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Looking for daily fantasy baseball picks, strategy and advice? This is the DFS MLB Playbook for Wednesday, featuring all the MLB DFS info you need to know from Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. First, I did not run the numbers for today’s early slate. Thus, the Playbook, Rankings and Optimal Lineups — all available to our Playbook Pro members — will NOT feature players from the early games. All of the big-money contests and qualifiers…

by: Jenna Deery Updated: May 18, 2016 – 11:45 AM CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 6-year-old boy is recovering from a severe head injury after officials said he was hit by a baseball at a Charlotte Knights game over the weekend. Officials said they are staying in contact with the boy’s family and helping them in any way possible. The boy, James David, was in the BB&T Ballpark stands near third…

10:00 AM ET print Maybe it’s inevitable. Maybe it’s unavoidable. Maybe it’s simply built into the fabric of the sport. Maybe baseball games are just destined to take three hours to play. No matter what clocks are ticking. No matter what rules are changed. No matter what, period. Maybe. Just don’t tell that to the commissioner. “I’m not prepared to accept the fact that we’re always going to play three-hour…

Dogs make everything better. Don’t listen to propaganda from cat people. Indian cricket fans learned this first hand when a brave Sports Dog wandered onto the field for an impromptu play date and got some of the biggest applause of the night. The Sports Dog happened early in the Indian Premier League match between the Rising Pune Supergiants and Delhi Daredevils. Fans were settling in for the match…

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Photo via Getty ESPN kicked off its annual upfront presentation for advertisers Tuesday morning with a live, original performance from two of the stars of the Broadway hit musical Hamilton. This was a hokey way for ESPN to glom onto something popular and impress the easily-impressed media buyers in the audience; it also served as a workable metaphor for the direction in which ESPN would like to head, and like…

Photo via Getty ESPN kicked off its annual upfront presentation for advertisers Tuesday morning with a live, original performance from two of the stars of the Broadway hit musical Hamilton. This was a hokey way for ESPN to glom onto something popular and impress the easily-impressed media buyers in the audience; it also served as a workable metaphor for the direction in which ESPN would like to head, and like…

x Embed x Share Coach Dan McDonnell recaps 9-2 win over IU Steve Jones, The C-J Buy Photo Louisville’s Will Smith slides into third ahead of the ball. May 17, 2016(Photo: Scott Utterback/The CJ )Buy Photo The University of Louisville baseball team used an eight-run sixth inning Tuesday night to push past Indiana University 9-2, capping the Cardinals’ best regular-season home campaign in the modern era, finishing undefeated in midweek games and…

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….

Good luck trying to make sense of Jason Heyward’s offensive struggles this season. Heyward is a career .266 hitter with a .777 OPS, yet he sits at .236 and .620, repectively, in those marks entering play Tuesday. Heyward is riding a quiet seven-game hitting streak in which he’s raised his season average 34 points. He was 5-for-11 against the Pittsburgh Pirates over the weekend, but he’s not ready to tempt…

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 –…

Photo via Getty ESPN kicked off its annual upfront presentation for advertisers Tuesday morning with a live, original performance from two of the stars of the Broadway hit musical Hamilton. This was a hokey way for ESPN to glom onto something popular and impress the easily-impressed media buyers in the audience; it also served as a workable metaphor for the direction in which ESPN would like to head, and like…

More than 450 youth sports advocates, professional league officials and academic researchers gathered Tuesday in Washington to examine declines in participation among children linked to rising costs, parental pressures and increased emphasis on kids specializing in one sport. As part of the day-long conference, Project Play, the Aspen Institute’s youth sports initiative, released a draft of its annual State of Play report, analyzing participation trends and highlighting innovative programs 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…

ENLARGE Oakland, Calif. Stephen Curry walked onto the court for his warmups before Monday night’s Golden State Warriors game, and Luke and Johnny de Grosz were already in their seats, waiting for their favorite NBA player. Luke is 12, Johnny is 16 and both play basketball for their schools. It’s the sport they like the most, they said, but it’s not the only sport they play. They’re also on the…

Forza 6 has gained a new NASCAR expansion, meaning that if you’ve ever wanted to race a NASCAR stock car against a 1970’s Formula One car, now you can. The expansion includes 24 2016-season NASCAR models from a variety of top teams, as well as the addition of Homestead-Miami Speedway. The expansion, which costs $20 on the Xbox One and requires the full version of Forza 6 to work,…

RELATED: Get to know the 2016-17 NASCAR Next class DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 17, 2016) – Two are following in the footsteps of their former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driving fathers. One is a long-time racer who competed on the reality television show “Survivor,” and later added a degree from Stanford University. Another is one of the fastest rising stock car drivers in the Midwest. There is even a pair of…

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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 –…