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The baseball season ended Sunday night when the Royals rallied to beat the Mets. Now starts what could be a franchise-altering few months for the Red Sox. Within a few days, the Sox will announce a decision on whether they will pick up Clay Buchholz’s $13 million option for 2016. All indications are that they will. Continue reading below It will be the first of what are sure to be…

Byung An and Jayoung Jung didn’t have tickets to the game, but because they live only one subway stop away, they figured they should check out the excitement of a World Series firsthand. Growing up in South Korea, the husband and wife loved watching baseball, a sport introduced to Koreans in 1905 by an American missionary. Here in Queens, New York, where one in four residents is Asian, the Mets…

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WEST HARTFORD — With 700 pounds of school supplies, baseball equipment and musical instruments in tow, a local baseball team plans fly to Holguin, Cuba for a one-week goodwill tour. “Baseball for them is the universal language,” said Tim Brennan, assistant coach and one of the program leaders. “It is just the vehicle or the medium to connect these kids.” A group of 60, including parents, grandparents and siblings of…

After Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth tangled while racing for the lead two weekends ago at Kansas Speedway, NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France called the incident “a great example of everybody doing probably exactly what they should be doing.” But after Sunday’s Chase race at Martinsville Speedway, where Kenseth dumped Logano in what appeared to be obvious payback for their Kansas dust-up, NASCAR may have a different perspective. Unlike the…

NEW YORK — It takes 11 playoff victories to win a World Series crown. Three in the division series, four in the league championship series and four more in the World Series. Simply getting into the playoffs is hard enough — even with expanded playoffs this isn’t basketball or hockey; only a third of the teams make it and fewer than a third get a guarantee of more than one game —…

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Game 5 of the World Series is tonight, and it could be a deciding one: The Kansas City Royals are looking to finish off the New York Mets after going ahead 3-1 in the series. But Sunday also includes 12 NFL games, seven NBA matchups, and five NHL contests. That makes today a very special day: a sports equinox. A sports equinox occurs when the four major U.S. leagues —…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Former England boss Fabio Capello wants to replace Jose Mourinho if he is sacked by Premier League champions Chelsea. (Sun)  Mourinho will be given a stay of execution as Blues manager – but must win back the players. (Daily Mirror)  Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is…

Inside sports business Root Sports NW reporter and producer Jen Mueller had listened to a group of female accounting friends discuss how male colleagues hustled up new clients by taking them to sporting events. The women were frustrated by how sports bonding was helping the men get ahead, despite education and experience levels similar to theirs. Onetime high-school athlete Mueller, 37, wondered why more women couldn’t bond with business colleagues…

In surprising news, Optus has secured the media rights to the English Premier League (EPL) for three seasons commencing from the 2016-17 season. Optus already has the rights for the EPL in its hometown in Singapore. The new deal includes the broadcast and digital rights (broadband and mobile) for all 380 matches broadcast in Australia. Related: Foxtel loses English Premier League broadcast rights in Australia to Optus The Optus bid…

Team USA lead Ann Swisshelm, left, and second Jessica Schultz compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. (Ints Kalnins/Reuters) Curling — that Olympic sport where players vigorously sweep brooms to guide heavy stones down the ice — may be having its aluminum bat moment. Somewhat like Major League Baseball never allowing metal bats due to fears that advanced equipment could trump human ability, the World Curling Federation, the sport’s…

After Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth tangled while racing for the lead two weekends ago at Kansas Speedway, NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France called the incident “a great example of everybody doing probably exactly what they should be doing.” But after Sunday’s Chase race at Martinsville Speedway, where Kenseth dumped Logano in what appeared to be obvious payback for their Kansas dust-up, NASCAR may have a different perspective. Unlike the…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. One of Chelsea’s players would rather lose than play for manager Jose Mourinho, it has been claimed. (Daily Mail)  Former England boss Fabio Capello wants to replace Mourinho if he is sacked by the Premier League champions. (Sun)  Mourinho will be given a stay of…

RaceAway Hospitality staff on site at Charlotte Motor Speedway. In front, from left: Karissa Jones, Jamie Walker and Jennifer Strathman. Back row: Justin Macy and Susan Macy.(Photo: Special to the Register) Justin Macy attended his first NASCAR race 15 years ago at Texas Motor Speedway. He really wasn’t a racing fan until that moment. “Once they dropped that green flag, it was a spectacle — loud and fast and exciting,”…

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) – Paisleigh Butler was drafted and became a member of the Patriots women’s soccer team Tuesday afternoon at Francis Marion University. Incredibly, it happened before she even turned 6. The draft day was a special celebration, marking the soccer team’s official first day as a Team IMPACT partner, the second such team on the FMU campus. Team IMPACT is a nonprofit group that connects children with chronic…

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For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. One of Chelsea’s players would rather lose than play for manager Jose Mourinho, it has been claimed. (Daily Mail)  Former England boss Fabio Capello wants to replace Mourinho if he is sacked by the Premier League champions. (Sun)  Mourinho will be given a stay of…

Matt Kenseth speaks with reporters following his crash with Joey Logano at Martinsville Speedway.(Photo: Robert Laberge, Getty Images) MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Controversy. Drama. Crashes. Tempers. NASCAR continues to get exactly what it wants with a Chase for the Sprint Cup format that fosters an extreme degree of intensity rarely seen this often in the sport’s history. “It’s a no-holds-barred, wild, wild west,” Denny Hamlin said. But is that really what stock car…