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The Arizona Diamondbacks entered Wednesday night’s game at Chase Field with a record of 76-81, all but the OED definition of mediocre and a dozen games adrift of the first-place Dodgers in the NL West. They are a middling ball club riding out the string in a sport where nearly all of the 2,430 games played in a season will be quickly forgotten, even by the players on the field….

One day after NASCAR announced it would double the restart zone starting this weekend at Dover International Speedway, Sprint Cup Series drivers praised the sanctioning body’s move. For many drivers, the restart box was too small for their liking, and the policing of the situation was inconsistent at best. Many feel this move by NASCAR to expand the box will help alleviate some of the issues. After Dover, NASCAR will…

Hope Solo will face domestic violence charges after an appeals court on Friday reversed a decision to throw out the case.(Photo: Charles LeClaire, USA TODAY Sports) Hope Solo is back in the news for all the wrong reasons. Three months after helping to lead the U.S. soccer team to victory in the Women’s World Cup, Solo will again face domestic violence charges after a Washington state appeals court on Friday…

Watching Ronaldinho in his prime—nipping the ball around defenders with moves you’d either never seen someone pull off in real life or at least never, say, against some of the world’s best defenders, in the middle of the sport’s fiercest rivalry, in front of 80,000 opposing fans, with supporters so moved that they were compelled to stand and applaud their team’s executioner—it would’ve been a perfectly understandable response to think…

Sports Poll: Jim Danley ousted What do you think of iconic Eaton baseball coach Jim Danley being ousted after 45 years? Voting Requires Javascript After 45 years creating a legacy for Eaton’s high school, baseball coach Jim Danley’s iconic run is officially over, the small town’s school district announced Friday afternoon. About a month ago, the district gave Danley a 13-point improvement plan for the upcoming season, saying he needed…

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The Arizona Diamondbacks entered Wednesday night’s game at Chase Field with a record of 76-81, all but the OED definition of mediocre and a dozen games adrift of the first-place Dodgers in the NL West. They are a middling ball club riding out the string in a sport where nearly all of the 2,430 games played in a season will be quickly forgotten, even by the players on the field….

The Premier League has agreed to expand its school sport programme to every primary school in England and Wales as part of a grassroots sport initiative, Downing Street has announced. Separately, the Premier League and the government are in discussions about setting up a grassroots sport fund with investment from the league. Further details will be announced as part of the government’s new strategy on sport later in the year….

Footy fans might be surprised to learn of a parallel world: at the top of the ladder sits an imperious Port Adelaide; at its foot lie the hapless Dogs. Gold Coast make the eight, the superior of the newest expansion teams. West Coast creeps into the eight too, but aren’t fancied beyond the first round. There will be no finals for the Crows. In this strange world, Port coach Ken…

The University of Louisville is investigating explosive allegations in a new book that claims a basketball staff member paid escorts to dance for and have sex with players and recruits, Yahoo Sports has learned. The book, “Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen,” is being published by IBJ Book Publishing of Indianapolis. The book is written by Louisville resident Katina Powell – the self-described madam who allegedly provided women…

Fifa president Sepp Blatter will not resign despite major sponsors Coca-Cola, Visa, Budweiser and McDonald’s calling for him to go immediately. The four each issued statements saying Blatter should quit after Swiss criminal proceedings were opened against him last week. Coca-Cola took the first step, saying: “Every day that passes Fifa’s image and reputation continues to tarnish.” McDonald’s said Blatter going would…

Embattled Nationals manager Matt Williams’ firing was a certainty even before he missed, then mishandled a dugout choking incident that became national news. He’s a nice man and he tried hard, but he probably was miscast as a first-time manager with a team toting huge expectations. Meanwhile, the team’s general manager Mike Rizzo, who assembled an impressive array of talent, though apparently not a great team, “isn’t going anywhere,” according…

When it looked like the Cubs might have a shot at making the playoffs in early August, there was much speculation as to who would start in the wild-card game—Jon Lester or Jake Arrieta. Well, Arrieta quickly put that to rest with his Bob Gibson impersonation over the past two months. But, as the Chicago Sun-Times’ Gordon Wittenmyer first reported, the Cubs were set on Arrieta long before his stuff…

A video from an Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game this week is going viral. A cameraman spotted a group of sorority girls who were apparently more interested in snapping the perfect selfie than watching the game. The announcers for the TV broadcast took notice and offered commentary on selfies, turning it into a case study of sorts on technology. “Do you have to make faces when you take selfies?” one asked….

Adrian Beltre, Carlos Correa or Andrew McCutchen certainly might deliver a big hit this weekend to improve their team’s playoff position. But the most powerful wallop to impact the postseason could come from Hurricane Joaquin. Major League Baseball is already reviewing the possibilities with the storm threatening to bring a soaking rain to the East Coast. Whether or not it makes landfall, here’s the havoc Joaquin could create with the…

Erik Roner was 39, a husband and father to two small children. He was also an athlete, and he liked his sports extreme. He had been skydiving and BASE jumping for the last 15 years. He helped pioneer the sport of ski-BASE jumping, in which athletes ski off cliffs with parachutes on their backs. Last year he recreated a famous scene from the movie “Up” by flying through the air…

The University of Louisville is investigating explosive allegations in a new book that claims a basketball staff member paid escorts to dance for and have sex with players and recruits, Yahoo Sports has learned. The book, “Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen,” is being published by IBJ Book Publishing of Indianapolis. The book is written by Louisville resident Katina Powell – the self-described madam who allegedly provided women…

0 Shares Print Did you know when drivers are approaching the restart zone they have their left foot on their brakes? Did you know that the technique for executing a great restart often includes pushing the brake pedal and the accelerator at the same time, then releasing the brake at exactly the same time as you begin compressing the accelerator to spring your car forward moments before the green flag…

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