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FLORIDA TODAY sports writer Brian McCallum on his Mother’s Day series coming Sunday. Video by Brian McCallum and John Torres. Posted May 6, 2016. Buy Photo Chauncey Gardner stands with his mother Delatron Johnson in their Cocoa home.(Photo: Craig Bailey, Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY)Buy Photo The number of reasons to celebrate Mother’s Day are as many as the number of mothers. The number of stories about the relationships between mothers and…

Amir Khan meets Saul Alvarez for the WBC middleweight title British boxing legend Lennox Lewis says Amir Khan can upset the odds and beat Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez on Saturday, if he sticks to his game-plan. Khan, 29, has jumped two weight divisions to challenge his Mexican rival for the WBC middleweight title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. At Friday’s weigh-in, both men scaled 155lb, bang on the catch-weight…

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s affinity for NASCAR history is well-known, as he is a collector of classic memorabilia and even goes online to track down videotapes of races from the 1970s and early 1980s, his favorite era of the sport. But even Earnhardt admits he didn’t know all he could about NASCAR’s roots, forged in the backwoods of Georgia and the Carolinas where bootleggers supped up their cars to outrun…

Conceived to embody a winner-take-all, no-holds barred mentality paying homage to the sport’s short track roots, NASCAR’s All-Star Race recently has been more fizzle than sizzle. In an effort to juice things up and revert the increasingly blasé attitude fans have toward the exhibition race that awards $1 million to its winner, NASCAR unveiled a rapidly revised format Friday that should rectify the humdrum affair and add significantly more…

What is the absolute worst, most jarring way to learn your team is leaving town? Nope, not that. Nope, that’s pretty bad, but this is worse: Scott Prue of Biddeford was in the Pirates’ office at 4 p.m. to pick up a jersey won by his son in a raffle and to renew three season tickets. Ben Locke, director of ticket operations, was helping Prue with the transaction when an…

The Los Angeles City Council on Friday unanimously approved plans for a privately financed $250-million stadium in Exposition Park, clearing the way for the expansion Los Angeles Football Club to begin construction on the most expensive soccer-specific project in Major League Soccer history. The 22,000-seat stadium will be the centerpiece of a 15-acre complex that will include a conference center, restaurants and a soccer museum. It will be built next…

When was the last time you felt genuine excitement over discovering something you’re passionate about? Like, actually stumbling upon something that makes you want to share your happiness with others? Most recently for me, it was when I found this random girl on Instagram who consistently shares the best food finds in New York City, and every recommendation has been spot-on. The one downside is that she’s weirdly obsessed with…

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Welcome to another night of AHSAA playoffs. It’s the quarterfinal round for high school baseball, y’all. Remember to check back throughout the evening, or simply refresh this page, for the latest info. RELATED: See tonight’s AHSAA playoff schedule for baseball & soccer RELATED: Live updates from today’s AHSAA Track and Field Championships RELATED: Look ahead to Saturday’s playoff soccer schedule TONIGHT’S GAMES (May 6, 2016): 9 PM, Free baseball: In…

i Neil Leifer took this photograph of sprinter Carl Lewis during the 1984 Olympics. Lewis won four gold medals that year. Photo from Relentless: The Stories behind the Photographs, by Neil Leifer with Diane K. Shah (University of Texas Press, 2016) Neil Leifer/ Courtesy of Sports Illustrated Content Management hide caption toggle caption Neil Leifer/ Courtesy of Sports Illustrated Content Management Neil Leifer took this photograph of sprinter Carl Lewis…

RELATED: Vote now in Sprint Fan Vote   Rules outlining the 2016 versions of the Sprint All-Star Race and Sprint Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway were announced Friday, and NASCAR’s annual All-Star Race will once again include a dramatic final segment to determine a $1 million prize winner.   There are three segments in this year’s Sprint All-Star Race — a 50-lap opening segment, a 50-lap second segment and a 13-lap final dash…

*Editor’s note: This article was originally published Thursday. Since then, participants have been announced. They are listed at the bottom. Dirk Nowitzki was skeptical when, in 2012, organizers asked him to succeed recently retired Mike Modano as host of the Heroes Celebrity Baseball Game. “I said, ‘No chance. I’ve never played baseball in my life,’” a smiling Nowitzki recalls. This week, tickets went on sale for the 15th annual Heroes Game,…

https://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/russilloaudio_2016-05-05-152601-8006-0-1-0-64k.mp3 Russillo & Kanell was without its most fashion-forward member on Thursday afternoon, paving the way for what has become an albatross: a compelling segment on Major League Baseball broadcast over the national radio airwaves. Ryen Russillo opined on the misguided attempt to “fix baseball” with gimmicks and alterations all in the interest of appealing to people who simply don’t care for the sport. “If you don’t like baseball now,…

Note: Don’t whiff on this special FanDuel offer. Win your first contest or get your money back (up to $10) to keep playing. Try FanDuel now! The Dodgers have a problem. Their problem is that Julio Urias is too good for the minors. The 19-year-old — yes, 19-year-old — just threw six perfect innings against the New Orleans Zephyrs on Wednesday, lowering his ERA to 1.88 and his WHIP to…

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HOUSTON – The funeral for the Stafford High School head baseball coach, who died suddenly last week, will be held Friday at noon at the Stafford Centre at 10505 Cash Road.  Michael Mesa, 26, was head coach at the high school for two seasons. He died after collapsing after a paintball game last Friday. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. Stafford Municipal School District will be closed Friday in remembrance of…

ALLEN PARK — Draft grades have become a staple this time of year, as analysts and pundits weigh in on how the various teams fared. They’re wrong almost all the time. It drives decision-makers around the league bonkers. They’re being evaluated — called smart or stupid — without waiting for so much as a single practice rep. Many say it takes three years to fairly grade a draft. So in…

Pep Guardiola is attempting to win his third successive Bundesliga title Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola says a dressing-room mole is “damaging” the 25-time German champions, after details of an alleged row were made public. German newspaper Bild claims Guardiola was angry with Bayern’s medical team after Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final exit to Atletico Madrid. The Spaniard is alleged to have accused his physiotherapists of taking too long to get…

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