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At the Baseball Hall of Fame, Ichiro Suzuki Relishes a Shrine He Will Most Likely Enter – New York Times

Sunday, July 24, 2016

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The new deal(er): Younger breed of techies replacing baseball lifers in GM roles – Minneapolis Star Tribune

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Terry Ryan was drafted by the Twins, pitched in their minor league system for four seasons and haunted ballparks as a scout for several years before moving into their front office. When his 18 seasons as general manager concluded with his firing Monday, these were a few of his peers. See if you can spot any differences: • Dodgers GM Farhan Zaidi grew up in the Philippines, studied economics at MIT…

Baseball Hall of Fame revamps veterans’ committees – The Denver Post

Sunday, July 24, 2016

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Baseball’s Hall of Fame has again revamped its veterans’ committees, attempting to increase consideration for more contemporary players, managers, umpires and executives. Under the change announced Saturday by the Hall’s board of directors, there will be separate committees for Today’s Game (1988-2016), Modern Baseball (1970-87), Golden Days (1950-69) and Early Baseball (1871-1949). Today’s Game and Modern Baseball will vote twice every five years, Golden Days once every…

Olympics|Global Sports Leaders Anticipate a Decision on Russia’s Participation in Olympics – New York Times

Sunday, July 24, 2016

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Olympics|Global Sports Leaders Anticipate a Decision on Russia’s Participation in Olympics – New York Times

Sunday, July 24, 2016

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Resilient Golf Turf Faces Test at Olympics – New York Times

Sunday, July 24, 2016

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Baseball Hall revamps veterans’ committees – The Detroit News

Sunday, July 24, 2016

In this Jan. 7, 2016, file photo, Ken Griffey Jr., left, poses for a photograph with Mike Piazza at a press conference announcing they are both elected into the 2016 National Baseball Hall of Fame, in New York.(Photo: Kathy Willens, Associated Press) Cooperstown, N.Y. — Baseball’s Hall of Fame has again revamped its veterans’ committees attempting to increase consideration for more contemporary players, manager’s umpires and executives. Under the change…

Olympics|Global Sports Leaders Anticipate a Decision on Russia’s Participation in Olympics – New York Times

Sunday, July 24, 2016

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BC-AP Sports Preview Digest (Jul 23, 2016) – FOXSports.com

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Saturday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT: – LONDON – With the image of the Olympics at stake, the IOC meets Sunday to consider whether to ban Russia entirely from the Rio Games because of systematic, state-sponsored cheating. – SAO PAULO – Many foreigners are taking advantage of Brazil’s shortage of athletes…

Olympics|Global Sports Leaders Anticipate a Decision on Russia’s Participation in Olympics – New York Times

Saturday, July 23, 2016

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Busch picks up Coors Light Pole Award in search of Brickyard defense – Nascar

Saturday, July 23, 2016

RELATED: Full starting lineup | See the full field SPEEDWAY, Ind. – A sweep at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is nothing new to Kyle Busch.   But this year, he started early.   With a lap at 184.634 mph (48.745 seconds) in the final round of Saturday’s knockout qualifying, Busch claimed the pole position for Sunday’s Crown Royal 400 (3 p.m. ET on NBCSN, IMS, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).   Earlier in the…

Baseball Hall revamps veterans’ committees – Houston Chronicle

Saturday, July 23, 2016

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Baseball’s Hall of Fame has again revamped its veterans’ committees, attempting to increase consideration for more contemporary players, managers, umpires and executives.

Daily Fantasy Baseball DFS Advice for July 23 – FOXSports.com

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Welcome to Sunday’s daily fantasy post! Remember that you can find our posts on the brand-spanking new DFS home page, as well as the fantasy page. Bookmark those sites now! Let’s get to Sunday’s interesting facts, using DraftKings prices. Five Things to Watch: 1. Here are the three highest projected over/unders, provided by OddsShark… ATL-COL 12 MIN-BOS 9.5 ARI-CIN 9.5 2. Weather: Pittsburgh and Miami both have strong chances of thunderstorms, but we…

Baseball Hall of Fame TV schedule: What time, channel are Griffey, Piazza inductions Sunday? (7/24/16) – NJ.com

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Outfielder Ken Griffey and catcher Mike Piazza will be inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., on Sunday, July 24, 2016. Here’s what you need to know: What: 2016 Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Where: Clark Baseball Center, Cooperstown, N.Y. When: Sunday, July 24, 2016 Time: 1:30 p.m. Eastern TV: MLB Network Livestream: www.baseballhall.org Piazza will enter as a Met A former Mets great, Piazza, who was in his fourth year…

Momentum, greed and baseball cards – STLtoday.com

Saturday, July 23, 2016

To paraphrase Walter Matthau on poker, it seems baseball card collecting combines all the worst aspects of capitalism (and investing) that have made our country so great. Well, maybe not all of them. After all, no baseball card company, that I know of, ever fabricated the statistics of a player to make his card more valuable, as Enron and others have done and will do with their…

Seattle Mariners executive Allison started as player in Alaska baseball leagues – Alaska Dispatch News

Saturday, July 23, 2016

His baseball career has taken him all over the U.S. and to Japan, South Korea, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Great Britain.

Olympics|Global Sports Leaders Anticipate a Decision on Russia’s Participation in Olympics – New York Times

Saturday, July 23, 2016

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NASCAR, Chevrolet launch diversity scholarship contest – Nascar

Saturday, July 23, 2016

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 23, 2016) — NASCAR and Chevrolet today announced the launch of the second annual NASCAR Chevrolet Diversity Scholarship Contest during a press conference at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Through this initiative, NASCAR and Chevrolet continue their longstanding commitment to Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) education and promoting opportunities for college students pursuing technology related careers. The contest challenges students to identify a technology or innovation within NASCAR…

Ken Griffey Jr.’s reach is far beyond baseball – USA TODAY

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Ken Griffey Jr. was baseball’s last pop culture icon.(Photo: Marc Serota, Getty Images) CINCINNATI — Kevin Falls is a Giants fan, so when he was writing the movie ‘’Summer Catch’’ and (spoiler alert) it came to the end when his main character, Ryan Dunne, makes the big leagues and is facing his first big test, Falls wanted that player to be Barry Bonds. He got Ken Griffey Jr. instead. In…