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Michigan forward Cristoval Nieves(Photo: Carlos Osorio AP) There are good and bad memories for the Michigan hockey team as the Wolverines prepare to face Penn State at Madison Square Garden. The hockey game is part of a Super Saturday two-sport doubleheader in New York. A men’s basketball game between U-M and Penn State tips at noon. No. 6 Michigan (15-3-4, 6-1-2) will face No. 15 Penn State (16-6-3, 6-3-0) in…

BOSTON — One of the nation’s first professional baseball players lies largely forgotten by history in an unmarked grave in Boston. Now, nearly 150 years after Andrew Jackson Leonard began his professional career, his grandson hopes to raise enough money for a marker to honor his relative and his contributions to the game by auctioning his grandfather’s contracts, which are among the oldest known in existence. “He was one of…

Baseball was the family business. Baseball was his passion. Baseball was all Justin Minaya wanted out of life. “When I was real young, I wanted to be a Major League Baseball player,” he said in a phone interview. “That was my dream.” His father, Omar Minaya, was the Mets’ general manager, affording him the luxury of hanging out in a major league clubhouse and on a big league diamond, getting…

South Carolina has less than three weeks until its opener against Albany on Feb. 19, and coach Chad Holbrook might take that long to decide on an Opening Day roster. Holbrook said Friday there are currently 14 position players battling for nine spots, and he’ll make a decision on who starts in the opener based on scrimmages and practices leading up to the start of the season. “We’ve got some…

By now, we should be numb to the cost of supporting our favorite teams. We shrug, and we pay up, and up, and up. And then, one day, something makes you go, “Huh.” This was my “huh” moment on Friday: $48 for a seat in the left-field bleachers at Dodger Stadium? Not every seat, and not every game. But, if you want to sit in the front row of the…

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BOSTON — One of the nation’s first professional baseball players lies largely forgotten by history in an unmarked grave in Boston. Now, nearly 150 years after Andrew Jackson Leonard began his professional career, his grandson hopes to raise enough money for a marker to honor his relative and his contributions to the game by auctioning his grandfather’s contracts, which are among the oldest known in existence. “He was one of…

Baseball was the family business. Baseball was his passion. Baseball was all Justin Minaya wanted out of life. “When I was real young, I wanted to be a Major League Baseball player,” he said in a phone interview. “That was my dream.” His father, Omar Minaya, was the Mets’ general manager, affording him the luxury of hanging out in a major league clubhouse and on a big league diamond, getting…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee quarterback Joshua Dobbs is spending part of his offseason working out with the Volunteers’ baseball team. NCAA FOOTBALL ON SOCIAL MEDIA JOIN THE TEAM. Follow @NCAAFootball Vols baseball coach Dave Serrano says Friday that Tennessee’s starting quarterback has participated in two baseball workouts with football coach Butch Jones’ blessing. Serrano declined comment on whether Dobbs might play for…

By now, we should be numb to the cost of supporting our favorite teams. We shrug, and we pay up, and up, and up. And then, one day, something makes you go, “Huh.” This was my “huh” moment on Friday: $48 for a seat in the left-field bleachers at Dodger Stadium? Not every seat, and not every game. But, if you want to sit in the front row of the…

CHAMPAIGN — Dan Hartleb had plenty of new faces looking back at him when he addressed his team Friday for the first time this season. Gone was an 11-strong senior class that had four fifth-year guys. Three juniors selected in the MLB draft who chose to pursue a professional career added to the departures. In their place? Fourteen newcomers, including 13 true…

Caption Close BOSTON (AP) — One of the nation’s first professional baseball players lies largely forgotten by history in an unmarked grave in Boston. Now, nearly 150 years after Andrew Jackson Leonard began his professional career, his grandson hopes to raise enough money for a marker to honor his relative and his contributions to the game by auctioning his grandfather’s contracts, which are among the oldest known in existence….

Five years ago, with a bizarre (to me!) groundswell of support for Omar Vizquel as a Hall of Fame candidate, it occurred to me that what we really needed was another way to honor Vizquel. It seemed to me that Vizquel, (then) still playing shortstop at the age of 47 or something, inspired a striking sense of admiration and wonderment amongst our nation’s baseball writers. And without an appropriate outlet…

1:07 PM ET print Once upon a time, a baseball team constructed its pitching staff the way your contractor constructs your hallway — from the front to the back. Boy, life in this sport sure was a lot less complicated then. You didn’t just need starters. You needed great starters. You needed innings from your starters. You needed horses. You needed men who could take a lead and hand it…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee quarterback Joshua Dobbs is spending part of his offseason working out with the Volunteers’ baseball team. Vols baseball coach Dave Serrano says Friday that Tennessee’s starting quarterback has participated in two baseball workouts with football coach Butch Jones’ blessing. Serrano declined comment on whether Dobbs might play for the baseball team. Dobbs, who played baseball in high school, wasn’t included in the Tennessee baseball roster…

The Los Angeles Angels recently hired Scott Radinsky as their bullpen coach. He joins the club alongside former pitcher Charlie Nagy. A big-league reliever from 1990-2001, Radinsky has also devoted much of his time to his other passion: Skatelab, a Southern California skate park still thriving today after he co-founded it in the 1990s. But his talents aren’t limited to the diamond and the skate shop. Radinsky also finds time…

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Prior to the launch of Fox Sports 1 nearly three years ago, Fox Sports executives announced they were creating a late-night news and highlight show in an attempt to siphon viewers from ESPN’s SportsCenter. The thesis at the time, as laid out by executives, was that Fox Sports 1 would make a significant investment in news to provide around-the-clock coverage. It was a welcome message for those viewers who wanted…

Ole Miss has been charged with 30 NCAA violations. (USATSI) Ole Miss has reportedly been charged with 30 NCAA violations across three sports — football, women’s basketball and track and field — according to Yahoo! Sports’ Pat Forde. It is not known the breakdown of violations by sport, but according to ESPN’s Joe Schad the majority of the violations are not associated with football and those that are predate the…

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