Yankees Over Reds 4-1

Young Reds starter Hunter Greene had some nasty stuff early on Sunday morning in Cincinnati, but the Yankees made their four hits against him count. Homers from Harrison Bader and Gleyber Torres put New York ahead, and the Bombers won Luis Severino’s much-anticipated season debut, 4-1.

Luis Severino’s return was worth the wait. It took longer than initially expected when he strained his lat in the final week of spring training, and he is still not all the way built up after an abbreviated rehab assignment. 

But working on a pitch count of 75, Severino got stronger as his season debut went on. The right-hander struck out five over 4 innings of one-run ball, retiring nine of the final 10 batters he faced in an encouraging outing overall. 

“I feel pretty good,” Severino said. “Feel like I was attacking the  zone after the first walk. But everything else was really good.” 

Severino also built up his velocity as the game went on, averaging 96.7 mph with his fastball but topping out at 98.6 mph on a strikeout of Kevin Newman in the fifth inning. 

His fastball generated eight of his 12 swings and misses on the day.

Tom Brady To Purchase Stake In NFL Team?

Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady is reportedly “in deep discussions to become a limited partner of the Las Vegas Raiders,” sources with knowledge of the situation say.

The reported move would be Brady’s second partnership with Raiders owner Mark Davis, having previously acquired an ownership interest in the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces in March.

“NFL legend Tom Brady is in deep discussions to become a limited partner of the Las Vegas Raiders, potentially his second foray into a partnership with Raiders’ owner Mark Davis on a professional sports franchise in less than two months.” 

Brady is set to become FOX Sports‘ lead NFL analyst beginning after the conclusion of his playing career, but has publicly stated that he won’t start until 2024, taking the next year to spend time with his family and prepare for the job. The San Mateo native is the NFL’s all-time passing leader for yards and touchdowns, as well as quarterback wins, among numerous other records.

Miami Heat Eliminate New York Knicks

Jalen Brunson had a superb season, from the start until the bitter end, but the Knicks’ other top players couldn’t do nearly enough to help him keep that season alive.

Brunson followed up his 48-minute masterpiece from two nights earlier  with 41 points in 45 minutes, but the Knicks received little production from Julius Randle and RJ Barrett in a crushing, season-ending 96-92 loss to the Heat in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series at Kaseya Center.

“You’ve got to give the Heat a lot of credit. They didn’t play like an eight seed, at all,” Brunson said. “For me, we did a lot of great things this season. We obviously want the team to keep playing, to have the opportunity.

“It stings a little bit, definitely a learning experience. But if you don’t win, you lose.”

Aside from Brunson, who finished 14-for-22 from the field, the other four Knicks starters shot a combined 15.6 percent (5-for-32). 

That shoddy statistic included 20 of 24 misses by Randle (15 points) and Barrett (11) as the Knicks fell to 0-15 in their history when trailing 3-1 in a best-of-seven playoff series.

New York Yankees Sweep Oakland Athletics

The Yankees made the most of their get-right series by sweeping the worst team in baseball. Now they will try to funnel that momentum into taking another shot at the best team in baseball.

In between showdowns against the division rival Rays, the Yankees got a laugher of a series against the Athletics, which they completed with an 11-3 blowout in The Bronx — capped off by Anthony Volpe’s first career grand slam.

Coming off a brutal loss to the Rays on Sunday in Tampa, in which they blew a 6-0 lead and coughed up a chance to win the series, the Yankees came home to the soft cushion of playing the lowly A’s. 

The three-game series was a welcome respite — in which the Yankees combined to outscore the A’s 28-10 — from an otherwise mediocre start to the season.

Before welcoming the Rays to The Bronx for a four-game series on Thursday, the Yankees enjoyed one more round of batting practice that counted as a real game on Wednesday. 

It included a three-hit day from Aaron Judge, more home runs for Harrison Bader and DJ LeMahieu, and Volpe’s first-pitch grand slam that put an exclamation point on a seven-run fifth inning.

New Lemon-Herb Lobster Sub at Quiznos

Quiznos takes its popular lobster and seafood sub game to a new level with the introduction of the new Lemon-Herb Lobster Sub, alongside the returning Classic Lobster Sub.

The new Lemon-Herb Lobster Sub features the brand’s lobster and seafood salad with lemon-herb dressing, lettuce, and tomato on butter-toasted Italian white bread.

Meanwhile, the returning Classic Lobster Sub includes the lobster and seafood salad and shredded lettuce on butter-toasted Italian white bread.

With prices starting at $9, you can find both the Classic and new Lemon-Herb Lobster Sub at participating locations nationwide.