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On Wednesday night NASL side New York Cosmos beat MLS’ NYCFC in a U.S. Open Cup match 1-0. It was a big win for the second division club, on a nice night that should have been a spirited rivalry game between two New York clubs. The game was marred, however, by pre-match fights between supporters of the two clubs. Reports vary from both sides about who caused the fight, but the…

Let’s set the stage here. Your favorite team is playing an incredibly important game. During one of the most intense and pivotal moments of the game — boom — your TV cuts out. Is there anything more frustrating as a sports fan? Operating under that principle, a woman pulled the ultimate prank on her Turkish soccer fanatic boyfriend by using a second remote to cut off the TV every time…

The cafes of Marseille’s sun-soaked Place aux Huiles were full on Saturday afternoon, as England soccer fans awaited the start of their Euro 2016 soccer match against Russia. Then, a group of around 50 Russians—led by four imposing men in black T-shirts—appeared on the main avenue. Sylvie Manolino, a restaurant owner, said that after the group turned the corner and charged down the plaza, fans grabbed tall glass water bottles,…

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You may have heard that soccer is America’s sport of the future. But it’s turning out to be the sport of the summer. This summer, more than 330 hours of international football tournament play will be broadcast on US television. One major tournament—the Copa America—is hosted in stadiums across the country, with the US team in the quarterfinals tonight. The women’s national soccer team is aiming for nothing short of…

It’s Fantasy Baseball Trade Season Getty Images We’re deep in June, and it’s time to strategize how to make your fantasy baseball team better. Ringer deputy editor Mallory Rubin and baseball writer Michael Baumann offer a few suggestions on whom to buy and whom to sell on the latest episode of The Ringer MLB Show. Read below for an excerpt from the conversation, and listen to the full episode for…

Note: Don’t whiff on this special FanDuel offer. Win your first contest or get your money back (up to $10) to keep playing Try FanDuel now! This one is self-explanatory, right? Over the course of a baseball season, decisions are made that change a player’s value. Some we see coming. Some we don’t. I could see these 25 happening. In fact, I’d very much like them to happen. It doesn’t…

Brown University recruit to play in Sunday’s Brooks Robinson All-Star Game at Camden Yards B-CC shortstop Elliot Ginns will be on the diamond Sunday at Camden Yards for an annual Maryland high school all-star game Victoria Pfaff Recent Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School graduate Elliot Ginns’ 12-game hitting streak was in jeopardy by his fourth at-bat when the Barons baseball team faced Montgomery 4A East foe Winston Churchill on April 20….

Back on May 15, the Blue Jays and Rangers got into a bit of a tussle. Specifically, Rougned Odor clocked Jose Bautista with one of the hardest and well-landed punches you’ll ever see in a Major League Baseball fight. As if you haven’t seen it a million times by now, the footage! Regarding the fight and much more, ESPN Deportes’ Marly Rivera has a good interview with Odor that ran…

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Sportle wants to make it easier for sports fans to stream live games. Continue Reading Below Think of Sportle as the Google of streaming sports. On Sportle, fans can find and watch live sports events streamed by different TV networks, all in one place. Sportle launched its website, Sportle.tv, in February. This week, the company introduced an app for Apple’s (AAPL) iOS devices. An Android app is expected to…

Sports fandom is not rational, yet the yearning for a team and its animal logo remains a precious thing that gets passed down from generation to generation. It was the same experience for me, except my father’s sports allegiances and proclivities are even more bizarre than your average fan’s. But over the years I’ve come to understand and appreciate it all. With Father’s Day approaching, I took a moment to…

PARIS UEFA said on Thursday it regretted the unrest on the streets of Lille overnight on the eve of the Euro 2016 soccer match between England and Wales, but it stopped short of taking any action to punish fan violence. French riot police charged and used tear gas to disperse rowdy English soccer fans on Wednesday night. Police said about 50 people were hurt during Wednesday, 16 of whom were…

It’s Fantasy Baseball Trade Season Getty Images We’re deep in June, and it’s time to strategize how to make your fantasy baseball team better. Ringer deputy editor Mallory Rubin and baseball writer Michael Baumann offer a few suggestions on whom to buy and whom to sell on the latest episode of The Ringer MLB Show. Read below for an excerpt from the conversation, and listen to the full episode for…

Suzuki sets combined hits mark With two hits Wednesday, Miami’s Ichiro Suzuki raised his career total in the Japanese and North American major leagues to 4,257, passing Pete Rose’s record Major League Baseball total by one. “This wasn’t like a goal of mine to get to this point,” Suzuki said through a translator after visiting Miami’s 6-3 loss to San Diego. Suzuki had 1,278 hits for Orix…

It’s Fantasy Baseball Trade Season Getty Images We’re deep in June, and it’s time to strategize how to make your fantasy baseball team better. Ringer deputy editor Mallory Rubin and baseball writer Michael Baumann offer a few suggestions on whom to buy and whom to sell on the latest episode of The Ringer MLB Show. Read below for an excerpt from the conversation, and listen to the full episode for…

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Nationals top Cubs 5-4 in 12 innings Jayson Werth singled in the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the 12th inning, giving the Washington Nationals a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs. He hit a liner off the wall in center field to score Michael Taylor, who hit an RBI single earlier in the inning. Addison Russell gave the Cubs the lead with a…

Rainy weather struck the Appleton area a little after 5 p.m. Wednesday, forcing a postponement in the start of the WIAA Division 2 state baseball tournament semifinal between second-ranked Lodi and top-ranked Milwaukee Lutheran. The tarpaulin was pulled onto the field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute shortly after the second Division 3 semifinal ended, a little after 5 p.m. Heavy rains followed, perhaps lasting a…

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