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The bullpen interview prank isn’t a new invention. South Carolina did it, Mississippi State also participated — but North Carolina pulled out all the stops on Monday night when pitcher Zac Gallen got the call in a dugout. It started simply enough with the old “bubblegum on the cap” trick, then it escalated. There were banana phones and cup goggles. Dancing. And even a mid-game meal….

The Cubs would have scored the Jake Arrieta trade as a major victory even if Jake Arrieta never threw a pitch in a Cubs uniform and kept bouncing to the next Triple-A affiliate, teasing a different organization with his potential. Pedro Strop has been that good. Arrieta eclipsed Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw in last year’s National League Cy Young Award voting, overshadows the $155 million lefty (Jon Lester) in…

Getty / Youtube The phrase “bench clearing brawl” is a bit of a misnomer in that most baseball skirmishes consist of little more than a few shoves and a collection of players standing around staring at each other. But occasionally the sports gods confuse baseball with hockey and we all get to see a few hard punches. The one doled out by Texas Rangers infielder Rougned Odor to Toronto Blue…

Chipper Jones knows a thing or two about baseball’s “unwritten rules.” A 19-year MLB veteran, Jones spent the majority of his storied career playing under legendary Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox, whose traditionalist views on the sport did not include much patience for boisterous home run celebrations. Continue Reading Below Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista and Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper are leaders among baseball’s new school –…

Welcome to today’s daily fantasy post! Remember that you can find our posts on the new DFS home page, as well as the fantasy page. Bookmark those sites now! Let’s get to today’s interesting facts, using DraftKings prices. All 15 games are included in the night slate. Please note that much of the information in this post is being published several hours prior to game times, so check MLB lineups later to…

ENLARGE Sports media giant ESPN is rolling out a new advertising product that allows marketers to deliver banner ads tailored to the interests of sports fans by using data the company has collected on visitors to its website. The offering, called Live Connect, lets marketers serve ads on ESPN.com that can reflect a visitor’s favorite team or player. The ad can also reflect the outcome of a particular game. For…

It’s been a rough month for the women of the Seattle City Council. They’ve gotten vicious online abuse from trolls inviting “those BITCHES” to “BURN IN HELL,” or speculating that their “cycles must have synced up.” What did they do to deserve this, asked Samantha Bee on Monday night’s Full Frontal? They dared to vote down a proposal for a new sports arena in Seattle. The vote against…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The IOC issued a stern statement on Tuesday promising to step up the fight against sports doping after a series of damning reports exposed systematic and mass cheating by Russian athletes. The Olympics organizers said 31 athletes in six sports have tested positive in reanalysis of their doping samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The International Olympic Committee said it has opened disciplinary proceedings against the unidentified…

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GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s chief says the agency is increasingly worried about the Zika virus, even though it does not recommend canceling or postponing the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. In a briefing Tuesday in Geneva, Dr. Margaret Chan said “the more we learn about Zika, the more worried we get about it.” Chan noted that although Zika has been around for decades, it…

The Cubs would have scored the Jake Arrieta trade as a major victory even if Jake Arrieta never threw a pitch in a Cubs uniform and kept bouncing to the next Triple-A affiliate, teasing a different organization with his potential. Pedro Strop has been that good. Arrieta eclipsed Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw in last year’s National League Cy Young Award voting, overshadows the $155 million lefty (Jon Lester) in…

ENLARGE Sports media giant ESPN is rolling out a new advertising product that allows marketers to deliver banner ads tailored to the interests of sports fans by using data the company has collected on visitors to its website. The offering, called Live Connect, lets marketers serve ads on ESPN.com that can reflect a visitor’s favorite team or player. The ad can also reflect the outcome of a particular game. For…

A consortium of liquidators that includes Tiger Capital Group, Hilco Global and Gordon Brothers prevailed in an auction for Sports Authority Holdings Inc.’s assets, according to people familiar with the matter. The winning bidders topped a rival offer from a second group of liquidators that included Yellen Partners, SB Capital Group and 360 Merchant Solutions. Great American Group, originally a part of this group of liquidators,…

It’s been a rough month for the women of the Seattle City Council. They’ve gotten vicious online abuse from trolls inviting “those BITCHES” to “BURN IN HELL,” or speculating that their “cycles must have synced up.” What did they do to deserve this, asked Samantha Bee on Monday night’s Full Frontal? They dared to vote down a proposal for a new sports arena in Seattle. The vote against…

The Rio Games begin on 5 August and run until 21 August Up to 31 athletes from six sports could be banned from competing at the Rio Games, Olympic chiefs have said. The announcement comes after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) retested 454 selected doping samples from the 2008 Games in Beijing. The IOC said the retests were conducted using the very latest scientific analysis methods. It also revealed it…

The Cubs would have scored the Jake Arrieta trade as a major victory even if Jake Arrieta never threw a pitch in a Cubs uniform and kept bouncing to the next Triple-A affiliate, teasing a different organization with his potential. Pedro Strop has been that good. Arrieta eclipsed Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw in last year’s National League Cy Young Award voting, overshadows the $155 million lefty (Jon Lester) in…

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RUMOR: Kevin Harvick is mulling an offer to leave Stewart-Haas Racing after this season and move to Hendrick Motorsports in a deal that would keep him with Chevrolet and put him into Kasey Kahne’s No. 5 car. REPORTED BY: Tom Bowles, Frontstretch.com MORE: Classic photos of Kevin Harvick THE DETAILS: Harvick is a Chevy man, having driven one in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series his entire career, but Stewart-Haas Racing is moving to Ford in 2017 and could go through a difficult transition next season. Harvick has…