SEATTLE — On July 17, 2022, the Atlanta Braves chose a right-handed pitcher out of Bainbridge Island, Washington, in the first round of the MLB draft at No. 35 overall. That pitcher was Ian “JR” ...

It was fitting that Donna Brothers’ final Kentucky Derby for NBC ended the way it did. Brothers was covering her 26th and final Derby on Saturday before retiring after the Preakness Stakes next month.

Donna Brothers has been an integral part of NBC’s Kentucky Derby coverage since it acquired the rights to the race in 2001. From speaking to trainers and owners on the walkover to the paddock to ...

Ritchie Valens was a pioneer in rock n’ roll music during the late 1950s with hits like “Come On, Let’s Go”, “Donna” and “La Bamba”. His hits are timeless and are said to have inspired Los Lobos, Los ...

Atlanta manager Walt Weiss said Friday that Ritchie will remain in the majors for now because "we wanted him to be an option in the picture moving forward," Chad Bishop of The Atlanta ...

WASHINGTON — JR Ritchie was welcomed to the major leagues when Washington's James Wood homered on his first pitch. The 22-year-old right-hander rebounded to win his debut, leading the Atlanta Braves ...

The Atlanta Braves are finishing their four-game series with the Washington Nationals on April 23. On the mound for the Braves is 22-year-old rookie JR Ritchie, who is making his MLB debut. Ritchie is ...

The Braves are promoting pitching prospect JR Ritchie to start tomorrow afternoon’s game against the Nationals, reports Harrison Smajovits of Sports Illustrated. Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports that ...

No matter what happens for the rest of JR Ritchie's Major League Baseball career, he will always remember his first pitch. Perhaps not fondly, but he'll definitely never struggle to remember if it was ...

The Atlanta Braves earned a 7-2 win over the Washington Nationals on Thursday. Braves No. 2 overall prospect JR Ritchie made his MLB debut in the ball game. Things did not begin well, as Ritchie ...

WASHINGTON — JR Ritchie will remember a lot about his MLB debut, including the first pitch he threw from a big-league mound, a 93-mph fastball that was launched 375 feet into the right-field stands by ...

U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., called on the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to look into trades in the oil and equity futures markets ahead of a ...