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Before the NFL distracts everyone on Sunday, DraftKings savants can devote Saturday to a full MLB slate. Eliminated from the postseason or too far down the standings to mount a comeback, many traditional fantasy baseball players have lost interest. Worn down and defeated by the grueling season, they’ll shift their attention to the gridiron, where a shiny new toy with a shorter schedule awaits. This is usually where…

EATON — Accustomed to celebrating Colorado’s most successful high school baseball program, this small town now finds itself divided over the drama entangling its beloved coach. Jim Danley has spent the past 45 years raising young men on Eaton’s ballfields while building a dynasty. But recent complaints from parents about his leadership and his Eaton High staff have led the school district to demand change or the 69-year-old icon’s removal….

View gallery . (AP Photo) If you enjoy the comedic stylings of Will Ferrell, and the game of baseball, you’re going to enjoy HBO’s “Ferrell Takes the Field.” That’s incredibly obvious, perhaps, but it’s true. Even if you only like one of those things, it’s worth checking out. The flim is a culmination of all the hype and excitement surrounding Ferrell’s adventure In March. The tweets, highlights and attention given…

Fourteen years ago today, the world changed forever as a result of the September 11 attacks. That day has affected us all somehow. I’ll never forget the humanity here in New York in the days and weeks following the attacks. Like many of you, I use sports as an outlet to help escape the stresses of the real world. They’re a way to cope, and after September 11, we were…

The Pac-12 has submitted a proposal that would allow college athletes to use their names, images and likenesses to “promote their own non-athletic business ventures,” the conference said in a news release Friday. In light of the pending Ed O’Bannon lawsuit, the Pac-12 idea appears to represent an incremental step by college sports leaders to adopt bylaws allowing players to make money off their name, but with a qualifier. Pac-12…

0 Shares Print NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Rutgers University’s Board of Governors met behind closed doors Friday amid the latest scandal to hit the sports program the school has been trying to build up. Rutgers president Robert Barchi said the meeting, which dealt with the university’s athletics program, covered legal issues and that the board had “an extensive and robust conversation, that they were fully briefed.” Football coach Kyle Flood…

I wrote in June about earlier deadlines caused by the move of printing to Los Angeles and the effect on the ability to report news in the newspaper. One area of concern was how sports was going to handle Friday night prep football coverage. In a football hotbed like San Diego County, this is a big deal for readers. The deadline now for sports on Friday nights is 10:30. Before…

FOOTBALL GOSSIP Derek McInnes says his Aberdeen players won’t freeze in the mouth-watering clash against Celtic at Pittodrie. (Various) Celtic made a loss of nearly £4m in the last financial year because they opted not to sell Virgil van Dijk until this summer, according to chief executive Peter Lawwell. (Various) Rangers manager Mark Warburton is targeting a Scottish Cup final victory as a passport…

No driver has been better in qualifying this season than Joey Logano, who demonstrated his superiority by capturing a series-best fifth pole position Friday at Richmond International Raceway. Logano’s lap of 126.470 miles per hour topped Matt Kenseth, who had posted the fastest speed in the opening two rounds. Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch and David Ragan completed the top five. “We weren’t able to put down a fast…

TEL AVIV, Israel – The clash between secular and Jewish observers in Israel continues to grow, and has now extended to the sports field. Saturday soccer, a century-old tradition in the country, is under threat. Here in the Holy Land the weekend is short, consisting of only one day, the Sabbath – a holy day of rest. It begins at sunset on Friday and ends Saturday evening. With no other…

EATON — Accustomed to celebrating Colorado’s most successful high school baseball program, this small town now finds itself divided over the drama entangling its beloved coach. Jim Danley has spent the past 45 years raising young men on Eaton’s ballfields while building a dynasty. But recent complaints from parents about his leadership and his Eaton High staff have led the school district to demand change or the 69-year-old icon’s removal….

Fourteen years ago today, the world changed forever as a result of the September 11 attacks. That day has affected us all somehow. I’ll never forget the humanity here in New York in the days and weeks following the attacks. Like many of you, I use sports as an outlet to help escape the stresses of the real world. They’re a way to cope, and after September 11, we were…

View gallery . (AP Photo) If you enjoy the comedic stylings of Will Ferrell, and the game of baseball, you’re going to enjoy HBO’s “Ferrell Takes the Field.” That’s incredibly obvious, perhaps, but it’s true. Even if you only like one of those things, it’s worth checking out. The flim is a culmination of all the hype and excitement surrounding Ferrell’s adventure In March. The tweets, highlights and attention given…

Fourteen years ago today, the world changed forever as a result of the September 11 attacks. That day has affected us all somehow. I’ll never forget the humanity here in New York in the days and weeks following the attacks. Like many of you, I use sports as an outlet to help escape the stresses of the real world. They’re a way to cope, and after September 11, we were…

EATON — Accustomed to celebrating Colorado’s most successful high school baseball program, this small town now finds itself divided over the drama entangling its beloved coach. Jim Danley has spent the past 45 years raising young men on Eaton’s ballfields while building a dynasty. But recent complaints from parents about his leadership and his Eaton High staff have led the school district to demand change or the 69-year-old icon’s removal….

View gallery . (AP Photo) If you enjoy the comedic stylings of Will Ferrell, and the game of baseball, you’re going to enjoy HBO’s “Ferrell Takes the Field.” That’s incredibly obvious, perhaps, but it’s true. Even if you only like one of those things, it’s worth checking out. The flim is a culmination of all the hype and excitement surrounding Ferrell’s adventure In March. The tweets, highlights and attention given…

Gallery ›› Chihuahuas take on Fresno in best 3-of-5 series They came. They came streaming up the Durango Street hill. They came in droves across Santa Fe. They came by the thousands. Little boys and girls, wide-eyed and excited. Young couples. Middle-aged couples. Older fans … even some in wheelchairs. They came to see their El Paso Chihuahuas in September baseball … playoff baseball. Many wore red. Almost all wore…

Credit: Pat Sullivan/Associated Press Houston Astros catcher Humberto Quintero (now with the Boston Red Sox) grabs his leg after a collision at home plate with another player during the seventh inning of a baseball game on May 27, 2011 in Houston. In baseball, violent collisions at home plate seem to be a major issue — so much so that Major League Baseball and the league’s Players Association enacted a rule…