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This time of year has always had a special meaning for me. The baseball playoffs are going on now and the Kansas City Royals are making a run for the World Series. “Back in the day,” I would be getting my playoff/World Series outfits together for another October run. For a Florida girl, that meant buying a coat that I would never wear once the season was over. My husband,…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Former Everton and Manchester United manager David Moyes, currently at Real Sociedad, would find it hard to turn down an approach from Aston Villa. (Daily Star Sunday)  Villa boss Tim Sherwood says Chelsea were “fluky” in their 2-0 victory over his side at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. …

Apart from his role as president of U.S. Soccer, Sunil Gulati keeps a day job lecturing on economics at Columbia University. So he’s pretty good at math. And what he has seen from Juergen Klinsmann’s national team lately doesn’t add up. The loss to Costa Rica on Tuesday was the third in as many games for the U.S., something that hadn’t happened at home since 1997. It was also the…

Prospects for keeping Hartford’s professional arena soccer club afloat are “dismal,” a lawyer for the team’s co-owner said Saturday as the club began selling off its logoed merchandise at half price. William T. Gerace, who represents Mitch Anderson, the president of Premier Sports Management Group, said that no formal decision has been released, but that the outlook for the Hartford City FC is grim. “As far as the soccer club…

You wouldn’t have been able to tell by Joey Logano’s facial expressions, as the congenial Team Penske driver is seemingly perpetually smiling. But the sigh of relief as he spoke to reporters Friday and then his words conveyed the importance of winning last weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The victory guaranteed Logano’s advancement to the third of four rounds in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship playoff, regardless…

There will be 12 familiar teams in the Pioneer Athletic Conference boys soccer, girls soccer and field hockey Final Four playoffs this week. All of the teams participated last year and should be ready to go again after a wild week of battling for playoff spots and top seeds. The soccer matches will take place at Owen J. Roberts, with the semifinals Tuesday and a championship doubleheader Thursday. Field…

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Some people wear gloves to baseball games, hoping to catch a foul ball, hoping a piece of on-field equipment helps them on the off chance they’re lucky enough to have a baseball hit their way. But people bringing just one glove to a baseball game will surely fail. Because they are not as prepared as TWO GLOVES GUY: Did this guy really bring 2 gloves pic.twitter.com/WJGCahzImn …

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“Baseball just doesn’t have rules from another time. It has an old-fashioned code, too. When you score in baseball, the code says: ‘You better not look too happy about it.’ . . . It’s the only game where there’s a ‘right way’ to play the game . . . the way it was played 100 years ago. This code doesn’t exist in other places where they play baseball, like Korea, where bat flipping is…

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There are some things that simply need to be seen to be believed. And yet, there remain some things that still seem impossible even when you have video evidence staring you right back in the face. Case in point: this incredible video depicting a man slicing a baseball clean in half with a samurai sword. What makes the video so remarkable is that the baseball is travelling at 101 mph,…

On Sunday, NASCAR‘s Sprint Cup Series tackles the middle leg of the Chase for the Sprint Cup’s second round in the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. With Joey Logano winning last week at Charlotte, the drivers left alive in the Chase have one more chance to place well in a rather predictable, standard event before things hit elimination territory at the unpredictable Talladega next week. For the 12 about…

Prospects for keeping Hartford’s professional arena soccer club afloat are “dismal,” a lawyer for the team’s co-owner said Saturday as the club began selling off its logoed merchandise at half price. William T. Gerace, who represents Mitch Anderson, the president of Premier Sports Management Group, said that no formal decision has been released, but that the outlook for the Hartford City FC is grim. “As far as the soccer club…

On Wednesday morning, FC Dallas formally announced the $39m development at Toyota Stadium. The National Soccer Hall of Fame was naturally the centerpiece, however there will also be new locker rooms, offices, event spaces and a deck overlooking the south end of the stadium. There has been a mixed reaction across the nation to the announcement. Here in the Metroplex, there are fans that are impressed with a renovated stadium, and…

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BERLIN Oct 17 German football association (DFB) President Wolfgang Niersbach was considered a potential dark horse for one of world soccer’s top administrative posts but allegations of a slush fund to help the country win hosting rights for the 2006 World Cup have cast a shadow over his credentials. A purportedly scandal-free background, long links with the DFB, the world’s largest national football association, and limited involvement in global authority…

Besides possessing the most favorable starting spot, another tangible benefit of being the fastest qualifier is having first choice of pit stalls. That advantage is not one afforded to Brad Keselowski — despite winning the pole (195.503 mph) in time trials Friday, he will forfeit his pit stall selection for Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. Keselowski’s forfeiture is due to a penalty his team incurred by accumulating…

Clint Bowyer’s affinity for the Kansas City Royals is strong and frequently the Emporia, Kan., native can be seen in the NASCAR garage wearing a Royals hat when he’s not driving the No. 15 car. By happenstance, Bowyer’s regular job takes him this weekend to Kansas Speedway, 22 miles from Kauffman Stadium where the Royals will play the Toronto Blue Jays in the first two games of the American…

LOS ANGELES — Jack Jablonski’s new internship with the Kings means he distributes statistics, transcribes quotes and, after games, records interviews with NHL players. Friday, that meant doing so alongside friends and supporters. As the Wild visited the Kings at Staples Center, Jablonski, paralyzed from the chest down during a Benilde-St. Margaret’s junior varsity hockey game in December 2011, worked behind the scenes, his third game as a communications intern…