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Major League Baseball distributed iPad Pros to its clubs this season. (Photo via MLB) Since at least the 1930s, according to baseball historians, Major League Baseball clubs have kept phones in their dugouts and bullpens. Historians aren’t really sure when the first one appeared, but the earliest mention of one came in a 1930 article in The Sheboygan Press about Yankee Stadium. Managers use the phones to call the bullpen,…

Peg Holecek has to get up at 5:20 every morning, but lately, she’s been staying up past 10 p.m., just to watch TV. Why? Mikey’s back in town. Mikey Berman is one of the Glenbrook North High School teacher’s old broadcasting students, and, since Aug. 15, he’s been working as a sports reporter at Chicago’s NBC 5. “I’m so excited, I stay up late to look for him on the…

Fall sports are starting up again. Soccer, football and volleyball. And that means brain injuries are a topic of concern for athletes and parents. This story is based on a radio interview. Listen to the full interview. PRI.org Yet there are still plenty of questions about concussions. That’s what sports writer Joanne Gerstner, along with neurologist Jeffrey Kutcher, set out to address in their new book, “Back in the Game: Why Concussion Doesn’t…

He’s a U.S. Olympian, NFL alum, startup CEO and now a TV host. Jeremy Bloom sat down with TechCrunch to tell us about his new show “Adventure Capitalists,” which he characterizes as “Shark Tank meets the great outdoors.” The CNBC series takes a look at investment opportunities in the sports and action space — from electric bikes to underwater jet packs. The startups with successful pitches can receive investments from…

3:45 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Dale Earnhardt Jr. won’t race in 2016, and his continued absence will bring many questions about not only his own future but the future of his team. Dale Jr. shuts it down for ’16 after concussion Dale Earnhardt Jr. will miss the rest of the 2016 Sprint Cup season as he recovers from concussion symptoms. It doesn’t end there. The absence…

Irish poets learn your trade Sing whatever is well made. . . . — William Butler Yeats,“Under Ben Bulben” LOS ANGELES For 67 years, the son of Vincent and Bridget Scully, immigrants who came to New York City from County Cavan, Ireland, has been plying his trade. For eight years on the East Coast and 59 on the West Coast, on radio and television, he has strolled with Brooklyn Dodgers fans and…

Baseball bats are apparently popular in Russia. Though it’s not known for its interest in our national pastime, a report says that 500,000 bats were sold in Russia last year, per Moscow’s traffic police chief. The report also notes that only one pair of batting gloves were purchased. OK, so it’s a country full of Matt Carpenter and Wil Myers fans, right? Well, no … (via tass.com): “Road conflicts with…

Peg Holecek has to get up at 5:20 every morning, but lately, she’s been staying up past 10 p.m., just to watch TV. Why? Mikey’s back in town. Mikey Berman is one of the Glenbrook North High School teacher’s old broadcasting students, and, since Aug. 15, he’s been working as a sports reporter at Chicago’s NBC 5. “I’m so excited, I stay up late to look for him on the…

Was there anything surprising about Friday’s news that Dale Earnhardt Jr. will miss the rest of the NASCAR season with concussion symptoms? Not really, at least not if you’ve been listening to what Earnhardt has been saying before and since he violently slammed into the wall at Michigan International Speedway that Sunday afternoon in June. The hit gave Earnhardt, 41, a concussion, his third in the past five seasons. He…

Baseball bats are apparently popular in Russia. Though it’s not known for its interest in our national pastime, a report says that 500,000 bats were sold in Russia last year, per Moscow’s traffic police chief. The report also notes that only one pair of batting gloves were purchased. OK, so it’s a country full of Matt Carpenter and Wil Myers fans, right? Well, no … (via tass.com): “Road conflicts with…

The first clue that this was one of the craziest plays you’ll see is that the batboy went to retrieve what he thought was a foul ball. Instead, this baseball that was hit foul somehow spun back into fair territory and was an out. Any kind of lead-in to this video is not going to tell the story, so just watch this crazy play from Thursday night’s minor-league baseball game…

Peg Holecek has to get up at 5:20 every morning, but lately, she’s been staying up past 10 p.m., just to watch TV. Why? Mikey’s back in town. Mikey Berman is one of the Glenbrook North High School teacher’s old broadcasting students, and, since Aug. 15, he’s been working as a sports reporter at Chicago’s NBC 5. “I’m so excited, I stay up late to look for him on the…

BATON ROUGE — The new “Voice of the Tigers” Chris Blair will make his LSU football debut Saturday afternoon and when he takes the microphone at Lambeau Field, he will broadcast Tiger football on one of the most powerful radio networks in college athletics. The LSU Sports Radio Networks spans a total of 21 radio stations, including flagship station Eagle 98.1 FM and its 95,000-watt signal and AM radio…

Yaya Toure played in central defence for Barcelona in their Champions League final win against Manchester United in 2009 Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has left midfielder Yaya Toure out of his 2016-17 Champions League squad. City could not include more than 17 overseas players in their squad. And Guardiola still has 18 on his books, despite letting four foreign internationals leave before Wednesday’s transfer deadline. Clubs can change three…

Peg Holecek has to get up at 5:20 every morning, but lately, she’s been staying up past 10 p.m., just to watch TV. Why? Mikie’s back in town. Mikie Berman is one of the Glenbrook North High School teacher’s old broadcasting students, and, since Aug. 15, he’s been working as a sports reporter at Chicago’s NBC 5. “I’m so excited, I stay up late to look for him on the…

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Getty Images Antonio Valencia may not be available for Manchester United in the Manchester derby on Saturday, 10 September, as he is away with Ecuador until the day before. Valencia, 31, has today been shortlisted for the Premier League player of the month award for August, after starting the season impressively at right-back. But with the converted winger late to return from international duty, manager Jose Mourinho may be forced…

LONDON Vilified retailer Sports Direct (SPD.L) takes another step in its attempted rehabilitation next week when it hosts members of the public and the media at its headquarters in northern England, slated for working conditions akin to a Victorian workhouse. The 450-store sportswear chain, known for discount offers such as mens’ polo shirts priced at 5.50 pounds ($7.33), has been condemned by politicians for effectively paying workers less than the…

There was trepidation among some Sprint Cup teams going into the inaugural Southern 500 throwback weekend Darlington Raceway hosted a year ago. Not every prominent driver incorporated a vintage paint scheme, and there were some who wondered if this idea of celebrating NASCAR’s past would merely be a one-time thing that would come and go. Any reservations quickly vanished. Instead what unfolded was a communal way to honor and celebrate…

Neil Walker announced he was indeed heading for back surgery and done for the season Thursday afternoon. Not long after Terry Collins revealed Yoenis Cespedes and Asdrubal Cabrera were not starting, a nod to the continuing gimpy condition of their legs and a soaked field that made the Mets manager fret about exposing those ailments to the elements. So the Mets were minus their three best hitters this season to…