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Buy Photo Nyack’s Devin Samparani slides into first base ahead of the tag from Harrison’s Andrew Zink during a Section 1 playoff game at Harrison High School on May 23, 2016. Harrison beat Nyack 5-4. (Photo: Leif Skodnick/The Journal News) RESULTS FROM THE SECTION 1 QUARTERFINALS ON MONDAY, MAY 23 ICYMI: My column on the biggest takeaways from an eventful first round on Saturday Class A John Jay 4, Byram Hills…

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Sports Authority, in planning to close all of its stores, is set to launch its going-out-of-business sales this week, according to court documents. In shutting down, the 463-store chain becomes the latest casualty among rivals for the sporting-good business. It follows the recently announced closure of the Sport Chalet chain, based on the West Coast. While sporting goods and athletic wear sales are growing, traditional retailers like the two chains…

British Cycling’s interim performance manager, Andy Harrison, was forced to issue a swift apology and ‘clarification’ to his riders after appearing to suggest that their places at this summer’s Olympics might be in jeopardy if they spoke negatively to the media about their experiences on the programme. In an email at 5.05pm on April 29, at the end of the week in which technical director Shane Sutton resigned amid claims…

Nobody’s ever going to accuse Josh Donaldson, the American League’s reigning MVP, of playing with the game without emotion. He’s a fiery competitor and he’s prone to outbursts just like he’s prone to hitting the ball out of the park.  [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] But after an ugly exchange Sunday, even Donaldson is saying baseball’s unwritten rules about beanballs are out of control and the league…

Ellen Galles Updated: 05/24/2016 7:01 AM Created: 05/23/2016 6:11 PM All summer long there will be pick-up baseball games going on in 9-year-old Tanner Feyereisen’s backyard in Hammond, Wisconsin. 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS was invited to the family’s opening day ceremony, for which practically the entire neighborhood gathers. Meanwhile, the kids play for something bigger…

The decision last week by bankrupt sporting goods chain Sports Authority to close all of its remaining stores, including the one at Glenwood Meadows, could well leave Glenwood Springs and other West Slope markets without a general sporting goods outlet. That is, unless a buyer such as Dick’s Sporting Goods, the nation’s largest sporting goods retailer, sees value in taking over what…

History was made this year by the Golden State Warriors. The team ended the regular season with 73 wins, and Warriors’ superstar guard Stephen Curry was elected the league MVP by unanimous vote—neither of which had ever happened previously in NBA history. This week, however, the Warriors could make history for quite a different reason: Their opponents in the Western Conference Finals, the Oklahoma City Thunder, won Game 1 of…

Mourinho was surrounded by media outside his London home on Tuesday Jose Mourinho’s representatives will meet Manchester United officials on Tuesday as the Portuguese moves closer to becoming the club’s next manager. Mourinho’s agent, Jorge Mendes, flew into London on Tuesday morning and will lead the discussions. A deal is unlikely to be announced on Tuesday but confirmation that Mourinho will take over is expected this week. Louis van Gaal,…

Videogaming’s rapid shift from a living-room hobby to a spectator sport is luring mainstream advertisers and intensifying competition between big game publishers and nimble upstarts. The earliest videogame contests are nearly as old as videogames themselves. But the combination of team-based games and live-streaming video in the past five years…

Nobody’s ever going to accuse Josh Donaldson, the American League’s reigning MVP, of playing with the game without emotion. He’s a fiery competitor and he’s prone to outbursts just like he’s prone to hitting the ball out of the park.  [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] But after an ugly exchange Sunday, even Donaldson is saying baseball’s unwritten rules about beanballs are out of control and the league…

Three parents, head coach Scott Foppe, Mike Dantuono, and Sarah Kasper have two things in common: a baseball team of 13-year-old boys in Ballwin, and their CPR training. But none of the three had ever used their life-saving training before Sunday at a 24 team tournament in Westfield, Indiana. “I got my license back in November, for my work, but also I coach youth baseball. I think every coach should…

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LGBT by Zack Ford May 23, 2016 11:51 am CREDIT: Yout The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus awkwardly waits while a recording of someone else singing the national anthem plays in the stadium. Saturday was “Pride Night” at the San Diego Padres game and the stands at Petco Park were packed with over 40,000 fans celebrating the LGBT-inclusive occasion. Fitting the theme of the evening, the 100 members of the…

The Political Crisis The president’s impeachment has plunged Brazil into chaos. In December, with a corruption scandal threatening to boil over and the economy slumping, members of the political opposition in Brazil’s legislature launched efforts to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, who won re-election for a second term in 2014. Earlier this month, Rousseff’s opponents got their wish when a majority of the Senate voted to remove her, suspending her from…

Amid the bedlam of unintended consequences brought about by an untested format, NASCAR’s All-Star Race was actually a welcome departure. Yes, it may have been confusing and controversial, but NASCAR’s annual exhibition at Charlotte Motor Speedway produced high quality racing. And that in itself has been a rarity in recent years, with one of NASCAR’s marquee events more often than not a dud. Before Joey Logano ran down…

Nobody’s ever going to accuse Josh Donaldson, the American League’s reigning MVP, of playing with the game without emotion. He’s a fiery competitor and he’s prone to outbursts just like he’s prone to hitting the ball out of the park.  [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] But after an ugly exchange Sunday, even Donaldson is saying baseball’s unwritten rules about beanballs are out of control and the league…

When you think of Major League Baseball, you don’t necessarily think of a sports league that’s fashion forward. Baseball fashion, like the game itself, is often steeped in tradition. Anything that’s new and different is often looked at with skepticism by baseball fans. The Arizona Diamondbacks and their new boundary-pushing uniforms can tell you that. That’s why it’s both surprising and encouraging that baseball has taken a cue from the…

LGBT by Zack Ford May 23, 2016 11:51 am CREDIT: Yout The San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus awkwardly waits while a recording of someone else singing the national anthem plays in the stadium. Saturday was “Pride Night” at the San Diego Padres game and the stands at Petco Park were packed with over 40,000 fans celebrating the LGBT-inclusive occasion. Fitting the theme of the evening, the 100 members of the…

The Hartford Yard Goats won’t be the first to take the field at Dunkin’ Donuts Park when the Double-A team makes it long-awaited debut at the new stadium. Police say four men were arrested and charged with criminal trespassing after they were caught playing baseball in the yet-to-be-completed Connecticut ballpark at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday. An officer assigned to a security detail at the stadium discovered the men…