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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…

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…

Back in February, I asked you which bad team you would watch on purpose. I made the case for the Phillies, Braves, Brewers and Reds and included a poll. I settled on the Phillies. A plurality of you settled on the Phillies. The Phillies have been, absolutely, the most fun of those teams to watch. Good job, us. This baseball stuff is easy. One team not on the list:…

GRAND RAPIDS – Even a great baseball man like the late Ted Rasberry would have struggled Wednesday to maintain composure at the outpouring of support to the field that bears his name. “Ted said, ‘Good guys don’t cry, you just hang in there,’ ” Minnie Forbes, the niece of the one-time Negro League owner, said at the re-dedication of Rasberry Field. “…. But on this day, if Ted was here,…

Screenshot via PTI It would be soul-crushing to read let alone write about every dogshit-stupid thing ESPN does, but this one has gone through the ESPN car wash, providing for ample discussion across the company’s platforms, so here we are. http://deadspin.com/how-espn-manuf… How ESPN Pulled A Bullshit Colin Kaepernick Story Out Of Thin Air How ESPN Pulled A Bullshit Colin Kaepernick Story Out Of Thin Air How ESPN Pulled A Bullshit…

Here’s a thought: Leave kids alone and let ’em play. In fact, I’d like to start a “Let ’Em Play” movement, dedicated to the novel idea that your child’s athletic endeavors are theirs, not yours, Daddy-O … you insufferable Steinbrenner … you meddling Marinovich. I’ve got some crazy ideas, all right. “Let ‘Em Play” is just one of many. Don’t even get me started on banning movie sequels. My advocacy…

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…

William Wegman, the photographer and painter most famous for his photos of dressed-up and elegantly posed Weimaraners, works from his multilevel home in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood. It has a photo studio, a sunlit room for painting, storage for props and costumes, a terrace garden where his dogs, Flo and Topper, can roam and indoor parking for several cars. But Mr. Wegman’s favorite spot is the roof, where he…

Joe Kenny has owned Finley Dunne’s, a “hockey bar” on Lincoln Avenue in West Lakeview, for about 20 years. Then last week something unusual happened. Nearly two dozen patrons actually wanted to watch a Stanley Cup playoff game that did not involve the Blackhawks. “That doesn’t sound like a lot,” Kenny said. But normally when the Hawks are out of the playoffs, interest in the NHL plummets. It marked, he…

Photo via Getty The tiny island kingdom of Bahrain is something like a smaller Qatar: extremely rich, friendly with the United States, and run by a single family. While Qatar (allegedly) purchased the World Cup—bringing with it thousands of dead slaves—Bahrain, being smaller, appears to have set its sporting ambitions a notch lower. Rather than try to buy an Olympics or a World Cup, Bahraini royalty appears to be headed…