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Seoul On a recent Tuesday night, Han Ga-eun, a 20-year-old college student, and her older sister Su-jin sat high in the cheap seats at Seoul’s main baseball stadium. Dressed in matching LG Twins jerseys, the Han sisters cheered for their struggling hometown team as it fell behind the rival Nexen Heroes. Five times a month the Han sisters do this: Eat fried chicken, sip beer and bang thundersticks in step…

A rendering shows a future Turnin2 softball and baseball training center and fields expected to be constructed in Hartland Township next year.(Photo: Asselin McLane Architectural Group and Rhoads & Johnson) Youth softball and baseball players from the local area and beyond are expected to flock to a future Turnin2 facility coming to Hartland Township. Turnin2 softball and baseball training center operator Ron Pezzoni is “super-excited” about expanding into a larger…

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0 Shares Print Imagine walking into the gym, heading to the weight rack, swiping your wristband by a tablet and seeing your workout — the one tailored just for you — displayed on the screen. As you move through your workout, your performance metrics are captured and stored so you can measure your progress. Upon completion, you pick up a specially designed sports drink, one that is based on your…

JD Sports’s first-half profits rose more than 80% to a record £46.6m, as sales of trainers and other sports fashion boomed on UK high streets. In the six months to 1 August, pre-tax profit before exceptional items jumped 82%, from £25.5m a year earlier, as revenue surged 21% to £809.9m. Statutory pre-tax profit rose 88%. Sales at stores open a year or more increased by more than 10%, as shoppers…

The race is on for the 2024 Olympics: A five-city contest pitting four European bids against a two-time host from the United States. The International Olympic Committee announced the official field of candidates Wednesday, and there were no surprises as the previously declared bidders were all on the list — Budapest, Hungary; Hamburg, Germany; Los Angeles; Paris; and Rome. “We are welcoming five outstanding and highly qualified candidate cities,” IOC…

JD Sports’s first-half profits rose more than 80% to a record £46.6m, as sales of trainers and other sports fashion boomed on UK high streets. In the six months to 1 August, pre-tax profit before exceptional items jumped 82%, from £25.5m a year earlier, as revenue surged 21% to £809.9m. Statutory pre-tax profit rose 88%. Sales at stores open a year or more increased by more than 10%, as shoppers…

i The public share to pay for construction of a new Minnesota Vikings football stadium is reportedly $498 million. Jim Mone/AP hide caption itoggle caption Jim Mone/AP The public share to pay for construction of a new Minnesota Vikings football stadium is reportedly $498 million. Jim Mone/AP As an absolutely impossible thing happened to Serena Williams on the way to becoming the absolutely guaranteed Grand Slam champion, it reminds us…

Professional sports leagues and the booming fantasy sports industry are facing new questions from Washington following a weekend when the websites DraftKings and FanDuel saturated airwaves during football games with ads touting big cash prizes for online winners. At the heart of the debate is whether the sites, and particularly newer services that allow players to gamble daily, are venues for gambling or just — as the companies contend —…

By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer Renault will stop supplying engines to other Formula 1 teams after its contractual obligations end. Carlos Ghosn, Renault’s chairman and chief executive officer, also hinted the company’s relationship with Red Bull is likely to end this year. Ghosn said: “We have already alerted the…

Frisco has a new sports goal: to become the home for the National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. No one will confirm whether a deal has been reached. But a sign of progress came Tuesday night with the City Council’s unanimous approval of $39 million in improvements at Toyota Stadium, where the museum would be housed. Local officials and the Hunt Sports Group entered exclusive negotiations with the U.S….

The fastest game on grass will return to Fenway Park this fall for the first time in more than 60 years when teams from Galway and Dublin are scheduled to face off in the ancient Irish sport of hurling. And what is hurling, you might ask? It has been described as a warlike ballgame played on foot with ax-shaped wooden sticks. Imagine full-contact baseball fused with elements of ice hockey,…

The fastest game on grass will return to Fenway Park this fall for the first time in more than 60 years when teams from Galway and Dublin are scheduled to face off in the ancient Irish sport of hurling. And what is hurling, you might ask? It has been described as a warlike ballgame played on foot with ax-shaped wooden sticks. Imagine full-contact baseball fused with elements of ice hockey,…

Everything in Dave Dombrowski’s baseball soul was telling him he was not overseeing a very good team. The standings said the Tigers were in the AL wild card race, but Dombrowski’s eyes revealed something else. Still, he knew the mandate. The Tigers were big spenders with huge expectations and an aging owner, Mike Ilitch, wanting a championship in his lifetime. So Dombrowski, Detroit’s general manager, kind of closed his eyes…

EATON, Colo. – The embattled, iconic coach of Eaton High School’s baseball team will keep his job. At least for now. During a packed, sweltering hot board meeting in Eaton Monday night, the board opted to hold off on a decision regarding the legendary coach’s future. Eaton High School baseball coach Jim Danley is not your typical coach. He has the all-time winningest record of any high school baseball coach…

0 Shares Print This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s September 28 Transactions Issue. Subscribe today! JULIO FRANCO HAS a translator standing a few feet away, but at the moment, he doesn’t need him, yelling to his players in Japanese. The three hitters taking batting practice in the grassless infield seem hesitant, so Franco switches to English and lowers the volume. His translator, a 25-year-old former salesman named Keita Sugano,…

Play hard, but not too hard. Be excited, but not too excited. And, whatever you do, don’t do anything with your play that might hurt your opponents’ feelings. But hurting their bodies if you get upset? That’s OK. MORE: Worst MLB teams of the last 30 years | ’80s-’90s baseball cards, ranked These statements summarize much of the silly collection of alleged truths that make up baseball’s unwritten rules, a supposed…

Emmanuel Sanders was Peyton Manning’s top target in the Broncos’ season-opening win against Baltimore. (John Leyba, The Denver Post) Emmanuel Sanders has a way of making his presence known, whether its with his pregame Mile High Salute or his post-touchdown leap into the stands. After playing four seasons in Pittsburgh, he signed with the Broncos as a free agent in March 2014 and quickly became one of Peyton Manning’s favorite…