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San Diego’s Petco Park is the best ballpark in baseball – For The Win
SAN DIEGO — This place rules. I know what you’re thinking: I’m saying that because I’m here right now, enjoying myself in the beautiful Southern California sunshine for All-Star Week and falling victim to the trappings of recency bias. But in fact, I am on record naming Petco Park my favorite in all of baseball during last year’s All-Star Week in Cincinnati. I’ve attended games in 28 of the 30…
The 2016 MLB All-Star Game ushered in baseball’s new era amid a farewell – FOXSports.com
Forget “This One Counts.” Forget the fan voting. Forget the Home Run Derby and national anthems (please forget that) and pregame ceremonies. Tuesday’s All-Star Game wasn’t just an exhibition game — it was a delineation point, a clear juncture between the old guard and the next era of baseball stars. The man who bridged the gap was the last holdout of the prior era’s greats. Jeter and Rivera are retired,…
Despite Baseball’s Labor Peace, Battlefield Isn’t Deserted – New York Times
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David beating Goliath: 10 of sport’s biggest upsets – Telegraph.co.uk
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Tuesday’s Sports in Brief (Jul 13, 2016) – FOXSports.com
PENN STATE ABUSE HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, told by a teenage boy in 1976 that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky molested him in a shower, responded that he didn’t want to hear about it and had ”a football season to worry about,” according to court documents. The boy, now a man identified as John Doe 150, said in 2014 that other boys in a shower heard…
Pro sports takes a starring role in scripted TV – USA TODAY
Dan Lauria, left, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Kylie Bunbury play San Diego Padres in the fall Fox drama, ‘Pitch.’(Photo: Ray Mickshaw, Fox) Professional sports and Hollywood entertainment have so much in common — big-name stars, big-money lifestyles and big-time drama — that it only makes sense they share something else: scripted TV shows that focus on pro athletes. NFL and NBA players, respectively, populate HBO’s Ballers, returning for a second season Sunday (10 ET/PT) and Starz’s Survivor’s…
Despite Baseball’s Labor Peace, Battlefield Isn’t Deserted – New York Times
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The 2016 MLB All-Star Game ushered in baseball’s new era amid a farewell – FOXSports.com
Forget “This One Counts.” Forget the fan voting. Forget the Home Run Derby and national anthems (please forget that) and pregame ceremonies. Tuesday’s All-Star Game wasn’t just an exhibition game — it was a delineation point, a clear juncture between the old guard and the next era of baseball stars. The man who bridged the gap was the last holdout of the prior era’s greats. Jeter and Rivera are retired,…
Soccer|Megan Rapinoe Makes Cut as US Names Olympic Soccer Roster – New York Times
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The Olympics Could Use a Mulligan on Golf – Wall Street Journal
ENLARGE On a Friday in October 2009, a delegation of golf executives and players arrived at the Copenhagen Marriott hotel to make one last pitch to members of the International Olympic Committee. Already, golf luminaries from Tiger Woods to Jack Nicklaus had sent video testimonials expressing their support for the sport’s return to the Summer Games. Now, on the day the IOC would vote on golf’s fate, two prominent professionals—Padraig…
Lindsey Vonn Will Not Be Attending the Olympics in Rio Due to Zika Concerns – People Magazine
Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn will not be in attendance at the summer games in Rio this year. “I was going to, but I think with the Zika and everything, it’s probably just better that I watch from home,” Vonn, 31, told PEOPLE while celebrating Under Armour‘s debut of the UA Crossback Bra in West Hollywood on Tuesday. The Under Armour athlete says other Olympians she has spoken to have mixed…
Baseball’s Winners and Losers (Based on Expectations) – New York Times
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How the NL won baseball’s star wars – ESPN
9:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment On the second Tuesday of July, the stars will sparkle in the San Diego sky. But enough about astronomy. It’s the stars sparkling below, on the glimmering grass of Petco Park, that we’re here to talk about. If the All-Star Game is a time to celebrate star power, let’s just come out and say it. You know where you find the…
US women’s soccer names Olympic roster, Megan Rapinoe selected – NBC Olympics
The U.S. women’s soccer team has named its official Olympic roster for the 2016 Rio Games. The team is led by co-captains Carli Lloyd and Becky Sauerbrunn. Lloyd will be appearing in her third Olympics, while Sauerbrunn will be making her second appearance. Of the 18 players on the roster, 11 will be making their Olympic debut. The biggest storyline around the team’s roster selection is the inclusion of Megan Rapinoe. When…
Baseball|Baseball’s Winners and Losers (Based on Expectations) – New York Times
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How the NL won baseball’s star wars – ESPN
9:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment On the second Tuesday of July, the stars will sparkle in the San Diego sky. But enough about astronomy. It’s the stars sparkling below, on the glimmering grass of Petco Park, that we’re here to talk about. If the All-Star Game is a time to celebrate star power, let’s just come out and say it. You know where you find the…
Hall of Flameout: The 25 worst collapses in sports history – ESPN
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Some teams and players just can’t deal with prosperity. They reach the brink of success and then implode spectacularly. And when it happens, it becomes a part of sports lore, unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. We asked a panel of ESPN.com experts to determine which flameouts were the most excruciating, taking into account the magnitude of the event, the size of the blown…
Minneapolis data start-up Sport Ngin is acquired by NBC Sports – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis start-up Sport Ngin has been sold to NBC Sports Group, capping years of rapid growth and plentiful financing for the software company. Sport Ngin is the nation’s largest provider of web software and mobile applications to manage youth, amateur and professional sports. More than 500,000 sports teams, leagues, clubs and associations use the platform. CEO and co-founder Justin Kaufenberg said NBC Sports is “the most visible company” within the…
The best baseball players in the NFL — from Brady to Wilson – ESPN
7:24 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Major League Baseball will play its annual All-Star Game on Tuesday night, and chances are that few — if any — NFL players could have made it. You have to love baseball to be great at it, as with most endeavors. And if you love baseball, why wouldn’t you pursue its longer careers, fully guaranteed contracts and healthier futures? Joe Mauer,…
Would Baseball’s All-Time All-Star Team Go 162-0? – FiveThirtyEight
Every year, MLB’s All-Star game brings together the best players from each league to form two superteams. For one game, we get to see Jose Fernandez as a reliever against lineups in which Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera hit back to back. But unlike the NBA’s fantasy rosters made real, we never get to glimpse how dominant such a talent-laden squad would be against normal MLB competition. So with a…
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