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In August 1909, The Forward, a Yiddish-language daily newspaper for New York’s newly arrived Jewish immigrants, printed a front-page guide to the game of baseball, including a crudely drawn ballpark. The feature, titled “The Fundamentals of the Base-Ball ‘Game’ Described for Non-Sports Fans,” may now seem quaint. But historians say it speaks to Eastern European Jews’ struggle to fit into American society, and how generations of them sought acceptance through…

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Looking for daily fantasy baseball picks, strategy and advice? This is the DFS MLB Playbook for Sunday, featuring all the MLB DFS info you need to know from Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. There lots of pitching and hitting options today, but, of course, the top bats don’t come cheap. Fortunately, there are plenty of  solid mid-tier pitching options, so you should be able to afford at least a couple big bats. Coors Field hasn’t been as…

LONDON – Russia has a “problem” with doping and is “very sorry” that its cheating athletes were not caught sooner, the country’s sports minister said. Russia, a track and field powerhouse, was suspended by the IAAF in November following a WADA panel report that found state-sponsored cheating. CBS This Morning Will doping report keep Russia out of 2016 Olympics? The World Anti-Doping Agency suspended the accreditation of Moscow’s main drug-testing…

The clock is ticking on “Rosen’s Sports Sunday.” Mark Rosen’s half-hour mix of scores, live interviews and features, which has aired on WCCO in one form or another for nearly 35 years, will end next Sunday with a retrospective special. Rosen isn’t going anywhere. The market’s most veteran sportscaster will remain at the CBS affiliate and continue to play a major role on Sunday nights when the 10 p.m. newscast…

x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Gluck previews the top story lines at the upcoming AAA 400 Drive for Autism. usa today sports Jimmie Johnson has a track-record 10 career Sprint Cup victories at Dover International Speedway.(Photo: Matthew O’Haren, USA TODAY Sports) DOVER, Del.  — It’s NASCAR race day at Dover International Speedway, and we’ve got some essential information you need to get ready for Sunday’s AAA 400…

In a scene that might have been plucked straight out of Grand Theft Auto, the online game BREAKAWAY culminates with a girl being abducted, forced into a locker and left there after continual bullying and abuse. But the game is not glamorizing gangs, instead it’s trying to teach boys and girls between the ages of 9 and15 what constitutes –- or doesn’t constitute — a healthy, equal attitude towards girls and women. The…

In August 1909, The Forward, a Yiddish-language daily newspaper for New York’s newly arrived Jewish immigrants, printed a front-page guide to the game of baseball, including a crudely drawn ballpark. The feature, titled “The Fundamentals of the Base-Ball ‘Game’ Described for Non-Sports Fans,” may now seem quaint. But historians say it speaks to Eastern European Jews’ struggle to fit into American society, and how generations of them sought acceptance through…

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The clock is ticking on “Rosen’s Sports Sunday.” Mark Rosen’s half-hour mix of scores, live interviews and features, which has aired on WCCO in one form or another for nearly 35 years, will end next Sunday with a retrospective special. Rosen isn’t going anywhere. The market’s most veteran sportscaster will remain at the CBS affiliate and continue to play a major role on Sunday nights when the 10 p.m. newscast…

Spring is waning, summer is coming, nine grueling months in a classroom are ending, and the annual questions have arrived. So, how was your school year? Pass some big tests? Take some cool field trips? Make some new friends? Learn anything? See the most-read stories in Sports this hour>> For Los Angeles sports teams, providing those answers while racing out of the classroom is the verbal equivalent of face-planting on…

MOSCOW Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has issued a plea for Russia’s athletes to be allowed to compete in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and apologized for the “deceptive” sportsmen caught doping in the past in an article he wrote for Britain’s Sunday Times. With less than three months before the Rio Games open in August, Moscow is seeking to have a global ban overturned to allow its track…

Jimmie Johnson’s foray into racing originated not in a car, but on a motorcycle as a 5-year-old in Southern California competing in motocross. A knee injury just before he became a teenager pushed Johnson into off-road truck racing. That began a career that would see Johnson, 40, eventually segue into stock cars and climb up the NASCAR hierarchy. As six Cup Series championships and 77 victories attest, he made…

RELATED: Complete race results | Updated standings DOVER, Del. – NASCAR’s new Dash 4 Cash format agrees with Erik Jones – even when his No. 20 Toyota is running on older tires.   Despite staying out on used rubber for a restart with five laps left in Saturday’s Ollie’s Bargain Outlet 200 at Dover International Speedway, Jones pulled away to beat runner-up Darrell Wallace Jr. to the finish line by 1.434 seconds.   The victory was Jones’ second of…

by Tulsa World Sports Writer Eric Bailey @ericbaileytw/ericbaileytw Updated: Saturday May 14, 2016 8:49 pm Photo gallery: See the best from Bedlam baseball at ONEOK Field Alec Hansen, Andritsos (3), Austin Hansen (5), Saenz (8), Daniele (8) and DeRenzo, Martinez (5); Elliot, Costello (4), Buffett (8), Teel (9), Battenfield (9), Mertz (9) and Theroux. Eric Bailey 918-581-8391 eric.bailey@tulsaworld.com Are you sure you want to report this comment? CLOSE YES CANCEL

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It was the ultimate wish of one of baseball’s earliest pioneers — to be buried with a home plate-shaped gravestone. James Whyte Davis made the request seven years before he died in 1899 — imploring active players to chip in 10 cents to fulfill his dream. More than a century later, Davis’ wish was finally granted. A monument to the former president of…

BOSTON (AP) David Ortiz doubled with two outs in the 11th inning after lining a tying triple in the ninth and earlier moving into 20th place on the career home run list, sending the Boston Red Sox past the Houston Astros 6-5 on Saturday. Boston’s Jackie Bradley Jr. singled in the first inning, extending the majors’ longest hitting streak to 20 games. George Springer hit a grand slam and Carlos…

“I’ve been looking forward to this day for a long time,” Bundy said. “Losing these seniors, taking them through T-ball all the way through, it’s bittersweet.” While the sweet from the second game for Enterprise came in a 10-1 lead after the second inning, the bitter was the never-quit comeback shown from North Sevier. The 2A East champions forced the final battle by beating Enterprise 9-4…

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