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Alex Brandon Ryan Zimmerman Washington Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman is donating $1 million that will go toward the expansion of Davenport Field. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Davenport Field rendering Proposed improvements to Virginia baseball’s Davenport Field include an additional 1,200 to 1,500 seats. The stadium’s present capacity is 5,000. Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 3:32 pm Zimmerman donates $1 million to UVa baseball program…

Brett Phillips, the Brewers’ 21-year-old outfielder, won’t make the big club out of camp, though as one of the franchise’s better prospects, it wouldn’t be crazy to see him come up later this year. In the meantime he’s here to get better, and to show coaches what he can do, and maybe some other baseball stuff. He’s really here for everyone to marvel at his bizarre laugh. Like pitcher Will…

Baseball legend and ESPN baseball analyst Curt Schilling said Tuesday that Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton should go to prison for using a private email server to conduct business — which included classified and top-secret information — during her tenure as secretary of state. Speaking with Kansas City sports-talk radio hosts Danny Parkins and Carrington Harrison, Schilling said that Clinton’s offenses are so bad that she should be “buried under a jail…

DOWNLOAD COMPLETE RELEASE (PDF) WEEKLY RECAP: In the latest NCBWA poll, five Pac-12 teams are represented, including two in the top 10. No. 4 Oregon State, who swept (two games each) Kansas and Kansas State last week, is riding a six-game winning streak. No. 8 Oregon took three of four from Illinois State in Eugene. California swept Purdue while UCLA took two of three from Cal Poly. USC won two…

Hundreds of student-athletes at St. Cloud State University were called into a campus auditorium Wednesday and told that six athletic programs are being eliminated in a cost-saving move that also will require roster reductions in football and other men’s sports. The programs shutting down after this school year, affecting about 80 athletes, are men’s and women’s tennis, women’s Nordic skiing, men’s cross-country and men’s indoor/outdoor track and field. The cuts…

Sports Authority filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection early Wednesday and will close or sell about 140 stores and two distribution centers, including several Chicagoland locations. The Englewood, Colo.-based sporting goods chain has 463 stores in 41 states and Puerto Rico. The store closings are expected to take up to three months. Closing sales could begin as soon as Thursday. Sports Authority will seek to close or sell several Chicago-area…

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Trump played the part of golf’s savior, swooping in and buying a number of prestigious-but-failing courses in the United States and abroad. He renovated the properties and marketed them to golf’s ruling bodies, which, swayed by promises of profit, lined up to stage exhibitions, tour stops, and major championships on Trump courses. Among those events is the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral…

Right at the intersection between sports and politics: that’s where NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France placed himself on Monday, when he publicly endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally on the campus of Valdosta (Ga.) State University. France’s endorsement was a “private personal decision by Brian,” a NASCAR spokesman said in a statement to SB Nation. Despite NASCAR’s quick clarification, the line between what France says…

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The World Cup of Hockey, which will see eight national (sort of) teams face off in Toronto in September for a tournament that should be heavy on NHLers, excitement, and totally acceptable obnoxious jingoism. (Fuck you, Canada! Your exchange rates are currently unfavorable for you!) The team logos, via Sportsnet, are above. The tournament itself is six months out, but the teams are today releasing their preliminary rosters—the first 16…

Two weeks ago Jim Paglia, a 63-year-old businessman, was moving home. The boxes in his new house no doubt contained possessions of personal interest. But hidden amongst the stacks was also a collection of documents that would intrigue the soccer public too. The boxes contained perhaps the last remnants of a failed bid against MLS’s claim to America’s first-division status: proposals for a single-entity league that looked to radically Americanize…

Baseball agent Bart Hernandez was arrested in February on human trafficking charges for smuggling Cuban outfielder Leonys Martin to the U.S. in 2010, according to a Yahoo Sports report. While the alleged smuggling occurred well before the unthawing of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba in 2015, the illegal and dangerous practice doesn’t appear to have an end in sight. The recent defection of Cuban ball-playing brothers Lourdes and…

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Six athletic programs at St. Cloud State University are being eliminated in a cost-saving move that also will require roster reductions in football and other men’s sports, school officials announced Wednesday. The programs shutting down after this school year, affecting about 80 student-athletes, are men’s and women’s tennis, women’s Nordic skiing, men’s cross-country and men’s indoor/outdoor track and field. The cuts were announced by athletic director Heather Weems at a…

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In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Trump played the part of golf’s savior, swooping in and buying a number of prestigious-but-failing courses in the United States and abroad. He renovated the properties and marketed them to golf’s ruling bodies, which, swayed by promises of profit, lined up to stage exhibitions, tour stops, and major championships on Trump courses. Among those events is the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral…

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Sports Authority Inc. on Wednesday filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and said it would close 140 stores, as the big-box chain struggles with a shift to online shopping. The retailer, which has about 450 stores, could shut down in the coming weeks unless it finds a buyer for the rest of its business, according to people familiar with the matter. In a news release, Chief Executive Michael E. Foss…

Media playback is not supported on this device A guide to My Sport in the BBC app. Whoever you support, whichever sports you follow, you can now get all the sport that matters to you on one page. In the BBC Sport app and website, you can now create a My Sport page, this page becomes your one-stop shop with news, live coverage and stats tailored to your interests. The…