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While Boston signed David Price and acquired Craig Kimbrel, Arizona added Zack Greinke and Shelby Miller, and the Chicago Cubs reeled in Jason Heyward, the Braves, Reds and Brewers got rid of veterans. Ahead of pitchers and catchers starting workouts Thursday, teams have committed $2.3 billion to free agents, $600 million more than any previous offseason, according to calculations by Major League Baseball. Seven free agents…

A bitter wind whipped across the steps in front of the Lincoln Memorial, and the reflecting pool sat dry and empty. Only the brave and the crazy stood on the granite, choosing such a frigid day to sightsee. Sharon Robinson, gray hair tossing in the gusts, thought back to a sweltering afternoon more than 52 years earlier. The place, the times – they were barely recognizable on a wintry February…

NEW YORK (AP) Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia became the first player to receive a lifetime ban under Major League Baseball’s drug agreement after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance for the third time. The commissioner’s office said that Mejia tested positive for the anabolic steroid Boldenone, which athletes have used to increase muscle mass and once was popular for use in horse racing. The 26-year-old right-hander was the Mets’ closer…

TELEVISION AND RADIO NBA 8 p.m. All-Star Saturday Night: Slam Dunk Contest and Three-Point Contest » TNT, WTEM (980 AM) NHL 8 p.m. Washington at Dallas » CSN, WJFK (106.7 FM) 8:30 p.m. Anaheim at Chicago » NHL Network MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon Georgetown at Providence » WTTG (Ch. 5), WBFF (Ch. 45), WJFK (106.7 FM) Noon Kentucky at South Carolina » ESPN Noon Northern Iowa at Wichita State »…

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Anthony Martial and David de Gea both failed to deal with Lamine Kone’s late header Sunderland boosted their Premier League survival hopes with a deserved victory over an uninspired Manchester United. Wahbi Khazri put the strugglers ahead after three minutes with a free-kick from the left that eluded everyone. Anthony Martial levelled after he clipped the ball over Vito Mannone, who had parried Juan Mata’s shot. But the Black Cats…

https://twitter.com/Seahawks/status/697644523657166848 Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett capped the best year of his NFL career by being named the Male Sports Star of the Year at the 81st annual MTR Western Seattle Sports Star of the Year awards show Wednesday night. Bennett, who had a career-high 10.0 sacks in 2015 and earned Pro Bowl honors for the first time, is the fourth straight Seahawks player to earn the honor. Bennett began…

NEW YORK (AP) Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia became the first player to receive a lifetime ban under Major League Baseball’s drug agreement after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance for the third time. The commissioner’s office said that Mejia tested positive for the anabolic steroid Boldenone, which athletes have used to increase muscle mass and once was popular for use in horse racing. The 26-year-old right-hander was the Mets’ closer…

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I watch a lot of sports. No, really. I can confidently say that I’ve seen about 60 percent of all NFL games this season, including every single game on wild-card weekend. I’ve seen the benign highlight reels of every NCAA football game from the last year — especially of teams whose schools are in states that specialize in barbecue. And I’ve probably clocked as many hours watching the Warriors dominate…

Five years in the making and with a treasure trove of sports memorabilia packed inside, the DePace Sports Museum in Collingswood, New Jersey, is finally opening and sports nuts are going to love it. “When they walk in here, I would like them to feel a sense of awe and inspiration,” said Nick DePace Jr., DePace Sports Museum. Assembled by renowned collector, Dr. Nicholas DePace, a local cardiologist, the collection…

This week, during an exhibition football (soccer) match between Mexico and Senegal in Miami, Univision Deportes tested its first-ever live 4K stream. NeuLion, which was responsible for encoding the signal and pushing it to an Android TV app, claims that hadn’t been done for sports before in the United States. The firm says it previously worked with BT Sport, a channel from the United Kingdom, on streaming a couple of…

Buy Photo Essex High School boys hockey logo. (Photo: Free Press file)Buy Photo ESSEX – Essex High School is investigating an allegation of “inappropriate behavior” by a boys hockey player against a teammate, the principal says. “We’re in the middle of an investigation, and that’s where we stand,”  Principal Robert Reardon told the Burlington Free Press on Friday. One player has been suspended, the principal said. He declined to identify those involved in the matter….

FILE – In this Nov. 22, 2015, file photo, Kyle Busch does a burnout after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race and the season title, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. With four-time champion Jeff Gordon retired and three-time champ Tony Stewart sidelined with a broken back, the NASCAR season begins with a much different look and a new rules package. (AP Photo/Darryl Graham) Looking to end the…

The first official NASCAR charter deal came together Thursday, when HScott Motorsports agreed to a short-term transfer to use the Premium Motorsports charter in 2016. That charter will be used by HScott to run the No. 46 Pilot Flying J Chevrolet with driver Michael Annett. That means Annett will be locked into the field for every race this season. According to HScott, the short-term transfer has been accepted and approved…

Claim: Sixteen girls were impregnated after a boy ejaculated in a swimming pool. FALSE Example: [Collected via Email, February 2016] Can you check out the story about 16 girls getting pregnant in Florida because a boy accidentally ejaculated in a swimming pool? I saw it on facebook. Origin:In February 2016, several fake news web sites published fictitious articles claiming that sixteen girls had become pregnant after a boy accidentally ejaculated in…

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A man who nearly died from carbon monoxide poisoning is alive thanks to a Good Samaritan wielding a baseball bat. Charlie Cottrill was on his way to work early Wednesday morning in Chillicothe, Ohio, when his car started filling up with exhaust fumes, hospital officials said. Within 15 to 20 minutes he passed out and drove into a field. Jessica Farley, 35, also happened to be driving early that morning…

Friday, Feb. 12, occasions President Abraham Lincoln’s 207th birthday, so in the interest of SEO Hot Sauce let us contrive a baseball hook. Look, here’s one … (Image: About.com) That’s a political cartoon tied to the 1860 presidential election, which Lincoln of course won. From left to right you’ve got renderings of John Bell, Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge, and Lincoln himself. There’s also a 19th-century cat-rat. Or a…

Just what the hell is this? On May 27, 2015, the Kansas City Star’s Lee Judge wrote a column headlined “Are RBIs a worthless statistic? Ask Rusty Kuntz.” It is a spirited defense of the RBI as a statistic, and it’s just as bad as you’re imagining it is. But we’re not here to discuss the content of an old and bad baseball column; we’re here to talk about how…