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The London marathon is a great event. Mass participation as well as elite performance, young and old, the fast and the slow; our great capital city and its citizens once again proving what a superlative show they can put on. But imagine a marathon where the men run 26 miles and 385 yards but the “girlies” event is, say, 15 miles. The men get all the glory and TV coverage…

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! I still think it’s kind of ridiculous that three starts into the season, the biggest question of the day is whether or not we can afford to roster Noah Syndergaard. He has been astoundingly good, but there is no shortage of aces on Monday….

On Monday, the US Court of Appeals reinstated the four-game suspension given to Patriots quarterback Tom Brady over “Deflategate.” Our friends at Eye on Football have all the Deflategate coverage you could possibly need. A federal judge vacated Brady’s suspension in September because it was “premised upon several significant legal deficiencies.” The NFL appealed the ruling, which led to the suspension being reinstated Monday. The main reason the suspension was…

Sometimes NASCAR can’t seem to get out of its own way.  Sometimes, even when things are going well, it manages to step in a heaping pile of dung, leaving it with a stinking mess.  But somehow, miraculously, the sport almost always comes out smelling like a rose.  MORE: Why Edwards bumped his teammate | Busch has little to say How? By continuing to produce thrilling races and dramatic finishes that…

There have been some crazy story lines in Major League Baseball this season. From a no-hitter to Story-book outings, baseball fans have had a lot to enjoy. But what about some good old-fashioned trickery? Sit back, relax and enjoy some of the most mischievous moves in baseball. ‘I got it!’ The Blue Jays fell victim to sabotage in 2007 when Yankees baserunner Alex Rodriguez called for the ball, causing confusion among Toronto’s fielders and royally peeving…

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LOS ANGELES – Documents that baseball historians have called the Magna Carta of the game have sold at auction for nearly $3.3 million. SCP auctions says the 1857 papers called the “Laws of Baseball” sold early Sunday to an anonymous buyer after more than two weeks of bidding. The auction house had predicted prior to the auction’s April 7 start that they could sell for more than $1 million. The…

Mixed Leagues Javier Baez, 2B/3B/SS, Chicago Cubs Eduardo Nunez, 3B/SS, Minnesota Twins Yasmany Tomas, 3B/OF, Arizona Diamondbacks Michael Saunders, OF, Toronto Blue Jays Josh Tomlin, SP, Cleveland Indians Jon Gray, SP, Colorado Rockies Trevor Bauer, SP/RP, Cleveland Indians Caleb Cotham, RP, Cincinnati Reds    American League Only Chris Coghlan, 2B/OF, Oakland Athletics Oswaldo Arcia, OF, Minnesota Twins Coco Crisp, OF, Oakland Athletics Ezequiel Carrera, OF, Toronto Blue Jays Sean Manaea,…

WSJ If Major League Baseball wants to expand to 32 teams, it’s going to have to get more people interested in the 30 it already has. During a meeting with sports editors from the Associated Press last week, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred suggested that “multiples of fours just work better than multiples…

The Lakers did Sunday what many troubled organizations do in crisis, and fired their coach. Tickets and merchandise have to be sold. Sponsorships have to be renewed. Television ratings have to be improved. The appearance of change was necessary, so they let Byron Scott go. Fair or not, this is how the business of sports entertainment works. Now comes the hard part: actual change. The Lakers’ ability to do so…

Temba Bavuma became the first black African cricketer to make a Test century for South Africa in January 2016 South Africa’s sports minister has banned four of the country’s sport federations from bidding for major international tournaments after they failed to create enough opportunities for black players. Rugby, cricket, athletics and netball are the affected federations. The South African Rugby Union had said it would bid for the 2023 Rugby…

SANDUSKY, Ohio – The youth-sports travel industry in the United States is worth an estimated $7 billion a year, fueled by millions of young soccer and softball players and their parents, who travel to tournaments near and far. Next year, they’ll have a new place to play: The Cedar Point Sports Center in Sandusky, a new venture between Cedar Point, Erie County and Georgia-based Sports Force Parks. Officials broke ground…

Sarah Spain and Brad Zibung View Full Caption CHICAGO — Sarah Spain and Brad Zibung both believe they’re a perfect sports media match. Spain, who stars on several ESPN platforms, will marry Zibung, the creator of the satirical sports site The Heckler, in May. The River North couple met at a charity bowling event hosted by Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook in…

Salman Khan was appointed as the goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent for Rio 2016. (Source: PTI) Indian Olympic Association’s decision to make actor Salman Khan the goodwill ambassador for the Rio-bound contingent snowballed into a controversy after wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt questioned the logic. Many have joined the chorus, while several athletes feel it will help in generating hype for the Games. “Salman HAS a huge fan base. He has…

A new logo has been selected for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, organizers announced Monday, more than seven months after the original design was scrapped amid accusations of plagiarism. The winning design, “harmonized chequered emblem,” was chosen among four logos shortlisted by the Tokyo 2020 Emblems Selection Committee. The logo was created by Asao Tokolo, a Japanese designer who is known for his intricate, mathematical motifs. The Emblems Selection Committee was…

Tony Stewart didn’t back down Sunday from the statements that got him fined $35,000 last week by NASCAR. “I’m always going to speak my mind,” Stewart told Fox before he finished 19th in Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Speedway. NASCAR fined Stewart last week after he was critical of a recent policy that doesn’t require all five lug nuts to be replaced during pit stops. Stewart said drivers’…

GIF via YouTube The good ol’ bump and run is alive and well in NASCAR. This time, it gave us the first last-lap pass ever at Richmond International Raceway, with Carl Edwards nudging Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch out of the way for the win. Busch led going into the final two laps at the .75-mile track, with Edwards right on his bumper. Edwards thanked crew chief Dave Rogers…

Teammate Eeli Tolvanen grabbed the back of his helmet and pretended to fling it in the air to celebrate the hat trick. It was just the Finnishing touch on what’s already a golden year for hockey in Finland and for Puljujarvi, a budding superstar who will soon be in the NHL. Puljujarvi scored three times and Finland blew out rival Sweden 6-1 in the gold-medal game of the IIHF World…

Alex Morgan wrote an op-ed on pay equality for Cosmopolitan. Nike The U.S. women’s soccer team captivated the entire country during its thrilling World Cup win last summer, and before gearing up to do it again at the Rio Olympics in August, the players’ fight for equality off the field has attracted waves of attention and support. Brands are taking notice, and analysts say that…

LOS ANGELES – Documents that baseball historians have called the Magna Carta of the game have sold at auction for nearly $3.3 million. SCP auctions says the 1857 papers called the “Laws of Baseball” sold early Sunday to an anonymous buyer after more than two weeks of bidding. The auction house had predicted prior to the auction’s April 7 start that they could sell for more than $1 million. The…