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x Embed x Share The former NFL player and Heisman Trophy winner held an open baseball workout at the University of Southern California for professional scouts. USA TODAY Sports Tim Tebow takes batting practice in front of scouts in Los Angeles.(Photo: USA TODAY Sports Images) LOS ANGELES — Clutching a baseball bat, Tim Tebow, the former NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner, strolled toward the batter’s box. “All right, man,’’…

Tim Tebow showcased his baseball skills Tuesday before a bevy of scouts on the USC campus.

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<!– For the latest rumours, gossip and debate, check out our Sportsday rolling news service every weekday, and for a list of all the completed deals, see our transfers page Paris St-Germain defender David Luiz could be in line for a shock return to Chelsea. The Premier League club have offered £30m plus add-ons for the Brazil international, who left for the French champions two years ago in a £50m…

The transfer window closes in England at 23:00 BST on Wednesday and already the rush has started to get the last-minute deals in place – with clubs and players attempting to secure their immediate future. Manchester United’s £89m deal to bring France midfielder Paul Pogba back to Old Trafford from Juventus set a new transfer record and millions more will be spent around the Premier League before the close of…

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) have entered into definitive agreements to acquire TEN Sports Network and its subsidiaries for $385 million. ET had reported on August 8 that SPN is set to acquire TEN Sports and that the announcement is expected by end of the month. The acquisition will add five sports channels, TEN 1, TEN 1 HD, TEN 2, TEN 3, TEN Golf…

Revelations of Russian doping have been one of the worst scandals in the recent history of sport An overhaul of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has been proposed in a bid to restore trust in international sport. The leaders of 17 national anti-doping organisations met at a special summit in Copenhagen this week. The group says the fight for clean sport is now “at a crossroads”. Damning reports into Russian…

x Embed x Share The former NFL player and Heisman Trophy winner held an open baseball workout at the University of Southern California for professional scouts. USA TODAY Sports Tim Tebow takes batting practice in front of scouts in Los Angeles.(Photo: USA TODAY Sports Images) LOS ANGELES — Clutching a baseball bat, Tim Tebow, the former NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner, strolled toward the batter’s box. “All right, man,’’…

Buy Photo Former Atlanta Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone was introduced as Furman’s first special advisor to the baseball program Tuesday afternoon.(Photo: SCOTT KEELER / Staff)Buy Photo Before helping the Atlanta Braves go an unprecedented run of 14 consecutive division championships, legendary pitching coach Leo Mazzone spent time coaching in Greenville. He was manager of the Greenville Braves for part of the 1984 season, and was the G-Braves pitching coach…

On Friday night, at Albert Park, in San Rafael, California, the Sonoma Stompers ran onto the pitching mound, hugged one another, laughed, and sprayed champagne. Jose Flores, their six-foot-four closer, had just sailed a fastball by the San Rafael Pacifics slugger Brent Gillespie, leaving the bases loaded and preserving the team’s 5–4 victory. With it, the Stompers claimed the Pacific Association title. Five hundred and ninety-two fans were on hand…

Cam Tringali always envisioned playing baseball at South Carolina. Now he’ll get the chance. The Cardinal Newman senior pitcher committed to the Gamecocks Tuesday. “It is my dream school to play at since I was six years old and going to games at Sarge Frye Field,” Tringali said. “It seemed far fetched at the time, but I have been working for a long time.” The 6-foot-4, 185-pound right-handed pitcher had…

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<!– For the latest rumours, gossip and debate, check out our Sportsday rolling news service every weekday, and for a list of all the completed deals, see our transfers page Paris St-Germain defender David Luiz could be in line for a shock return to Chelsea. The Premier League club have offered £30m plus add-ons for the Brazil international, who left Stamford Bridge for France two years ago in a £50m…

Revelations of Russian doping have been one of the worst scandals in the recent history of sport An overhaul of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has been proposed in a bid to restore trust in international sport. The leaders of 17 national anti-doping organisations met at a special summit in Copenhagen this week. The group says the fight for clean sport is now “at a crossroads”. Damning reports into Russian…

LOS ANGELES — Tim Tebow showcased his baseball skills Tuesday before a bevy of scouts on the University of Southern California campus, in a spectacle broadcast by dozens of television cameras, many live. The 29-year-old former college All-American and NFL quarterback ran a 60-yard dash, threw, caught flies and grounders in the outfield, took standard batting practice and then faced two pitchers with big league experience in live batting practice….

It’s baseball … but not really. It’s the latest thing! But also super old.  Meet vintage baseball, a new fad embraced by hipsters and historians, as profiled by the Guardian Tuesday. Vintage baseball looks a bit like the sort you’ll see in MLB, but vastly stripped down and returned to the roots of the game.  The playing field looks like an open plot of land. Uniforms are baggy with floppy hats….

Revelations of Russian doping have been one of the worst scandals in the recent history of sport An overhaul of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has been proposed in a bid to restore trust in international sport. The leaders of 17 national anti-doping organisations met at a special summit in Copenhagen this week. The group says the fight for clean sport is now “at a crossroads”. Damning reports into Russian…

Play Facebook Twitter Google Plus Embed autoplay autoplay When he announced his reasons for not standing during the “Star-Spangled Banner,” San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick entered a decades-old debate over the song’s straddling of politics and sport. A number of teams and individual players have dropped the anthem, or refused to acknowledge it, since it became part of gameday routines in the early half of the 1900s. In just…

Located down the street from Wilshire Country Club and in the fashionable Los Angeles neighborhoods of Hancock Park and Windsor Hills, Marlborough School, an all-girls school, has completed a $27 million project that should be a boon for its sports program. There’s a new aquatics center featuring a pool that’s 33 meters by 25 yards. There’s an expanded sports field with all-weather turf composed of cork and sand rather than…

Hope Solo had a rough Olympic experience this year. Not only did she and the rest of her USWNT teammates fail to medal, but Solo also then proceeded to call the Swedish team “a bunch of cowards” after they eliminated the Americans. It was enough to earn the veteran goalkeeper a six-month suspension from USA Soccer, possibly ending the 35-year-old’s international career. As it turns out, documentary cameras were present…