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It is time to wrap up our 2016 position rankings (previous rankings: C | 1B | 2B |SS | 3B | LF | CF | RF | DH | SP) with the guys pitching at the end of the game, the relievers. As was the case with previous rankings, let’s keep these things in mind: 1. We are ranking the players based upon which ones we’d most want to have…

WASHINGTON – Before the doors of the White House opened and he walked inside to meet President Barack Obama for the first time last year, Stephen Curry was overcome by nerves and a little fear. There was concern during much of the morning that Obama wouldn’t really be able to find the five minutes in his schedule to talk to him, and Curry didn’t want to leave a bad impression…

Super Salvo Sports is a new football-prediction strategy game that debuts on the app stores today in advance of the Super Bowl. The title is an attempt to get the huge numbers of fans who are watching the Super Bowl at home to engage with a real-time game on their mobile phones. The non-gambling game lets you pick the plays that will happen, giving you bragging rights over your friends…

ESPN is partnering with Chinese tech giant Tencent in a deal that greatly expands the sports media company’s presence in the world’s most populous country. The Walt Disney Co.-owned unit announced Wednesday that it will supply Chinese-language programming, events and content for Tencent’s live sports coverage, providing a new avenue of global growth for the sports broadcasting behemoth. See more of Entertainment’s top stories on Facebook >> ESPN will have…

Liverpool fans protested about high ticket prices two seasons ago Liverpool supporters’ groups are planning a walkout protest during Saturday’s Premier League match at Anfield against Sunderland. The Spion Kop 1906 group – backed by the Spirit of Shankly (SoS) – have suggested fans leave their seats in the 77th minute in protest at the £77 top-priced ticket in the new main stand. The club have announced the increased price,…

Rangers and Sports Direct began their joint venture in 2012 Rangers have given Sports Direct formal notice that they wish to end their retail deal for club merchandise. But the contract between the two requires a seven-year notice period unless Sports Direct agrees to end it. On Wednesday, Rangers won their latest legal battle against the company controlled by Newcastle United owner and Rangers shareholder Mike Ashley. Club chairman Dave…

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The region’s leading tourism advocate is envisioning a Field of Dreams to lure more amateur sporting events to Buffalo. In fact, if Patrick Kaler is successful in his lobbying, it would be more like 30 to 50 fields and some indoor facilities. Kaler, president and CEO of Visit Buffalo Niagara, wants to grow the area’s sports tourism business by capitalizing on the success that VBN and the Buffalo…

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Three players had been sent off in the game between Gimnasia La Plata and Estudiantes before the brawl The Argentine FA has sanctioned 15 players with bans ranging from one to eight games after a mass brawl in a pre-season friendly match. The game between Estudiantes and arch-rivals Gimnasia La Plata was called off in stoppage time after players punched and kicked each other. Estudiantes duo Alvaro Pereira and Mariano…

Media playback is not supported on this device Gary Neville ‘won’t sleep well’ after 7-0 defeat to Barcelona Gary Neville should have apologised and resigned as Valencia coach after their humiliating Copa del Rey defeat, says former goalkeeper Santiago Canizares. Valencia were thrashed 7-0 by Barcelona in a semi-final first leg on Wednesday. Former Manchester United captain Neville described the loss as “one of his worst experiences” in football. Canizares…

Major League Soccer, the top professional soccer league in the United States, has failed to gain the following enjoyed by the NBA, National Football League or Major League Baseball. Cuban’s futsal investment is not his first in non-traditional sports. He has also bought into the daily fantasy sports industry, which he has adamantly defended amid questions about its legality. Disclosure: Mark Cuban is one of the hosts of “Shark Tank,”…

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Jack Riley’s hockey journey began at Medford High and led him through Dartmouth College, the 1948 US Olympic team, and the 1949 World Championships, when he led the US squad as a player-coach. But nothing compared to Feb. 28, 1960, at the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, Calif., when as head coach of the US team he watched the Americans score six unanswered goals in the third period to defeat…

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ENLARGE SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Burt Field stood outside the fenced-off Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park, lamenting the assortment of Super Bowl tents, mobile trailers, concrete blocks, portapotties and transport carts spread upon the soccer fields he manages. He watched two people tossing a football back and forth. When a van drove over one field, Mr. Field groaned, snapping photos with a digital camera. ENLARGE “I have almost gotten into fistfights stopping…

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He was loose and smiling, joking around and having fun.  Tony Stewart was away from the track. But he was working just the same.   When you’re a three-time series champion and co-owner of a four-car team in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series, the work seldom stops.   The amount of time someone such as Stewart spends handling sponsor commitments and other ventures associated with his profession would probably stun some NASCAR fans….