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Red Sox starting pitcher David Price has long had a reputation as one of baseball’s good guys and here’s another reason. On Thursday, he donated $300,000 to Miracle Field in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The extra-special part here is the field will be equipped to aid children with disabilities. Some details on the facility, via The Tennessean (which has the full story for those interested): The Miracle Field will include lights, scoreboard,…

It’s one thing to have seen Sandy Koufax pitching in his prime at old Connie Mack Field in West Palm Beach. It’s another to have seen Koufax, in retirement, catching a John Prine concert at the Carefree Theater. Kevin Davidoff of Palm Springs saw all of that and more, and he has reams of photographs to prove it, along with just as many stories that brought to life the days…

Buy Photo Paul White, a retired long-time USA TODAY baseball writer and the founding editor of USA TODAY Baseball Weekly, shared his thoughts on various ballplayers at the Martin Library’s annual fantasy baseball program on Saturday.(Photo: Gary Haber, York Daily Record)Buy Photo They came seeking wisdom. They carried notebooks, too, ready to scribble down the one overlooked piece of information or obscure statistic that would give them an edge over the competition….

It has only been a year since major league baseball started putting all those fancy Statcast cameras up in our ballparks. Ever since then we have been treated, now and then, to a taste of “the future” in the form of how fast such and such can run or how hard such and such can hit the ball. Now that guys in suits have a full season worth of data…

Virtual reality, body cameras, and the Internet Of Things are poised to change the way we watch sports. Today we saw how at TechCrunch’s 1st And Future startup competition held at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. The home viewing category winner, LiveLike, lets you watch games in virtual reality from multiple angles. The contest featured twelve finalists competing in three different categories: The Future Stadium, Bringing Home The Game,…

Media playback is not supported on this device Highlights: Scotland 9-15 England A familiar post-match article in this digital era is the ‘Five things we have learned’ formula. We’ve all done it – treating a game as a sporting education, pulling out the pearls so we can all feel much wiser afterwards. Except sometimes we learn nothing. Sometimes what we see is exactly what we would expect to see, because…

It’s a rainy and miserable midsummer Sunday in Thurrock, Essex, in the southeast of England. A middle-aged man, drenched to the bone, sits in the mud.  The raincoat he has drawn up over his head does nothing to keep him dry, nor does the large umbrella which sags beneath the volume of rain bearing down on it. He yells some indecipherable orders to his son, Jack, who sits inside the…

Media playback is not supported on this device Is Jose Mourinho the right man for Man Utd? Jose Mourinho moved a step closer to Manchester United and a Premier League return after his representatives held talks with the Old Trafford hierarchy as they line up a successor to Louis van Gaal. Van Gaal is still in position and has a contract that ends in 2017 – but United’s move for…

For many sports fans, scanning Twitter while watching a game goes together like guacamole and chips. But waning interest in Twitter and its struggle to add users and captivating features has Facebook jostling to become the go-to TV companion for sports viewers. The two social media companies will go head-to-head on Super Bowl Sunday with new “second-screen” features that they say enhance the TV-watching experience. Getting more eyeballs onto their…

Super Bowl Sunday is nearly upon us, and that is not lost on a very interested NASCAR community. From former driver Jeff Burton and his son, current driver Jeb Burton, who are attending the game with none other than Gov. Pat McCrory from the great state of North Carolina, to many others who are fans of either the Carolina Panthers or the Denver Broncos, many have taken to Twitter to…

It’s a rainy and miserable midsummer Sunday in Thurrock, Essex, in the southeast of England. A middle-aged man, drenched to the bone, sits in the mud.  The raincoat he has drawn up over his head does nothing to keep him dry, nor does the large umbrella which sags beneath the volume of rain bearing down on it. He yells some indecipherable orders to his son, Jack, who sits inside the…

Robert Huth’s early strike for Leicester was his second goal of the season Premier League leaders Leicester stunned nearest rivals Manchester City with a convincing victory at Etihad Stadium to move five points clear. Robert Huth met Riyad Mahrez’s free-kick to give the Foxes an early lead. City rarely looked like breaking down the visitors’ defence, while their own back line appeared vulnerable. Mahrez made it 2-0 with a step-over…

Introducing the Stadium of the Future, Where Technology is King Patrick Sisson, Curbed For sports fans, the experience of attending a game in person is becoming increasingly more high-tech. Levi’s Stadium, home of Super Bowl 50 this weekend, touts ticketing, concessions and instant replays from a mobile app. It’s also LEED certified and employs solar collection system. High-tech sports venues are becoming the norm and this piece from Curbed offers…

Michigan State’s Matt DeBlouw, right, celebrates with Travis Walsh (4) after scoring in overtime against Michigan during a college hockey game at Joe Louis Arena on Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)(Photo: Duane Burleson, AP) It took a little longer to decide who would leave Joe Louis Arena for the first time with the Iron D trophy. Michigan State earned the hardware with a 3-2 overtime win…

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A Long Beach woman pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling and laundering more than $174,000 from a Fullerton youth soccer club where she served as treasurer, Orange County Superior Court records show. Laura A. Zellerbach, 41, pleaded guilty to single counts of embezzlement, money laundering, falsifying records and computer fraud. Twenty-two additional felony counts of computer fraud were dismissed, court records show. She was sentenced to five years’ probation, one year…

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