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HARTFORD — The city stands to lose more than $1 million if baseball isn’t played at Hartford’s delayed downtown stadium this year. City leaders recently fired the ballpark’s developers, DoNo Hartford LLC and Centerplan Cos., casting doubt on whether the Yard Goats minor league team will play at its new home this season. Mayor Luke Bronin said the move was prompted by an email from the developers estimating it would…

Today’s American sports leagues don’t have the same problem of abundance. For example, there are only 32 teams in the NFL and 30 teams in Major League Baseball. There is no 33rd football team that can compete with the Tennessee Titans for a spot in the league. If a baseball team is bad for an extended period of time, they might lose fans or move to a new city (which…

i Fans react to a play during the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA Finals Game Seven watch party at Quicken Loans Arena on June 19. Jason Miller/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jason Miller/Getty Images Fans react to a play during the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA Finals Game Seven watch party at Quicken Loans Arena on June 19. Jason Miller/Getty Images The curse was over. On Sunday Night, the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the…

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Getty Images With the NBA’s Cavaliers stunning the Warriors on their own home floor with a surprising Game Seven win last night, it ended Cleveland’s 52-year title drought. But the new civic leader in pro sports futility isn’t the same as the rest of the places near the top of that list. According to Michael Gehlken of the San Diego Union-Tribune, his town is now the city with the longest gulf…

Defunct sporting-goods retailer Sports Authority is trying to auction naming rights to the home stadium of the NFL’s Denver Broncos — an unusual move that’s raising eyebrows in the world of sports marketing. The company wants to capture some of the appreciation in the value of naming-rights deals since striking its agreement for Sports Authority Field at Mile High back in 2011, a time when the market for such arrangements…

Driver Mike Wallace (Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP) The Rascal Flatts concert at Charlotte, N.C.’s PNC Pavilion had just let out, two days before Father’s Day. Amid the flood of fans rushing to their cars was fifty-seven-year-old NASCAR driver Mike Wallace walking with his daughter Lindsey Wallace Van Wingerden. As they wandered to the parking lot, Mike began chatting with a stranger. Later, in an anguished Facebook post, Mike warned others not to talk to people…

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Athletes travel together to the games in BBDO’s humorous “Carpool” spot from Team Visa. Visa Visa is kicking off its 30-year anniversary of sponsoring the Summer Olympic Games in Rio with what might be its most tech-savvy innovation yet. Earlier this month, the brand introduced a new wearable device, the Visa smart payment ring, which will be worn in Rio by the 45 Olympic and…

Welcome to today’s daily fantasy baseball post! Remember that you can find our posts on the new DFS home page, as well as the fantasy page. Bookmark those sites now! 5 Things to Watch: 1. Here are the three games with the highest over/unders for Monday, provided by OddsShark… 2. Stephen Strasburg and Clayton Kershaw will have all eyes on them as they battle in Los Angeles. The Dodgers are favored (-185)…

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Entering the team’s College World Series opener Sunday night, Coastal Carolina senior Tyler Chadwick had made 123 career starts at first base, 45 at catcher and one at third. He had never started at second base, though, until the biggest game of life. With starting second baseman Seth Lancaster lost for the season due to a knee injury, Chanticleers coach Gary Gilmore spent all week considering his options there, looking…

PISGAH, Iowa (WOWT) — The tiny Iowa town of Pisgah is home to the Fill Er Up and Keep on Trucking Café, it’s also home to the Pisgah Baseball Field; The field and especially the grandstand have seen better days. Organizers in the town of about 250 people are trying to raise money so the field can be used by the next generation of baseball players. Tony Nuzum…

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Mike Wallace walks on pit road prior to the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway.(Photo: Matthew O’Haren-USA TODAY Sports) Longtime NASCAR driver Mike Wallace and his daughter were attacked by three men after a concert on Friday night, Charlotte police confirmed to USA TODAY Sports.  Wallace and his family were leaving a Rascal Flatts concert at Charlotte’s PNC Music Pavilion when the attack occurred,…

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x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Sam Amick and Jeff Zillgitt break down the Cavaliers’ historic Game 7 win over the Warriors in the NBA Finals. USA TODAY Sports LeBron James and the Cavaliers won Cleveland’s first team title in 52 years.(Photo: Cary Edmondson, USA TODAY Sports) OAKLAND – LeBron James’ tears of joy were unstoppable as he held the Larry O’Brien championship trophy at Oracle Arena on Sunday….

A decade ago, Madden NFL still published on PC. EA Sports took a chance on a management simulation called NFL Head Coach, not only for that platform but also on consoles. It published MVP NCAA Baseball 06, still the only licensed video game for a non-revenue (i.e. not football or basketball) college sport. And, thanks largely to the persistence of an Australian who is now the CEO for all of Electronic…

Indians 3, White Sox 2 Box Score Indians climb to 38-30 — It’s fitting that on Father’s Day the oldest men in the clubhouse contributed the most to the Indians’ offense. Rajai Davis went 4-5 and scored the game-winning run, while Juan Uribe added a run of his own with a game-tying solo blast to left field. Carlos Carrasco did not earn a decision, but kept…

MEQUON — When a couple of local baseball players head back to college in the fall, they’ll have plenty of material if they’re asked to write an essay entitled: “What I did during my summer vacation.” Homecoming is usually associated with football in the fall, but for a couple of Lakeshore Chinooks, it involved baseball in the summer. “It really does. It does feel like a homecoming,” Luke Sommerfeld said. Northwoods…

10:09 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment It’s makeup day in MLB, as two early season postponements are costing some teams a valuable day off. The Arizona Diamondbacks and Philadelphia Phillies lead things off with an afternoon affair, so set your lineups accordingly. Later, the Baltimore Orioles drop by Arlington for a one-and-done with the Texas Rangers. The schedule also features three of the National League’s top hurlers,…