speaking with a young fan named Cooper — who himself was wearing a fake mustache — during the top … Read more
Blake Lively: wife and mother of four, actress and a “highly professional baseball player on the side.” The “Gossip Girl” alum, 36, made light of Gary Cohen’s broadcasting faux pas during the Mets’ loss to the Guardians on Monday, when he dubbed Cleveland pitcher Ben Lively “Blake Lively.” “Well, Cats outta the bag,” Lively wrote … Read more
This Corey Seager home run Tuesday night cost one fan about $10 and another trip to the concession stand. An eighth-inning line drive from the reigning World Series MVP landed directly on a package of nachos as a young girl attempted to catch the ball with her pink-ish glove at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. … Read more
They may not have won much on the field, but they sure won the back page. The 1990 Yankees, the franchise’s worst team in the past 100 years but a roster that sure kept things interesting, took centerstage Thursday with the release of the three-part docuseries “Bronx Zoo ‘90: Crime, Chaos and Baseball” on NBC’s … Read more
One of baseball’s most iconic voices is returning to the diamond — at least for one game. Longtime play-by-play announcer Joe Buck will work alongside Cardinals broadcaster Chip Caray for St. Louis’ May 24 game against the Cubs on Bally Sports Midwest, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The telecast will serve as a sort of tribute to … Read more
Gary Cohen could not believe the call. The famous Mets play-by-play announcer had already declared the infamous pitch that dramatically swung Tuesday’s 5-4 loss to the Phillies a strike when he learned the umpires somehow ruled it a ball. And Cohen let the umpires have it for blowing such an important ruling, with the snowball … Read more
Tyler Glasnow found love with girlfriend Meghan Murphy in a familiar place. Before joining the Dodgers late last year, the former Rays ace had a unique meet-up with Murphy at the ball park that involved a Tampa Bay photographer and a baseball, as chronicled Friday by Dodgers announcer Joe Davis during Los Angeles’ 2-1 loss … Read more
Major League Baseball seemed just as excited about welcoming Livvy Dunne to the big leagues as it was for her boyfriend Paul Skenes’ MLB debut. The flame-throwing Pirates prospect was called up for his first start in the majors on Saturday, in which he went four innings, allowing three runs on six hits and two … Read more
Of all the moments Livvy Dunne has witnessed in her boyfriend Paul Skenes’ young career, his MLB debut is “probably one of her favorites.” Skenes, the top overall pick of the 2023 MLB Draft, made his first start for the Pirates on Saturday afternoon, and Dunne couldn’t be more proud. He pitched four innings, allowing … Read more
The top overall pick of the 2023 MLB Draft, Paul Skenes, revealed just how helpful girlfriend Olivia Dunne has been in navigating the days leading up to his big league debut on Saturday. Skenes, who has been dominating the minor leagues, has generated a lot of chatter throughout baseball as one of the top pitching … Read more
The MLB is Team Livvy Dunne. Taking to X, the league reposted a TikTok video from the 2024 NCAA gymnastics champ, which showed her celebrating her boyfriend, pitcher Paul Skenes being called up to the Pirates on Tuesday. “POV: you both wake up from a nap and find out he’s in the MLB,” the 21-year-old … Read more