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College World Series: Grounds crew ‘muds’ more than 3000 baseball for CWS play – NCAA.com
Omaha, Nebraska — Chad Tolliver has made clean things dirty at the College World Series since 2012. He is the Associate Director of Championships Alliances and he oversees the on-field operations in Omaha. So an important part of his job involves ‘mudding’ the game balls. “We have some baseball rubbing mud,” he said. “It takes the shine and sheen and slickness off of the brand new…
New York State Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Fantasy Sports – New York Times
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Doping, violence: What’s gone wrong with Russian sport? – BBC News
Image copyright EPA Image caption Accused of doping: Russia’s Mariya Savinova (right) won the Olympic 800m at London 2012 and Ekaterina Poistogova came third When I used to live in central Moscow quite often I would visit the giant swimming pool built for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. And as I used to breast-stroke or crawl my way – embarrassingly slowly I have to say – up and down the lane,…
Euro 2016: Croatia boss Ante Cacic criticises ‘sports terrorists’ after crowd trouble – BBC News
Media playback is not supported on this device Flares thrown on pitch during Croatia-Czech Republic draw Croatia boss Ante Cacic has called the supporters who threw flares on to the pitch in their Euro 2016 draw with the Czech Republic “sports terrorists”. The match, which ended 2-2, was halted in the 86th minute when flares from the Croatia end rained down on the Saint-Etienne pitch. Uefa has confirmed it will…
Financial calamity declared in Rio weeks before Olympics, but Games will go on – Washington Post
RIO DE JANEIRO — Just weeks before it stages the 2016 Olympic Games, the state government of Rio de Janeiro has declared a “state of public calamity in financial administration” and warned that the situation is so dire it impedes the locale’s ability to meet Games commitments. The Olympics start Aug. 5 with Brazil already facing an impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff, a public health crisis over the…
Doping, violence: What’s gone wrong with Russian sport? – BBC News
Image copyright EPA Image caption Accused of doping: Russia’s Mariya Savinova (right) won the Olympic 800m at London 2012 and Ekaterina Poistogova came third When I used to live in central Moscow quite often I would visit the giant swimming pool built for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. And as I used to breast-stroke or crawl my way – embarrassingly slowly I have to say – up and down the lane,…
The Strikeout Is Taking Over Baseball — and It’s Not Going to Stop – The Ringer (blog)
The Strikeout Is Taking Over Baseball — and It’s Not Going to Stop Getty Images/Ringer GIF The Nationals’ starting rotation is on pace to become the first in baseball history to strike out 1,000 batters in a season. That’s a little surprising, isn’t it? Nobody’s done this before? Not the Dodgers with Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale? Not the Diamondbacks with Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson? Or the Red Sox with Schilling…
Doping, violence: What’s gone wrong with Russian sport? – BBC News
Image copyright EPA Image caption Accused of doping: Russia’s Mariya Savinova (right) won the Olympic 800m at London 2012 and Ekaterina Poistogova came third When I used to live in central Moscow quite often I would visit the giant swimming pool built for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. And as I used to breast-stroke or crawl my way – embarrassingly slowly I have to say – up and down the lane,…
Euro 2016: Croatia boss Ante Cacic criticises ‘sports terrorists’ after crowd trouble – BBC News
Media playback is not supported on this device Flares thrown on pitch during Croatia-Czech Republic draw Croatia boss Ante Cacic has called the supporters who threw flares on to the pitch in their Euro 2016 draw with the Czech Republic “sports terrorists”. The match, which ended 2-2, was halted in the 86th minute when flares from the Croatia end rained down on the Saint-Etienne pitch. Uefa has confirmed it will…
Gran Turismo Sport Has A New Way To Make Online Gamers Act Like People – Jalopnik
(Image: Sony) Gran Turismo Sport, the latest in Sony’s epic racing sim series, is supposed to take multiplayer gaming to a new level with FIA-sanctioned online racing available to everyone. So how do you keep things civil and competitive? Anyone who’s ever played a video game online knows that no matter how well organized and professional the game’s interface is, you’re still going to encounter jerks breaking the rules and…
Russian Track Team Barred From Rio Olympics Over Doping Charges – Wall Street Journal
ENLARGE The Russian track and field team was barred by the sport’s governing body from competing in this summer’s Olympic Games due to widespread doping, a politically fraught move that casts a large shadow over August’s event in Rio de Janeiro. The decision, which will have to be approved by the International Olympic Committee, is virtually unprecedented for the Olympic movement, which in the past has avoided assigning collective responsibility…
The Strikeout Is Taking Over Baseball — and It’s Not Going to Stop – The Ringer (blog)
The Strikeout Is Taking Over Baseball — and It’s Not Going to Stop Getty Images/Ringer GIF The Nationals’ starting rotation is on pace to become the first in baseball history to strike out 1,000 batters in a season. That’s a little surprising, isn’t it? Nobody’s done this before? Not the Dodgers with Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale? Not the Diamondbacks with Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson? Or the Red Sox with Schilling…
A Father’s Day Lesson and Baseball – Huffington Post
Maybe it was about being a great manager. As soon as my son was old enough, I became his coach. Our Bad News Bears team of all the wait-listed kids actually managed to have a winning season. I certainly had a lot of enthusiasm, but I think I had the advantage of pitching to Zach for years (he hated tee-ball and preferred hitting a thrown ball), over more talented dads,…
How Are So Many Baseball Fans Catching Foul Balls While Holding Babies? – Newsweek
Russia to Remain Banned From Olympics After Doping Scandal – ABC News
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) today upheld a ban barring all Russian track-and-field athletes from competing at this summer’s Olympics in Brazil, potentially excluding a country from an Olympics for the first time in history over doping among its athletes IAAF president Seb Coe said the body’s council in Austria had voted unanimously to uphold the suspension of Russia’s Athletics Federation, saying Russia had failed to meet criteria…
Europe|Vladimir Putin Says Russian Athletes’ Ban From Olympics Is Politically Motivated – New York Times
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Best Way To Watch Euro 2016 Soccer? Tune In 5 Minutes Before The End – Forbes
In Wake of Orlando Shootings, Mexican Soccer Chant Offends Many – New York Times
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Iceland’s Plucky Soccer Team Is a Mystery to No One – Wall Street Journal
MARSEILLE, France—Ever since Birkir Bjarnason scored a miracle goal Tuesday that allowed Iceland to pull off a shocking 1-1 draw against Portugal in soccer’s European Championships, Steiney Skuladottir, a 26-year-old actress, has been imploring her roommate to reach out to the player. It’s not just that her roommate might have a crush on the handsome blond-haired midfielder: They actually know each other. They dated in middle school. “They never broke…
The Strikeout Is Taking Over Baseball — and It’s Not Going to Stop – The Ringer (blog)
The Strikeout Is Taking Over Baseball — and It’s Not Going to Stop Getty Images/Ringer GIF The Nationals’ starting rotation is on pace to become the first in baseball history to strike out 1,000 batters in a season. That’s a little surprising, isn’t it? Nobody’s done this before? Not the Dodgers with Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale? Not the Diamondbacks with Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson? Or the Red Sox with Schilling…
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