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What Does Baseball Great Rusty Greer Miss Most? – CBS Local
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter By Jack Douglas Jr. |Senior Investigative Producer He once was a super star athlete, but now he’s on the sidelines, away from the limelight, still happy when someone asks for his autograph. For many, Rusty Greer was the face of Texas Rangers baseball – always diving, always sliding… And never straying from the team and the fans, even if it would have meant more money at another ball…
Harvard cancels men’s soccer season after finding more ‘scouting reports’ on women – Washington Post
People walk near Memorial Church on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on March 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) Harvard University canceled its men’s soccer season after learning that sexually explicit ‘scouting reports’ about the women’s soccer recruits continued through 2016. [Harvard men’s soccer team members sexually explicit ‘scouting report’ ranked female players] The ‘reports’ — explicit descriptions of female student-athletes gauging their attractiveness and speculating on…
Great Britain enter Track Cycling World Cup with politics on backburner – The Guardian
One Olympic cycle can make a massive difference. In late autumn 2012, the World Cup at the Chris Hoy velodrome in Glasgow bookended a summer of golden glory for British cyclists in which Sir Bradley Wiggins had won the Tour de France for the first time, Mark Cavendish had worn the rainbow jersey to great effect, and the track events at the London Olympics had been dominated to the extent…
NASCAR gives Donald Trump a last-minute campaign boost – New York Post
Politics and NASCAR – who would’ve thought. Premium Motorsports announced Wednesday that Reed Sorenson’s No. 55 car will be branded in support of Donald Trump’s campaign at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday. Election Day is two days later. Sorenson, who sits 39th in the Sprint Cup Series standings, usually drives an unsponsored ride on Sundays. This week, his Toyota Camry will feature a patriotic paint scheme. The primarily white car features a…
Cubs, Nerds and ‘True Baseball’ – New York Times
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Baseball|Cubs Clinched Title Before Baseball’s Largest TV Audience in Decades – New York Times
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In Chicago, the Cubs’ Win Brings Baseball Unity, for Now – New York Times
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Cubs, Nerds and ‘True Baseball’ – New York Times
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Moments that made Game 7 the most memorable baseball game ever – ESPN (blog)
11:57 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment CLEVELAND — In the first hours after Anthony Rizzo caught the final out of the Cubs’ first World Series title since the Theodore Roosevelt administration and stuffed the ball into his back pocket, Cubs fan and actor Bill Murray drifted dreamily and perhaps a little drunkenly from place to place at Progressive Field here, including the set of SportsCenter. Murray’s incoherence…
The worst sight in baseball reminded us how much we love this sport – New York Post
Every now and again, those of us who love baseball – who obsess over it, who are fanatics about it, whose very daily being across the seven-plus months from early April to early November are defined by it – find the quirkiest ways possible to express this affinity, this fealty, this passion, this devotion. This was just before midnight, just before Wednesday night melted into Thursday morning, just after Game…
How baseball bridged the political divide – CNN
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Baseball Isn’t Back Because It Never Left – The Big Lead
They say if you love something, let it go. If it comes back it was always yours. And that’s what baseball did. For over 100 years, America was faithful to its pastime. But, as most relationships do, the marriage became strained. The honeymoon phase turned into passionless comfort turned into wandering eyes and exploration of greener pastures. Through it all, baseball took the high road. It kept the door open…
Russian Sports Agent and US Marathon Officials Under Federal Investigation – New York Times
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NASCAR folks see familiar name while watching Cubs win World Series – FOXSports.com
When Chicago Cubs pitcher Carl Edwards Jr. was called upon to pitch the 10th inning in Game 7 of the World Series against the Cleveland Indians, the NASCAR community had some fun with it. Of course, the running joke was Joe Gibbs Racing driver Carl Edwards was headed to the mound at Progressive Field. After the Cubs snapped a 108-year streak to win their first World Series title since 1908,…
Irving Arvizu shows that playing soccer in high school remains a path to success – Los Angeles Times
Watching Irving Arvizu move his feet back and forth during a soccer drill offers a little peek into the elite qualities he possesses. He’s a sturdy 6-feet-1, 170 pounds but quickly picks up speed like pushing the pedal to the metal of a sports car. “He’s a thoroughbred,” L.A. Cathedral Coach Arturo Lopez said. “His athleticism is what separates him.” In an era when many of Southern California’s top soccer players…
NASCAR honors 2016 Sprint Cup victor at Champion’s week in Las Vegas – Nascar
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 3, 2016) — After millions watch as a new champion is crowned at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series trophy will make its way to Las Vegas for postseason celebrations as NASCAR hosts its annual Champion’s Week festivities. Fans across the nation will gather for a week of events honoring the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion, the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers, the…
Premier League’s Southampton Said to Be New China Soccer Target – Bloomberg
Southampton, the Premier League football club based on the south coast of England, is in exclusive talks to be taken over by Lander Sports Development Co. of China, according to people familiar with the situation. Katharina Liebherr, the club’s Swiss owner, has been engaged in the talks for several weeks, said the people, who declined to be identified because an agreement has yet to be completed. The price could be as…
Rob Brydon Dives Into ‘Swimming With Men’ – Deadline
Rob Brydon has boarded new comedy Swimming With Men, which HanWay Films will be shopping to buyers at the American Film Market this week. The film, based on the acclaimed documentary Men Who Swim, is directed by Johnny English Reborn helmer Oliver Parker from a screenplay by Aschlin Ditta. Story sees Brydon’s character, Eric, search for a way to win back wife Heather by diving into a world of male…
Cubs Fans Finally Exit Purgatory After One Of Baseball’s Greatest Games – FiveThirtyEight
There was no better way for the curse to end. The Chicago Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years last night, in perhaps the most exciting baseball game of all time. I inherited my Cubs fandom from my father, so for me, the final out that sealed the game was joyful, exhilarating and ecstatic. But it was nowhere near as good as the Game 7 that preceded it….
Theo Epstein is the greatest baseball executive of the modern era – For The Win
He did the impossible. Twice. Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein came to the team in 2011, just a few years after he had helped build the Red Sox roster that finally broke the Curse of the Whatever and won the team’s first World Series since 1918. Now he was tasked with doing the same in Chicago, except this team he was handed an extra decade plus of failure, despair…
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