Few sports are as steeped in tradition as baseball, and that’s why it really raises some eyebrows when someone comes along and does something wildly untraditional.Y’know, like what is basically a James Brown split after every strikeout.That’s why Mets reliever Jefry Yan has got the people talking, and why we here at OutKick reached out to former Big League pitcher Collin Balester to get his perspective on the unorthodox punch-out celebration.BREWERS PITCHER ABNER URIBE APOLOGIZES AFTER CONTROVERSIAL STRIKEOUT CELEBRATION SPARKS BACKLASH”I mean, there’s guys that teeter down that line, that do a little celebration here and there,” Balester said, before noting that big celebrations are common in winter leagues in Mexico and Yan’s native Dominican Republic. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a guy jump ten feet in the air.”Balester — who played for the Nationals, Tigers and Reds — also noted that a celebration like Yan’s comes with an injury concern. “At the end of the day, if I was the team, I would be a little nervous about him blowing out his knee jumping up like that,” he said. “Over time, throwing they say is bad, but I think jumping up and landing on your knee like that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Friday urged U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to take a second look at the recently dropped charges over vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.”Now that people are able to see it up close, they are reporting pure VANDALISM at The Reflecting Pool,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, sharing photos from a freelance photographer that allegedly showed vandalism.The president claimed that “People were on their knees with their hands in the water at the exact location of the ‘slashes.’ Additionally, there were witnesses to the VANDALISM, and the flexible areas of the material were cut with a knife.TRUMP SAYS HE ‘DISAGREES 100%’ WITH U.S. ATTORNEY JEANINE PIRRO OVER REFLECTING POOL CASE “U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro should re-visit her hastily made decision, especially since it turned out that the ‘gentleman’ involved is a big player in ActBlue, a disgraceful fundraising SCAM, and is represented by a TRUMP DERANGED SLEAZEBAG, Political Hack Lawyer, Norm Eisen, and CREW, a group that uses ‘charity’ for political purposes which is, to the best of my knowledge, ILLEGAL!”Trump has been highly critical of Pirro’s decision to drop the felony vandalism case against former Olympian David…

EXCLUSIVE: Former NBA player Royce White told Fox News Digital that he apparently plans to declare for the 2027 WNBA Draft, as he now claims to be transgender.There are now two former NBA players to announce such a decision, after Enes Kanter Freedom made his announcement earlier on Friday.”I’m transgender. I’m a woman. I identify as sometimes identifying as a woman for purpose of basketball, professional basketball, so I’ll be declaring for the WNBA draft in 2027 as well,” White said.FORMER NBA FIRST ROUND PICK ENES KANTER FREEDOM DECLARES FOR 2027 WNBA DRAFT”I think I’d be unstoppable. But I’m a team-first guy. I’m a pass-first kind of player. I do the little things. I led my team in all five major stat categories at Iowa State University, so I do a little bit of everything. I’ll do whatever the coach needs me to do. I’ll do whatever the girls need me to do…”I think it’s only fair.” White said only the league could end his challenge by stating its position plainly on the subject of males playing in women’s sports.”I think the WNBA could come out and make a definitive statement about guys with a pair of balls playing in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Colombia entered a new political chapter as conservative President Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn into office Friday, pledging to reverse much of former President Gustavo Petro’s left-wing agenda and restore a tougher approach to security, economic policy and relations with the United States.Known by his nickname ‘El Tigre’ (the tiger), his inauguration marks one of the most significant political shifts in Latin America in recent years. After four years of Socialist President Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” strategy, expanding coca cultivation and increasingly strained relations with Washington, De la Espriella now faces the challenge of translating campaign promises into governing reality.He was joined at the inauguration by several conservative presidents from across the region, including Argentina’s Javier Milei, Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa and Chile’s José Antonio Kast. Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche was there as part of the U.S. delegation. Spain’s King Felipe VI and FIFA President Gianni Infantino were also in attendance, the Associated Press reported.TRUMP SAYS COLOMBIA’S ‘EL TIGRE’ WILL BE A ‘GREAT PRESIDENT’ AS SOCIALIST OPPONENT LAUNCHES LEGAL CHALLENGE “I have come to close a long chapter of national resignation and, together with the people, embark on the most…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russian President Vladimir Putin could attack a NATO member country in the next few years in an attempt to fragment the post-World War II organization and test Article 5, new U.S. intelligence has found, according to a report.While U.S. intelligence had previously assessed that Putin wouldn’t launch an assault on a NATO country while still involved in the war in Ukraine, the Russian president is now looking for a victory as Ukraine makes gains, and the U.S. and Europe have seen increasing signs that he is testing the organization, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.That includes a drone that hit a Romanian apartment building in May and cruise missiles that landed in Poland late last month, a NATO country.RUSSIA PREPARING HYBRID ATTACKS ON NATO’S EASTERN FLANK, INTELLIGENCE WARNS Article 5 of NATO states that an attack on one country is an attack on all countries.The assessment said it would likely be a limited attack that could range anywhere from a cyberattack to a small-scale land incursion and would likely be focused on the Baltics or Poland.The attack could happen any time between this fall and 2029, the assessment said.”The…

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There have been a lot of interesting signings this NHL offseason, with the Flyers forcing the Ducks to pay top dollar for Leo Carlsson, Patrick Kane signing a nice deal to return to the Blackhawks and Macklin Celebrini getting the big money from the San Jose Sharks.But the most intriguing deal may have come from the Pittsburgh Penguins, who signed a player with just 47 career games to an eight-year, $32 million deal after he registered 7 points (2G, 5A) in 39 games last season.Reread those numbers if you need to, but your eyes did not deceive you. That’s the deal Penguins GM Kyle Dubas gave Finnish forward Ville Koivunen on Thursday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGENow, first of all, this is awesome for Koivunen. But Dubas may as well be wearing a stars-and-stripes jumpsuit, because this deal has an Evel Knievel-level risk.That’s because while the salary cap and therefore player contracts are going up, paying a player with that kind of production an AAV of $4 million is a massive gamble.Sure, the numbers come from a small sample, but they’re still not blowing any minds.Still, the Penguins like what they see enough to keep him around long-term. That…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The bodies of an Illinois couple, both 20, who had gone missing on a kayaking trip in Lake Michigan near a strait called Death’s Door in Wisconsin were recovered earlier this week.David Thalman, 20, and Francesca Warick, 20, were found on Monday morning off Washington Island after they went missing over the weekend, according to a joint press release from the Door County Sheriff’s Office and Washington Island Police Department.Washington Island is located across from the Door Peninsula. Kayakers leaving from the Door Peninsula must cross the Death’s Door strait, which is known for being turbulent, to reach Washington Island.Authorities don’t believe either one was wearing life jackets.10-YEAR-OLD BOY’S BODY PULLED FROM NEW JERSEY RIVER AS RESCUERS SEARCH FOR HIS SISTER Hundreds of shipwrecks are believed to have happened in the notorious strait since the 19th century.The Door County Sheriff’s Office said it had assumed command of the search after it turned into a recovery operation on Sunday.Jane Lee, broker-owner of a RE/MAX office in Chicago suburb Lake Bluff, told FOX 32 that Thalman was a great employee.”You don’t see a lot of young people like that anymore today,” she said. “He’s…

It’s a time of change for the Tennessee Titans. The team has a new stadium getting ready to open next year, and recently showed off some new threads that really scream, “Yeah, we used to be the Houston Oilers. What of it?”So, with so much change, reimagining and upgrading happening within the organization, apparently they decided that the team’s mascot, T-Rac, an anthropomorphic raccoon, needed a makeover as well.And, as you may have expected, the citizens of social media had some thoughts.JOSH ALLEN DELIVERS FULL-THROATED UNSOLICITED DEFENSE OF BUFFALO BILLS’ HIDEOUS NEW UNIFORMSNow, while the T-Rac revamp had likely been in the works for quite some time, the Titans couldn’t have picked a better time to unveil it.Why? Because raccoon stock has never been higher, what with internet sensation Jimothy taking over to the point of getting his own theme night at a Seattle Mariners game. So, now people are really into raccoons, even if all they usually do is pick through garbage bins and spread the contents all over the alley behind my house.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEBut, to that point, fans have strong feelings when it comes to the change, and while some liked T-Rac 2.0,…

Long before Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham challenged the conversation surrounding women’s sports, Payton McNabb was living its consequences.A high school volleyball match changed McNabb’s life. Years later, she sees Cunningham taking on a fight that has followed her all the way to Capitol Hill.WATCH PAYTON MCNABB’S FULL INTERVIEW WITH OUTKICK:After suffering a traumatic brain injury and partial paralysis on her right side from a ball spiked by a biological male opponent, McNabb took her fight from a North Carolina volleyball court to Washington, where she has testified before lawmakers in defense of women’s sports and Title IX. JD VANCE PRAISES SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM FOR ‘SAVE WOMEN’S SPORTS’ ACTIVISMNow 21, McNabb sees that same battle reaching the WNBA and believes the league’s response is exposing a glaring double standard.Speaking exclusively with OutKick, McNabb applauded Cunningham for taking a stand, ripped Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve over her support for transgender inclusion and explained why Caitlin Clark’s voice could carry enormous weight with the next generation of female athletes.”I started speaking out when I was 18,” McNabb told OutKick. “I’m 21 now, but within the last few years, why have I had to go in front of Congress and explain that…