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0 Shares print It’s a new dawn of the sport in Cuba when Major League Baseball’s current stars, even some who fled the island nation years ago, step into the outfield. It happened recently and ESPN’s Marly Rivera was there to experience and document it first-hand. Now she’s back on the Max y Marly podcast to share her experience. “It was amazing,” Rivera said of her trip. .@ClaytonKersh22 les muestra…

The World Series will have new voices in 2016. Fox confirmed on Tuesday that Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci (who is a senior baseball writer for Sports Illustrated) will no longer serve as the lead analysts on its baseball broadcast package, which includes the All-Star Game MLB postseason and World Series. The new team will consist of longtime play-by-play announcer Joe Buck and Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz. Andy…

This week in baseball history featured arguably the worst trade in baseball history and the beginning of free agency in Major League Baseball. December 26, 1919: On this date, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees agreed in principle to a trade that would send star pitcher George Herman “Babe” Ruth to the Yankees in exchange for $100,000 and a $300,000 loan for the reconstruction of Fenway Park In…

As I’ve done in the past when revealing my ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame, I’ll begin with my email address: sbuckley@bostonherald.com. That’s not bravado. That’s a genuine interest in wanting to know your opinions, for the simple reason that it was an impassioned email from a reader, several years back, that inspired me to dig a little deeper . . . and then add Jack Morris to my ballot. Morris…

Online fantasy sports contests offered by FanDuel and DraftKings “clearly constitute gambling” and are illegal under state law, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in an opinion issued Wednesday. Madigan’s 15-page opinion noted that the criminal code “prohibits the playing of both “games of chance or skill for money.’” “Participants (in the online fantasy leagues) must pay an entry fee or buy-in amount in order to win a prize. Consequently,…

The Deadspin staff pick their favorite sports moments from 2015, and explain what made them so special. Here they are. Stephen Curry’s Existence Two years ago, Steph Curry’s defining performance was his 54-point strike in Madison Square Garden, but in 2015 there was no comparable moment. Sure, he was named the MVP while leading the Warriors to the NBA title—and looks to be even better this season—but there was no…

As a Techdirt reader, the business of professional baseball is not required reading. That said, for many reasons, the baseball business aligns nicely with many of the topics we discuss here, and baseball in general is probably the math-iest of sports. That’s why it seems necessary to push back on this Chicken Little piece at the Wall Street Journal, which claims that the laughably large baseball contracts players are signing…

The other day Donald Trump used the term “schlonged” to describe Hillary Clinton’s defeat to Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic primary. Because we now live in Insane Land, this possibly off-color/possibly Yiddish/possibly insider slang caused much more controversy than, say, Trump praising the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and his other arguably fascist policy proposals. Propose laws which would make an entire religious minority literal second class citizens?…

The World Series will have new voices in 2016. Fox confirmed on Tuesday that Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci (who is a senior baseball writer for Sports Illustrated) will no longer serve as the lead analysts on its baseball broadcast package, which includes the All-Star Game MLB postseason and World Series. The new team will consist of longtime play-by-play announcer Joe Buck and Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz. Andy…

0 Shares print It’s a new dawn of the sport in Cuba when Major League Baseball’s current stars, even some who fled the island nation years ago, step into the outfield. It happened recently and ESPN’s Marly Rivera was there to experience and document it first-hand. Now she’s back on the Max y Marly podcast to share her experience. “It was amazing,” Rivera said of her trip. .@ClaytonKersh22 les muestra…

Daily fantasy sports companies were dealt another blow Wednesday with a ruling by the attorney general in Illinois.(Photo: Stephan Savoia, AP) The Illinois Attorney General has decided that DraftKings and FanDuel are conducting illegal gambling operations in that state and wants the companies to shut down there unless and until the state legislature legalizes them. The opinion was issued Wednesday by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, striking another gut punch to…

The Deadspin staff pick their favorite sports moments from 2015, and explain what made them so special. Here they are. Stephen Curry’s Existence Two years ago, Steph Curry’s defining performance was his 54-point strike in Madison Square Garden, but in 2015 there was no comparable moment. Sure, he was named the MVP while leading the Warriors to the NBA title—and looks to be even better this season—but there was no…

Free agency is a fact of life in baseball, but it’s a relatively recent fact of life in the context of the game’s 150-year professional history. Indeed, it began only 40 years ago today when baseball arbitrator Peter Seitz ruled, in a landmark decision, that pitchers Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally were free agents. There were precursors, of course. Precursors which muddy the history in the minds of many. Curt…

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The World Series will have new voices in 2016. Fox confirmed on Tuesday that Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci (who is a senior baseball writer for Sports Illustrated) will no longer serve as the lead analysts on its baseball broadcast package, which includes the All-Star Game MLB postseason and World Series. The new team will consist of longtime play-by-play announcer Joe Buck and Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz. Andy…

Practice squad players are important to every NFL team. Every franchise can have up to 10 players on their practice squad to do just that: practice. The players come to work every day and are there with the 53 players on the active roster, whether it’s in the weight room, in the locker room, or on the field, where they play a major role in preparations for that week’s opponent by…

Design This will come as a surprise to exactly no one, but the 360 Sport feels like a cheaper, slightly more rugged take on the standard edition. “Feels like” are the key words here; I naturally (and foolishly) assumed that the more athletic version of the 360 would be more adept at handling dust and water. Sorry: The 360 Sport has an IP67 rating just like the original, meaning it’s…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Louis van Gaal: Staying or going? The Sun report on Louis van Gaal’s future at Manchester United Jose Mourinho’s agent denies a deal has been agreed for the former Chelsea boss to replace Louis van Gaal at Manchester United. (Globoesporte – in Portuguese) Van Gaal is getting closer to the sack, with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward spending…

It’s Christmas Eve in Carrington and darkness has descended While for others long since home, their working day has ended, A man sits down he’s deep in thought, his coat says “LVG” For him so much to ponder, is it time for 4-3-3? People say it’s crisis point, that things have all gone wrong He feels that he can turn it round, he’s resolute and strong. A career that has…

Spencer high school’s Austin Roberts, top left, wrestles in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. Roberts died after collapsing at a tournament in northwest Iowa. He died Saturday, Dec. 19, at Spencer Hospital.(Photo: Jeff Budlong/Sioux City Journal/AP) SPENCER, Ia. – The two high school athlete deaths in Iowa in the last two-plus weeks are far from the national norm. Woodward-Granger junior basketball player Drew Jacobson and Spencer senior wrestler Austin Roberts collapsed during their…