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Pedro Moura (PM), who covers the Angels, and Andy McCullough (AM), who covers the Dodgers, have views on some baseball topics as different as night and day. In a season-long series, they will debate a trending topic in an email exchange. In this AM/PM installment, they discuss the merits of defensive shifts. :: Andy McCullough: Hey Pedro, how is it going? Not well, if you play on the Angels and…

“We’re trying to do everything we can to help them put together a plan to operate baseball,” said interim UND President Ed Schafer, who attended the meeting. “We’re not asking them to do this just to give them some activity to make them feel good. We’re going to do what we can to try to get this accomplished. “The University of North Dakota is committed to operate baseball if a…

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…

The past few months haven’t been very good for sports retailers. In this segment from the Industry Focus: Consumer Goods podcast, Sean O’Reilly and Vincent Shen talk about a few of the biggest players that have struggled in the changing retail landscape — Sports Authority, City Sports, and Vestis Retail Group (operator of Eastern Mountain Sports, Bob’s Stores, and Sports Chalet stores) — and explain where each of the companies is looking to go. The…

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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…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Racing doesn’t get much better than a bump-and-run on the final lap for the victory. It’s what Carl Edwards did to teammate Kyle Busch at Richmond International Raceway in what NASCAR says was the first last-lap pass for a win in track history. It was dramatic, controversial and likely set the stage for tense team meetings this week at Joe Gibbs Racing. Was it enough, though,…

Police officers squared off against children on the soccer field Sunday. The Aztecas soccer team takes at-risk youth off the streets and on Sunday they challenged the law enforcement officers to play to raise money for summer camp. “Sometimes when the teens that are at risk are dealing with officers it’s not a really good interaction,” said Santa Cruz police officer Saul Rodriguez. “Today we take our uniforms off and…

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…