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There are just two games on the docket for the early MLB DraftKings contests. That means you’ve got close to a 25 percent chance to pick the right guy at each position. The short recommendation is to stack Houston Astros hitters with a sprinkle of Los Angeles Angels and Chicago White Sox bats. Read on for more detailed advice. Here’s a breakdown of the best picks to make. Best MLB…

On a recent trip to Asmara, Richard Poplak joined riders through the infamously hilly terrain to find out why the sport captures this small country’s heart and soul

Having led 1-0 at halftime, Wolfsburg were hopeful of stealing a win in Tuesday night’s Bundesliga match against German champions Bayern Munich. Polish striker Robert Lewandowski had other ideas, though, and casually scored five goals in just under nine minutes after coming off the bench as a substitute. Lewandowski’s feat marked the fastest five goals ever scored in the history of Germany’s top soccer league. The 27-year-old scored his first…

NEW YORK—U.S. baseball legend, Yogi Berra, has died at the age of 90. Mr. Berra, died of natural causes Tuesday at his home in New Jersey, according to Dave Kaplan, the director of the Yogi Berra Museum. “While we mourn the loss of our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, we know he is at peace with Mom,” Mr. Berra’s family said in…

Former Reds player and manager Pete Rose (left) talks with host and Enquirer columnist Paul Daugherty during a lecture on ethics in sport Monday on the campus of Miami University in Oxford.(Photo: AP Photo/Gary Landers) Pete Rose says he has not met with Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, and leaves it at that. Spring turns to summer turns to fall, and the long-awaited sit-down grows dusty with…

Former pro-baseball player Brandon Martin made his first court appearance Tuesday on triple murder charges with special circumstances for the deaths of his father, uncle and a bystander. The 22-year-old sported injuries as he faced a judge. Police say he jumped from a second-story home while running from officers. Martin is accused of going to his parents’ home in Corona and murdering his father, 64-year-old Michael Martin, uncle, 51-year-old Rick…

NEW YORK — If there is one thing Bill James wishes more people understood about sabermetrics — the method of empirical analysis of baseball that he had a prominent role in pioneering — it’s that the data is not the point. The point is to use the data like a razor to cut through false convictions to find the truth. “The reason that understanding is so difficult to build in…

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Maurice Mcleod: Triple jump – as valid as the egg-and-spoon race By the usual measures of sweat, skill and athleticism, the triple jump belongs in the sporting arena. The event has been part of the Olympic Games since they resumed in 1896 and we even have a British world record holder: Jonathan Edwards’ 18.29m record has stood since 1995. While the triple jump and those who practise are undoubtedly sporting,…

CBS Sports 128 — Week 3: 1-25 | 26-128 Ole Miss’ upset of Alabama on Saturday night shook up the supposed power structure in the SEC West, as the Tide have started 0-1 in conference play and now face an uphill climb to reach the College Football Playoff for the second straight season. The Rebels impressed the CBS Sports’ voters, jumping up to No. 2 in the CBS Sports 128…

Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro has decided to leave the club – six weeks after criticism from manager Jose Mourinho. Carneiro had her role downgraded after Mourinho said his medical staff were “naive” for treating Eden Hazard during the 2-2 draw with Swansea on 8 August. Chelsea asked Carneiro, 42, to return to work, but she has decided not to and is…

Not sure whom to buy today in daily fantasy baseball or whom to sit in your season-long fantasy leagues? Let us help set your daily fantasy baseball lineups with today’s most important splits and batter vs. pitcher stats. For more daily fantasy baseball advice and sleeper picks, check out our starting pitcher rankings and the DFS MLB Playbook from our partners at FantasyAlarm.com every morning. You can also get pregame lineups with BvP stats at…

A high court judge has been asked to decide whether bridge is a sport after it was refused recognition by Sport England. Mr Justice Dove is expected to analyse arguments over the next two days at a hearing in London. The English Bridge Union (EBU) took legal action after Sport England, the public body responsible for increasing participation in sport, refused to recognise the card game. Related: Snooker, chess and…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United are ready to make a £90m bid for Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 30, amid claims he could leave the La Liga side next summer. (Daily Mirror)  Manchester United are also interested in signing 18-year-old Heerenveen centre-back Jerry St Juste after the Dutch player impressed against…

South Africa’s minister of sport has warned the Springboks that further failure at the Rugby World Cup could see them become branded a “bunch of losers”. Related: Tenacious Japan have provided spark to light up the Rugby World Cup | Graham Henry Fikile Mbalula was speaking in the wake of South Africa’s shock defeat to Japan last weekend in Brighton, and said he had personally called the team’s head coach…

BRIGHTON, England—There is little doubt that bridge is a mentally challenging card game known to generate fierce passions—and even end in acrimony. But does that make it a sport? A British judge is set to rule on the question this week, a decision that English bridge aficionados hope will finally accord them the same respect given to snooker and darts, both which are recognized as sports in the U.K. ENLARGE…

While injured Yadier Molina is heading for the sidelines, probably for the better part of the next two weeks with a slightly torn ligament in his left thumb, righthander Adam Wainwright will be coming off the sidelines. Wainwright, presumed to be out for the season after he suffered a torn Achilles’ tendon while exiting the batter’s box in an April 25 game in Milwaukee, has been cleared by doctors to…

CORONA, Calif. — Former professional baseball player Brandon Willie Martin was arrested Saturday in connection with a shooting rampage that left three dead, reports CBS Los Angeles. Police say Martin, 22, formerly a highly-regarded prospect in the Tampa Rays’ minor league system, shot and killed his father, 64-year-old Michael Martin, his uncle, 51-year-old Ricky Lee Anderson, and 62-year-old Barry Swanson, an ADT alarm company installer. All three men were shot…

ENLARGE Billy Beane walked up to the New York Stock Exchange on Friday morning, handed his driver’s license to a security guard and was reminded once more of his “Moneyball” fame. “You do a good job,” the guard said. “Not this year,” Beane said, with his Oakland Athletics bound for a last-place finish in the American League West. Bill James walked in just behind him, his name and face eliciting…