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Baseball player from DeSoto killed in crash [  ] Hide Caption [  ] Show Caption Chandlor Allen (right) died Sunday. His brother Andferne (left) and cousin Keenan (middle) are recovering in the hospital. News Baseball player from DeSoto killed in crash A tire blowout caused a crash that killed a college baseball player from DeSoto. DALLAS – A tire blowout caused a crash that killed a college baseball player from DeSoto. Friends…

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Former professional baseball player Randy Wells has opened a baseball academy in southern Illinois and is coaching varsity baseball at a Catholic high school in Belleville. Wells was a pitcher from 2008 to 2012. He played for the Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago Cubs. Wells tells the Belleville News-Democrat (http://bit.ly/1Jyt1G0 ) that he opened K3 Academy so that people in southern Illinoisans could have access to…

i Baseball, surfing and skateboarding could be in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, under a proposal announced by Organizing Comittee President Yoshiko Mori on Monday. Koji Sasahara/AP hide caption itoggle caption Koji Sasahara/AP Baseball, surfing and skateboarding could be in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, under a proposal announced by Organizing Comittee President Yoshiko Mori on Monday. Koji Sasahara/AP Ousted from the London 2012 Games by the International Olympic Committee, baseball and…

Skateboarding, surfing, baseball/softball, sport climbing and karate have been recommended for inclusion at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The five new sports would take place over 18 events and include 474 more athletes. Games hosts are being given a chance to bring in one or more sports popular in their country to boost ratings and attract greater sponsorship. The International Olympic Committee will make a…

Tony Stewart could end his NASCAR career following the 2016 season.(Photo: Amber Searls, USA TODAY Sports) LOUDON, N.H. — For months, the NASCAR garage has been buzzing about a plan that would see Tony Stewart retire after 2016 and Clint Bowyer take over the seat of the No. 14 Chevrolet beginning in 2017. Now that speculation appears to be approaching official status. Citing unnamed people, Motorsport.com and ESPN said they had…

Sunday’s second race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup was shaping up nicely for Brad Keselowski when NASCAR penalized the Team Penske driver for jumping the restart on Lap 242 of the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Keselowski lined up alongside leader Greg Biffle but appeared to accelerate a bit early, prompting NASCAR to throw the black flag. After coming in under green flag conditions to serve a…

(Photo: The Associated Press) LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Matt Kenseth had the fresher tires and the fuller tank as he stalked Kevin Harvick with postseason advancement at stake. Harvick never slowed down to conserve fuel, his team firm in the belief he could stretch his way to victory lane. The gamble backfired. Harvick was out of gas, and now, almost out of chances to defend his Sprint Cup title. Kenseth…

Sunny Golloway, right, went 10-20 against the SEC in his first season as Auburn’s coach. (Photo: ZACH BLAND/AUBURN UNIVERSITY) AUBURN –Sunny Golloway is no longer the Auburn baseball coach after school officials announced his termination with cause Sunday afternoon. Auburn athletics director Jay Jacobs announced the move in a university release. “I regret to announce that earlier today I dismissed Auburn head baseball coach Sunny Golloway with cause,” Jacobs said. “My commitment will…

DETROIT – Last week of the season. Seven games to go. And the Twins are hanging around the wild-card race. They need to make a run, but they are still within range. “Hey, the chance is right there,” righthander Ervin Santana said. “We just have to take advantage of it. Every series, every game counts. We can’t worry about other teams. We have to worry about us.” The Twins on…

WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) — NL MVP front-runner Bryce Harper and Nationals closer Jonathan Papelbon got into a dugout fight a day after Washington was eliminated from playoff contention, tangling in the eighth inning Sunday of a 12-5 loss to last-place Philadelphia. Harper flied out in the eighth with the score 4-all. As he returned to the dugout, he exchanged words with Papelbon, who was acquired from Philadelphia in July to help…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Welcome to the home of a 2015 Southern League championship finalist. Well, home for 15 games anyway. The Biloxi Shuckers, formerly the Huntsville Stars and who played a sliver of their schedule here this summer, stretched the Southern League championship series to five games before losing to Chattanooga. The Shuckers play in a tidy new stadium a block from the Gulf of Mexico. The Lookouts play in…

Winslow Townson/AP Curt Schilling’s TV suspension for comparing Muslims to Nazis on Twitter is nearing its end. LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Curt Schilling is headed back to TV for ESPN. Schilling said Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway he would return to work for the sports network as part of its baseball postseason coverage team. ESPN confirmed that Schilling would return to the studio for “Baseball Tonight”…

WASHINGTON — NL MVP front-runner Bryce Harper and teammate Jonathan Papelbon got into a fight during a game Sunday, when a Washington Nationals season that long ago spiraled out of control on the field did so in the dugout. After a flyout in the eighth inning of what became a 12-5 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, Harper headed to the dugout, where he and Papelbon, the team’s closer, exchanged words….

Tony Stewart has decided the 2016 season will be his last as a fulltime driver in the Sprint Cup Series, multiple sources familiar with his decision have confirmed to Motorsport.com. Stewart is one of the most diverse and successful drivers in NASCAR history and at times one of its most controversial, but an official announcement of his decision to hang up the helmet is expected this coming week, perhaps as…

Sunday’s second race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup was shaping up nicely for Brad Keselowski when NASCAR penalized the Team Penske driver for jumping the restart on Lap 242 of the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Keselowski lined up alongside leader Greg Biffle but appeared to accelerate a bit early, prompting NASCAR to throw the black flag. After coming in under green flag conditions to serve a…

0 Shares Print LOUDON, N.H. — Oh, by the way, Matt Kenseth won the Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He now has an impressive five victories in 2015 and a ticket to the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. But the storylines of the Sylvania 300 focused on the losers, the ones who didn’t take advantage of opportunities — the ones whose…

How about that million dollar arm! Jon Hamm stepped up to the plate for a pickup game of baseball in Los Angeles on Saturday. The actor, who finally took home the Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a drama last weekend, kept it casual for the game. Hamm ran the bases in a short sleeve button-down shirt, paired with brown plaid shorts. The Mad Men star protected his handsome face…

Auburn baseball coach Sunny Golloway has been fired. Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs confirmed the move via a statement Sunday morning. “I regret to announce that earlier today I dismissed Auburn head baseball coach Sunny Golloway with cause,” Jacobs said via a release. “My commitment will always be to provide the best student-athlete experience in the nation, and we will not accept anything less.” The school announced assistant coach Greg…

Inside a fourth-floor suite at Kauffman Stadium, J.J. Picollo averted his eyes from the diamond, grabbed his phone and prepared to concede defeat. He had toiled for eight seasons aiding the resurrection of the Kansas City Royals as an executive working under general manager Dayton Moore, preparing for a night like this, Sept. 30, 2014, the American League Wild Card Game. The team’s first playoff appearance since 1985 looked set…