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i Abby Wambach of the U.S. women’s national soccer team (right) stands with teammates during a practice in October. The team canceled a friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday because of the poor state of the artificial turf. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP Abby Wambach of the U.S. women’s national soccer team (right) stands with teammates during a practice in October. The team canceled a…

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The Ontario Women’s Hockey Association is investigating after “inappropriate comments” were allegedly hurled from the stands at a game in Ottawa Saturday night. Sources tell CBC News some parents yelled racial slurs and insults, including “Go home, Mohammed,” at a referee on the ice. The incident allegedly happened at the Tom Brown Arena where the Ottawa Ice and the Cornwall Typhoons were playing a peewee B-level hockey game.  Fran Rider, president of the the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association,…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Baseball’s top executives have all gathered at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tenn. this week for one purpose: To talk baseball. Which means rumors are swirling and moves are bound to be made. MLB Network will have wall-to-wall coverage of this year’s winter meetings, but there’s plenty of off-the-record conversations taking place behind the scenes. Join MLive.com’s James Schmehl and Chris Iott at noon today to…

0 Shares print NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For a second straight year, no veteran committee candidates were deemed worthy of baseball’s Hall of Fame. The Pre-Integration Era Committee weighed the merits of six players, three executives and one of the game’s pioneers, all of whom made their mark before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. None of the 10 received the 12 of 16 votes (75 percent) necessary for…

Pro sports hold lots of lessons for business. Many business leaders will use the language of sports and stories from sports when they talk with employees and colleagues about hard work, competition, winning and losing outcomes and the like. Another parallel came up during my discussion last week with Chris Park, Major League Baseball’s top executive for growth, strategy and international, for the story Sunday about business opportunities that are…

Orioles Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. has served as one of baseball’s best ambassadors both as a player and in retirement. Now, Major League Baseball is enlisting Ripken to help unite youth baseball and softball organizations to create more interest in the sports. During a news conference at the Winter Meetings Monday afternoon, Ripken was named special adviser to the commissioner on youth programs and outreach. Ripken will work…

Challenger Muhammad Ali watches as defending world champion George Foreman goes down to the canvas in the eighth round of their WBA/WBC championship match in Kinshasa, Zaire, on Oct. 30, 1974. Foreman is counted out by the referee and Ali regains the world heavyweight crown by KO in the bout dubbed “Rumble in the Jungle.” (AP) When President Obama said during his Oval Office address Sunday that “Muslim-Americans are our friends…

When the US women’s national team threatened to boycott a friendly in Hawaii on Sunday (the game was subsequently called off), it was not the first time the players had complained about playing conditions. Tensions have been rising around the surfaces that the team have been forced to play on since the Women’s World Cup. Then, the players turned to litigation to argue against the disparity between the venues at…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Baseball’s top executives have all gathered at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tenn. this week for one purpose: To talk baseball. Which means rumors are swirling and moves are bound to be made. MLB Network will have wall-to-wall coverage of this year’s winter meetings, but there’s plenty of off-the-record conversations taking place behind the scenes. Join MLive.com’s James Schmehl and Chris Iott at noon today to…

0 Shares print NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For a second straight year, no veteran committee candidates were deemed worthy of baseball’s Hall of Fame. The Pre-Integration Era Committee weighed the merits of six players, three executives and one of the game’s pioneers, all of whom made their mark before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. None of the 10 received the 12 of 16 votes (75 percent) necessary for…

The Cedar Grove varsity baseball coaching staff is set after two new assistant coaches were approved during a Nov. 17 Board of Education meeting. Head coach Randy Nelson, who replaced former head coach Mike Valenzano after he was relieved of coaching duties, named Thomas “TJ” Jones and Michael Risimini as his assistant coaches for the 2016 spring season. “I was really happy both of those guys were willing to come…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — David Price flashed his smile for the cameras, modeled his new Boston Red Sox jersey, then joked about his postseason record. The highest-paid pitcher in baseball history has started eight postseason games. He has won none of them. “I guess I was just saving my postseason wins for the Red Sox,” Price said at his introductory news conference Friday in Boston. And then Price could take his…

The U.S. women’s national team won the World Cup in the summer but still struggles to get respect and acceptable playing conditions.(Photo: AP) That ripple U.S. Soccer feels has nothing to do with the buckling turf its Women’s World Cup champions refused to play on. The U.S. women forced the cancellation of Sunday’s game against Trinidad & Tobago after discovering the field they were supposed to play on at Aloha…

Seven young girls, bundled up with coats, gloves and hats, but beaming with excitement, wanted a better view. As a tunnel of cheerleaders, student-athletes, and booster club members crowded the entrance to Rec Hall, the group ran up the steps to higher ground, overlooking the chaos. They, just like everyone on Sunday night, wanted a glimpse of the national champions. A herd of supporters welcomed back the Penn State women’s…

Image copyright Clive Rose Image caption Leaving school is a “cliff-edge” for sport participation, says the report Young people are being squeezed out of sport because a third live in poverty and the cost of taking part is too high, according to a study. Schools could help by opening facilities to community groups out of hours, it says. The National Association of Head Teachers said tight budgets saw many schools…

Forty years ago this month, Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck and general manager Roland Hemond set up a table in the lobby of the Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Florida, with an “Open for Business Anytime” sign and made four trades in an hour that involved Mickey Lolich, Rusty Staub and Ralph Garr. That was baseball’s last winter meetings before free agency. The average salary was just under $45,000 a…

– Photo: Paul Buchanan (SuwanneeSports.com) Local youth participate in recreation department soccer. Pictured from left: Lane Durden, Uziel Jahuey and Landon Chapman. Posted: Monday, December 7, 2015 8:00 am Baseball, soccer win over football in rec department programs By Carl McKinney carl.mckinney@gaflnews.com SuwanneeDemocrat.com Times have changed since the day when Suwannee Parks and Recreation Director Greg Scott remembers a parent refusing to let his son sign up for soccer. “You…

In a televised prime-time speech given yesterday (Dec. 6), US president Barack Obama told the American public that “Muslim-Americans are our friends, neighbors, and sports heroes.” He didn’t specify any of the latter, but Muslim-American athletes have been prominent in the US for decades. Here are a few of the most well-known: Muhammad Ali. Originally from Kentucky, the boxer Muhammad Ali converted to Islam after winning the world heavyweight championship…