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Editor’s note: John Oates, part of legendary musical duo Hall & Oates, grew up racing and watching NASCAR. He still follows closely to this day. Below is his first-person account of his life behind the wheel, and his fandom. Follow John on Facebook here.   I became a racing fan in general as a young kid. Growing up in Pennsylvania, I didn’t know much about it, but at the same…

Tom Anastos, the former CCHA commissioner, speaks after being named Michigan State’s hockey coach in March 2011. He has gone 66-93-18 since.(Photo: Greg DeRuiter AP) Tom Anastos knows people are calling for his job, even though he said he doesn’t use social media much these days. Michigan State is 1-11-1 away from Munn Ice Arena and 5-17-2 overall in Anastos’ fifth season as hockey coach. The Spartans are coming off…

Kelli Stack greeted last year’s talk about a U.S.-based professional women’s hockey league with a familiar skepticism. This was hardly the first time the 28-year-old U.S. national team forward had heard buzz about the possibility of earning a paycheck to play hockey, only to have the plan collapse before a puck was dropped. “Every August would roll around, and people would say, ‘Oh, did you hear?’” the former Boston College…

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…

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….

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…

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…

Last September, a small army of workers with bulldozers, backhoes, trucks, and other heavy equipment finally began clearing a portion of a 140-acre wooded area that Attleboro officials had long eyed as the site of a future industrial park. In coming weeks, private developers plan to start pouring the foundations of four buildings totaling nearly 400,000 square feet of space. But the site, tucked just off Interstate 95 near Rhode…

The 16th Annual Greater Cleveland Sports Awards presented by Medical Mutual and FirstMerit honored the best of Cleveland sports Thursday night at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel. Heisman Trophy winner and Super Bowl MVP Desmond Howard – a graduate of Cleveland St. Joseph’s High School – hosted a sell-out crowd of over 1,200. The event is the primary annual fundraiser for the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission. The Sports Commission, a 501c(3)…

View photo . Ole Miss has been charged for NCAA rules violations in three sports, including football. (Getty Images) The NCAA has formally charged the University of Mississippi with dozens of rules violations in three sports, multiple sources told Yahoo Sports. The school has received a Notice of Allegations from the NCAA enforcement staff alleging roughly 30 violations in football, women’s basketball and track and field, sources told Yahoo. It…

BBC coverage How to follow: Live on BBC One, BBC Radio 5 live and the BBC Sport website. TEAM NEWS Derby head coach Paul Clement has no fresh injury concerns. Long-term absentees Max Lowe, Craig Forsyth and Will Hughes remain unavailable. Midfielder Michael Carrick could return for Manchester United after four games out with a knee injury. Defender Matteo Darmian is ruled out having been hospitalised with a rib injury…

Land Rover has made its Southern California reputation by selling cars capable of fording rocky streams and climbing icy slopes to drivers who rarely face anything more challenging than a lentil soup spill in the Trader Joe’s parking lot. But with a powerful El Niño bearing down upon us, the 2016 Range Rover Sport might be the best vehicle on the market for handling wicked winter weather — in our…

print 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 Leonard and his contributions to the game by auctioning his contracts, which are among the oldest known to exist. “He was one of the…

Last September, a small army of workers with bulldozers, backhoes, trucks, and other heavy equipment finally began clearing a portion of a 140-acre wooded area that Attleboro officials had long eyed as the site of a future industrial park. In coming weeks, private developers plan to start pouring the foundations of four buildings totaling nearly 400,000 square feet of space. But the site, tucked just off Interstate 95 near Rhode…

When Quaker Valley and Cornell school districts formed a football cooperative in 2012, the uniforms reflected the agreement. While the Cornell players wore Quaker Valley’s colors of black, white and gold on jerseys emblazoned with “Quakers,” a gold “C” painted on the back of their helmets paid tribute to their true school. That small gesture reflected how the…

Nemanja Vidic played for Red Star Belgrade and Spartak Moscow before signing for Manchester United in January 2006 Former Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic has announced his retirement from professional football. The Serb, who won five Premier League titles and the Champions League in his eight-year spell at Old Trafford, says injuries have forced his retirement. Vidic, 34, left Inter Milan by mutual consent in January after failing to make…

Media playback is not supported on this device Highlights: Murray battles into final World number two Andy Murray reached his fifth Australian Open final after an epic five-set battle with 13th seed Milos Raonic. Briton Murray was broken in the first game and his 25-year-old Canadian opponent went on to take the first and third sets. But the 28-year-old Scotsman prevailed 4-6 7-5 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-2 in a gruelling…

Berahino has struggled for first-team football so far this season West Brom striker Saido Berahino has “wasted three or four months” of his career, according to Baggies boss Tony Pulis. The 22-year-old forward suggested he would not play for Baggies chairman Jeremy Peace again after a move to Tottenham was blocked last August. He has again been linked with a move in the January transfer window. “It’s been dreadful to…

print 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 Leonard and his contributions to the game by auctioning his contracts, which are among the oldest known to exist. “He was one of the…

The unofficial start of summer is here with the launch of Yahoo Fantasy Baseball for 2016. Everything you love about our game is back with several great new elements. [2016 Yahoo Fantasy Baseball is open for business. Sign up now] If you’ve never played fantasy baseball before, now is the perfect time to get in the game as you will be able to take advantage of the Champion of Champions…