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The trade deadline, already one of the most exciting and unpredictable in history, received quite a jolt Wednesday with the news that the Tigers will indeed listen to offers for David Price, one of the best pitchers on the planet. The Dodgers, who have been frequently tied to Price thanks to the obvious connection the lefty has with the club’s new baseball president Andrew Friedman, are joined in the derby…

Listen, we know it’s tough to catch up on everything happening in the baseball world each morning. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Trying to find all of it while on your way to work or sitting at your desk just isn’t easy. It’s OK, though, we’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each…

From the time they arrived from Montreal before the 2005 season, the Nationals have been a mainstay in the Washington, D.C., sports scene. But the Nats are also very active in the community, working diligently over the past decade to touch the lives of many in the region and proving that baseball has a further reach than wins and losses, balls and strikes, batters and pitchers. Each Thursday through mid-August,…

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With two day games on the MLB schedule Thursday, Max Scherzer is a must-start for DraftKings daily fantasy players who have only four pitchers to chose from in the afternoon contests.  The difficulty lies in filling out a roster around him. In the evening, 22 teams are in action, allowing for a wide variety of potential lineup selections. Whether you’re competing during the day, at night, or both, here are…

Capitalizing on their history of success and baseball’s skyrocketing value as real-time TV, the Cardinals have reached a deal with Fox Sports Midwest that will guarantee the team more than $1 billion and assert for years to come their televised presence in a broad, devoted region. The team and its exclusive local broadcast partner are expected to announce a new, 15-year agreement Thursday morning, officials on both sides confirmed. The…

Here’s your viewer’s guide to TV coverage of Germany’s Bundesliga. This season marks the long-awaited debut of Fox’s multi-year rights deal that finally brings one of the world’s best and most popular soccer leagues into mainstream American homes. For some years now, the Bundesliga has drawn the biggest crowds and produced among the highest goals-per-game averages in Europe. I’ve been a fan of the league for a long time,…

Ivan Drago – Rocky IV (1985) “Whatever he hits, he destroys.” Dolph Lundgren is a fearsome sight in Rocky IV; a sweaty, dead-eyed killing machine with rippling muscles and a peroxide flat-top. In the most adventurously-scripted of all of Stallone’s boxing films he played the seemingly bionic Ivan Drago, a Soviet Olympic champion and infantry captain whose punches are said to be more than twice as punishing as the average…

The American video game developer, Electronic Arts , is slated to release its first quarter fiscal 2016 earnings results on July 30. The company has been beating the market estimates for the last couple of years, driven by the success of its sports titles. EA’s stock has more than doubled over the last 12 months. According to Wall Street estimates, EA is expected to report an EPS of $0.02 in Q1…

The impending arrival of a new sports channel featuring Uefa Champions League and Europa League games has boosted BT’s television business. The company said its TV section is at a two-year high after 60,000 customers were added in the three months to the end of June. In its first-quarter results, BT said it is on track to meet full-year expectations following solid demand for TV and broadband services. In 2013,…

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And, meanwhile, we’re all still waiting for that A’s-Tigers American League Championship Series to begin. It’s quite possible that no subject in sports receives more unrequited hype than baseball’s trading deadline, which is quite a statement, yes, seeing how much effort was put into documenting the NFL career of Tim Tebow. A year ago this week, everyone was convinced Oakland and Detroit – based on the…

Capitalizing on their history of success and baseball’s skyrocketing value as real-time TV, the Cardinals have reached a deal with Fox Sports Midwest that will guarantee the team more than $1 billion and assert for years to come their televised presence in a broad, devoted region. The team and its exclusive local broadcast partner are expected to announce a new, 15-year agreement Thursday morning, officials on both sides confirmed. The…

In FootGolf, players try to kick a soccer ball into a 21-inch diameter cup. (Carlos Osorio/AP) The other week we brought you the story of Red Whittington, a three-time disc golf world champion. What’s disc golf? Well, it’s scored like golf, but instead of putting a ball into a hole, players throw a Frisbee-like disc into a metal basket. Whittington’s story left us wondering about other hybrid sports that have gained popularity. Here are…

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OVERDOSE With the growth of endurance sports (the number of licensed bike racers in the U.S. increased by 15 percent between 2009 and 2013, according to USA Cycling; the number of runners has grown 70 percent over the past decade, according to the National Sporting Goods Association), there has been an increase in interest to the potential adverse acute effects of long and intense training and racing on the heart….

NASCAR has assessed the No. 98 Premium Motorsports team of driver Timmy Hill a P3 level penalty for having an unattached weight leave the car during practice on July 24 for last Sunday’s Brickyard 400. Hill, who was making just his second start with the team that recently parted ways with driver Josh Wise, caused the practice to be stopped momentarily when a piece of tungsten ballast flew out from…

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