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The Cubs are baseball’s biggest party now, a crazy mix of bonus babies and spare parts, led by a mad-scientist manager who loves giving the middle finger to unwritten rules and an Ivy League executive who can casually namedrop rock stars without sounding obnoxious. The Cubs have been playing (mostly bad) baseball at Wrigley Field for 100 years, but they had never seen anything like this before, clinching a playoff…

Oribe Peralta of Mexico, at left, celebrates with teammates Javier Hernández, center, and Paul Aguilar after Hernández scored a goal during Mexico’s 3-2 victory over the United States on Saturday. Credit Photograph by MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty For weeks, a certain stench had been hanging over this past Saturday night’s highly anticipated soccer match between the U.S. and Mexican national teams. It was impossible to ignore, even if most public commentators, including…

Seriously, look at this garbage. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) The three largest television markets in the United States are in, respectively, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Those are also cities that President Obama won in 2012 with 81 percent, 69 percent and 74 percent of the vote. Big cities, lots of people, lots of Democrats. And when Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and the three musketeers get on stage on Tuesday…

MUSCATINE — The transition will be bittersweet for Scott Beatty. But the Muscatine Community College softball coach is looking forward to his next step as the new baseball head coach at Davenport West next summer. Beatty said he had his eye on the job posting in mid-July but didn’t really pursue the opportunity until he learned that MCC will cut its baseball and softball programs after the 2016 season. He…

Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin, center, and his team will travel to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday for a fall break trip.(Photo: Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean) The Vanderbilt baseball team will travel to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to start a six-day fall break team trip. The Commodores will tour the capital and practice three days at the U.S. Naval Academy in nearby Annapolis, Md. “That’s a huge plus for our…

Sports-news website SBNation’s popular @SBNationGIF Twitter account remained unavailable Tuesday night, more than 24 hours after it was suspended in a copyright dispute with several sports organizations. Twitter suspended @SBNationGIF and the main account of sports site Deadspin on Monday after it received almost two dozen “takedown” notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act from the National Football League and a third-party rights-management representative for the Big 12 and Southeastern…

i Soccer buddies Lahis Maria Ramos Veras, 14, left, and Milena Medeiros dos Santos, 16, don’t let taunts keep them from playing. Lahis goes by the nickname “Lala.” Lianne Milton/for NPR hide caption itoggle caption Lianne Milton/for NPR Soccer buddies Lahis Maria Ramos Veras, 14, left, and Milena Medeiros dos Santos, 16, don’t let taunts keep them from playing. Lahis goes by the nickname “Lala.” Lianne Milton/for NPR It’s a…

Everybody knows, of course, that sports reporters know nothing. Actually, that’s unfair. Sports reporters do know a bit about sport. Although whether this is a good thing to know about is probably open for debate. Noam Chomsky, who knows a lot about a lot, described sport as “a training in irrational jingoism”, which is probably a bad thing on balance. The thing is, as a sports journalist, you do tend…

I knew Dan Okrent a long time ago. Brilliant, bookish, rooted in baseball, he took me to dinner a couple of times when he was researching a New York Times Magazine piece on Orioles manager Earl Weaver in the spring of 1978. This was just a year and a half before Okrent had an idea that has forever changed (corrupted?) the magical experience of watching professional sports. Okrent invented fantasy…

In compiling a list of the 10 most polarizing/controversial subjects in Minnesota sports — with the much-appreciated help of some good reader suggestions — a theme emerged. Generally, speaking, there are three things Minnesota fans have a particular disdain for: 1) Someone who isn’t doing a good job, particularly relative to salary; 2) The idea that their team is getting unfairly treated or that someone has an unfair competitive advantage;…

Drew said that part of the problem with current fair-use rules is that social media have changed the game, so to speak. Fair use was intended to help further public interest when it came to news, analysis and even parody content. The problem is that because social media has such vast reach, much fair-use content is blocking the rights of individuals to monetize their rightful content. “(Social…

As they say in poker, If you’ve been in the game 30 minutes and don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy. — Warren Buffett By now, you may have heard about the insider trading scandal at the two biggest fantasy sports companies. DraftKings employees, based on the bets they saw laid down by their clients, made a killing at competitor site FanDuel. Let’s get one thing out of…

Updated 1135 GMT (1835 HKT) October 13, 2015

When Jonathan Gregg played youth soccer in the 1980s, the typical scene was 11 players-a-side mauling the ball while coaches and parents on the sideline yelled encouragement, screamed in angst, and generally made a lot of noise. No longer. Gregg now coaches youth soccer, among other sports. A few weeks ago in Mill Valley, California, his two recreational teams duked it out in total quiet. As part of the first…

South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier plans to retire, a source confirmed to FOX Sports’ Bruce Feldman on Monday night. Sports Illustrated was the first to report Spurrier’s plans, but no timetable was given. Gamecock Central, Rivals.com’s South Carolina site, reported that he informed the team Monday and that the move would be effective “immediately,” a detail also reported by The Associated Press. While the school released no information Monday night,…

With Jake Arrieta pitching, Joe Maddon managing, and rookie sensations Kyle Schwarber and Kris Bryant on their team, you would think Chicago Cubs fans might finally stop whining about how unlucky their team is. Don’t bet on it. Arrieta, maybe the best hurler in baseball, was obtained by the Cubs in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles for pitcher Scott Feldman and catcher Steve Clevenger. Most baseball fans have probably…

The Sports Legends Museum abruptly closed its doors Monday, after it was unable to reach an agreement on a new lease with the Maryland Stadium Authority for its space next to Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The decision, 10 years after the Maryland sports history museum opened in the once-empty and dilapidated Camden Station, came after years of rent negotiations and as the state eyes long-term prospects for the 1856…

When William Byron sat in his classroom at Charlotte Country Day last Monday he heard everyone buzzing about the big wins for the school’s sports teams. Sitting in the back of the room, the high school senior couldn’t help but think about his big weekend. While his classmates were busy competing against other schools, Byron was racing around Dover International Speedway, putting the finishing touches on his championship season in…

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