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BASEBALL PITTSBURGH (AP) These Chicago Cubs are supposed to be too young to be here. Or maybe they’re just too good to care. Jake Arrieta allowed four hits in nine dominant innings and the Cubs rolled to a 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL wild-card game on Wednesday night. Arrieta struck out 11 without a walk. He also dusted himself off getting plunked by Pittsburgh reliever Tony…

When Bruce Arena took over as coach of the U.S. national soccer team in 1998, games against Mexico were more rout than a rivalry. “We were obviously light years behind,” Arena remembered. “We were scared of them. We just had to change our mentality. “That started with just simply stating that we’ve got to beat them.” And no U.S. coach did that more often than Arena, who won seven of…

NASCAR announced Wednesday afternoon that Furniture Row Racing crew chief Cole Pearn has been placed on probation through Dec. 31 for an infraction that occurred prior to Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway.  The team was hit with a P2 level penalty (Sections 12.1; 20.4b; 20.4.2a; 12.5.3.2.2).  While the No. 78 Chevrolet initially passed NASCAR’s pre-race technical inspection, an official noticed the right rear quarter panel was…

The Untouchable Felix Hernandez From the clubhouse to the mound, we trailed the Mariners’ Felix Hernandez, MLB’s best right-hander, during one of the most anticipated starts of his career. All hail the king. by Kevin Van Valkenburg

After his warships fired cruise missiles at targets in Syria on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin shot pucks into the net at an ice hockey game on his 63rd birthday. Hours after the defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, said at a meeting with Putin that Russia’s fleet had launched 26 cruise missiles at Islamic State targets in Syria, the pair joined former NHL stars and Kremlin-linked oligarchs for a match in Sochi that…

MUST WATCH Hoog, however, didn’t see too much of a problem. “I think it’s nice when people say we are a good-looking team, but in the end we want to win gold medals,” she tells CNN’s Human to Hero series. “If that’s the reason why people are going to watch more hockey then I think it’s perfectly fine! “Of course, we know that men like to watch our games maybe…

What is “stuff”? The New York Times devoted part of its Sunday front page to the question of what, exactly, the term means in baseball. It is, John Branch of the Times reported, an underexamined mystery of the game. “The word is both meaningful and meaningless,” Branch wrote. “There are no synonyms. Like pornography, stuff is defined mostly by example.” This is not true, or it is only true in…

An all-girls 12U baseball tournament will take place this weekend in Cumming, which could be the first of its kind in the state. The tournament, called the “Southeastern Girls Baseball Showcase” will take place at Dobbins Park which is in the City of Cumming: Dobbs Creek Park 875 or 975 Dahlonega Hwy. Cumming, GA 30040 Here is the FB page you can link—people can get in touch through that: https://www.facebook.com/events/1592539237685881/…

In this September 29, 2015, photo, Jason Robins, center, CEO of DraftKings website, speaks on a panel at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas. (AP Photo / John Locher) Last November, NBA commissioner Adam Silver wrote a bombshell New York Times op-ed arguing that pro sports leagues needed to get over their old-school skittishness and embrace the largely underground $400 billion sports gambling industry. He was compelled to write…

It’s football season, and baseball playoffs are starting. Don’t have cable? You can still watch. With a digital antenna, you get games for free on broadcast networks like Fox, NBC and Univision. Antennas start at $20. For cable channels, you can always go to a bar. Online subscriptions are primarily for games that don’t involve local teams. Otherwise, games are shown after they are over. Subscriptions aren’t cheap, but most…

By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Sports fans in the Indian subcontinent will be spoilt for choice after Indian Premier League (IPL) rights holder Multi Screen Media (MSM) and sports broadcaster ESPN announced plans on Wednesday to launch new channels and foray into digital market. ESPN, a Walt Disney unit, exited India in 2012 after a split with Rupert Murdoch-owned Star TV, which owns the rights to cricket-crazy…

Banned substances were found in more than 3,800 samples out of 283,304 tests carried out worldwide last year, World Anti-Doping Agency figures  reveal. However, that represented a fall, across all sports, of more than 10%, despite an increase in the number of tests carried out. Athletics has been the subject of allegations of widespread doping. And Wada has…

Dan Campbell is already planning one significant change since being named Miami’s interim head coach. A source told FOX Sports that Campbell told players in a team meeting Monday that he will be changing the style in which the team conducts its practices. The switch stems from a practice incident last week prior to Miami’s 27-14 loss to the New York Jets in London. The National Football Post reported that…

The two clues that foretold Tom House’s future as a quarterback specialist emerged way back in the late 1980s. The first came with the footballs that he used as pitching coach of the Texas Rangers, pointing out in his quiet voice that throwing with proper mechanics was the only way to produce a tight spiral. Then came the cameras that could capture high-speed video of pitchers—and fly fishermen, golfers, and…

(NEW YORK) — Former superstar softball slugger Jessica Mendoza will have a seat at Tuesday night’s Astros-Yankees playoff game that no woman has had before: She will be the first female ESPN MLB analyst in a post-season game. Mendoza said she’s been shocked by the outpouring of support from both men and women inside and outside the game. Tennis great Billie Jean King and her ESPN colleague Eduardo Perez told…

i Houston Astros outfielder Carlos Gomez circles the bases after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning against New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, giving Houston a 2-0 lead. The Astros won the wild card game 3-0 and face the Kansas City Royals next. Elsa/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Elsa/Getty Images Houston Astros outfielder Carlos Gomez circles the bases after hitting a solo home run in the…

This article originally appeared on Men’s Journal. Baseball’s postseason begins tonight, when the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros face off in the most un-baseball of baseball games – the winner-take-all Wild Card, with one team moving on to the Divisional round, and the other heading home. Sidebar ‘New Girl’s Jake Johnson Won’t Watch a Cubs Game With You » That kind of one-game, do-or-die drama used to be rare. It’s happened only 11…

When a driver wins a race it’s customary for them to perform a burnout down the frontstretch, but is the exercise celebratory or is there nefarious means behind the practice? That drivers may perform a burnout to intentionally damage their cars — either by blowing a tire or “accidentally” hitting the wall — to mask a potential rules infraction was a frequent topic of discussion during media day for…