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Muhammad Ali’s coming out as an athletic, political, and media star happened in 1964, when the boxer, still using his given name, Cassius Clay, beat Sonny Liston to claim the heavyweight title. But the persona had been in development. During a victory over Doug Jones at Madison Square Garden a year earlier, the announcer Chris Schenkel called Clay “the man who has captured the imagination of everybody across the country,”…

For a man known as “Beast Mode,” news of Marshawn Lynch‘s retirement was quite the understatement. Amidst the Super Bowl 50 hype in February, the star running back for the Seattle Seahawks tweeted a photo of a pair of cleats hanging on a line and an emoji of a peace sign, and that was all. ✌🏿 pic.twitter.com/wesip4IhOR — Shawn Lynch (@MoneyLynch) February 8, 2016 Since then, Lynch has spoken…

Tiffany Bartholomew is all about building relationships. It’s what helped the St. David’s School senior navigate through high school while playing five different sports. Because she was one of about 625 Warriors roaming about the intimate St. David’s campus and its various playing fields, Bartholomew could put a name to nearly every face. She’ll attend Pfeiffer University next year to play her final seasons of organized softball, so the team…

One of the few positives to take from USA’s 2-0 loss to Colombia on Friday came 15 minutes after the final whistle. Despite an anemic performance from the US, the American Outlaws, the team’s most famous supporters’ group, remained behind to sing for the team, in the hope of motivating them for Tuesday’s match against Costa Rica. For the Outlaws, these shows of diehard support are nothing new. They sold…

Chinese retail giant Suning has taken a controlling stake in iconic Italian soccer club Inter Milan — the latest high-profile overseas acquisition by Chinese investors increasingly dabbling in the so-called beautiful game. Suning, a household name in China comparable to America’s Best Buy, has secured a 69% stake in the 108-year-old club — officially called Internazionale Milano, but nicknamed I Nerazzurri (the Black and Blues) — for $307 million. “Football…

Tinley Park parents Dave and Lisbeth Becvar have deep roots in Venezuela: Dave spent seven years living in the country, and Lisbeth was born and raised there. The couple has been searching for ways to instill their love of Venezuela in their young children, 5-year-old Christopher and 2-year-old Davy. So when news came out that the Venezuela-Jamaica match of the Copa America Centenario would take place at Soldier Field, the…

Virginia and Vanderbilt have comprised each of the last two College World Series Finals. Both of them were gone less than 48 hours into the 2016 NCAA Tournament. A day after Vanderbilt’s heartbreaking weekend came to an end against Washington, Virginia was bounced out of its own regional by William & Mary — the same team the Cavs trounced by 13 runs on Friday. On Saturday, Virginia’s bullpen coughed…

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ANDREW SHURTLEFF | The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress NCAA William Mary Virginia Baseball ANDREW SHURTLEFF | The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress ANDREW SHURTLEFF | The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress Virginia coach Brian O’Connor watches a play during Sunday’s NCAA regional baseball game in Charlottesville. William & Mary ended Virginia’s season with a 5-4 victory. Posted: Sunday, June 5, 2016 8:19 pm Woody: UVa baseball coach shows strength of character By Paul Woody Richmond…

The University of Minnesota plays in the NCAA men’s baseball tournament at 8 p.m. against Texas A&M. If the Gophers win, another game for the regional title will be played against Texas A&M, the host team, on Monday night. If the Gophers lose they will be eliminated. For those with access through a cable or satellite provider log-in, the game can be watched on ESPN3 or the ESPN mobile app….

Despite gallant efforts against some of college baseball’s heavyweights, the MEAC’s Bethune-Cookman and the SWAC’s Alabama State saw their seasons come to an end in the NCAA Division I baseball championships. In its 15th regional appearance, Bethune-Cookman, of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, dropped its Friday and Saturday games 9-3 to No. 1 overall seed Florida and 12-3 to Georgia Tech in the Gainesville Regional. Alabama State fell 18-6 on Friday…

OAKLAND, Calif. – For the last two years, Draymond Green has been described as the heart and soul of the Golden State Warriors. Never has that label been more fitting than in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, when Green’s energetic 28-point performance pulled the Warriors out of a sluggish start and led the team to a 110-77 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. “The way they’re playing…

Your teams on the go or at home. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS (iOS or Android) Unless you are an American with predilection for Canadian sports television, you likely had little knowledge of the popularity of sportscasters Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole prior to the duo landing at Fox Sports 1 in 2013. It was only until I spent a week in Toronto late last year for…

Mike Ashley will go before MPs to “defend the good name” of Sports Direct on Tuesday in a change of plan just days after he said he would defy a parliamentary summons. The billionaire founder of the retail chain has written to the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) committee to say that he had a change of heart after careful consideration over the weekend. On Friday MPs said they would…

Caption Close BATON ROUGE, La. – Twenty-three hours and 45 minutes after it was suspended and 1 day, 16 hours and 53 minutes after it was originally scheduled, Wayne Graham and the Rice baseball program achieved their 81st victory in the NCAA tournament. And, in doing so, the No. 2 seed Owls (36-22) no longer have to sit on a crushing loss in the Conference USA title game, which lasted…

UConn baseball’s run in the NCAA Tournament is over. The Huskies were eliminated 7-5 by Georgia Tech, which scored twice in the top of the ninth to win, at the regional in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday. “It’s incredibly hard to see the guys that just played their last game in our uniform,” UConn coach Jim Penders said afterward. “They gave every drop of energy, sweat and tears to the program…