Month: June 2021

The Washington Nationals have placed star pitcher Stephen Strasburg on the 10-day injured list with a neck injury, said to be a strain. The IL designation comes after Strasburg underwent an MRI.  Strasburg started Tuesday’s 11-6 win over the Atlanta Braves but threw only 30 pitches before exiting in the second inning.

Following the Nationals’ 2019 World Series victory, the 32-year-old right-handed pitcher signed a seven-year, $245 million contract. He had finished fifth in the National League Cy Young voting and won the World Series MVP.   However Strasburg pitched only two games in 2020, eventually undergoing surgery for carpal tunnel neuritis in his throwing hand.  He was also more recently placed on the injured list with shoulder inflammation in April.

The Washington Nationals have placed star pitcher Stephen Strasburg on the 10-day injured list with a neck injury, said to be a strain. The IL designation comes after Strasburg underwent an MRI.  Strasburg started Tuesday’s 11-6 win over the Atlanta Braves but threw only 30 pitches before exiting in the second inning.

Following the Nationals’ 2019 World Series victory, the 32-year-old right-handed pitcher signed a seven-year, $245 million contract. He had finished fifth in the National League Cy Young voting and won the World Series MVP.   However Strasburg pitched only two games in 2020, eventually undergoing surgery for carpal tunnel neuritis in his throwing hand.  He was also more recently placed on the injured list with shoulder inflammation in April.

The Washington Nationals have placed star pitcher Stephen Strasburg on the 10-day injured list with a neck injury, said to be a strain. The IL designation comes after Strasburg underwent an MRI.  Strasburg started Tuesday’s 11-6 win over the Atlanta Braves but threw only 30 pitches before exiting in the second inning.

Following the Nationals’ 2019 World Series victory, the 32-year-old right-handed pitcher signed a seven-year, $245 million contract. He had finished fifth in the National League Cy Young voting and won the World Series MVP.   However Strasburg pitched only two games in 2020, eventually undergoing surgery for carpal tunnel neuritis in his throwing hand.  He was also more recently placed on the injured list with shoulder inflammation in April.

Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski plans to retire after the 2021-22 season, ending one of the successful tenures in sports history. Former Blue Devils player and current associate head coach Jon Scheyer is expected to be named the next coach.

Krzyzewski, 74, started his tenure as a coach in 1975 at Army. His 1,170 career victories are the most in college basketball history. He has a 1,097-302 record in 41 seasons at Duke, and brought the school to a dozen Final Fours and won five national championships. Krzyzewski also coached the U,S. men’s basketball team to Olympic gold medals in 2008, 2012 and 2016.

The Blue Devils went 13-11 in 2020-21 and missed the NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball tournament for the first time since 1995. They won their first two games in the ACC Tournament, but withdrew from the event due to a positive COVID-19 test within the program.