Tampa Bay All-Star shortstop Wander Franco was placed on administrative leave through June 1 under an agreement between Major League Baseball and the players’ association while the investigation continues in an alleged relationship with a minor.
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been arrested Monday and charged with “commercial sexual exploitation.”
Police in the Dominican Republic conducted two home raids in search of Tampa Bay Rays star Wander Franco over allegations.
Major League Baseball (MLB) has launched an investigation into social media posts involving Rays shortstop Wander Franco. The posts, made on X (formerly known as Twitter), reportedly allege an improper relationship with a minor, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
Major League Baseball has quietly told teams that they can stop forcing players to wear uniforms and hats festooned with gay pride colors.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said he is “sympathetic” to the Tampa Bay Rays players who didn’t want to wear rainbows on their uniforms and “the idea of stop making me do things your way.”
Minor League ball player Bryan Ruby blasted the Tampa Bay Rays for allowing several players to refuse to wear the team’s gay pride patch.
Monday on ESPN 2’s broadcast of “Around the Horn,” radio host and network contributor Sarah Spain ripped the group of Tampa Bay Rays players that refused to wear rainbow-colored logos on their uniforms as part of the team’s annual “Pride Night.”
‘NYT’ columnist Tyler Kepner accused the Tampa Bay Rays of allowing a few players to undermine the team’s support for the gay community.
Rev. Franklin Graham on Monday voiced agreement with the Tampa Bay Rays team members who recently opted out of wearing the team’s special rainbow logos.
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty blasted several Tampa Bay Rays players for refusing to wear the gay pride logo in Saturday’s game.
A number of Tampa Bay Rays players decided not to wear rainbow-colored logos on their uniforms as part of the team’s annual “Pride Night” on Saturday that recognized the LGBTQ community.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday confirmed his intention to veto a bill with $35 million earmarked for a Tampa Bay Rays facility. Last week, the team went on an anti-gun tirade on social media, although DeSantis made it clear that he does not support giving taxpayer dollars to professional sports stadiums, “period.”
Several well-known companies, organizations, and federal agencies continue to capitalize on political disasters or movements to advance leftist narratives — from the advancement of radical LGBT ideology to the recent push for mass gun control. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is one of the few GOP governors who has openly defied woke virtue-signaling.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) reportedly plans to veto a bill earmarking $35 million for a Tampa Bay Rays facility days after the team went on an anti-gun tirade on social media alongside the New York Yankees.
The New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays suspended their usual game coverage on Twitter to draw attention to gun violence within the United States.
The plan for the Tampa Bay Rays to play half the year in Montreal and half in Florida is now a dead issue, according to reports.
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow blames Major League Baseball’s ban on foreign substances for the injury to his pitching arm.
Tampa Bay Rays Triple-A pitching prospect Tyler Zombro was left hospitalized after suffering a line drive ball to his head.
TAMPA, Fla. — A sports gambler faces up to five years in federal prison for threatening social media messages sent to players with the Tampa Bay Rays.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Blake Snell gave up the ball in Game 6 of the World Series, shaking his head after manager Kevin Cash’s curious pitching change.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tampa Bay outfielder Randy Arozarena has been arrested in Mexico’s Yucatan state for a situation involving an apparent custody dispute, just two weeks after he won the Babe Ruth award for the Most Valuable Player in the postseason.
Brandon Martin, a one-time promising prospect in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering three people with a baseball bat.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and her husband, Sean Gilmartin, and baby daughter joined President Donald Trump on stage at a campaign rally in Tampa on Tuesday.
There was a surge of humanity onto the field in Arlington last night as the Dodgers celebrated their first World Series championship since 1988. Though, one particular person who re-entered the playing surface has drawn more attention than others.
Justin Turner was removed from the Dodgers’ World Series-clinching victory after testing positive for the coronavirus.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Blake Snell turned away from his manager and yelled an expletive as Kevin Cash headed to the mound. In control all night, the Tampa Bay ace no longer had the ball in his potent left hand.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Mookie Betts came to the Dodgers to make a World Series difference. With a mad dash to home plate, he put Los Angeles over the top.
Major League Baseball’s big game lost in the TV ratings game to a midseason football game, as ratings for Game 5 of the World Series cratered.
With Game 2 of the World Series earning such dismal ratings, baseball isn’t doing much better than the rest of woke pro sports.
Game 1 of Major League Baseball’s “Fall Classic” turned out to be a ratings classic, in that it was classically awful.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated as Cody Bellinger’s drive soared deep into the Texas night. Bellinger flung his bat off to the side and strutted up the first-base line.
A Pinellas County, Florida, sheriff blasted the Tampa Bay Rays for its “reckless” tweet about the death of Breonna Taylor.
It’s Opening Day for the Tampa Bay Rays, and the organization used their first social media post of this all-important day to call for the arrest of the officers who killed Breonna Taylor.
I’m not really sure what Twitch is, but I do know this — Blake Snell will wish he was never on it.
Tampa Bay Rays ace pitcher Blake Snell is no fan of the idea of playing high-risk baseball for less money. In fact, when it comes to the question of risking infection while playing under MLB’s proposed revenue sharing model, Snell says: “It’s just not worth it.”
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays minor leaguer Blake Bivens says he learned through social media of the deaths of three family members last summer.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays are the first Major League Baseball team known to plan furloughs of some full-time employees because of the coronavirus pandemic, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.
A sports bettor has been charged with sending hundreds of threatening messages to college and pro athletes over social media.
Police investigators say that the man accused of murdering a minor league baseball player’s wife, child, and mother-in-law, may have had “religious motivations.”
