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It’s been a year since Jessica Mendoza became the first female ESPN MLB game analyst during the August 24, 2015 edition of Monday Night Baseball. On the eve of the Olympic softball star’s one-year anniversary with ESPN, she spoke to For The Win about the past year, being a pioneer and if the Cubs are really going to break that curse. The interview has been condensed for space and lightly…

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Earlier this month, former Eagles quarterback Tim Tebow announced that he would be pursuing a career in professional baseball — and the Phillies, it seems, are listening. As USA Today reports, the Phillies have confirmed they will send a scout to observe Tebow next week in Los Angeles, where he will hold a workout Tuesday for interested…

It’s been a year since Jessica Mendoza became first female ESPN MLB game analyst during the August 24, 2015 edition of Monday Night Baseball. On the eve of the Olympic softball star’s one-year anniversary with ESPN, she spoke to For The Win about the past year, being a pioneer and if the Cubs are really going to break that curse. The interview has been condensed for space and lightly edited…

And, in 45 games since Kershaw went to the disabled list, Turner has a .326 batting average, 1.017 OPS, 13 home runs and 39 RBIs. Anyway, if you’ve ever wondered what a quarter-billion-dollar underdog looks like, the Dodgers think they could be your huckleberry. A WEEK BEHIND: Yasiel Puig in 14 games for Oklahoma City: .396 batting average, .448 on-base percentage, seven extra-base hits (including four home runs), five walks,…

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike unfurls the Olympic flag during a flag arrival ceremony in Tokyo on Aug. 24 2016. The arrival of the Olympic flag marks the official start of the preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.(Photo: Kiyoshi Ota, EPA) TOKYO — The Olympic flag arrived here Wednesday after a 28-hour flight from Rio de Janeiro, as Japan prepares to show the world that its planning for the 2020 Games will be as…

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It’s been a year since Jessica Mendoza became first female ESPN MLB game analyst during the August 24, 2015 edition of Monday Night Baseball. On the eve of the Olympic softball star’s one-year anniversary with ESPN, she spoke to For The Win about the past year, being a pioneer and if the Cubs are really going to break that curse. The interview has been condensed for space and lightly edited…

Earlier this month, former Eagles quarterback Tim Tebow announced that he would be pursuing a career in professional baseball — and the Phillies, it seems, are listening. As USA Today reports, the Phillies have confirmed they will send a scout to observe Tebow next week in Los Angeles, where he will hold a workout Tuesday for interested…

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Sports Illustrated and Fox Sports have signed a new multiyear advertising and editorial agreement that they hope will provide a more robust competitor in a digital sports media landscape dominated by ESPN. Under the arrangement, Sports Illustrated, which is owned by magazine giant Time Inc., TIME 0.46 % and Fox Sports, owned by 21st Century Fox, FOX -0.51 % will share “significant” content, according to Rich Battista, president of Time…

OLYMPICS NEW YORK (AP) The Olympics in their final week were still golden for NBC. Once again, NBC’s nightly prime-time averages took the week’s top seven Nielsen slots. And NBC again left rival networks far behind in overall viewership. But a drop in Olympics viewers compared to the previous week was notable. So was the drop in TV viewership between the final seven nights of the Rio Olympics compared to…

The Rio Olympics were a watershed moment for women in sport, with many countries sending a record number of female athletes to the games. And despite some cringe-worthy examples of sexist reporting, the accomplishments of powerhouse women athletes like Lilly King, Katie Ledecky and the entire US Women’s Gymnastics team, are certain to move the needle not only for women in sport, but also for women in business. The bottom…

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Rio has handed over the Olympic flag to Tokyo, but Japan has a tough job on its hands to make an economic success of the 2020 Games. Tokyo’s preparations have already been plagued by scandal and cost overruns. And some experts doubt the Olympics will help Japan’s stagnating and debt-laden economy. ‘; */ var smartAssetDiv = ”; for (i = $allParagraphs.length-1; i > 0; i–) { if (i > 4)…

Attention, football! My love for you is not conditional on you “learning” from the Olympics. In fact, it’s not conditional. Honestly, darling, you’re like a child to me in that way. I will love you whatever – even when you’re naughty, even when I’m cross, even when it sounds like I’m really disappointed in you. (It might feel confusing at the time, but in some ways those are the moments…

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PREDICTING how many medals a country will win in the Olympics has become a cottage industry. Size and wealth are obvious factors: bigger countries naturally have larger pools of talent to draw from, and rich ones tend to have healthier populations and more resources to devote to sport. As expected, economic heavyweights like China, Germany and Russia were among the five countries that collected the most medals in Rio. And…

HONOLULU –  Federal regulators are proposing to ban swimming with dolphins in Hawaii, a move that could imperil one of the Aloha State’s most popular tourist activities and the industry that has sprung up around it. The National Marine Fisheries Service says spinner dolphins — the playful nocturnal species that humans in Hawaii routinely frolic with — are being deprived of rest during the day and becoming stressed out….