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It seems the Cubs can’t go a day without being named the best at something. It happened again Monday, but this time it was for something off the field… Kind of. A pair of writers with the New York Daily News put together a special team of all-stars. Position-by-position, they put together their own “All Dreamy Team” and included a pair of Cubs players. While one may be obvious, the…

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The review is “aimed at further safeguarding the integrity of the game” Tennis officials will carry out an independent review into their anti-corruption practices after the sport was hit with claims of match-fixing. The announcement at the Australian Open follows a BBC and BuzzFeed News investigation that revealed suspected illegal betting in tennis over the past decade. Files showed that over the past 10 years, 16 players who have ranked…

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Drone racing is edging its way toward becoming a serious spectator sport. The Drone Racing League announced its first season today — a series of six challenging courses, including abandoned malls, stadiums and subway tunnels where pilots will control drones as they weave through the courses at speeds as high as 80 mph. Nicholas Horbaczewski, CEO of the Drone Racing League, told ABC News that while he hopes to see…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Louis van Gaal gossip Mirror back page Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal, 64, offered to resign on Saturday after the 1-0 defeat by Southampton – but was talked into staying by executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward. (Sun)  Dutchman Van Gaal has been in the Netherlands…

UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner has called for Russia not to be let back into the sport before this summer’s Olympics in Rio. Russia has been suspended from international athletics competition following the scandal which revealed widespread doping by Russian athletes and cover-ups of positive tests. Warner believes the “state-organised” scandal has been so serious that Russian athletics should not be re-admitted to the Russian Olympic team. Related: IAAF sponsors…

Western Hills Baseball(Photo: .) A fired Western Hills baseball coach is fighting to get his job back, saying he was unfairly sacked because of a principal’s personal agenda. Matt Phillips, 32, said he was let go Jan. 14 because he wasn’t getting his players to study sessions. But Phillips said that would have been impossible, because the study sessions are new this year, and he doesn’t even have a team…

A generation of fans knew Howie Burns as a basketball coach, but it’s always been baseball that people with longer memories associate with him. Burns had record-setting success in both sports, but it’s his baseball achievements that will be honored Thursday night with the third annual induction ceremony of the Western Massachusetts Baseball Hall of Fame. The event will be held at La Quinta Inn of Springfield. Burns and longtime…

The Athletic Three former contributors to ESPN Chicago are founding writers for The Athletic, a new subscription website aimed at covering Chicago’s professional sports teams “with thought-provoking writing and enlightening statistics.” Jon Greenberg, Sahadev Sharma and Scott Powers, all ESPN Chicago veterans, were announced Monday as the new site’s main writers. Greenberg, named as founding editor, will write on all sports and run editorial operations in Chicago. Sharma will…

A recent study looking at injuries in youth ice hockey, spearheaded by a University of Pittsburgh researcher, came up with some surprising results: The number of collisions among players in youth hockey are typically higher in younger players than older ones, mostly because of the players’ inexperience and difference in body size, strength and development. Researchers and youth hockey coaches, however, disagree on the best…

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The Athletic Three former contributors to ESPN Chicago are founding writers for The Athletic, a new subscription website aimed at covering Chicago’s professional sports teams “with thought-provoking writing and enlightening statistics.” Jon Greenberg, Sahadev Sharma and Scott Powers, all ESPN Chicago veterans, were announced Monday as the new site’s main writers. Greenberg, named as founding editor, will write on all sports and run editorial operations in Chicago. Sharma will…

Lexi LaFleur Brown and I stood in the quiet shelter of Amalie Arena’s bleachers while the ice filled with fans. Brown, a PhD student, goaltender and wife of Tampa Bay Lightning forward J.T. Brown, was there to help support the Lightning’s community outreach program during the Lightning Family Carnival. Her job for the day was to stand in a mini net in her gear while children (and some adults)…

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Ready for some offseason fun? Of course you are. You read Eye on Baseball, after all. So while we’re here in late January with most of the good free agents signed (Yovani Gallardo and Dexter Fowler are the top remaining names), let’s run through each position and rank the individual players. We’ll start with catchers. Things to keep in mind: 1. We are ranking the players based upon which ones…

The Athletic Three former contributors to ESPN Chicago are founding writers for The Athletic, a new subscription website aimed at covering Chicago’s professional sports teams “with thought-provoking writing and enlightening statistics.” Jon Greenberg, Sahadev Sharma and Scott Powers, all ESPN Chicago veterans, were announced Monday as the new site’s main writers. Greenberg, named as founding editor, will write on all sports and run editorial operations in Chicago. Sharma will…

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