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Dave Dombrowski was given a chance to take over after the season. But Dombrowski, 59, the new president of baseball operations for the Boston Red Sox, wanted to begin work right away. Of course, he’s got a lot to do. Here’s a peek at Dombrowski’s to-do list: • Pull out an ace. In his news conference Wednesday, Dombrowski pointed out the need to improve Boston’s pitching, adding, “Ideally you want a top-of-the-rotation…

Week 20 of the Fantasy Baseball season is here. For many this is the last week before the playoffs begin and of course the last week to get into the playoffs if your roster is on the bubble. We have much to discuss this week so let’s get after it! Week 20 Interleague Matchups Cleveland Indians at Chicago Cubs (1 game, Monday) Detroit Tigers at Cincinnati Reds…

One look at the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame features a glaring omission: the MLB’s hit king. Of course, that’s Pete Rose, who will never be allowed election into the hall. Rose famously denied his involvement in betting on baseball for decades before coming forward with his admission in a book in 2004. On this day in 1989, then-MLB commissioner Bart Giamatti handed Rose permanent placement on the league’s ineligible…

By Tom Fordyce Chief sports writer in Beijing Usain Bolt produced perhaps his greatest miracle of all as he put a troubled build-up behind him to beat two-time doper and clear favourite Justin Gatlin to retain his world 100m title. The controversial Gatlin came into the final on a 28-race unbeaten…

Imagine careening through the forest chasing Stormtroopers on speeder bikes as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia did in a famous scene from “Star Wars,” flying around trees and ducking under branches. A group of drone operators created that sensation for Internet viewers when they recently raced their camera-equipped robotic quadcopters through a forest. The video went viral. It is that virtual reality experience of sitting inside the small flying machine’s…

By Tom Fordyce Chief sports writer in Beijing Britain’s Jessica Ennis-Hill produced a display of immense focus and fortitude to be crowned world heptathlon champion once again and complete a remarkable sporting return. The 29-year-old Olympic champion only decided to compete in Beijing within the past month, having returned to training…

A new sport is heating up the beach in Burlington this weekend. While beach tennis is a hit in other parts of the world, it’s just getting started in the U.S. “You play to music, it’s really fun, the culture is friendly, you high-five each other when you switch, you don’t get angry at each other,” said organizer Mark Bonfigli. The first beach tennis tournament in New England is being…

Buy Photo Cousino high schools Nick Palmer hands off to Steven Charles Jr during first half action Friday, October 10, 2014 at Grosse Point North.(Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press)Buy Photo Steven Charles Jr. transferred from Warren Cousino in January and expected to play football at Clinton Township Chippewa Valley this fall because he sat out one semester. After Charles Jr. transferred, his father called Cousino coach Brad Nettles…

For the second year in a row, Joey Logano reigned supreme in the summer race at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Logano held off an onrushing Kevin Harvick late in the Irwin Tools Night Race on Saturday night to capture the checkered flag. According to ESPN Stats & Info, the 25-year-old is the fourth driver since 2005 to win the event in back-to-back years. At various points in the…

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. — Josh Pauls is a veteran on the USA men’s sled hockey team at the age of 22. Five years ago, he was the youngest player ever to make the team. His rookie year led to a stunning five game shutout in the Vancouver Paralympics, and his first gold medal. “I was like I finally accomplished something really great,” Pauls recalled. “I remember just walking into the…

Restarts were a hot topic in the drivers meeting before Saturday night’s Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The questions came a week after Austin Dillon took off on a restart, leaving leader Carl Edwards behind. Earlier this week, Ryan Blaney was penalized by NASCAR for starting too soon while leading the Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol. Blane recovered to win that race. After a video presentation…

USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Gluck gives his picks for the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. USA TODAY Sports

NBCSN begins its coverage of tonight’s Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway with an expanded NASCAR America. The show airs at 5:30 p.m. Krista Voda hosts and will be joined by Kyle Petty, Dale Jarrett, Rutledge Wood and Nate Ryan. Among the features on the show will be Dale Earnhardt Jr. voicing a look back at the history of Bristol and the track’s momentous moments. NASCAR America looks…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Speedway Motorsports Inc. founder Bruton Smith has been getting cancer treatment in recent weeks. It wasn’t enough to keep him away from his beloved Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. Bruton Smith (Getty Images) MORE: Scrambling for the Chase | Drivers to watch at Bristol | Chasing Denny Hamlin Smith 88, who will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2016, showed up this…

GILROY — They call polo the Sport of Kings. But there wasn’t a trace of royalty Saturday morning at the South Bay Polo club’s fourth annual Garlic Cup tournament in Gilroy. There was the smell of horses. There was a margarita machine. There were several rusting tractors and trailers. There was, however, not a king in sight. “We want to introduce people to the sport, either as spectators or participants,”…

Sprint’s new CEO, Marcelo Claure, moved his family here, bought a house and says he’s come to love Kansas City. But there is one side of this town he won’t embrace — soccer. He’d rather compete. As a Miami resident, Claure struggled for most of a decade to bring the city a Major League Soccer franchise — a future rival for the league’s 2013 champions, Sporting Kansas City. Claure originally…

Updated August 23, 2015 08:26:16 Photo: Transgender man Daniel George said he has never felt comfortable playing sports after making transition. (ABC News: Alkira Reinfrank ) Despite sport being an integral part of the cultural fabric of Australia, many transgender and intersex people say they have been ostracised by sporting communities. Transgender man Daniel George has not played soccer in two decades due to fear of not belonging in…

By Tom Fordyce Chief sports writer in Beijing Mo Farah made it six global distance titles in a row as he retained his 10,000m crown despite a last-lap stumble to win Britain’s first gold of the 2015 World Championships. Seven years ago in…

BRISTOL, Tenn. — The prerace festivities for Saturday’s Irwin Tools Night Race will feature as much pomp and circumstance as any Sprint Cup Series race, from the drivers choosing their own songs for introductions to a popular rendition of the national anthem by a Motor Racing Outreach children’s choir that is comprised of many sons and daughters of NASCAR drivers, crew chiefs and team members. The 500-lap race has been…

View photo . Puckheads … it’s time.  Time to gather your friends and rivals for a league. Time to check your keepers. Time to organize your draft board. Time to think of the pun that will make your team name the Stanley Cup champion of euphemisms. It’s time for Yahoo Sports 2015-16 Fantasy Hockey to begin! Head here to get started. In celebration of this harbinger of the hockey season,…