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BOSTON (AP) Hanley Ramirez homered for the second straight game, and David Ortiz had a pair of hits on Friday night to send the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox to a 7-4 victory over the New York Yankees. The Red Sox maintained a two-game lead over Baltimore. The Yankees, who on Thursday night were one out from climbing within three games of the division lead, fell six games back and…

Gross. This particular crop of two-start pitchers is our clearest indication yet that two-start pitchers aren’t the way to go in September. So if you’ve made it this far through excessive streaming, congratulations, you’re about to get your cosmic comeuppance. Not only is it a short list with so many six-man rotations across the league and so few teams playing seven games this week, but it’s a bottom-heavy list as…

The ACC’s decision means eight championships will be relocated from the state, including December’s title football game. The move also adds pressure on other sports and businesses to follow suit. “The ACC Council of Presidents made it clear that the core values of this league are of the utmost importance, and the opposition to any form of discrimination is paramount,” ACC Commissioner John Swofford said in a statement. “Today’s decision…

And now, the traditional Team Europe fight song … That’s one announcement we won’t be hearing during the World Cup of Hockey, which begins Saturday with Team Europe — an amalgam of standouts from countries that lack the depth to ice competitive squads — facing Team USA. Team Europe, led by Kings captain Anze Kopitar, is a new entry and has no tradition. Nor will it have an anthem played…

RELATED: O’Donnell talks with the pair | Newman gets candid about Stewart JOLIET, Ill. — Sprint Cup Series drivers Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman, involved in a multicar accident a week ago at Richmond International Raceway, met briefly with NASCAR officials Friday here at Chicagoland Speedway.   “We don’t have to apologize (to each other),” Newman told members of the media following the meeting.   “You have to remember, we’ve been…

Yes, Tim Tebow is well aware of Michael Jordan’s attempt at baseball. Tebow grew up a huge Chicago Bulls and Jordan fan. He remembers the stories and documentaries about the world’s greatest basketball player trying to do arguably the most difficult thing in sports: consistently hit a baseball. “It’s something that he had the heart for and he went after it, so yeah, I admire people who go after something…

In an exclusive interview with FOXSports.com, NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France said the sanctioning body would like to have another automaker join Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota as competitors in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. “There’s always interest and there’s always some real considerations,” France told FOXSports.com on Thursday in a one-on-one interview during Chase Media Day. “They take a while to get vetted out on both ends, so nothing…

U.S. Soccer had been worried that Megan Rapinoe’s protest would take away from Heather O’Reilly’s farewell game. Instead, as Washington Spirit owner Bill Lynch did, they stole the thunder on their own with a statement slamming Rapinoe’s quiet protest during the national anthem. Rapinoe — following what she said earlier was a lot of discussions back and forth with US Soccer — took a knee during the national anthem before…

What happens when two talented 36-year-olds face off against 30 8-year-olds on a soccer field? We now know the answer to that question, thanks to the LA Galaxy’s Robbie Keane and midfielder Steven Gerrard. The match was the finale in the LA Galaxy’s “Ridiculous Soccer Challenge” series; we also found it to be good fun as we reach the end of a week’s worth of serious news. Despite the youngsters’…

Yes, Tim Tebow is well aware of Michael Jordan’s attempt at baseball. Tebow grew up a huge Chicago Bulls and Jordan fan. He remembers the stories and documentaries about the world’s greatest basketball player trying to do arguably the most difficult thing in sports: consistently hit a baseball. “It’s something that he had the heart for and he went after it, so yeah, I admire people who go after something…

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Earlier this week, Adam Jones, an All-Star centerfielder for the Baltimore Orioles, was asked why neither he nor any African-American baseball player has followed the lead of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and knelt or sat during the national anthem to protest police brutality against minorities. “Baseball is a white man’s sport,” said Jones. The following day, Howard Bryant, an ESPN columnist who is also African-American, wrote an essay in which…

On Thursday, Fox will debut a TV show called “Pitch,” a fictional account of a young pitcher who becomes the first woman to play in the major leagues. But from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Marlins Park in Miami will be the location for the real thing — young female athletes competing for a chance to play baseball against boys. Girls Travel Baseball is run in Sunrise by CEO…

The ACC’s decision means eight championships will be relocated from the state, including December’s title football game. The move also adds pressure on other sports and businesses to follow suit. “The ACC Council of Presidents made it clear that the core values of this league are of the utmost importance, and the opposition to any form of discrimination is paramount,” ACC Commissioner John Swofford said in a statement. “Today’s decision…

Yes, Tim Tebow is well aware of Michael Jordan’s attempt at baseball. Tebow grew up a huge Chicago Bulls and Jordan fan. He remembers the stories and documentaries about the world’s greatest basketball player trying to do arguably the most difficult thing in sports: consistently hit a baseball. “It’s something that he had the heart for and he went after it, so yeah, I admire people who go after something…

It’s more than a little daunting that, while 55 million Latinos make up 17 percent of the current U.S. population, their number across most major American sports remains staggeringly low. Major League Baseball is, of course, an exception, where according to the Institute of Diversity and Ethics in Sport, Latino players represented upwards of 28.5 percent of the league on Opening Day 2016. But as Latinos continue to grow in…

September baseball: You can’t defend it intellectually. Competing with as many as 40 players on each team, after playing with 25-man rosters for the first five months? Ludicrous. Commissioner Rob Manfred knows it. I’d be very surprised if Manfred didn’t address it significantly in the new collective bargaining agreement that is being negotiated right now and, assuming the owners and players come to terms, will begin in the 2017 season….

Ben Dickson is a software engineer and freelance writer. He writes regularly on business, technology and politics. How to join the network After a failed stint in the 1990s, virtual reality made its reappearance last year with headsets such as Samsung Gear VR, Google Cardboard and Oculus Rift. But this time, it’s here to stay and, in less than a year, it’s already drawn attention and investment from venture capitalists…

For the first time, fans of Thursday Night Football can turn to Twitter to livestream the game wherever they are. The NFL–Twitter deal marks one of many high-profile sports league content distribution contracts with social media networks, a new strategy to reach younger, digital-minded viewers. “As your audience diversifies, as their viewing habits diversify, your distribution models have to follow,” said Elizabeth Lindsey, Wasserman Media Group’s managing partner of brands…