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MLB News

D-backs, Calhoun ink two-year, $16 million contact with club option

PHOENIX (UPI) -- Former Los Angeles Angels outfielder Kole Calhoun agreed to a contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday. League sources told ESPN and MLB Media that Calhoun and the Diamondbacks are in agreement on a two-year, $16 million deal. The contract also includes a third-year club option for $9 million, with a $2 million buyout. Calhoun, 32, became a free agent for the first time in his MLB career when the Angels declined to exercise his 2020 contract […]

todayDecember 25, 2019

MLB News

Yankees, All-Star pitcher Cole ink $324 million deal over nine seasons

NEW YORK (UPI) -- All-Star free agent pitcher Gerrit Cole is set to join the New York Yankees with a record-setting $324 million contract. MLB.com, ESPN and The Athletic reported the nine-year pact includes a full no-trade clause and sets new records for total contract value for a free agent pitcher and average annual value for any free agent, at $36 million per season. The $324 million pact eclipsed the seven-year, $245 million contract Stephen Strasburg signed Monday with the […]

todayDecember 11, 2019

AEW News

Pro wrestling holds up well against World Series, NBA with AEW Dynamite topping NXT

PITTSBURGH/ORLANDO (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Professional wrestling fared well against the MLB World Series and NBA season play Wednesday night, but both AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT experienced overall viewership declines as well. AEW viewership dropped five percent from the live broadcast from Philadelphia, with TNT viewership falling below one million for the first time on the network (963,000). NXT experienced declines for the fifth week in a row by two percent, falling to 698,000. Dynamite finished fourth for the night, […]

todayOctober 24, 2019

East Central Illinois Region

2019 Bob Price Memorial Scholarship golf fundraiser a success

STAUNTON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Seventeen teams of four teed off at Timber Lakes Golf Course in Staunton September 27 to raise money for their annual scholarship distributions to high school students in southwestern central Illinois. While some came to compete, others came for the fun, camaraderie and to remember the late Bob Price by helping such a great cause. Members of Bob’s family were present, from as close as Hillsboro to as far as North Carolina. Cash prizes went out to […]

todayOctober 21, 2019

AEW News

AEW Dynamite secures third consecutive ratings victory against NXT

PHILADELPHIA (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Fueled by a WWE Smackdown that lost nearly a million viewers during its WWE Draft broadcast and a rained-out ALCS matchup between the New York Yankees and Houston Astros, AEW Dynamite secured its third consecutive ratings victory over WWE's NXT brand in the Wednesday night wars despite viewership declines two weeks in a row. According to Forbes' Alfred Konuwa, Dynamite outdrew NXT with a little over 1 million viewers -- 4,000 fewer viewers from last week's […]

todayOctober 17, 2019

AEW News

AEW Dynamite secures second week victory over NXT despite viewer decline

BOSTON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Despite a decline in cable viewership as a result of the 2019 MLB Playoffs, AEW was able to top WWE NXT for the second consecutive week in a row. Dynamite was live from the Agganis Arena in Boston for its second live television broadcast. NXT was live from Full Sail University and hasn't reported any plans to film elsewhere as of publication. Dynamite received a viewership of 1.018 million viewers, a 28 percent drop overall from […]

todayOctober 10, 2019

Football News

Ravens safety Tony Jefferson done for season with ACL injury

BALTIMORE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Baltimore Ravens announced Sunday that safety Tony Jefferson sustained a knee injury during their 26-23 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in overt, ending the season for him. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh told reporters in a post-game press conference that Jefferson suffered an injury in his ACL with potential further damage in his knee. "He at least has an ACL and probably more," Harbaugh said. "We said a prayer over him, and he'll find a […]

todayOctober 6, 2019

MLB News

Callaway booted as Mets manager after two seasons

NEW YORK (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A 86-76 2019 campaign was not enough to keep the manager of the New York's National League franchise around for another season. The New York Mets organization announced the firing of manager Mickey Callaway after two seasons leading the club, despite a surge late in the season that put the team in the hunt for postseason play. The Mets fell short of earning a playoff berth by three games, which may have led to a […]

todayOctober 3, 2019

AEW News

AEW Dynamite secures victory in inaugural week against WWE’s NXT of Wednesday night wrestling war

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- All Elite Wrestling's AEW Dynamite shocked and awed the wrestling world throughout its two-hour premiere Wednesday night as professional wrestling returned to TNT for the first time in two decades. Facing off head-to-head with WWE's NXT on the same night and the same time slot sparked the beginning of a Wednesday night war, but was AEW Dynamite all that it was hyped up to be? Dave Meltzer from Wrestling Observer released early market ratings numbers […]

todayOctober 3, 2019

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