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  JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (August 27, 2015) – ETSU head baseball coach Tony Skole announced the addition of Aaron Gershenfeld to the coaching staff. Gershenfeld will serve as the team’s hitting coach, work with the catchers as well as assist in recruiting and other administrative duties. “Coach Gershenfeld is one of the top young minds in college baseball,” said Skole. “Aaron has an advanced knowledge of hitting and the catching…

In a parable that includes the baseball gods, the game of creation gave baseball nerds their holy grail. In the ninth inning, the baseball gods said, “Let there be a database equal parts time-sink and indispensable resource.”  And there was Baseball-Reference.com. And it was good. MORE: Ranking the best baseball movies | 1970s baseball caps, ranked by a 90s kid The roots of Baseball Reference run deep, leading to bountiful stats…

Stephanie Ready is used to making history in the men’s game. Now she’s doing it again as the first full-time female NBA game analyst on FOX Sports Southeast’s Hornets broadcasts. Ready will join new play-by-play announcer Eric Collins and Hornets legend Dell Curry in the booth for the upcoming season. “This is actually the reason I got into television in the first place,” Ready said. “I always wanted to be…

A judge throws some shade at Roger Goodell, Rick Porcello returns to pitch a gem for the Red Sox, Jim Lonborg returns to the mound tonight, and the rest of the sports news you need to know to start your Thursday. Federal judge questions Roger Goodell’s understanding of the NFL-NFLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement: “At a hearing Wednesday on a contempt motion filed by the NFL Players Association in the Adrian…

Here’s what we learned from the bid: · The necessary upgrades and alterations to existing venues would cost $713 million. · One of those sites, the in-the-works soccer stadium that will be built for a new MLS club on the site of the old Sports Arena, would be temporarily converted to host aquatics events for at least 20,000 viewers. · That cost doesn’t include the $300 million that would go…

ENLARGE The two hosts of “Men in Blazers,” a scrappy soccer-analysis show on the NBC Sports Network, wave handmade signs on the air and broadcast from a room so cramped that guests have to sit behind the duo like children in the back seat of their parents’ car. But behind all the low-tech trappings, the Men in Blazers are a valuable brand. The TV show and podcast have emerged as…

Now that Kurt Busch is engaged, he can further appreciate Dale Earnhardt Jr.‘s interest in next year’s Sprint Cup schedule. While Busch has not announced a date for his wedding to Ashley Van Metre, Earnhardt has said he and Amy Reimann plan to wed next summer after getting engaged June 17 in Germany. With NASCAR racing nearly every weekend, there will be few options for them to choose a summer…

When you think of famous NASCAR car numbers, the two that come most readily to mind are the No. 43 of Richard Petty and the No. 3 that Dale Earnhardt used for most of his career. But with the Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway just around the corner, it’s a good time to note that the most successful car number in NASCAR history is actually the No. 11, the…

Eduardo Antonio Laing is the new New Orleans. For 32 years Tony Laing was the last Honduran player to score in the World Cup. His flying header in 1982 against Northern Ireland made him famous in his homeland where he is forever known as “the needle” and strangers stopped to shake his hand and shout his name. “I think about that goal all the time,” Liang says in Spanish through…

When only five afternoon and six evening games frequent the schedule, DraftKings makes it much tougher on players to pinpoint bargains for their daily fantasy baseball lineups. On a normal evening, Carlos Rodon would represent an intriguing mid-level pitching play against the lefty-heavy Seattle Mariners. On Thursday, however, anyone who wants the erratic Chicago White Sox southpaw will have to cough up $9,800. Rather than meet DraftKings’ lofty demands, scroll…

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Evan Crass of the Knox Area Rescue Ministries (KARM) told 10News Today how KARM and the Tennessee Smokies baseball team are working together to help those in need in East Tennessee. WBIR

At the outset let us note that the Braves suck so bad things are just going to cascade from there. That said, Braves starter Shelby Miller has had more bad luck cascade on him than he deserves this year. Miller has lost his last 10 decisions. Those ten decisions have come in the course of 18 starts in which he has a 3.24 ERA. That’s not CY Young stuff to…

By Tom Fordyce Chief sports writer in Beijing Usain Bolt won the rematch and 200m gold as he ran a wonderful bend to once again leave rival Justin Gatlin chasing silver and fresh air. On a sweaty, sticky night in the Bird’s Nest,…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester City are confident they have finally agreed a deal to sign Belgium midfielder Kevin de Bruyne, 24, from Wolfsburg for an initial £54m. (Guardian)  Manuel Pellegrini’s side plan to offer De Bruyne a contract until 2021 worth £15m per year, almost £300,000 a week. (Daily Mirror) …

There were few African-Americans in the major leagues when Frank Robinson arrived in 1956. It was only nine years after Jackie Robinson had shattered baseball’s color barrier. “I didn’t have a role model,” the 79-year-old former Oriole said Wednesday at a baseball clinic at Carroll Park. “I respected Jackie Robinson and some of the other guys that were playing. But my mother was my role model.” Nearly six decades after…

Madison — Dave Aranda will take a can’t-miss prospect, a player whose talent on the football field is obvious to even a casual fan. Wisconsin’s defensive coordinator, whose primary recruiting territory is Florida, also must possess a keen eye for under-the-radar prospects. That includes players who have focused on other sports but have also shown promise on the football field. “You go to some of the bigger schools,”…