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The Texas Rangers are offering baseball fans a dream scenario on Saturday. With one swing of the bat, a participating fan could enjoy the thrill of a lifetime by hitting a home run at Globe Life Park, while at the same time winning a free ticket package for the 2016 season. The event is called “Swings for your Seats,” and truth be told, it’s the coolest promotional concept going in…

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Baseball is a funny game, and that seems to be particularly the case early in the season. On Friday night, the No. 14 Oregon Ducks beat San Diego State 8-2 in what amounts to one of the more misleading finals around the country on Opening Day. After taking a 2-0 lead in the third inning, an advantage that wasn’t threatened until late, the Ducks squandered the lead in the bottom of…

LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri and the 11,000 plus fans that took advantage of perfect weather to pile into Alex Box Stadium for Friday’s season opener against Cincinnati learned one thing about Mainieri’s revamped 2016 team. And that’s with seven new starters and a freshmen-filled depth chart, you may not know the names of the players yet. But you will very soon, especially if they keep showing the same resolve…

The Texas Rangers are offering baseball fans a dream scenario on Saturday. With one swing of the bat, a participating fan could enjoy the thrill of a lifetime by hitting a home run at Globe Life Park, while at the same time winning a free ticket package for the 2016 season. The event is called “Swings for your Seats,” and truth be told, it’s the coolest promotional concept going in…

Next Game: UNLV 2/20/2016 – 2 p.m. Live Stats 1260 AM Longhorn Network Listen Live Watch Live Full Schedule Roster AUSTIN, Texas—After jumping out to an early lead, No. 23 Texas Baseball fell in its extra-inning season opener to the visiting UNLV…

Veteran forward David Lee is expected to sign with the Dallas Mavericks, league sources told The Vertical. View photo . David Lee played in 30 games for Boston this season. (AP Photo) Lee, a two-time All-Star, is planning to sign with the Mavericks for the prorated NBA room exception of $2.1 million after he clears waivers Sunday. Lee was bought out by the Celtics on Friday and has said he…

View post on imgur.com There have been a lot of Sports Dogs. Good Sports Dogs with pedigree and prowess — abilities beyond our imagining. This Sports Dog has taken their legacies and crumpled them up. You watch this and say “that’s a pretty good jump,” and then you realize the second jump is coming. The jump that sends this pup into the stratosphere. We love you,…

<!– For a list of all the complete deals, check out the transfers page. Van Gaal out, Mourinho in? Inter Milan’s honorary president Bedy Moratti, the sister of the club’s former president Massimo, has said on camera that Jose Mourinho is going to Manchester, presumably to United. (calciomercato.com, in Italian) Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has lost the confidence of several of the club’s senior players and former Chelsea…

View gallery . Rico Abreu is prepping for his first full season in NASCAR’s Truck Series. (Getty Images) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The fan sensation of NASCAR’s Truck Series stands 4-foot-4, operates from a custom-built cab, possesses an oversized personality, has produced world-class celebratory burnouts and is one of the most promising young drivers in racing. “I’m a little person,” Rico Abreu said. “Or my name’s Rico. That’d be fine…

LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri and the 11,000 plus fans that took advantage of perfect weather to pile into Alex Box Stadium for Friday’s season opener against Cincinnati learned one thing about Mainieri’s revamped 2016 team. And that’s with seven new starters and a freshmen-filled depth chart, you may not know the names of the players yet. But you will very soon, especially if they keep showing the same resolve…

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) – Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred expects to have a decision within a few days on two of the first three cases covered by the sport’s new domestic violence policy. Major League Baseball has been investigating New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman, Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes and Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig. Any discipline under the policy must be for “just cause.” Manfred says “The…

Kurt Busch, left, and Matt Kenseth, right, were both suspended by NASCAR in 2015 — Busch for domestic violence allegations and Kenseth for an on-track incident at Martinsville Speedway.(Photo: Peter Casey, USA TODAY Sports) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR unveiled a series of behavioral guidelines Friday night to spell out punishment for infractions both on and off the track. The rules update concerns everything from domestic abuse to racial slurs to denigrating NASCAR…

Daniel Hemric sits in his truck Thursday during practice for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway.(Photo: Sean Gardner, Getty Images) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The future of NASCAR is in very good hands based on a quick glance at the roster for the Camping World Truck Series this season. It’s been a long time since the sport has been awash with this many talented…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — You walk through the door into the office and it feels as if you’re stepping back in time. The walls have wood panels, there’s a rotary phone sitting on the wood desk, a small RCA black-and-white television off to the side, a couch like the one your grandparents used to own — minus the plastic protector — and a large standing globe that is deceiving because…

2:34 PM ET print DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. swore his career was over. He was defeated and dejected and depressed, so he strangled a bottle of vodka and sank into the couch to swill and sulk. A couple of buddies tagged along, cracked some beers. But they weren’t saying much. In a moment like this, they didn’t really know what to say, anyway. The clocked ticked by,…

View photo . Leonys Martin defected from Cuba in 2010. (AP Photo) Agent Bart Hernandez was arrested Friday morning after a federal grand jury indicted him on human-trafficking charges related to the smuggling of Seattle Mariners outfielder Leonys Martin into the United States from Cuba, according to sources and documents obtained by Yahoo Sports. The sealed indictment, filed in a Florida federal court Feb. 12, alleges that Hernandez – who…

Listen, we know it’s tough to catch up on everything happening in the baseball world each morning. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage, and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Trying to find all of it while on your way to work or sitting at your desk just isn’t easy. It’s okay, though, we’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each…

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