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Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg batting for the Detroit Tigers in 1935. (TSN Archives/Getty Images) (JTA) — When Jews visit the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, they can learn about the only two members of the tribe who have been inducted into the hallowed museum: Hank “The Hebrew Hammer” Greenberg and Sandy Koufax. Now they’ll have the chance to find out about the dozens of other Jews who…

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Ruben Amaro Jr. had the date circled on his calendar. “I’d be lying if I said this wasn’t interesting and kind of weird, I guess, after being with the organization for so long,” he said Sunday morning. Weird, indeed. The former Phillies bat boy, player and general manager was wearing a Boston Red Sox uniform as he spoke with reporters before a spring training game between…

America’s sports-rights bonanza is showing signs of age. Since November, YES, the channel that airs New York Yankees games, has been blacked out on Comcast Corp. as the cable giant and the network’s parent, 21st Century Fox, battle over terms of payment. In the off-season, it wasn’t a huge controversy. But as opening day—April 4 for the…

How many times have I nearly died riding my bike in Britain? Let me count the ways. Related: UK plan to boost cycling and walking ‘worthless without more funding’ Most recently, it was going to meet a friend after work in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, less than a mile from the Guardian’s Deansgate office. I decided to try out the new cycle lane on Portland Street, north of Piccadilly Gardens. I…

The government’s cycling and walking investment strategy “won’t be worth the paper it’s written on” unless backed by sustained funding, cycling campaigners claim. The British Cycling policy adviser and 1992 individual pursuit Olympic champion Chris Boardman believes far more ambition is needed if Britain is to create a cycling and walking culture to rival countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands. His comments come as the government launched its blueprint…

CINCINNATI — Stuart and Melissa Kirk are often asked which Michigan hockey player they’re related to. The Saline couple has no blood-ties to anyone within the Wolverines organization but that hasn’t kept them from showing continual support for the team over the last 12 years. “Part of the love we have for Michigan hockey is the friends we make on the team,” Stuart Kirk said Saturday from his seat at…

Nova Scotia hockey officials say they have never seen anything like it: A provincial championship game still undecided after 10 periods. And so, after what is thought to be the longest hockey game in Nova Scotia history, the province’s female championship was declared a 1-1 tie on Saturday, and co-champions declared. “The game went on, and went on, and went on,” said Peter Twohig, regional director for females for Hockey…

By Elliott Propes | Published 10 hours ago | Updated 10 hours ago |   Will Haynie, a junior catcher, bat a .400 average since the beginning of the Houston series. CW | Marie Walker TWEET SHARE SHARE COMMENTS Alabama was going for the sweep Saturday night after winning earlier in the day 11-3. This game unlike the first two as it came down to the final inning. Tied 3-3…

Nick Blackwell has been placed in an induced coma following the fight at Wembley’s SSE Arena Surgeons are not planning to operate on Nick Blackwell after he suffered a bleed on the brain following his British middleweight title defeat by Chris Eubank Jr in London on Saturday. The referee stopped the fight in round 10 on the advice of the doctor, who said Blackwell was unable to continue because of…

Smaller companies in the exploding fantasy sports industry say they could be shut out of doing business in some states by legislation that is actually intended to recognize the games’ legality. Virginia’s governor signed a bill this month that authorizes fantasy contests but requires operators that charge participants and offer cash awards to pay a $50,000 annual registration fee to the state. On Friday, Indiana’s governor signed a bill allowing…

The government’s cycling and walking investment strategy “won’t be worth the paper it’s written on” unless backed by sustained funding, cycling campaigners claim. The British Cycling policy adviser and 1992 individual pursuit Olympic champion Chris Boardman believes far more ambition is needed if Britain is to create a cycling and walking culture to rival countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands. His comments come as the government launched its blueprint…

CINCINNATI — Stuart and Melissa Kirk are often asked which Michigan hockey player they’re related to. The Saline couple has no blood-ties to anyone within the Wolverines organization but that hasn’t kept them from showing continual support for the team over the last 12 years. “Part of the love we have for Michigan hockey is the friends we make on the team,” Stuart Kirk said Saturday from his seat at…

This is the second of two parts about the pressures on sports officials in college and high school sports. Read the first part here: No 2nd chances for ACC basketball, football officials. Irate high school sports fans, raised on instant replay and more willing than ever to aggressively second-guess calls against their teams, are heaping so much abuse on referees that it is becoming hard for North Carolina and other…

CINCINNATI — For the second consecutive night, Michigan tied the score at 2-2 in the third period of their NCAA regional game. This time, however, the goal wasn’t able to tilt the momentum. North Dakota came charging back with the go-ahead goal at the 7:57 mark of the third, and added two more in a 5-2 victory that eliminated the Wolverines. Rhett Gardner scored the go-ahead goal, deflecting the puck…

ERIE, Colo. — A local NCAA hockey referee who suffered a pregame head injury last week in Michigan has died. 48-year old Butch Mousseau suffered a brain hemorrhage after falling on the ice and hitting his head in warmups for a Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff game.  He remained in a coma until Friday when he passed away. Saturday tributes for the Erie referee were pouring in from all over…

A very happy 68th birthday to Aerosmith frontman and NASCAR fan Steven Tyler, who is celebrating his big day on Saturday. Tyler and Aerosmith were the headline acts for the pre-race concert last August at Bristol Motor Speedway, where the band played to an enthusiastic crowd before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Irwin Tools Night Race. Before the Bristol race, Tyler got to meet Richard Petty, the most successful NASCAR driver…

You’ve got a week. Seven days to be your normal self, the serene, sane soul you are when the St. Louis Cardinals aren’t in season. A week from Sunday, the Cardinals will play the Pittsburgh Pirates, and you will morph into Baseball You, this irrational version of yourself that allows 25 strangers to become marionettes of your being, and your well-being. The Cardinals weigh. They weigh on…

2:04 AM ET print GOODYEAR, Ariz. — If you were debating which team had the best rotation in baseball last season, you might have mulled the merits of the Mets versus the Nationals or speculated that the Cardinals had something special. This season, those teams’ rotations are all still formidable. St. Louis lost John Lackey but gets Adam Wainwright back. And by adding Lackey, the Cubs inserted their imposing unit…

Spring is here and that means many kids are hitting the practice fields. Sports are a popular retreat from the daily grind of school, but they can also pose health risks. Hip injuries are extremely common in competitive sports due to tremendous forces placed on the hips. Trauma can occur due to a specific injury or may develop over time due to repetitive micotrauma. Dr. Benjamin Domb, a sports medicine…

Villanova did not make a single field goal in the final 4:29 of its Elite Eight game against top-seeded Kansas. But it didn’t matter. The Wildcats went a perfect 8-for-8 from the free-throw line down the stretch to hold off the Jayhawks 64-59 and clinch a berth in the Final Four. Nova shot the lights out in the Sweet 16 against Miami on Thursday night to earn its spot in…