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Earlier this week, U. S. Soccer announced limitations on the use of headers in youth soccer as part of the resolution in a concussion lawsuit which was filed against U.S. Soccer, United States Youth Soccer Association, American Youth Soccer Organization, U.S. Club Soccer and the California Youth Soccer Association. To help reduce concussions in youth soccer, a new initiative will be launched to focus on four areas…

BOCA RATON, Fla. — One agent was overheard to say there are a lot of “lowball” offers flying around the baseball GM meetings. But that shouldn’t be taken to mean teams are low on cash. To the contrary, more nine-figure deals are expected this winter than ever before. For sure, this is just a pause before the deluge of mega deals. Several teams are expected to be big spenders, and…

Some big-market teams are said to be upset that the Marlins are the team with the lowest revenue in baseball, and thus they receive the most money in revenue sharing from the highest-grossing teams despite having a new stadium. Teams sharing their money often has led to upset on the part of the payers, but the extra unhappiness in this case is that monies go to a team with the…

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(CNN) — Former baseball pitcher Tommy Hanson, one of the sport’s top prospects in 2006, died following an apparent overdose, Georgia authorities told CNN on Thursday. An incident report from the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office stated that the 29-year-old had suffered an overdose. “Responded to the above location to assist fire and EMS with a person not breathing,” that report stated. The sheriff’s office said separately that “the cause and…

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One of the most talented baseball players to ever swing a bat returned to the Capital City to speak about his journey in hopes of helping others. Darryl Strawberry sat down Wednesday with 16 WAPT sports director Ray Coleman to discuss everything from his playing days to his battle with addiction. Strawberry is an eight-time Major League Baseball All-Star, a four-time World Series champion and was the National League Rookie…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) Sho Nakata drove in two runs in the eighth inning for Japan to beat the Dominican Republic 4-2 and remain unbeaten in Premier12 baseball on Thursday. Nakata, who drove in five runs in the 6-5 win over Mexico on Wednesday, came through again with a clutch single down the third base line as top-ranked Japan improved is win-loss record to 3-0. The Dominican Republic is 0-3. Hwang…

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The Russian sports minister, Vitaly Mutko, has lashed out at Britain, saying testing at the London 2012 Olympics must have been worth zero if it failed to catch cheats. However, there were mixed messages coming from the country, as Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, ordered Mutko and his colleagues to take the allegations seriously and cooperate fully with international anti-doping bodies. A 325-page report published by a World Anti-Doping Agency independent…

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Image copyright EPA Image caption A World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commission report has recommended that Russia should be banned from from next year’s Olympics Being labelled cheats is bad enough, but for Russian athletes and politicians a ban from the next Olympics would be devastating. And that’s the fear here. The initial reaction to claims of widespread doping and corruption in sport was predictable: a burst of outrage, painting the…

A youth soccer game at Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, N.J., was called off Sunday night after a helicopter touched down in the middle of the pitch and stayed there. This was no emergency landing, however: the vehicle was there to pick up Josh Harris, billionaire owner of the New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia 76ers. From a parent at the game: My son’s U13 youth soccer team was supposed…

A youth soccer game at Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, N.J., was called off Sunday night after a helicopter touched down in the middle of the pitch and stayed there. This was no emergency landing, however: the vehicle was there to pick up Josh Harris, billionaire owner of the New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia 76ers. From a parent at the game: My son’s U13 youth soccer team was supposed…

Erik Jones has won two NASCAR Xfinity Series races and three Camping World Truck Series races this season.(Photo: Jerome Miron, USA TODAY Sports) HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Despite the attaboy pats on the back, proud words from his father and congratulatory text messages lighting up his phone, 19-year-old Erik Jones was bummed. As the substitute driver for Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 20 car while Matt Kenseth serves a two-race suspension, Jones finished…

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Wada mess. It was buried amid the jaw-dropping revelations about shadow labs, undercover secret servicemen and the sabotage of London 2012, but Dick Pound’s exposé of state-sponsored doping in Russia did not make great reading for the organisation that commissioned it, either. Like a parent expressing disappointment in the way his teenage child had matured, Pound, the no-nonsense founding father of the World Anti-Doping Agency who still sits on its…

No more headers. That’s the latest ruling from the United States Soccer Federation for players age 10 and under. The initiative is part of new safety guidelines issued Monday by the group, which also announced the resolution of a lawsuit filed last year by parents. From now on, young players in the organization’s teams and academies will be banned from heading the ball – meaning when a soccer ball comes…

A youth soccer game at Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, N.J., was called off Sunday night after a helicopter touched down in the middle of the pitch and stayed there. This was no emergency landing, however: the vehicle was there to pick up Josh Harris, billionaire owner of the New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia 76ers. From a parent at the game: My son’s U13 youth soccer team was supposed…

NASCAR on Wednesday afternoon revealed the identities of the drivers and teams hit with written warnings this week for issues related to technical inspection last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Most notably on the Sprint Cup Series side, the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports team of fan-favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. received a warning for failing NASCAR’s LASER Inspection Platform twice during pre-qualifying inspection in Texas. The teams of Jeb Burton and Michael…