After a disastrous summer that saw the likes of striker targets Hugo Ekitike and Liam Delap pass them by, Newcastle have started the new season without talisman Alexander Isak, who is insistent that he will never play for the club again as he tries to force a move to Liverpool.

Anthony Gordon has finally spoken out after his red card challenge on Virgil van Dijk during Newcastle’s 3-2 loss to Liverpool. The winger’s tackle just before half-time left the Reds’ captain on the ground and left the Magpies with 10 men for the entire second half.

Rookie Roman Anthony became the youngest Red Sox player ever to lead off a game with a home run when he smashed a 410-foot blast off Orioles starter Tomoyuki Sugano on Monday.

Anthony now has four home runs over his last 13 games with Boston. The post Roman Anthony sets another Red Sox record with leadoff home run against Orioles appeared first on Boston.com.

The Red Sox might need another new arm to be their fifth starter the next time around. In a 4-3 win over the Orioles on Monday night, righthander Richard Fitts — the de facto replacement in this turn through the rotation for newly minted reliever Walker Buehler — exited in the sixth inning because of tightness in his right biceps.