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Media playback is not supported on this device Rafael Benitez: New Newcastle manager’s career facts Rafael Benitez has been named as Newcastle’s new manager, following the sacking of Steve McClaren. The former Liverpool, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Valencia boss takes over with the Magpies a point from safety with 10 games left. The Spaniard, 55, has signed a three-year contract, which is understood to contain a break clause…

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NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France, right, speaks at a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga. Photo: AP NASCAR CEO Brian France’s endorsement of Donald Trump for president doesn’t say anything good about NASCAR’s future—or its present. After we published our piece on the subject, France did an interview with the AP where he basically admitted he has no idea what he’s…

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Media playback is not supported on this device Rafael Benitez: New Newcastle manager’s career facts Rafael Benitez has been named as Newcastle’s new manager, following the sacking of Steve McClaren. The former Liverpool, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Valencia boss takes over with the Magpies a point from safety with 10 games left. Spaniard Benitez, 55, has signed a three-year contract and brought in coaches Fabio Pecchia, Francisco de…

WASHINGTON — Hailing the often-overlooked partnership between the United States and Canada, President Barack Obama lauded the liberal agenda of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Thursday, casting him as an heir to his own progressive legacy. “No two nations agree on everything,” Obama said during a morning news conference in the White House Rose Garden. “Our countries are no different, but in terms of our interests and values and how we…

On the same day Washington Nationals superstar Bryce Harper was celebrated by fans for taking a stand against baseball’s silly unwritten rules, Hall of Fame pitcher Goose Gossage ripped several stars including Harper and condemned the “nerds running the game” in an expletive-laced rant. In a wide-ranging interview with ESPN, the 64-year-old criticized modern relievers for pitching fewer innings than he did, railed against Ryan Braun and other steroid users,…

NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France, right, speaks at a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga. Photo: AP NASCAR CEO Brian France’s endorsement of Donald Trump for president doesn’t say anything good about NASCAR’s future—or its present. After we published our piece on the subject, France did an interview with the AP where he basically admitted he has no idea what he’s…

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Buy Photo Austin Berry, a graduate of Summit Country Day School in Cincinnati, chimed in on the ongoing debate about America’s soccer glossary.(Photo: The Enquirer/Patrick Brennan)Buy Photo As soccer continues to grow in America, a great linguistic debate rages on. Even FC Cincinnati has weighed in. Many Americans grew up in a world where the name of the game was “soccer.” You played it on a field and you wore cleats…

NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France, right, speaks at a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga. Photo: AP NASCAR CEO Brian France’s endorsement of Donald Trump for president doesn’t say anything good about NASCAR’s future—or its present. After we published our piece on the subject, France did an interview with the AP where he basically admitted he has no idea what he’s…

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I’d decorate my house in flipped bats if I could. I’d line the doorways, use the barrels for crown molding. I might buy a baby tree just so I can use flipped bats as support stakes. Because the bat flip is a thing of joy. It’s a product of unadulterated baseball love. And it pisses off every mothballed curmudgeon who would see their favorite sport wither and die before they’d…

Math has taken over baseball. Hall of Fame pitcher Rich “Goose” Gossage despises it. Goose, as the retired reliever is commonly known, let loose on the state of the game during an interview with ESPN on Thursday. The former New York Yankees great was working with the team’s current players at a spring training facility in Florida. The 64-year-old Gossage showed plenty of pepper, as well as vinegar, in an…

Mitch Stacy, an award-winning AP journalist who has reported from Florida, Georgia and Ohio, has been named a hybrid sports and news reporter in Columbus, Ohio. The appointment was announced Thursday by Karen Testa, the news cooperative’s leader for the east region of the United States, and Michael Giarrusso, global sports editor. Stacy has spent the last four years as a breaking news staffer in Columbus, where he has been…

Make no mistake about it, Bryce Harper is fed up with baseball’s unwritten rules. And emboldened by a season where he was unanimously awarded the National League MVP, the Washington Nationals star is ready to unleash on those restraints like he does on a fastball left up over the middle of the plate. [2016 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball is open for business. Sign up now] In a lengthy profile written by…

print Facing new accusations that he sat out portions of 2012 because he feared testing positive for a banned substance, Rafael Nadal again denied he has ever used performance enhancers to speed his recovery from injury. “You know what? I heard [about the accusations] a few times again,” the 14-time Grand Slam champion told reporters Wednesday night after being asked for his reaction to Maria Sharapova‘s failed drug test. “I…

NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France, right, speaks at a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga. Photo: AP NASCAR CEO Brian France’s endorsement of Donald Trump for president doesn’t say anything good about NASCAR’s future—or its present. After we published our piece on the subject, France did an interview with the AP where he basically admitted he has no idea what he’s…

Love him or hate him, Nationals wunderkind Bryce Harper is unquestionably one of the best players in baseball. He just had one of the greatest seasons by a 22-year-old ever, hitting .330/.460/.649 (195 OPS+) with 42 home runs. That earned him the NL MVP unanimously. And yet, it seems the majority of baseball fans don’t like Harper. He’s brash, he’s arrogant, and he’s been in the public eye since high…

Make no mistake about it, Bryce Harper is fed up with baseball’s unwritten rules. And emboldened by a season where he was unanimously awarded the National League MVP, the Washington Nationals star is ready to unleash on those restraints like he does on a fastball left up over the middle of the plate. [2016 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball is open for business. Sign up now] In a lengthy profile written by…