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Enlarge this image Rain beats against the windows of a downtown New York City building on a soporific Friday morning. A high school teacher is reading out loud from a sample recommendation letter when she notices a few students fidgeting and texting. “I’m not seeing all eyes …” she says, her voice trailing off. Naama Wrightman, who is coaching the teacher, jumps in. “All right, pause. It’s the right correction….

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike agreed Tuesday to cooperate to reduce the cost of hosting the 2020 Olympics in their first meeting since Koike took office. Sitting side by side only weeks after the freshly elected governor vowed to take an ax to various existing plans to pare spiraling costs, Bach assured Koike that “we are in this boat together.” “We are going to…

<!– FOOTBALL GOSSIP Celtic’s Champions League opponents Borussia Monchengladbach have suffered another injury blow as 20-year-old Danish centre-half Andreas Christensen has been ruled out with injury. The Bundesliga side already have three strikers rated as doubtful for the tie. (Various) Christensen has told his team-mates that Moussa Dembele is as dangerous as two top players from the other teams in the Champions League group, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Manchester City’s…

Ian Snell, Scott Olsen, and John Maine didn’t pitch in 2016. There’s at least a fair chance that you’ve forgotten about them, and that’s if you’ve even heard of them in the first place. After all, the three have combined to make four appearances since 2010. Another connection: All three have thrown more career innings than Rich Hill. All three were rookies in 2005, too, just like Hill. To…

McGill-Toolen quarterback Bubba Thompson has some decisions to make. Again. The Auburn baseball commit received his first SEC football offer this week from the University of Tennessee. McGill coach Caleb Ross said the Vols have offered to let the two-sport standout play both in college. RELATED: 5 CAN’T-MISS COASTAL ALABAMA WEEK 10 GAMES  “He told me this morning that the offer hadn’t quite sunk in yet,” Ross said. “He knows a football offer…

In Taiwanese professional baseball, the action on the field could rarely compete with the action off it — a long string of game-fixing scandals that threatened to destroy the league. Players in cahoots with gambling rings would lose games on purpose, as the Chicago White Sox famously did in the World Series in 1919. One scandal implicated 26 active or former players on the same team, the Brother Elephants. Fans…

Enlarge this image Rain beats against the windows of a downtown New York City building on a soporific Friday morning. A high school teacher is reading out loud from a sample recommendation letter when she notices a few students fidgeting and texting. “I’m not seeing all eyes …” she says, her voice trailing off. Naama Wrightman, who is coaching the teacher, jumps in. “All right, pause. It’s the right correction….

Enlarge this image Rain beats against the windows of a downtown New York City building on a soporific Friday morning. A high school teacher is reading out loud from a sample recommendation letter when she notices a few students fidgeting and texting. “I’m not seeing all eyes …” she says, her voice trailing off. Naama Wrightman, who is coaching the teacher, jumps in. “All right, pause. It’s the right correction….

LONDON is hosting a heroes’ return later today, as Olympic and Paralympic athletes are celebrated in the capital – following their success at Rio 2016. It’s the second homecoming parade this week, after celebrations took place in Manchester yesterday afternoon. Boxer Nicola Adams was one of the stars of yesterday’s parade Along with rower and two-time Olympic champion Helen Glover Rio 2016 was one of Britain’s most successful games ever,…

The president of Amherst College is commending the men’s soccer team after one of its players penned an open letter in the Huffington Post, sharply critizing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments about women and his excuse for those comments: “locker room talk.” President Biddy Martin said the letter “exemplifies Amherst’s values in multiple ways.” Advertisement It was written by senior David Lander and published on Sunday. “I commend David,…

In Taiwanese professional baseball, the action on the field could rarely compete with the action off it — a long string of game-fixing scandals that threatened to destroy the league. Players in cahoots with gambling rings would lose games on purpose, as the Chicago White Sox famously did in the World Series in 1919. One scandal implicated 26 active or former players on the same team, the Brother Elephants. Fans…

x Embed x Share Each of the four remaining teams in the MLB playoffs is dealing with a World Series drought, some longer than others. USA TODAY Sports (From left, to right): President of baseball operations Theo Epstein, senior vice president Jason McLeod, general manager Jed Hoyer and Chairman Tom Ricketts pose before a Cubs game.(Photo: Steve Green, Chicago Cubs) LOS ANGELES –They are baseball’s version of the Rat Pack,…

Fell through a glass table after waking up from a dream that spiders were eating him. 

TORONTO A Canadian judge dismissed a late attempt to bar Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians from using their controversial logo and team nickname during Monday’s playoff game versus the host Toronto Blue Jays. The legal challenge by prominent Canadian architect and indigenous activist Douglas Cardinal was heard in a Toronto court hours before the Blue Jays host the Indians in Game Three of their American League Championship series. Lawyers for…

African players are hoping to hit the big time, as Major League Baseball (MLB) launches a talent hunt in the continent. Leagues are springing up and coaches and scouts travel across Africa looking for the next big star. The BBC spent time with one young man hoping to make it to the MLB’s “Elite Africa” training camp taking place in Johannesburg later this year. Video Journalist: Christian Parkinson

After the 49ers-Bills game Sunday, the losing team’s quarterback stepped to the podium for his postgame press conference. The primary line of questioning wasn’t about football. “To pay homage,” Colin Kaepernick said as he wore a Muhammad Ali T-shirt. The quarterback’s team had just lost to the Bills, 45-16, dropping the 49ers to 1-5, but that didn’t seem to be Kaepernick’s primary concern, either. He went on. “He was someone…

Enlarge this image Rain beats against the windows of a downtown New York City building on a soporific Friday morning. A high school teacher is reading out loud from a sample recommendation letter when she notices a few students fidgeting and texting. “I’m not seeing all eyes …” she says, her voice trailing off. Naama Wrightman, who is coaching the teacher, jumps in. “All right, pause. It’s the right correction….

After the 49ers-Bills game Sunday, the losing team’s quarterback stepped to the podium for his postgame press conference. The primary line of questioning wasn’t about football. “To pay homage,” Colin Kaepernick said as he wore a Muhammad Ali T-shirt. The quarterback’s team had just lost to the Bills, 45-16, dropping the 49ers to 1-5, but that didn’t seem to be Kaepernick’s primary concern, either. He went on. “He was someone…

BAY SHORE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The NBA is telling parents that they shouldn’t let their kids focus on any one sport until they are 14 years old. CBS2’s Jessica Layton reports the recommendations are based on advice from experts. The NBA announced new youth sports guidelines which include: delay specializing in one sports until the child turns at least 14; limit the amount of days and time they are competing…