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Major League Baseball has completed its investigation into Saturday’s national anthem mix-up involving the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus and has reaffirmed the Padres‘ findings that it was caused by human error, according to a statement released Thursday. The investigation was announced early this week, after the choir’s performance was drowned out by a recording of a woman singing the national anthem prior to a home game against the Los Angeles Dodgers….

If you don’t believe there’s magic in SEC baseball, you didn’t watch in person from the edge of your seat all 14 innings, 34 players, 19 hits, four errors, five great escapes, one inspired defensive shift and one successful replay review that made up the delicious gumbo of LSU 5, Florida 3 to close Day Two of the SEC Tournament, a game that started Wednesday night, ended Thursday morning and…

Hoover, Ala. The SEC will decide on potentially moving the SEC tournament from Hoover to another location next week at the spring meetings in Destin, Fla. It’s safe to say South Carolina would be happy with a change of scenery. USC was eliminated from the SEC tournament with a 4-1 loss to Texas A&M Thursday morning at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. The Gamecocks stranded eight runners and finished 0-for-6 with runners…

The high school baseball community is mourning the death of former Holliston High School coaching legend Harvey Krupnick. The 71-year-old Krupnick passed away this morning while in hospice care at the McCarthy Care Center in East Sandwich. “It’s sad to have to learn of this news, I heard he wasn’t doing well and actually just dropped a card in the mail to him,” said former North Reading baseball coach Frank…

About 22 years ago, ESPN made the fateful decision to air the later rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest on TV. In including the act of spelling difficult-to-spell words in front of an audience of mostly family members, ESPN was signaling then and there that those contestants are, and forever would be, considered athletes. (Case closed on that front, I’m afraid. No way around it.) And we all know…

When Cubs left fielder Kyle Schwarber collided with Dexter Fowler last month and was carted off the field with a torn left ACL, it was a reminder of one of sports most painful truths. “It’s a cruel, cruel game sometimes,” manager Joe Maddon said afterward. There was another reminder this spring when Illinois wide receiver Mikey Dudek tore his right ACL for the second-straight season during spring practices. Shortly after,…

Briles had received a 10-year contract extension in 2013. The new deal had him being paid more than $4 million to start. Briles’ on-field work since arriving at Baylor after the 2007 season has bordered on remarkable, ranking with Bill Snyder (Kansas State) and Gary Barnett (Northwestern) in terms of program building. “The job that Art is doing on Baylor is going to be viewed as one of the greatest…

Talks between Jose Mourinho and Manchester United have lasted three days A deal has been agreed for Jose Mourinho to become Manchester United’s new manager, after three days of talks. Negotiations between Mourinho’s agent Jorge Mendes and senior United officials have concluded, although no contract has been signed. An official announcement from the club is expected on Friday. The Portuguese will replace Dutchman Louis van Gaal, who was sacked on…

RELATED: 2016 Cup schedule | Memorial Day weekend schedule Changes to the rear spoiler, front splitter and rear deck fin will be put into play for two upcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races as the sanctioning body continues to reduce aerodynamic downforce and sideforce in an effort to promote closer competition on the race track.   The changes, announced Thursday morning, will be in effect only for upcoming races at Michigan International Speedway…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 26, 2016) — NASCAR® is collaborating with Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh on a feature film entitled Logan Lucky, starring Channing Tatum alongside Katherine Heigl, Daniel Craig, Riley Keough, Adam Driver and Seth MacFarlane. Depicting a theoretical heist at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the project will mark Soderbergh’s first feature film since announcing his retirement from the film industry in 2013. Soderbergh, who also directed heist film Ocean’s Eleven,…

RELATED: Photos of Voting Day, inductees   NASCAR.com was privileged to have two ballots cast as part of NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Day on Wednesday. Senior writers Kenny Bruce and Holly Cain each submitted their five nominations for induction in the Class of 2017 and a vote for the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR.   A spirited discussion and voting process created one of the most intriguing…

Derek Jeter, shown at Yankee Stadium in 2015, would like to won a team, although it is unlikely to be the squad for which he starred. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) Derek Jeter has largely stayed out of the public eye since ending his 20-year Yankees career in 2014, but he hasn’t lost his appreciation for baseball. In fact, he wants to eventually own a team and help “the game grow” and…

If you don’t believe there’s magic in SEC baseball, you didn’t watch in person from the edge of your seat all 14 innings, 34 players, 19 hits, four errors, five great escapes, one inspired defensive shift and one successful replay review that made up the delicious gumbo of LSU 5, Florida 3 to close Day Two of the SEC Tournament, a game that started Wednesday night, ended Thursday morning and…

7:47 AM ET print Stew Thornley laughs and acknowledges he doesn’t have the most ordinary of hobbies. But he also has little self-consciousness about how he became credited nearly a decade ago with running the “most morbid” website in sports. Photos: Baseball Hall of Famer gravesites Stew Thornley shares photos of his 10 favorite gravesites, along with a few words on what made them so memorable. Grave matters: Four stories…

Our daily fantasy baseball picks continue with starting pitcher rankings, strategy, and advice for Thursday’s MLB slate. It’s a short, eight-game slate Thursday with only five games on the evening slate. To make things more difficult for daily fantasy baseball owners, the top three pitchers are going in the afternoon slate and won’t even be available in certain contests.  MORE FANTASY: Prospect rankings | Waiver wire  All that means you’re going to have…

Derek Jeter, shown at Yankee Stadium in 2015, would like to won a team, although it is unlikely to be the squad for which he starred. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) Derek Jeter has largely stayed out of the public eye since ending his 20-year Yankees career in 2014, but he hasn’t lost his appreciation for baseball. In fact, he wants to eventually own a team and help “the game grow” and…

7:47 AM ET print Stew Thornley laughs and acknowledges he doesn’t have the most ordinary of hobbies. But he also has little self-consciousness about how he became credited nearly a decade ago with running the “most morbid” website in sports. Photos: Baseball Hall of Famer gravesites Stew Thornley shares photos of his 10 favorite gravesites, along with a few words on what made them so memorable. Grave matters: Four stories…

Well, Los Angeles is really an NFL town again. Sure, the return of the Rams was a major milestone in welcoming back America’s most popular sport, but this week’s announcement that LA would host the 2021 Super Bowl truly solidified the NFL’s commitment to the city as a viable market. With all four major sports (plus soon to be two MLS teams), we’re a real sports town again. I can…

RELATED: More on the Hall of Fame | See all of the nominees   CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two phenomenally successful contemporary car owners, a champion driver-turned-beloved-broadcaster, a driver with a prolific winning history and the man described as NASCAR racing’s “original car owner” are the newly elected members of the 2017 NASCAR Hall of Fame class.   NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France introduced the new inductees on Wednesday at…

Omaha – It was an opening day of upsets in the Big Ten baseball tournament. None bigger than in the third game when Iowa, the No. 8 seed, beat the Gophers 8-2 on Wednesday at TD Ameritrade Park. Minnesota, as the regular-season champion, was the top seed in the double-elimination tournament. Earlier, No. 3 seed Indiana lost to No. 6 Maryland 5-3 and No. 2 Nebraska fell to No. 7…