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We do not need this. We do not deserve it. After all the high-flying wrecks and free-agency shadow games that stormed the North American sports media cycle this week, video evidence of an honest-to-God baseball fistfight comes as an embarrassingly rich gift. But here we are, blessed with footage of two Alaska Baseball League head coaches attempting to knock each other’s head off in front of God, countrymen and children….

NAACP WANTS SEVERAL SCHOOLS RENAMED. BUT FIRST, BREAKING NEWS. A MAN FOUND SHOT TO DEATH RIGHT OUTSIDE OF A RESTAURANT. WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU THIS STORY AT 4:00 AND THEN AGAIN AT 5:00 AND NEW SINCE 5:00, WE’VE LEARNED THAT THE SHOOTER STOLE THAT VICTIM’S CAR AND WAS IN A POLICE CHASE. CHANNEL 2’S ANOUSHA RASTA JOINING US LIVE OUTSIDE THAT CHULA’S OFF THE NORTH FREEWAY. AND TELL US WHAT…

Seven-time champion Roger Federer produced a brilliant performance to beat Britain’s Andy Murray and reach his 10th Wimbledon final. The Swiss, 33, served superbly to win 7-5 7-5 6-4 and goes on to face world number one Novak Djokovic in a repeat of last year’s final. Second seed Federer faced one break point, in the…

Some have quipped that the original fantasy sports leagues were akin to fans on steroids, but the newest rage, daily fantasy sports, appears to be taking sports fanatics into a league of their own. “The growth has been tremendous the last year or two,” said Andy Billings, Ronald Reagan Chair of Broadcasting at the University of Alabama, an academic who has researched daily fantasy sports. “People really want to get…

Streams of paper fell from the heavens, raining down on the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team from the skyscrapers above like a barrage of goals as New York and a nation celebrated the team’s astonishing 2015 World Cup Championship run with a historic parade through the famed Canyon of Heroes — now and forever also the Canyon of Heroines. The traditional “ticker-tape” parade through lower Manhattan…

Alaska Baseball League Brawl Starts After Managers Have Fistfight (Video) You’ve probably never heard of the Alaska Baseball League. After this, you’ll probably never hear of it again. But for one day, the collegiate summer league is totally worth talking about. It’s not necessarily for a good reason, but the ABL is in the news, or at the very least, is getting some Internet play, after a bench-clearing brawl Wednesday. A…

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With possibly unprecedented parity this year, plus the expanded wild-card playoffs and in some cases an unwavering faith in what they’ve built, as many as 20 or more teams look like buyers, or at least potential buyers. That makes for a very crowded field of teams looking to add key pieces, and an intriguing trade market. Here we attempt to make some sense of what the contenders and would-be contenders…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Welcome to the free DFS MLB Playbook for Friday, July 10, courtesy of Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. Every day, the experts at FantasyAlarm.com, who won the 2015 FanDuel Playboy Championship, will publish their top daily fantasy baseball plays at each position across various DFS sites in the Playbook. It’s a great place to start your MLB DFS research for the day, but there’s much more behind the curtain….

 Find News Near Me Clayton, N.C. — Former North Carolina Central University baseball player Dylan Lee Drayton was killed late Thursday in a motorcycle accident in Johnston County. According to the State Highway Patrol, Drayton, 23, was driving the motorcycle southbound on McLemore Road when he went off the right side of the road near Cleveland Fire Road at approximately 11 p.m. Drayton’s mother, Deidre Wolfe, 44, was a passenger…

Holly Sonders ‘Reassigned’ On FOX Sports’ U.S. Women’s Open Coverage Holly Sonders’ debut with FOX Sports didn’t go too well, and it appears the network is making sure a similar situation doesn’t happen again. After serving as the on-course interviewer at the 2015 U.S. Open, Sonders will move to the studio to host FOX Sports 1’s post-round show at the Women’s U.S. Open on Saturday and Sunday. “We’re not reassigning Holly because…

Ben Kennedy crashes into the fence and wall during the Camping World Truck Series race at Kentucky Speedway.(Photo: Jeff Curry, Getty Images) SPARTA, Ky. — For the second time this week, a car has left the racing surface and gone into the catchfence at a NASCAR race. Ben Kennedy went up in the air and into the fence in Turn 1 with five laps to go in Thursday night’s Camping…

Getty Images This should be interesting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the Indian soccer team—currently sitting at 156th spot in the global rankings—to play soccer powerhouse and five-time World Cup winners Brazil, currently ranked 6th. He also wants India to meet the other nations comprising the BRICS bloc of emerging economies on the soccer field. “India could host a football event next year,” Modi said at the ongoing BRICS…

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Ah, the last series before the All-Star Game is finally here. DraftKings owners will want to get in on the fun before MLB takes a four-day hiatus. Before the long drought without DraftKings begins, make sure to get in on the action this Friday. With a full slate of 15 games scheduled for Friday, here’s a look at the best players to target at a variety of price points for…

Albania was awarded a victory over Serbia by the top sports court on Friday in a reversal of a UEFA sanction over a soccer game that was abandoned when a drone with a political banner flew into the stadium. The Court of Arbitration for Sport decided that Albania had not refused to play on in a hostile atmosphere in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, in October as European football’s governing body…

Holly Sonders ‘Reassigned’ On FOX Sports’ U.S. Women’s Open Coverage Holly Sonders’ debut with FOX Sports didn’t go too well, and it appears the network is making sure a similar situation doesn’t happen again. After serving as the on-course interviewer at the 2015 U.S. Open, Sonders will move to the studio to host FOX Sports 1’s post-round show at the Women’s U.S. Open on Saturday and Sunday. “We’re not reassigning Holly because…

Ben Kennedy crashes into the fence and wall during the Camping World Truck Series race at Kentucky Speedway.(Photo: Jeff Curry, Getty Images) SPARTA, Ky. — For the second time this week, a car has left the racing surface and gone into the catchfence at a NASCAR race. Ben Kennedy went up in the air and into the fence in Turn 1 with five laps to go in Thursday night’s Camping…

The United States Women’s Soccer Team is being honored today with a historic ticker-tape parade in New York City following the team’s World Cup triumph. This marks the first time a women’s sports team is receiving a ride down the city’s famed Canyon of Heroes. The parade follows the team’s 5-2 victory Sunday against Japan, securing the United States’ third World Cup title. A rally was also hosted Tuesday for…