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There’s throw-the-ball-over-the-plate accuracy, and then there’s throw-the-ball-through-a-cylindrical-object-that’s-falling-50-feet-away accuracy. Ryan Mason has the second one. .@Cal_Baseball‘s Ryan Mason w/ the INSANE accuracy pic.twitter.com/HpxBPUli11 — Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) May 7, 2016 We have questions: – How many tries did this take? – Where is this cylindrical object falling from? – Why do they just happen to have a perfectly cylindrical object that fits the size…

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Upton Park stages its final competitive match on Tuesday after 112 years TEAM NEWS West Ham goalkeeper Adrian is the only injury absentee for the club’s final game at Upton Park after 112 years. The Spaniard is out with a calf injury so Darren Randolph will deputise. Manchester United forward Anthony Martial is a doubt after withdrawing from Saturday’s win at Norwich because of a tight hamstring. Matteo Darmian is…

Michel Platini played 72 times for France, scoring 41 goals, and was regarded as one of the best players in the world at the time Uefa president Michel Platini will resign from European football’s governing body after failing to have a six-year ban from football overturned. A Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) panel reduced the ban to four years on Monday. Following the judgement, the 60-year-old said he would…

By Luke Reilly It looks like Forza Motorsport 6 could be set to receive another expansion, if new images of what appears to be a download card for some unannounced Forza 6 DLC are to be believed. Spotted on Reddit, the supposed card was snapped at a UK retailer. If the card is legitimate the pack will cost £15.99 in the UK. The text on the back of the card…

Michel Platini will resign as UEFA president after failing to overturn his ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which cut his sanction from six to four years. Platini called the verdict a “deep injustice” and said he will now step down from the UEFA position he has held since 2007. CAS effectively removed Platini from world soccer by ensuring his ban “corresponds to the duration of a presidential…

Sheila Lyons recalls the way Oregon used to collect data on how many people rode bikes. “It was very haphazard, two-hour counts done once a year,” said the woman in charge of cycling policy for the state government. “Volunteers, sitting on the street corner because they wanted better bike facilities. Pathetic, really.” But in 2013 a colleague had an idea. She recorded her own bike rides using an app called…

Daniel Stapff was once a chubby, 11-year-old tennis player from Curitiba, Brazil, the son of a former pro whose entire family lived racket-in-hand. But one day Stapff found himself bored and near a golf course. He whacked a few balls. Stapff left the course underwhelmed. Striking the tiny dimpled ball with an awkwardly shaped club was a towering task. The game was tedious to learn — and besides, Stapff’s dream was to turn pro in his father’s sport. The only…

Harper was intentionally walked with two men on in the 12th for his record-tying sixth walk of the day. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) CHICAGO – Bryce Harper brought one of those pink bats most major leaguers use on Mother’s Day to home plate at Wrigley Field seven times Sunday. He never swung it. Six times, the Chicago Cubs walked him, tying a major league record. Once, they hit him….

It is no overstatement to say that sport’s integrity is being questioned as it has never been before. It is not just doping issues that confront us – but governance failures and match-fixing claims at the highest level. We face challenges on a number of fronts, but with doping adversely affecting the athletes themselves, it without doubt remains the greatest threat to modern-day sport. In combatting doping, we can be…

The stadium deal recently added the vocal public support of casino billionaire Steve Wynn, who helped craft the idea with Adelson more than three yeas ago. Wynn fell short of admitting he’s willing to invest in the deal, but enthused to entertainment columnist Norm Clarke, “Well, Sheldon and I are both very strong supporters of it, and how it plays out is something we’ve got to see… the one thing…

Harper was on base a lot in Chicago. (USATSI) The Cubs swept the Nationals on four games, culminating with a 4-3 extra-innings win on Sunday thanks to a Javier Baez walk-off homer. It was also thanks in part to walking Bryce Harper six times, tying an MLB record. Three times Harper was put on base intentionally, twice in extra innings to load the bases (more on the “Barry Bonds” treatment…

With eight games over four days at Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field this weekend, Chicago was treated to a baseball smorgasbord. And for good measure, we also got a taste of all four seasons, with a winter chill on Thursday night, summer breezes on Friday, a cool fall day on Saturday and a gorgeous spring afternoon for Mother’s Day on Sunday. Everything fell into place for the first-place Cubs,…

Tears streamed down Til Strudwick’s face as he looked on at the orange flag rippling in the wind Sunday afternoon. On it, in black, was the word “HERE” in capital letters. For Strudwick, 65, a diehard baseball fan, it was more than just a replica of the flag that marked where lauded Orioles outfielder Frank Robinson hit the first home run out of Memorial Stadium exactly 50 years ago. It…

Baseball has been a significant part of Kent Gregory’s life for most of his 69 years. His baseball lineage traces back to age-group play as a youth, on to George Washington High School, where he played for coach Paul Vaughn, and then to the University of Denver and coach Jack Rose. An infielder, he played in The Denver Post’s Metropolitan All-Star Game that pitted the Denver high schools against schools…

As a devoted St. Louis Cardinals fan, Mike Dawid never let his wife, Ellie, forget about Albert Pujols’ game-winning home run in the 2005 National League Championship Series. The Cardinals slugger blasted the ball high up onto the train tracks at Minute Maid Park, delaying the Astros’ trip to their first World Series.

It is no overstatement to say that sport’s integrity is being questioned as it has never been before. It is not just doping issues that confront us – but governance failures and match-fixing claims at the highest level. We face challenges on a number of fronts, but with doping adversely affecting the athletes themselves, it without doubt remains the greatest threat to modern-day sport. In combatting doping, we can be…