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Butler tabs Dave Schrage to lead baseball team – Indianapolis Star

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

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Daily Fantasy Baseball Notes: July 5 DFS Playbook, picks and advice – Sporting News

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

Looking for daily fantasy baseball picks, strategy and advice? This is the DFS MLB Playbook for Tuesday, July 5, featuring all the MLB DFS picks you need to know from Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. I hope everyone is ready to jump back into DFS with tonight’s 14-game MLB slate (we are ignoring the early game between the Reds and Cubs).  MORE: DFS cash-game lineup | 2016 fantasy football rankings Weather continued to be an issue…

‘Brexit’ Brings Headaches for British Sports – New York Times

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

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Wimbledon 2016: Venus & Serena Williams through to semi-finals – BBC News

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

Media playback is not supported on this device Wimbledon 2016: Venus beats Shvedova to reach semi-finals Five-time champion Venus Williams reached the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time since 2009 with victory over Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova. Eighth seed Williams – at 36 the oldest Grand Slam semi-finalist for 22 years – beat unseeded Shvedova 7-6 (7-5) 6-3. An all-Williams final remains possible after top seed Serena beat Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova…

‘Super bacteria’ discovered in Rio’s waters as Olympics near – CNN

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

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With focus on baseball, Tom Sox infielder Hart is flourishing – The Daily Progress

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

When the Tom Sox picked up College of Charleston second baseman Dupree Hart, team management knew they had a good infielder on their hands. They just didn’t know how good. Hart has steadily proven that he has star qualities as a second baseman in the field, and now that he’s starting to swing the bat, the sky is the limit for the Rock Hill, South Carolina, native. “We knew we…

‘Brexit’ Brings Headaches for British Sports – New York Times

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

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Scottish Gossip: Celtic, Hibs, Rangers, Hearts, Dundee, Scottish Open golf – BBC Sport

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

<!– FOOTBALL GOSSIP Kris Commons will resist the chance to join Neil Lennon at Hibs – and fight for his place at Celtic. (Various) Rangers are looking to beat English champions Leicester City to the signing of Finnish starlet Serge Atakayi after offering him a trial. (Daily Mail, print edition) Nir Bitton has emerged as a summer signing target for big-spending La Liga outfit Espanyol. (Scottish Sun) <!– Celtic midfielder…

Eir Sport secures rights to 2019 rugby world cup – Irish Times

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

New sports channel Eir Sport has acquired the exclusive Irish rights to the 2019 rugby world cup. Eir Sport is Eir’s new sports channel. The announcement was made on Tuesday by Eir Sport chief executive and Setanta founder Mickey O’Rourke. Eir has made its first major broadcasting move since its acquisition of Setanta Sports Ireland by rebranding the channel as Eir Sport. RTÉ’s ad break clanger puts TV3’s Rugby World…

Bob Paul turns to sports in new VC deal – Crain’s Detroit Business

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

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On the other hand: is switch-hitting in sport a dying art? – The Guardian (blog)

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

According to a popular maxim, hitting a baseball well is the most difficult art in sports. There is something close to miraculous about a ballplayer connecting with a round ball, using a round bat, despite only having a minuscule amount of time in which to think and react. However, one group of players are often overlooked: those who can do from both sides of the plate what most people can…

2016 U.S. Olympic swimming roster includes 30 first-timers – NBC Olympics

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

U.S. swimmers won 31 medals at the 2012 Olympics, of which 16 were gold. There were 11 individual gold medals won, but not all of those swimmers will return for the 2016 Olympics in Rio – partly because Team USA has 30 Olympic rookies on its 47-strong roster this time around. Newcomer Leah Smith (who will swim the 400m and 800m freestyle, plus the 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relays) perhaps…

Brad Keselowski emerges as NASCAR’s best on restrictor-plate tracks – SB Nation

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

With a deft touch requiring fortitude and a keen understanding of his surroundings, Brad Keselowski thoroughly controlled Saturday’s Sprint Cup race at Daytona International Speedway. A familiar sight was seeing Keselowski protect his lead by swooping high to prevent the outside line from passing, then veering to cutoff the momentum of the low line. He did this almost continuously throughout the Coke Zero 400. It wasn’t revolutionary how…

‘Super bacteria’ discovered in Rio’s waters as Olympics near – CNN

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

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NASCAR’s 7 most-shocking free agent signings – FOXSports.com

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

With the sports world going crazy over the news of NBA free agents striking it rich this week, it’s a good time to take a look at some of the blockbuster NASCAR free-agent signings of this century. Unlike other major sports, the dollars and terms of driver deals are not public information, so we don’t exactly who makes how much money. Still, there have been some huge surprises over the…

Game off! Why the decline of street hockey is a crisis for Canada’s cities – The Guardian

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

It’s a warm June Sunday in Hamilton, Ontario, and a small strip of Roxborough Avenue is cordoned off. There are yellow bollards and diversion signs at either end. In the middle, blue fences mark out a rough oval shape, about 100ft long. This is the city of Hamilton’s official street hockey rink – or, at least, the first stages of it. It was Sam Merulla’s idea, the city councillor who…

Soccer|’Brexit’ Could Provide Headaches for British Sports – New York Times

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

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Young baseball team from Mexico left in CA without sponsor – KABC-TV

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

A Southern California community was opening its arms to a young baseball team from central Mexico, which was suddenly stranded without a sponsor. The teenagers came to California as part of their league play this summer, but said their sponsor in Mexico was no longer paying their expenses. They’re staying at the De Paul Evangelization Center in Montebello but were in need of meals and rides to their games through…

Independence Day celebrated with vintage baseball in Bethlehem – NEWS10 ABC

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

BETHLEHEM, N.Y. (NEWS10) – More than 100 baseball fans in Bethlehem celebrated America’s birthday on Monday by enjoying America’s favorite pastime. But the game they watched was not played as it is today, rather, it was played the way baseball was in 1864. On Monday, it was the New York Mutuals versus the Bethlehem Braves. “This is our eighth year up here,” Mutuals Captain Thomas “Dirt” Fioriglio said. “Part of our…