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The two images were overpowering and beautiful for vastly different reasons. They were two separate home runs in separate games a continent apart. They were two magical moments that signified vastly different endings: One of a career, and a life that goes on after 67 stunning years calling America’s game; the other a farewell to an entire life, over suddenly and too soon, a moment of love and sorrow and…

Media playback is not supported on this device Sam Allardyce: Ex-England boss says ‘entrapment has won’ Ex-England boss Sam Allardyce has said “entrapment has won” after newspaper allegations led to him stepping down as manager of the national side. Allardyce left in disgrace after just 67 days after The Daily Telegraph said he advised undercover reporters posing as businessmen how to “get around” player transfer rules. He said it was…

The skateboarding community worships Brian Anderson as a god, but for many years kept his sexuality a secret from nearly everyone in his life. Our guy Reda sat down with Brian and some of his closest friends to talk about being gay in the professional skateboarding industry and why he chose now to come out.

Looking to surf the mobile web privately, but generally prefer the Google Search app over standalone browsers like Safari or Chrome? Then you’ll appreciate the latest update to the Google Search app for iOS, which now introduces an “incognito mode” that you can further protect using Touch ID, along with a host of other changes. While private browsing has long been an option in most browsers, Google’s search app has been…

BASEBALL MIAMI (AP) Investigators are trying to determine whether Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was at the wheel of his sportfishing boat when it slammed into a jetty in the early-morning darkness, killing him and two others on board. The three men died when the 32-foot SeaVee slammed into rocks jutting off the southern tip of South Beach at about 3:15 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s…

8:24 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment So here we are, in September baseball nirvana. It’s a beautiful thing. Seven teams are scrambling for the finish line in the last week of the regular season, within two games of a playoff spot. Twelve teams are still mathematically in contention. Nine games on the schedule Tuesday night involve those teams. And here we are, trying to watch or follow…

This past weekend, Pakistan competed against teams representing Brazil, Great Britain, and Israel in World Baseball Classic qualifiers at MCU Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn. They were swept in the double-elimination tournament, losing to Brazil on Thursday afternoon and Great Britain Friday night, but the box scores don’t do much to describe what they brought to the competition. Advertisement This was Team Pakistan’s first time playing on a proper, manicured…

No young player with such little experience had more upside, was more destined for greatness and was more capable and willing to touch other people’s lives through his passion for baseball and zest for life. On Monday, a baseball game was played in Miami that amounted to a nine-inning memorial — Miami teammates all wore Fernandez 16 jerseys, got on-field greetings from the Mets before the game and encircled the…

8:24 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment So here we are, in September baseball nirvana. It’s a beautiful thing. Seven teams are scrambling for the finish line in the last week of the regular season, within two games of a playoff spot. Twelve teams are still mathematically in contention. Nine games on the schedule Tuesday night involve those teams. And here we are, trying to watch or follow…

This past weekend, Pakistan competed against teams representing Brazil, Great Britain, and Israel in World Baseball Classic qualifiers at MCU Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn. They were swept in the double-elimination tournament, losing to Brazil on Thursday afternoon and Great Britain Friday night, but the box scores don’t do much to describe what they brought to the competition. Advertisement This was Team Pakistan’s first time playing on a proper, manicured…

Heading into the final week of the regular season, the MLB playoff picture is almost settled. Although a handful of wild-card spots are still unclaimed, every division in baseball is all but locked up. This year has been one of the more imbalanced years in recent memory, featuring the 100-game-winning Cubs alongside the (likely) sub-60-win Twins, and the lack of parity has been good for statistical projection systems. After a…

No young player with such little experience had more upside, was more destined for greatness and was more capable and willing to touch other people’s lives through his passion for baseball and zest for life. On Monday, a baseball game was played in Miami that amounted to a nine-inning memorial — Miami teammates all wore Fernandez 16 jerseys, got on-field greetings from the Mets before the game and encircled the…

11:41 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment The stories about Jose Fernandez continue to be told, about his personality and his passion and presence, and you almost have to remind yourself that he was 24 years old because he somehow managed to touch so many others in such a short time. It seems like he shared time with just about everyone in the game, moments that have become…

BASEBALL MIAMI (AP) Investigators are trying to determine whether Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was at the wheel of his sportfishing boat when it slammed into a jetty in the early-morning darkness, killing him and two others on board. The three men died when the 32-foot SeaVee slammed into rocks jutting off the southern tip of South Beach at about 3:15 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s…

Media playback is not supported on this device Sam Allardyce: 67 days in 67 seconds England are the “laughing stock of world football” following manager Sam Allardyce’s departure after only 67 days, says former captain Alan Shearer. It follows a newspaper investigation claiming Allardyce offered advice on how to “get around” rules on transfers. “I’m angry, I’m sad, I’m staggered at the misjudgement from a guy who said this was…

Fox Sports Go is basically on every major streaming platform already, including Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku and Fire TV. And now you can add a gaming console to that list, with the app now available on the Xbox One. To give you a refresher, Fox Sports Go lets you watch live and on-demand videos from the NFL, MLB, NHL, UFC, NCAA football, UEFA Champions League and many more competitions. The…

Sports betting will be a major focus of the Global Gaming Expo (G2E), which kicked off yesterday and runs through September 29 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. The annual event, billed as the world’s largest gaming convention, attracts as many as 25,000 attendees. Hosted by the American Indian Gaming Association (AGA), G2E will hone in on potential regulatory frameworks and monitoring for sports betting. Former…

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Sam Allardyce left his position as England manager on Tuesday after only one match in charge over a series of damaging comments to undercover reporters that the English Football Association deemed “inappropriate.” The FA acted swiftly after British newspaper The Daily Telegraph published video of Allardyce appearing to offer advice on how to sidestep an outlawed player transfer practice and to also negotiate a 400,000-pound ($519,000) public-speaking contract with…