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The U.S. women’s national team won the trophy it really wanted last summer in Canada. This summer, the world champs will compete for a place in history. Since women’s soccer became an Olympic sport in 1996, no country has claimed the Women’s World Cup and Olympic gold medal in back-to-back years. The world champion Americans settled for silver in 2000, then rebounded from World Cup disappointment to claim gold…

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Where is the justice in this? The Russian athlete, Yuliya Stepanova, risks death by revealing the extent of Russian doping in her Olympic sport. She has to flee her country with her family, live in hiding and train in secret. She is told that, provided she is “clean”, she may compete in the Rio Olympics next week, but “as a neutral”. She is then told she cannot compete. Instead the…

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Zach Frazee is recovering after he was struck in the chest by a baseball, which stopped his heart. (Photo: KHOU) DEER PARK, Texas — We often hear about impact injuries in football, hockey or boxing, but one family almost lost their son earlier this month when he was hit in the chest during a baseball game. The Frazee family says their 13-year-old son Zach was at one of his many…

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says more rule changes are needed to improve the pace of play, and one proposal under consideration is a limitation on relief pitching changes in an inning or a game. The majors shaved several minutes off the average game time last season, but games have been slightly longer in 2016. “We’ve slipped back a little bit this year, and pace of play is…

For 27 years, Target’s bull’s-eye has been a triumphant fixture on the IndyCar scene, connected to more than 101 victories including four Indianapolis 500 wins. But not for much longer. The Minneapolis-based retailer said Wednesday that it will end its longest-running sports sponsorship and one of the longest-running in all of motor racing. The partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing and its IndyCar Series team led by driver Scott Dixon will…

The U.S. women’s national team won the trophy it really wanted last summer in Canada. This summer, the world champs will compete for a place in history. Since women’s soccer became an Olympic sport in 1996, no country has claimed the Women’s World Cup and Olympic gold medal in back-to-back years. The world champion Americans settled for silver in 2000, then rebounded from World Cup disappointment to claim gold in…

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ATLANTA — DRIVEN: Travel Baseball — Chasing the Dream presented by Toyota debuts Sunday, August 7, at 5:30 p.m. ET on FOX Sports South following the Atlanta Braves vs. St. Louis Cardinals telecast with an encore showing at 10:00 p.m. ET. This latest episode of the Emmy Award-winning series will also be available on FOX Sports GO (FOXSportsGo.com), a free app that provides live streaming video of content televised on…

You know what they say: in this world nothing can be said to be certain except death, taxes, and baseball being really weird, pretty much all the time. As of right now, the 2016 Braves are the worst team in baseball. But, like Tolstoy would have said had he known that baseball existed, every really bad baseball team is woeful in its own manner. But also, weird in its…

Nashaun Hunter, Darren Dawson and Tejmitra Singh plead guilty to charges in fatal shooting of 23-year-old Michael Nolan. (Westchester County DA) YONKERS, N.Y. — Three of the four men charged in the death of baseball prospect Michael Nolan have pleaded guilty on Wednesday. Nashaun Hunter was charged with manslaughter, and Tejmitra Singh and Darren Dawson were charged with assault, Westchester County District Attorney said. On Sept. 18, 2015, Nolan, 23, and a group of…

SAN FRANCISCO — When a baseball-loving boy stopped Oakland reliever Sean Doolittle by chance Monday to check out the A’s bandanna worn by the pitcher’s dog, the little guy got an impromptu opportunity to play shadow baseball with a big leaguer. Doolittle and girlfriend Eireann Dolan were walking their Rhodesian Ridgeback dog, Stella, on Monday afternoon in San Francisco when 5-year-old Jordan stopped them to inquire about the dog’s accessory…

Major League Baseball on Wednesday announced the 25 teams that will play in the Reviving Baseball In Inner Cities (RBI) World Series, set for next month in Cincinnati. Two of the teams that made the field call Harrisburg home. Harrisburg’s RBI baseball team and Harrisburg’s RBI softball team will play in the World Series, on tap for August 3-16. According to a release from Major League Baseball, the baseball championship…

RIO DE JANEIRO — Here in Brazil, it’s not unusual to hear bloodcurdling screams in the airport; they’re usually just the sounds of teens playfully chasing each other through the terminal. It’s also not unusual to see suitcases sitting near the boarding gates, left by travelers who wandered off to get a coffee. In many ways, Brazilians live in a pre-9/11 world. Although they might be used to heavily armed…

A screen grab from the NBC Sports app, which will stream 4,500 hours of live Olympics action.(Photo: NBC Sports) Fans of the Olympics have a binge-watching marathon ahead of them with NBC’s coverage of the Summer Games in Rio. If you want to follow the exploits of U.S. swimmers Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky, sprinter Usain Bolt and the rest of the Olympic athletes — but have cut the cord — you will…

Rodney Childers, crew chief of Kevin Harvick’s No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet, has been fined $20,000 and suspended through this weekend’s race at Pocono Raceway after the No. 4 team was assessed a P3 penalty following last weekend’s race at Indianapolis, NASCAR announced Wednesday. The penalty fell under section 12.1; section 10.11.3.4, lug nuts not properly installed. Other penalties assessed following the Crown Royal Presents the Combat Wounded Coalition 400…

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After four years of waiting, the big moment is almost here. The eyes of the world will be focused on Rio next week, as the planet’s greatest athletes gather and the ceremonial torch is lit for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Do the Games actually start next week? I’m not actually sure. Look, you’ll have to forgive me if I don’t sound as excited as I should be. Please understand that…