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Rocket, Oil Can and four local baseball stars Kamal Asar, left, of Haverhill with his Boston Wolfpack teammate, ex-Red Sox star Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd, at the Men’s Senior Baseball League World Series in Phoenix. Rocket, Oil Can and four local baseball stars Kamas Asar photosDean Borrelli of Salem takes a rip at the Men’s Senior Baseball League World Series in Phoenix.  Posted: Sunday, December 13, 2015 1:20 pm Rocket, Oil…

The Québec Major Junior Hockey League is a a wonderful hockey league spread across Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. It’s a charming part of the CHL, full of francophone names and, apparently, vicious brawls that even referees are powerless to stop. The Halifax Mooseheads (!) and the Saint John Sea Dogs (!!) went at it Friday night. For their parts in escalating the brawl and deciding…

Sportsnet in Canadan and NHL Network in the U.S. will televise “Rogers Hometown Hockey” on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET, prior to the game between the Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks. The location this week is Summerside, Prince Edward Island, and the show will celebrate the history of hockey in the city. Among the features airing on the pregame show: * Joel Ward of the San Jose Sharks…

The cartoonist Edward Steed spent the summer in Japan and, with nothing better to do, ended up going to a lot of baseball games. He brought his sketchbook along, too.   Left-handed pitcher Minako Uemura.   Mika Miyahara, Hyogo Dione. Minako Uemura, Kyoto Flora. Victory dance.   Ball one. Makoto Moriyama, waiting. Yuki Miyazaki. Fourth-inning uglyshirt R.B.I. double. Yukata Bargains (twenty per cent off). Waving towels for T-Okada. First base….

Adler’s conclusion: Changing coaches has minimal, if any, impact on team success. In fact, among the worst teams, Adler found, those that changed coaches won about the same amount over five years as those that didn’t. For mediocre teams, those that changed coaches actually fared worse. There are, of course, examples of coaching changes that turn around football programs, Adler acknowledged, such as Nick Saban‘s hire at Alabama in 2007…

Some advice for injury-prone or hypochondriac teens: Stick with swimming; it’s safer than the other sports. This data on high school sport safety was included in a new study in the journal Pediatrics. The study primarily focused on the relative dangers of cheerleading in America. Turns out cheerleading has lower injury rates than most other high school sports, and tumbles cause more injuries than pyramids. Who knew?…

Buy Photo Register Media publisher David Chivers(Photo: Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register)Buy Photo We have a long-standing tradition of celebrating and showcasing high school sports from across Iowa. We understand the positive impact that sports have on young athletes and our local communities. We’re regularly out at games, writing stories and shooting photos that highlight the players and the action. We’re proud to be expanding this coverage to include 13 sports, honoring…

Adler’s conclusion: Changing coaches has minimal, if any, impact on team success. In fact, among the worst teams, Adler found, those that changed coaches won about the same amount over five years as those that didn’t. For mediocre teams, those that changed coaches actually fared worse. There are, of course, examples of coaching changes that turn around football programs, Adler acknowledged, such as Nick Saban‘s hire at Alabama in 2007…

Former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Ron Bouchard passed away Thursday at the age of 67. The Fitchburg, Massachusetts, native competed in a total of 160 Sprint Cup Series races from 1981 until 1987, scoring a win in just his 11th start. That victory came in the 1981 Talladega 500, when he shocked the racing world by passing Darrell Waltrip and Terry Labonte for the win coming through the tri-oval…

People, there is no baseball here. It is winter. It is the offseason. The world before us is a benumbed moonscape. Despair is occasioned. But lo and also behold: A summery buccaneer shall save us! Please bear outshone witness … The image you see above was tweeted out by the Indians of Cleveland on Saturday in celebration of some unseasonably warm local conditions. However, you should consider said image to…

Amber Batchelor’s weekend began with accompanying Cary baseball coach Brian Yerger to the Imps’ Friday night basketball game. He told her he was a candidate for teacher of the year to be announced at halftime. Batchelor is normally traveling to and from Georgia for her job, so she adjusted her schedule. She wasn’t suspicious anything was out of the ordinary when she was picked out of the crowd to participate…

Denison High School sophomore student and major league baseball hopeful Hunter Watson remembers his last day of middle school in eighth grade. “My math teacher Ms. Ramer handed me a letter that said, ‘When you make it big one day, don’t forget about me and send me some tickets,’” Watson said. Watson did just that Saturday by using baseball to help teach children how to fight cancer at “Batt(L)ing for…

ENLARGE PARIS—There were few nasty surprises for the giants of European soccer on Saturday as they learned their fates for next summer’s European Championships. France, the host nation, is expected to cruise through the opening round, while defending champion Spain faces a barely stiffer challenge. Under the tournament’s new 24-team format, only the true minnows are at risk of going home early in the monthlong Euro. Two thirds of the…

In an exclusive interview with Cyclingnews, Oleg Tinkov has revealed that Tinkoff Bank will ends its sponsorship and that he will sell the team at the end of the 2016 season. Related Articles Oleg Tinkov blog: I’m ready to boycott the Tour de France in 2016 Oleg Tinkov: Chapeau to Team Sky but they’re going to kill the business Oleg Tinkov: Who is the best Grand Tour rider at the…