🌽 MLB Will Return to Field Of Dreams

Gaudreau case update, Brian Flores lawsuit, WNBA Contract, Bulls Retirement, and more!

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Sportie Newsletter
August 26, 2025

⚾️ Baseball

MLB expected to return to ‘Field of Dreams’ movie site for 2026 game

MLB is expected to return to the Field of Dreams in August 2026, with a tentative matchup featuring the Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies, subject to some additional planning, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told the Des Moines Register.

It's huge news for MLB and for the state of Iowa. The 2021 game, which ended with Tim Anderson of the White Sox belting a walk-off home run into the corn, turned out to be one of the marquee moments in baseball history.

That contest featured a touching pregame tribute from Costner, who in the movie played an Iowa farmer who plows over his corn to build a baseball field for Joe Jackson and other members of the banished 1919 White Sox.

Volpe gets vote of confidence from manager Aaron Boone after benching

New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe appears poised to reclaim his job as the team's starter at the critical position. 

Volpe was not in manager Aaron Boone's lineup for the Monday night series opener against the Washington Nationals. However, Boone told media, including The Athletic, that Volpe, who he called "our shortstop," would begin playing "regularly" starting Tuesday and was held out of the Yankees' Sunday and Monday lineups as a "reset" of sorts. Instead, utility infielder and trade-deadline acquisition José Caballero manned shortstop on Sunday for the Yankees and will do so again on Monday. 

🏒 Hockey

Judge denies defence motion to suppress evidence in Gaudreau case

Evidence obtained from the vehicle in the fatal collision involving Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau will remain admissible, a judge ruled Thursday.

Judge Michael Silvanio denied a defence motion in New Jersey court to suppress evidence from the vehicle's airbag control module and infotainment system.

"Two valid search warrants for which there was probable cause," Silvanio said in explaining his decision.

The defence argued that the evidence collected was gathered outside the scope of a search warrant.

Matthew Tkachuk to Miss Start of Season After Undergoing Surgery

Tkachuk, who played through an injury for much of the 2024-25 season and the entire Stanley Cup Playoffs, has successfully undergone a procedure this offseason to repair a torn adductor muscle, per ESPN's Greg Wyshynski.

The surgery will sideline him for at least the first two months of the season, and it's possible he's not back on the ice until after the All-Star break.

Tkachuk himself had previously stated that he expected to miss some time in 2025-26, so it's not much of a surprise that he's opted to undergo surgery. He's been dealing with a torn adductor muscle and a sports hernia, both of which have hampered him since February.

🏀 Basketball

Bulls to retire Derrick Rose's No. 1 jersey on Jan. 24

Chicago Bulls legend and former Kia MVP Derrick Rose will see his jersey raised to the rafters of the United Center when the Bulls honor him on Jan. 24, 2026, the team announced.

Rose’s iconic No. 1 will join the numbers of Bulls legends Michael Jordan (No. 23), Scottie Pippen (33), Bob Love (10) and Jerry Sloan (4).

Women's NBA could face lockout as union deal deadline looms

Revitalized by Caitlin Clark and other stars and boosted by a new media rights deal, the Women's NBA is struggling to reach a union deal 60 days before the deadline.

Women's National Basketball Players Association executive director Terri Carmichael Jackson told sports business website Front Office Sports in a story published Monday that the union feels a lack of urgency from the league in reaching a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA).

🏈 Football

Court agrees Brian Flores' suit vs. NFL, 3 teams can go to trial

The NFL can be put on trial over civil claims that Brian Flores and other Black coaches face discrimination, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, finding insurmountable flaws with a league arbitration process that would permit commissioner Roger Goodell to serve as arbitrator.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld Judge Valerie Caproni's ruling that Flores can proceed with claims against the league and three teams: the Denver Broncos, New York Giants and Houston Texans.

The 2nd Circuit said the NFL constitution's arbitration provision "contractually provides for no independent arbitral forum, no bilateral dispute resolution, and no procedure."