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Statistics Level Baseball’s Playing Field – Wall Street Journal
Last summer, an independent-league baseball team in California called the Sonoma Stompers entrusted its season to us, two writers with backgrounds in baseball statistics. We signed players, guided strategy and told the fielders where to stand for the most effective defense. We had no experience running a team, but we did have data, and we promised the owner of the Stompers that we would use it to build a new…
Movies|Paul Giamatti, a Baseball Commissioner’s Son, Makes His Own Calls – New York Times
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A Soccer Game, With an Orchestral Soundtrack – New York Times
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Rio Olympics: Here is a list of all the golfers who will not compete this summer – CBSSports.com
To this point, only nine golfers have withdrawn from the 2016 Olympics even though it feels like a lot more than that. Rory McIlroy is pretty clearly the biggest name, but he’s not the only big-time player not going. Here are the nine who have cited all manner of things from the Zika virus to a compressed PGA Tour schedule for why they will not be up for consideration this…
Swedish Soccer Player Farts Near a Ref, Gets Thrown Out of the Game – GQ Magazine
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Asking why the U.S. isn’t better at soccer is a really dumb question – Sporting News
It happens pretty much every time the United States men’s national team departs from another major international soccer tournament. It could be the World Cup or the Confederations Cup or, this time, the Copa America Centenario. MORE: Team USA in Copa America Centenario photos Whether the U.S. plays well and loses (as it did against Belgium in the 2014 World Cup) or plays miserably and is embarrassed (for instance, Tuesday night…
Death, destruction: 5 signs Rio’s not ready for the Olympics – USA TODAY
x Embed x Share The jaguar was fatally shot after escaping its handlers and charging at an officer, according to the Brazilian army. Wochit The Olympic Torch, held by an athlete, is seen by a jaguar –symbol of Amazonia– during a ceremony in Manaus, northern Brazil, on June 20, 2016. The jaguar, who was named Juma and lived in the local zoo, had to be shot dead by soldiers shortly…
Meet the crowd favorite at the Congressional Baseball Game – WTOP
WASHINGTON — The annual Congressional Baseball Game is an only-in-Washington kind of event. Played at Nationals Park in front of a healthy crowd of rowdy spectators, Democrats and Republicans from the House and Senate lace up their cleats, throw on uniforms and play honest-to-goodness hardball on the big-league diamond for bragging rights and to raise money for charity. And while the wonky cheers from the crowd may differ from your…
Statistics Level Baseball’s Playing Field – Wall Street Journal
Last summer, an independent-league baseball team in California called the Sonoma Stompers entrusted its season to us, two writers with backgrounds in baseball statistics. We signed players, guided strategy and told the fielders where to stand for the most effective defense. We had no experience running a team, but we did have data, and we promised the owner of the Stompers that we would use it to build a new…
Inside the Checkered History of Olympic Baseball – Paste Magazine
The forthcoming Olympic Games will shine a light on events that rarely appear on television screens, from archery and canoeing to equestrian and sailing. Yet one sport that won’t have its moment in the Rio sun – despite an intriguing Olympic history and a growing footprint in Brazil – is baseball. America’s national pastime had its Olympic debut as an exhibition sport at the 1904 Games in St…
How long should a baseball stadium last? – Chicago Tribune
The City Council of Arlington, Texas, approved a plan last month to contribute half the $1 billion cost of a new, air-conditioned baseball stadium for the Texas Rangers. If all goes to plan, it will be the team’s third stadium since it relocated from Washington in the early 1970s. Taken together with other recent deals, it sure looks as though American cities are on the verge of another stadium building…
Bill Simmons as TV Host: Heavy on Sports and Cursing – New York Times
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NHL Bets On Las Vegas: Which Sports League Is Next? – Fox Business
The NHL’s decision Wednesday to add an expansion franchise in Las Vegas could pave the way for other major pro sports leagues, especially the NFL, to plant their flags in Sin City. After decades of resistance to even the slightest link between sports and gambling, the NHL’s move is the strongest indication yet that leagues are softening their stance toward the United States’ gambling capital. Continue Reading Below Traditionally,…
How America’s Favorite Sports Betting Expert Turned A Sucker’s Game Into An Industry – Deadspin
Illustration by Jim Cooke Full wagering is illegal in 49 states, but sports betting is big business, with billions wagered each year—and everyone knows it. Lines and moves are discussed openly on TV, and covers are mentioned right next to game stories. Media outlets nationwide turn to a handful of people for insight and predictions into point spreads and odds. And the man they look to more than any other…
How would British sport be affected by a Brexit? – Telegraph.co.uk
Leaving the EU would render the Kolpak agreement void meaning future imports from such countries would count as foreign players. Again arguments can be put forward that this would encourage the development of homegrown players, but Christian Abt, a director at the Essentially sports management group, believes that the presence of more than 70 Kolpak players has enhanced the Premiership. “The Premiership would suffer as a result because it has…
Nevada gambling regulators to weigh new fantasy sports model – The Seattle Times
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A new gambling platform set for approval Thursday in Nevada will further blur the lines between sports betting and fantasy sports, coming as the daily fantasy sports industry argues in the face of legal challenges across the country that its games are not gambling. The Nevada Gaming Commission is expected to back a gambling license for Henderson-based US Fantasy. The newly developed sports system essentially blends…
Death, destruction: 5 signs Rio’s not ready for the Olympics – USA TODAY
x Embed x Share The jaguar was fatally shot after escaping its handlers and charging at an officer, according to the Brazilian army. Wochit The Olympic Torch, held by an athlete, is seen by a jaguar –symbol of Amazonia– during a ceremony in Manaus, northern Brazil, on June 20, 2016. The jaguar, who was named Juma and lived in the local zoo, had to be shot dead by soldiers shortly…
Rory McIlroy Says He Won’t Attend Olympics Over Zika Concerns – New York Times
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Murdering its mascot, and other ways Brazil is already ruining the Olympics – Mashable
The Summer Olympics in Brazil are about two crises away from becoming the embodiment of that dumpster fire gif everyone on the Internet is obsessed with. They are about six weeks away — normally, this would be the time when excitement would start building. Instead, it’s hard to read the news and not feel like the whole thing is going to be an unmitigated disaster. SEE ALSO: Identical triplets make history…
Swedish Soccer Player Sent Off For Ripping A Big Ol’ Fart – Deadspin
Photo via Getty Everyone knows you run the risk of being punished when you mouth off to a referee, but what happens when it’s your butt cheeks that do the talking? A Swedish player recently discovered that to at least one ref, hot air emitting from your backside can earn you a red card just as quickly. Adam Lindin Ljungkvist was in the middle of a match in which he’d…
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