The woman flashing a St. Louis Cardinals player at Wednesday night’s Miami Marlins game was part of Marlins Man’s grand plan. Sort of. “That was not an accident getting attention and distracting the players,” said Laurence Leavy, the Broward attorney who has grown to national fame for showing up in the expensive seats at sporting events across the country in his bright orange Marlins jersey. The idea came out of a World Baseball Classic game this spring. Leavy said a couple players complained that women were jumping behind home plate while they were in the field and distracting them. “A couple of the Marlins players reached out to me to say, ‘tell your girls not to jump up and down … because
Jose Mourinho insists his first season at Manchester United will not be a failure if they do not win the Europa League, although he accepts that others may argue differently. United scraped into the final of the competition after a 1-1 draw with Celta Vigo at Old Trafford on Thursday, a result that secured a 2-1 aggregate victory in the semi-final. Beating Ajax in the showpiece in Stockholm will see United end the campaign with triumphs in the Community Shield, EFL Cup and Europa League, as well as earning a place in the group stage of next season's Champions League.
It’s time to look at five big questions facing the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators in the Eastern Conference Final. The series starts Saturday in Pittsburgh.