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Joe Strauss, a relentless reporter and feisty writer who earned respect throughout baseball for his distinctive and revealing coverage of historic moments, died at approximately 3:30 a.m. Sunday from complications related to leukemia. He was 54. Before becoming a sports columnist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 2012 and flexing his knowledge beyond the ballpark, Strauss spent nearly three decades covering baseball. His was the voice that chronicled, day by…

As the NASCAR offseason continues, many drivers are eagerly tuning into NFL games on the weekends, something that is almost impossible during the Sprint Cup season.  However, with a rare Saturday night football game between the Washington Redskins and the Philadelphia Eagles, some of NASCAR’s top drivers tuned in and had a little fun with the wild game.  Hendrick Motorsports’ Dale Earnhardt Jr. is a life-long Redskins fan, and when…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Louis van Gaal, 64, plans to resign as Manchester United manager if they lose a fifth game in a row – against Chelsea on 28 December. (Mail on Sunday) The Mail on Sunday suggests that Louis van Gaal may walk out on Manchester United Former United striker Dwight Yorke said his old club were “painful to watch”…

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After years of indoor training, Michael Phelps is really enjoying sunny Tempe. (Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) Michael Phelps has had his fair share of success in the pool. Eighteen Olympic gold medals. Twenty-two overall. Thirty-nine world records. And having already committed to retiring, presumably for good this time, following this summer’s Rio Olympics, it appears he is already thinking about what he will do beyond the pool — or at least out…

It has been a year of celebration and controversy in world soccer, with the U.S. winning the largest and most competitive Women’s World Cup in history while FIFA, the sport’s world governing body, was embroiled in chaos after the U.S. Justice Department unsealed 41 indictments against high-ranking soccer and sports marketing officials. Here’s a look at some of the key events of the last year and what to look forward…

1. MAVTV Format: Formerly Maverick Television, the “MAV” stands for “Movies, Action and Variety.” Although it’s really a motorsports channel and a landing spot for some of the shows orphaned when Fox Sports axed the Speed Channel domestically in the summer of 2013. Headquarters: Corona, California. Satellite options: DirecTV, Channel 214. Cable options: Verizon Fios, Channel 810. Cord-cutting options: Visit MAVTV.com for a channel finder. Is it 24 hours? Nope….

Tweet of the year @SeppBlatter feeling good about the world in May – six days before the first of 2015’s FBI raids: “Fifa is 111 years old today. The next 2 months will showcase some of our key events.” Single best Fifa performance Came from Concacaf – making it three presidents in a row arrested on corruption charges. Jeffrey Webb replaced Jack Warner in 2012 pledging “a new dawn, a…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Louis van Gaal, 64, plans to resign as Manchester United manager if they lose a fifth game in a row – against Chelsea on 28 December. (Mail on Sunday) The Mail on Sunday suggests that Louis van Gaal may walk out on Manchester United Former United striker Dwight Yorke said his old club were “painful to watch”…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Louis van Gaal, 64, plans to resign as Manchester United manager if they lose a fifth game in a row – against Chelsea on 28 December. (Mail on Sunday) The Mail on Sunday suggests that Louis van Gaal may walk out on Manchester United Former United striker Dwight Yorke said his old club were “painful to watch”…

It has been a year of celebration and controversy in world soccer, with the U.S. winning the largest and most competitive Women’s World Cup in history while FIFA, the sport’s world governing body, was embroiled in chaos after the U.S. Justice Department unsealed 41 indictments against high-ranking soccer and sports marketing officials. Here’s a look at some of the key events of the last year and what to look forward…

After years of indoor training, Michael Phelps is really enjoying sunny Tempe. (Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) Michael Phelps has had his fair share of success in the pool. Eighteen Olympic gold medals. Twenty-two overall. Thirty-nine world records. And having already committed to retiring, presumably for good this time, following this summer’s Rio Olympics, it appears he is already thinking about what he will do beyond the pool — or at least out…

The year 2015 produced four T&D Region state titles in the sports of baseball and football. Calhoun Academy won SCISA crowns in both sports. Holly Hill Academy won a baseball title and Andrew Jackson Academy capped a perfect season with a football championship. Today: A look at CA’s baseball title. And in Thursday’s T&D, look for collectible posters on the Calhoun Academy and Andrew Jackson football championships. The 2015 Calhoun…

In an article on an upcoming documentary from “Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit”, The Huffington Post’s Ryan Grimm and Travis Waldron wrote Saturday night that the report, entitled, “‘The Dark Side”, “… is the result of a monthslong investigation in which Liam Collins, a British hurdler, went undercover in an attempt to expose the widespread nature of performance-enhancing drugs in global sports.” The Al Jazeera report is scheduled to air tonight,…

He went on to a noteworthy college baseball career at the University of Illinois and a short stay in the minor leagues. But when Dusty Bensko’s name is mentioned, it conjures memories of turn-of-the-century glory at Pleasant Plains High School. “When we get together now, we appreciate it more and more,” said Bensko, who led the Cardinals to Class A state basketball and baseball titles in 2000. “At the time,…

100 years after Joe Jackson and the White Sox plotted the 1919 World Series, his ban was lifted and he earned a plaque. Rich Monetti asks what’s wrong with this picture.  ___ Joe Jackson was clearly involved in a plot to throw the 1919 World Series.  He, along with his White Sox cohorts, had to be suspended permanently for the survival of the game. But almost a hundred years later,…

All that remains of the new complex, which district officials and board members have hailed as the finest in the state, is lawn maintenance in the outfield and the installation of lights for the field. The complex was relocated from Terrebonne High School to nearby Southdown Stadium off St. Charles Street near Tunnel Boulevard to make room for a 5.19-acre drainage and water retention basin. Parish government paid $561,000…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Louis van Gaal, 64, plans to resign as Manchester United manager if they lose a fifth game in a row – against Chelsea on 28 December. (Mail on Sunday) The Mail on Sunday suggests that Louis van Gaal may walk out on Manchester United Former United striker Dwight Yorke said his old club were “painful to watch”…

It has been a year of celebration and controversy in world soccer, with the U.S. winning the largest and most competitive Women’s World Cup in history while FIFA, the sport’s world governing body, was embroiled in chaos after the U.S. Justice Department unsealed 41 indictments against high-ranking soccer and sports marketing officials. Here’s a look at some of the key events of the last year and what to look forward…

After years of indoor training, Michael Phelps is really enjoying sunny Tempe. (Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) Michael Phelps has had his fair share of success in the pool. Eighteen Olympic gold medals. Twenty-two overall. Thirty-nine world records. And having already committed to retiring, presumably for good this time, following this summer’s Rio Olympics, it appears he is already thinking about what he will do beyond the pool — or at least out…