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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…

“If a player from the United States would come here and score every week,” said Michael Schade, CEO of Bayer Leverkusen, one of the biggest clubs in the history of German football, “it would be a dream come true.” It’s a jarringly direct quote and one that shocked me and other international reporters in the Leverkusen boardroom a month ago. But as Schade, formerly an executive of Bayer AG, the…

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…

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…

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…

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This disgusting act of wanton violence is brought to you by Mehmet Değirmenci, a Turkish amateur soccer player. As you can see in the video below, moments before Değirmenci so cruelly smashed this poor guy’s head like a teed-up football, he became upset when the ref showed him a red card for the reckless tackle that landed his opponent on the ground in the first place. His response was what…

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…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — At the end of the day a frustrated Ron Rivera didn’t have a choice whether Carolina players could continue to bring baseball bats on the field before games. The NFL made sure Tuesday that Rivera and other coaches were clear on the rules. League spokesman Greg Aiello said in an email to The Associated Press that the NFL sent a memo all 32 teams reminding them that…

Carolina Panthers cornerback Josh Norman and at least one team official reportedly taunted star New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. during pregame warm-ups Sunday by swinging baseball bats and making comments toward him, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. Jay Glazer of FoxSports.com shared a video on Instagram showing Norman wielding one of the bats: Video: One of reasons sources say OBJ went ballistic was threat from Panthers player…

Things are quiet in Baseball. But we still find stuff in spite of all that. If I can find a bargain or two when nobody is looking, why can’t Eppler. Enjoy some National Date Nut Bread Day (some yeast-based religions recognize this holiday on September 8th) Links: ______________________________ Everywhere In Baseball Holly Dazed: Baseball gets into the spirit of hte season! On the West Coast we…

Jaden Ellett always had a way of making an impact on a game for Wayne’s baseball team. Whether it was at the plate, on the bases or with the glove, the senior could usually be counted on to deliver for the Badgers. That was never more evident than in the 1A championship game in October. When the leadoff hitter stepped to the plate in the top of the first inning,…

Lazaro Armenteros, 16, hopes to sign with a major league team in 2016. He poses in this photo taken Dec. 5, 2015 in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic.(Photo: Courtesy of Culture 39) Lazaro Armenteros, born and raised in Havana, Cuba, wasn’t around last week when Major League Baseball’s goodwill mission hit the island. He texts and talks all of the time to fellow Cuban Yasiel Puig, the Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder,…

Eat your heart out, Jose Bautista. There’s a new sheriff in town. Jesús Guzmán plays for Leones del Caracas in Venezuela, and after his moonshot he decided to send his bat into space along with the ball. This bat flip is a solid 15 feet in the air, maybe more. Now we wait to see how angry Venezuelan baseball purists get. * * * Reviewing 2015:…

If you have an iPhone, you can still pair the phone to the watch,  receive notifications from your smartphone, and use the built-in Moto Body Running app on the watch. And you’ll still see your daily activity data on the sport-specific watch face. But the only way, currently, to see your workout data is to view it on the watch itself, with no options for sharing the data to…

Memes are the lifeblood of the internet, these visually appealing objects of our affection. In this day and age, we are a society that lives and breathes on the internet, and memes are, in some strange way, a form of social currency. We create memes and share them in the hopes that someone out there enjoys our creations, and shares them, forming a social pyramid scheme, except everyone (hopefully) wins….

An artist’s rendering of the locker room for Clemson University’s $55 million football complex. (Courtesy of Clemson Athletics) The people in charge of Clemson University’s athletic department have not settled on a design for the miniature golf course they are building for their football team, but they know it will have just nine holes, not 18. That will leave room for the sand volleyball courts, laser tag, movie theater, bowling…

In these times when we pause to take stock, every year looks like a memorable one in sports. It’s probably why we watch. In that sense, 2015 was no different than years past. And yet, one of a kind. This year brought us (finally!) a Triple Crown in horse racing, a near Grand Slam in tennis, and the Bat Flip Heard ‘Round the World. A new (and hopefully tamer) Tiger was born,…

They are the moms screaming in ice arenas, driving their would-be-Wayne Gretzky to practice at 6 a.m. on a Saturday and sacrificing so much for the ultimate sport in the state of hockey. Now you can follow their drama on a weekly basis on television. “Hockey Moms” premieres Saturday on KSTC-45 at 6:30 p.m. Producers call it part reality show and part documentary. “They are super dedicated, loving hockey moms…

For the first 18 games of its men’s hockey season, Boston University has competed without junior forward Nick Roberto, his absence described only as a “coach’s decision.’’ That decision, it was disclosed Monday, followed an investigation into allegations that a BU player was involved in gambling. The school announced that Roberto, 21, a junior forward from Wakefield, will not return to the ice this season. Advertisement Beyond that, BU said,…