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Altitude Sports announced today that Vic Lombardi will join the network as an addition to their on-air talent line-up. Lombardi will begin working for Altitude Sports January 1, 2016. His primary role at the network will be as the Studio Host for the Pre-Game, Halftime, and Post- Game coverage of the Denver Nuggets games. Additionally, he will also act as a studio host for the All Sports Summit Pro Football…

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) – the professional organization for 2,600 men and women who manage sports fields worldwide – announced the third annual “Mowing Patterns Contest” winner is Blake Anderson, Assistant Director of Sports Turf Operations at the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, Ark.). Anderson was selected via a Facebook voting contest from October 21 to November 20 for his intricate design at Baum Stadium, home to the Arkansas Razorbacks…

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David Beckham’s two-year odyssey to bring a major league soccer franchise to Miami may finally be coming to a fruitful end. On Friday, the team confirmed it has secured a contract to purchase an entire privately owned block in Overtown just west of Interstate 95 and a few blocks north of the Miami River. The team has also secured a letter of intent from Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez to negotiate…

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Following David Price‘s big $217 million, seven-year Red Sox deal, as we approach the Winter Meetings which begin Monday in Nashville, Zack Greinke is expected to score big — though not quite that big. Greinke looks to have an excellent chance to at least set the annual salary record. But while there have been rumors of another $200 million deal out there from the Dodgers, that would seem like a…

RELATED: Chip Wile accepts award | Clay Campbell receives award LAS VEGAS — A packed and enthusiastic crowd filled the Encore ballroom at the Wynn Las Vegas for Thursday’s annual NMPA Myers Brothers luncheon. Darlington Raceway earned the big namesake award, and NASCAR’s full slate of Chase drivers and other dignitaries enjoyed Day 4 of the sport’s championship celebration week. NASCAR Chairman Brian France opened the event by recognizing the now-retired Jeff Gordon…

Soccer bosses from across South and Central America were among 16 people charged by U.S. prosecutors on Thursday with multimillion-dollar bribery schemes for marketing and broadcast rights to tournaments and matches, a widening of a corruption probe into the sport. Court documents showed that the heads of the CONMEBOL and CONCACAF associations running soccer in the Western Hemisphere were charged along with current and former chiefs of the Brazil Football…

NEW YORK — Joe Torre and Dave Winfield will be leading a baseball goodwill tour of Cuba this month. Major League Baseball and the Players Association said Thursday the Dec. 15-18 trip will include children’s clinics and a charity event. This is Major League Baseball’s first visit to Cuba since the Baltimore Orioles played an exhibition game against the Cuban national team in 1999. There is the possibility of the…

Scott Boras sounded an alarm last month. As major league general managers met in a ritzy Florida hotel, one of baseball’s most prominent agents stood in a hallway and told the assembled media that owners were grabbing an increasingly large share of the sport’s revenue. Boras offered numbers. The owners took home 57% of revenue, the players 43%. That ratio, Boras said, should be 50-50. That appeared to present a significant…

Houston slugger Chris Carter, Pittsburgh first baseman Pedro Alvarez and injured Kansas City closer Greg Holland were among 43 players who became free agents when they weren’t offered 2016 contracts by Wednesday night’s deadline. Carter, who hit .199 with 24 homers and 64 RBIs this season, made $4,175,000 in 2015 in his first year of arbitration and would likely have been paid at least $5 million next year. “It’s a…

The single-dimensional slugger did not go extinct this week, but the species received a loud message about its status. Pedro Alvarez (11th), Chris Carter (14th) and Mark Trumbo (19th) rank among the top 20 in the majors in combined homers over the past four years. Yet, on Wednesday, Alvarez (Pirates) and Carter (Astros) were non-tendered, and Trumbo (Mariners) was all but non-tendered when he was traded to the Orioles in exchange…

Scott Boras sounded an alarm last month. As major league general managers met in a ritzy Florida hotel, one of baseball’s most prominent agents stood in a hallway and told the assembled media that owners were grabbing an increasingly large share of the sport’s revenue. Boras offered numbers. The owners took home 57% of revenue, the players 43%. That ratio, Boras said, should be 50-50. That appeared to present a significant…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United are planning a January bid of £8m for West Ham’s 16-year-old English defender Reece Oxford. (Times- subscription required) German champions Bayern Munich have joined United in trying to sign 23-year-old Southampton forward Sadio Mane. (Daily Mail) Former Chelsea and Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti is high on Manchester United’s shortlist as they begin to think…

Reuters/David MoirChina’s Vice-President Xi Jinping kicks a football during a visit to Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland February 19, 2012. Over the summer the Chinese market experienced a major hiccup, causing concern that many Asian industries would be slow, or unable to recover. Since the June collapse, however, there is one sector that continues to score with investors, both here and overseas – sportswear. The Great Soccer Revival Back in…

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Scott Boras sounded an alarm last month. As major league general managers met in a ritzy Florida hotel, one of baseball’s most prominent agents stood in a hallway and told the assembled media that owners were grabbing an increasingly large share of the sport’s revenue. Boras offered numbers. The owners took home 57% of revenue, the players 43%. That ratio, Boras said, should be 50-50. That appeared to present a significant…

Houston slugger Chris Carter, Pittsburgh first baseman Pedro Alvarez and injured Kansas City closer Greg Holland were among 43 players who became free agents when they weren’t offered 2016 contracts by Wednesday night’s deadline. Carter, who hit .199 with 24 homers and 64 RBIs this season, made $4,175,000 in 2015 in his first year of arbitration and would likely have been paid at least $5 million next year. “It’s a…

<!– –> BLACKSBURG – For the third straight fall, the Virginia Tech baseball program hosted a Military Appreciation Breakfast on the sixth floor of Lane Stadium, welcoming more than 50 veterans, corps of cadet members and their superiors for the morning event. Part of the team’s 19 Ways campaign, which challenges the team to find 19 ways to help give back to the community, the breakfast served as a thank…