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Dusty Baker debuted his Baker Family Wines last year, just about the time he returned to baseball, with the Nationals. (John Amis/AP) Baker’s two-acre California vineyard is managed by his friend Chik Brenneman. (Carole Martinson/Baker Family Wines) Dusty Baker missed the harvest at his vineyard this year. The Washington Nationals manager was in hot pursuit of a National League East Division championship when the syrah grapes ripened in his two-acre…

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BOSTON (AP) Xander Bogaerts homered, doubled twice and drove in three runs, and Mookie Betts hit a tying single before scoring the go-ahead run in Boston’s third straight win over New York. Hanley Ramirez also had three hits for the AL East-leading Red Sox (84-64), who improved to three games ahead of Toronto and Baltimore New York (77-70) wasted 3-0 and 5-2 leads and lost for the sixth time in…

Enlarge this image Fall sports season is kicking off — and we’ve got some good reads to go with it. Getty Images/Mint Images RF hide caption toggle caption Getty Images/Mint Images RF Fall sports season is kicking off — and we’ve got some good reads to go with it. Getty Images/Mint Images RF Election year or not, nothing says fall like football and basketball — and while politics may dominate…

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BOSTON (AP) Xander Bogaerts homered, doubled twice and drove in three runs, and Mookie Betts hit a tying single before scoring the go-ahead run in Boston’s third straight win over New York. Hanley Ramirez also had three hits for the AL East-leading Red Sox (84-64), who improved to three games ahead of Toronto and Baltimore New York (77-70) wasted 3-0 and 5-2 leads and lost for the sixth time in…

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We want to spend a few more minutes on a story we mentioned earlier about the release of some private medical information about some prominent athletes. It’s believed to have been stolen by Russian hackers. The hacker revealed that some of the medicines that athletes have been taking with the approval of anti-doping officials in their respective sports leagues. According to the officials in those leagues, the…

What do you call a driver who’s only 24 years old, half-Japanese, a graduate of the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program and has only won one of his 102 Sprint Cup Series starts? You call him the Most Dangerous Man in NASCAR right now. His name is Kyle Larson and he’s suddenly become the hottest driver in NASCAR and someone legitimately being discussed as a serious contender to win the…

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Jack Yarborough, also known as “Jack the Hammer” to his teammates, joined the Miracle League of the Triangle at age 11. “I want to be like Babe Ruth and hit home runs,” Yarborough, who has Down syndrome, said. Ten years later, now sporting a goatee, Yarborough has hit dozens of home runs and become the MVP of his team, the Pittsburgh Pirates. When he steps up to the plate, teams…

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Tim Tebow‘s path to the majors could become considerably easier if he takes advice offered to him on Twitter. The Heisman Trophy winner attempting to resurrect his sports career on the baseball diamond as a New York Met — someday, somehow — has been offered some hitting tutelage from a former major-league star. Yes, Jose Canseco is prepared to step up and teach Tebow the art of hitting and the…

BASEBALL SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Oh, Buster Posey knew all about how long he had gone without a home run. All that talk about the star catcher’s second-half power drought was answered with one mighty swing in a September game that mattered, and his two-run shot helped the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-2 in a matchup of playoff contenders. Posey drove in four runs and the Giants…

BASEBALL SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oh, Buster Posey knew all about how long he had gone without a home run. All that talk about the star catcher’s second-half power drought was answered with one mighty swing in a September game that mattered, and his two-run shot helped the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-2 in a matchup of playoff contenders. Posey drove in four runs and the…

Bahman Golbarnezhad – here competing on the track in 2012 – crashed during the C4-5 road race on Saturday An Iranian Para-cyclist has died after a crash during the men’s C4-5 road race at the Rio Paralympics. The International Paralympic Committee said Bahman Golbarnezhad, 48, suffered cardiac arrest after the incident on a “mountainous stretch” of circuit. “The ambulance then diverted to the nearby Unimed Rio Hospital in Barra where…

Former NFL linebacker Jamir Miller poses with participants at Youth Sports Day event in 2015.(Photo: Hassan Kaseem) The 13th annual Youth Sports Day will be held Saturday in Ahwatukee to help educate student athletes and other youth ages 12 to 18 about careers in professional sports, as well as emphasize the importance of staying in school, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and being financially responsible. Youth Sports Day, a program of local non-profit Linking Sports and Communities, is…

Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley once promised to finish off JD Sports, but now finds himself being trounced by his rival. JD Sports, the self-styled King of Trainers, is not only valued at a cool £1.1bn more than the Newcastle United owner’s chain, but last week revealed its sales and profits growth were a well-shod leap ahead of the rest of the UK fashion market. While other clothing retailers have…