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For nearly 20 years now, the best part of my job has been those occasional times when I’ve been fortunate enough to sit next to a scout at a baseball game. I’m just a fan, and have read practically every book ever written about scouts, or by scouts. Leaving aside that practically nobody gives a damn, I wish there was room in the Hall of Fame for a few of…

As we continue with our series of ranking each position (Previous rankings: C | 1B | 2B), we now move on to shortstops, and it’s position crowded with young stars. 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 for the 2016 season only, ignoring salary. Quite simply, if money were…

CHICAGO – It’s a match-up against one quarterback whose career might be coming to a close and one whose run in the NFL is just beginning. For many the 50th edition of the Super Bowl is Peyton Manning vs Cam Newton-and they may very well be right. The ability of the Broncos and the Panthers’ defense to stop the other team’s quarterback will be a key to taking home the…

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20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment are developing soccer match-fixing thriller “The Big Fix” with directing team Adil El Arbi and Billal Fallah on board. Fox-based Chernin Entertainment is producing, based on Brett Forrest’s ESPN Magazine article “All The World Is Staged,” published in 2012. The film will follow three characters – Chris Eaton, a former police officer who helped uncover the scandal while serving as top enforcement agent at…

NASHVILLE — The Nashville Predators know they play in a nontraditional hockey market, but they wouldn’t have it any other way. The passion for hockey always has been there in Nashville, and it will be on display at the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game on Sunday (5 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVA Sports) and at different events during All-Star Weekend. Nashville has had a hockey fandom even…

NASCAR could change the world by racing electric cars, says Bill Nye the Science Guy in a blog post published Monday for Aeon.  “In the short term, NASCAR could help get us there. We could convert all of our racecars to electricity – right now – and show the public exactly what electrons can do,” Nye writes in the op-ed. “And most significant from my point of view, everyone in…

Top German soccer teams will scrimmage, coach and mentor in Colorado for two weeks in July, a series of events aiming to elevate the state’s profile among international tourists and supercharge the already vibrant soccer scene. The Colorado Cup is a big deal for soccer fans. They’ll get to see Bundesliga teams Mainz 05 and Mönchengladbach practice and play against two top-tier, though still unnamed, teams from Mexico. And for…

Matt Klentak, in his first winter at the head of a baseball operations department, wanted to learn how companies manage information. The 36-year-old Phillies general manager surveyed people in baseball, other sports, and some with zero connections to the game. How, he asked, do you implement analytics into decisions? Those talks led him to Andy Galdi, a 30-year-old Google employee who was hired Thursday as the…

For nearly 20 years now, the best part of my job has been those occasional times when I’ve been fortunate enough to sit next to a scout at a baseball game. I’m just a fan, and have read practically every book ever written about scouts, or by scouts. Leaving aside that practically nobody gives a damn, I wish there was room in the Hall of Fame for a few of…

There are smartwatches, and there are fitness trackers. If you want any combination of the two, you’ll have to accept the compromises inherent in cramming a lot of sensors into an attractive, wrist-sized package. This is the problem the Moto 360 Sport comes tantalisingly close to solving. The Moto 360 Sport is a cousin of the 2015 Moto 360 smartwatch, but with some subtle modifications to make it better for…

Car racing leagues like NASCAR get lots of slack for being boring. For outsiders, it’s tough to see the fun in watching people drive in circles again and again — even if they’re doing it at 160 miles an hour within an inch of one another. But what if the vehicles racing against one another weren’t cars, but flying robots? That’s the idea behind drone racing, where pilots twist, turn…

Welcome to POLITICO New York’s Sports Business Report, a weekly digest of news on what matters in one of New York’s highest-profile industries. NBA fans will be treated to a 30-second ad on Saturday night called “Watch Me Work”, a promo for the WNBA. This is a sign that NBA commissioner Adam Silver is taking his promise from last fall to do more to promote the league seriously, and demonstrates…

Last week, Major League Baseball reached a settlement with a group of fans who sued the league over its internet broadcasting policies, alleging that its system of regional television contracts and blackout policies was collusive and eliminated competition. The settlement won a reduction in the price of Major League Baseball’s MLB.tv online service, as well as the introduction of a single-team option at nearly 23$ cheaper than any previous option…

After leaving Grantland and ESPN, Jonah Keri is quickly becoming one of the busiest men in sports media. Earlier this month Keri announced he was joining Sports Illustrated and MLB Network.  It was later revealed that he would be doing a podcast for Nerdist.  Now CBS Sports will make it official today that Keri is joining them to cover baseball, and perhaps more interestingly, pop culture, for CBSSports.com. Seeing Keri at…

NASHVILLE — The Nashville Predators know they play in a nontraditional hockey market, but they wouldn’t have it any other way. The passion for hockey always has been there in Nashville, and it will be on display at the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Game on Sunday (5 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVA Sports) and at different events during All-Star Weekend. Nashville has had a hockey fandom even…

Samantha Cameron’s win on BBC1’s The Great Sport Relief Bake Off cooked up 4.6 million viewers on Wednesday night. Despite the extensive coverage her appearance generated, it was no match for the long-running ITV drama Midsomer Murders which has gained a new lease of life this series. Related: Samantha Cameron and Ed Balls to mix it up in Great British Bake Off special While Cameron’s baking battle against comedian Jason…

Last week, Major League Baseball reached a settlement with a group of fans who sued the league over its internet broadcasting policies, alleging that its system of regional television contracts and blackout policies was collusive and eliminated competition. The settlement won a reduction in the price of Major League Baseball’s MLB.tv online service, as well as the introduction of a single-team option at nearly 23$ cheaper than any previous option…

<!– –> Sports Breaking| Top News <!—-> ASSOCIATED PRESS In this Sept. 9, 2015, file photo, Len Don Diego, marketing manager for content at DraftKings, a daily fantasy sports company, works at his station at the company’s offices in Boston. Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin issued a formal opinion today that daily fantasy sports contests constitute illegal gambling under state law. “Gambling generally occurs under Hawaii law when a person…

<!– –> Sports Breaking| Top News <!—-> ASSOCIATED PRESS In this Sept. 9, 2015, file photo, Len Don Diego, marketing manager for content at DraftKings, a daily fantasy sports company, works at his station at the company’s offices in Boston. Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin issued a formal opinion today that daily fantasy sports contests constitute illegal gambling under state law. “Gambling generally occurs under Hawaii law when a person…