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One of the hottest teams in baseball at the moment are the Cleveland Indians, who have the best record in the American League heading into Saturday’s games. It seems like every night a different player is coming up big for the Tribe in their wins. Not only do the Indians have an elite starting pitching staff, but the offense has been a pleasant surprise as well, getting solid contributions from nearly…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment A letter drafted by U.S. and Canadian anti-doping leaders urging Russia’s removal from the upcoming Olympics is circulating days before the public release of a report expected to detail a state-sponsored doping system that corrupted the country’s entire sports program. The letter, drafted last week and obtained by The Associated Press, is being prepared to be sent to the International Olympic Committee’s president and…

Media playback is not supported on this device Pint-sized TMS: Wonderful Woakes & a brush with the law England face a difficult run chase against Pakistan after the tourists ended the third day of the first Test with a lead of 281. The previous highest chase by England at Lord’s is 282-3 against New Zealand in 2004, meaning Alastair Cook’s men are likely to face a record target. Asad Shafiq…

Henrik Stenson goes into the final day of the Open with a one-shot lead It was not so much the duel in the sun as the grind in the gloom, but what a grind, what a colossal tussle between our new leader in the 145th Open championship, Henrik Stenson, and the man who will be seeing the dogged Swede in his sleep, Phil Mickelson. One shot divides them after a…

After it was announced that Dale Earnhardt Jr. will miss this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway due to concussion-like symptoms, NASCAR took the time to explain how their concussion protocol is handled. On Friday at New Hampshire, David Higdon, Vice President of NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications, opened the Hendrick Motorsports news conference by laying out details of the process Earnhardt Jr. is going through….

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Tomas Berdych is a former Wimbledon finalist and a semi-finalist at the Australian, US and French Opens World number eight Tomas Berdych has pulled out of next month’s Olympic Games in Rio because of concerns about the Zika virus. Berdych, 30, lost in the Wimbledon semi-final to eventual winner Andy Murray earlier this month. “It was a hard decision for me to take after a long and painstaking discussion with…

He was away from home this weekend as the inquest into the death took place. An inquest at Basingstoke, Hampshire, was told yesterday that the pair were swimming together in the waters of the Costa Blanca on June 27, but when Mr Dudhill turned around, his wife had been swept out to sea. The couple were not at their £300,000 home this weekend but a neighbour said: “He was absolutely…

<!– Joe Dodoo, out of contract after a spell at Leicester City, is expected to join Rangers on a four-year contract. (Daily Mail) The deal for forward Dodoo, 21, could be finalised early next week. (National) And Rangers manager Mark Warburton wants to add a defender and another striker to his squad. (Herald) Scotland defender Charlie Mulgrew, 30 – yet to sign a new contract at Celtic – is considering…

Media playback is not supported on this device Pint-sized TMS: Wonderful Woakes & a brush with the law England face a difficult run chase against Pakistan after the tourists ended the third day of the first Test with a lead of 281. The previous highest chase by England at Lord’s is 282-3 against New Zealand in 2004, meaning Alastair Cook’s men are likely to face a record target. Asad Shafiq…

Rock climbing is expected to be catapulted on to the world stage by becoming an Olympic sport. Though an official announcement is still a few weeks off, sport insiders say it is to feature at the Tokyo Olympics. Sport climbing was one of five sports recommended for the Olympics by organisers of the 2020 Games, along with skateboarding, surfing, baseball/softball and karate. Under new rules, host cities can pick sports…

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: – TROON, Scotland – Phil Mickelson enters the windy third round of the British Open one shot ahead of Henrik Stenson. Jordan Spieth, who just made the cut, is 15 strokes behind. – VILLARS-LES-DOMBES, France – Chris Froome and the other race leaders observe a…

Fans watched from the new rail seating at Celtic Park Celtic opened their new 2,900-capacity safe standing section in their first home game under Brendan Rodgers. Rail seating has been installed in the north-east corner of Celtic Park and fans populated the area for Saturday’s 2-1 friendly win over Wolfsburg. The Scottish champions were granted a safe-standing licence in June last year by Glasgow City Council. “This is another step…

I’ve long maintained that truth is far stranger than fiction when it comes to NASCAR.  Who would have believed the first Daytona 500 in 1959 would end in a photo finish that wasn’t settled until three days later? What were the odds that a last-lap crash and a fistfight between Cale Yarborough and the Allison brothers in 1979 would thrust NASCAR into the national spotlight? The triumph and the tragedy…

The Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic has pulled out of the Rio Olympics citing health concerns, including the Zika virus. The Canadian, ranked seventh in the world, reached his first grand slam final at the All England Club on Sunday, losing in straight sets to Andy Murray. He wrote on his Facebook page: “It is with a heavy heart that I am announcing my withdrawal from participation in the Rio 2016…

The International Olympic Committee has been playing with a lake of fire, and it’s everybody else that’s going to get burned. You can feel it coming, can’t you? One of these days there’s going to be a catastrophe. The Olympics will be lucky to escape a large-scale disaster in Rio de Janeiro, and if it happens we’ll all wonder why we didn’t do more to stop IOC officials from dragging…

Studying has always been high on my list. I got my degree from Cardiff University in bioscience. Halfway through it I decided I wanted to focus on judo more,’ says Powell, whose parents are the ‘most influential people’ in her career, outside coach Darren Warner. ‘My mum would take me anywhere. She was touring the country most weekends. ‘I always wanted to be a doctor when I was younger. But…

RELATED: Full starting lineup | See every car in the field LOUDON, N.H. — After one of the roughest stretches in his career, Jimmie Johnson got a welcome boost on Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Saving his fastest lap for the third and final round of knockout qualifying, Johnson won the Coors Light Pole Award for Sunday’s New Hampshire 301 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race (1:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN),…

From Sammy Sosa’s sneeze to Jeremy Affeldt’s frozen hamburger patties to Glenallen Hill’s fear of spiders, there’s a long history of weird and downright dumb baseball injuries. Our latest example? Rangers reliever Jake Diekman, c’mon down, you’re the next contestant! And just how did Jake Diekman cut his left index finger? A souvenir mug he bought from Cheers in Boston broke and a piece of glass got him. — Jeff…

Welcome to Saturday’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 today’s interesting facts, using DraftKings prices. Five Things to Watch: 1. Here are the three highest-projected over/unders, provided by OddsShark… BOS-NYY: 9.5 MIL-CIN: 9.5 NYM-PHI: 8.5 2. Weather: Should be all clear for Saturday. 3. You down with BvP? Evan…