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(Photo: The Associated Press) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Graham McNamee has won the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting. Baseball’s Hall of Fame made the announcement Wednesday at the winter meetings. McNamee is the 40th winner of the Frick Award. He will be honored during the Hall of Fame awards presentation on July 23 in Cooperstown, New York. An aspiring opera singer turned broadcaster almost by accident,…

NASHVILLE — The Baseball Writers Association of America hands out a so-called Manager of the Year Award each November. It’s a comically flawed honor. There’s no basis for truly judging the candidates aside from reference to the voters’ own assumptions and expectations prior to the season and, as such, the award is more about the voters than it is about the managers. We at HardballTalk scoff at such presumptuousness. We feel…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As expected, the Detroit Tigers were quiet during Day 2 of baseball’s winter meetings, while several other teams stole the headlines. Will Detroit remain behind the scenes on Day 3? Or will they make another splash on the free-agent market by picking up a lefty reliever or another utility player? Join MLive.com’s James Schmehl and Chris Iott for the latest news and developments from today’s meetings at…

WASHINGTON — Multiple reports surfaced Tuesday night that free agent Ben Zobrist spurned more lucrative offers, possibly from the New York Mets and Washington Nationals, to sign a four-year, $56 million contract with the Chicago Cubs. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the highly publicized pursuit of Zobrist this offseason was that there was so much fuss at all for a 34-year-old utility player. There are bigger free agents still…

Monday’s announcement that the Pre Integration Era Committee elected no one to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2016 is a reminder of what, historically, has long since been the case: Baseball has one of the most restrictive Hall of Fames in sports. More than 18,000 people have played in the majors and countless others contributed to the national pastime, but just 310 people are enshrined. With such a fickle rate of…

Greg Rutherford has spoken out against fellow BBC Sports Personality of the Year nominee Tyson Fury’s homophobic and sexist remarks.  Rutherford has issued a statement confirming he entered talks with the broadcaster, where he raised concerns about Fury who ‘had views that are so strongly against my own’. The 29-year-old confirmed on Wednesday that he had initially pulled out before reversing his decision. The boxer’s invite to the British Sports…

NASHVILLE — The Baseball Writers Association of America hands out a so-called Manager of the Year Award each November. It’s a comically flawed honor. There’s no basis for truly judging the candidates aside from reference to the voters’ own assumptions and expectations prior to the season and, as such, the award is more about the voters than it is about the managers. We at HardballTalk scoff at such presumptuousness. We feel…

Dan Shaughnessy has probably spent more time at Fenway Park than he has at his home in Newton, chronicling the Red Sox for the Boston Globe through times good and bad. His take on the team has been a must-read for years, even for those who disagree with his opinions. Now Shaughnessy is headed for the Baseball Hall of Fame, having been named winner of the prestigious J.G. Taylor Spink…

WASHINGTON — Multiple reports surfaced Tuesday night that free agent Ben Zobrist spurned more lucrative offers, possibly from the New York Mets and Washington Nationals, to sign a four-year, $56 million contract with the Chicago Cubs. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the highly publicized pursuit of Zobrist this offseason was that there was so much fuss at all for a 34-year-old utility player. There are bigger free agents still…

Greg Rutherford has threatened to withdraw from the Sports Personality of the Year award list unless Tyson Fury is removed over his homophobic comments. The boxer’s invite to the British Sports Awards also taken away by the Sports Journalists’ Association due to previous ‘threats’ made towards members. Fury was a controversial addition to the BBC list after securing the world heavyweight boxing title because of comments he made about the…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Former Fifa referee Graham Poll says Manchester United’s disallowed goal in their Champions League defeat by Wolfsburg would have stood last season. (Daily Mail) United captain Chris Smalling, 26, was blanked during the pre-match handshake in Wolfsburg on Tuesday. (Metro) Red Star Belgrade midfielder Marko Grujic, 19, says he has received an approach from Liverpool but wants…

NASHVILLE — The Baseball Writers Association of America hands out a so-called Manager of the Year Award each November. It’s a comically flawed honor. There’s no basis for truly judging the candidates aside from reference to the voters’ own assumptions and expectations prior to the season and, as such, the award is more about the voters than it is about the managers. We at HardballTalk scoff at such presumptuousness. We feel…

WASHINGTON — Multiple reports surfaced Tuesday night that free agent Ben Zobrist spurned more lucrative offers, possibly from the New York Mets and Washington Nationals, to sign a four-year, $56 million contract with the Chicago Cubs. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the highly publicized pursuit of Zobrist this offseason was that there was so much fuss at all for a 34-year-old utility player. There are bigger free agents still…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Former Fifa referee Graham Poll says Manchester United’s disallowed goal in their Champions League defeat by Wolfsburg would have stood last season. (Daily Mail) United captain Chris Smalling, 26, was blanked during the pre-match handshake in Wolfsburg on Tuesday. (Metro) Red Star Belgrade midfielder Marko Grujic, 19, says he has received an approach from Liverpool but wants…

(Photo: The Associated Press) LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Recent scandals are undermining the credibility of sports and casting suspicion on millions of clean athletes, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday. Bach called on all sports organizations to follow rules of “good governance” to prevent the type of corruption cases that have rocked the global governing bodies of soccer and track and field. In an op-ed piece published…

The chairman of a state legislative committee with authority over gambling predicted Tuesday that New York will legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports, no matter how a court fight centered on the lucrative industry turns out. Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow, who leads the Committee on Racing and Wagering, said the approach state lawmakers take will depend on the outcome of a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman…

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While Colohan scored the only goal in the Darts’ 1-0 win over Weber in the state title game, most of the time she was setting up her team’s goal-scorers with assists. Davis coach Soulyvanh Phongsavath, who has coached Colohan since she was 10, said that everything his team did ran through her. “Early on, it was pretty evident how talented she was,” he said. “My job as…

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