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The Australian treasurer, Joe Hockey, has won a defamation case against one of the country’s largest media outlets over a newsstand poster and tweets the treasurer argued implied he was corrupt and “for sale” to political donors. Justice Richard White found the poster and tweets, published by Fairfax Media on 5 May 2014, had defamed Hockey, and were published with malice – an intention to harm the treasurer’s reputation. He…

0 Shares Print TORONTO — Chris Pronger always seemed destined for the Hockey Hall of Fame. Going in this year is unprecedented, however, since he is still under contract as an NHL player. His inclusion took a bylaw change that specifies a player’s final game must be three full seasons ago. The fearsome defenseman last played in 2011 because of post-concussion syndrome. “Nothing I’ve done has been the easy way,…

0 Shares Print NEW YORK — For decades, a circa 1860s Brooklyn Atlantics team baseball card was tucked away, first inside a secret drawer of a bedroom set and then between the pages of a photo album. Now the pre-Civil War card that has been in the same family for more than 150 years is going on the auction block, where it could bring as much as $50,000. Heritage Auctions…

The Australian treasurer, Joe Hockey, has won a defamation case against one of the country’s largest media outlets over a newsstand poster and tweets the treasurer argued implied he was corrupt and “for sale” to political donors. Justice Richard White found the poster and tweets, published by Fairfax Media on 5 May 2014, had defamed Hockey, and were published with malice – an intention to harm the treasurer’s reputation. He…

Boston 2024 is meeting with the United States Olympic Committee in San Francisco Tuesday to present its $4.6 billion Olympic plan that it says would create thousands of jobs and housing units, expand the city’s tax base and leave behind an improved regional transit system. — all with a $210 million surplus. Watch report The group, which is trying to bring the 2024 Summer Olympic Games to Boston, unveiled the so-called…

Nicklas Lidstrom is a first-ballot Hockey Hall of Famer. (USATSI) The Hockey Hall of Fame today announced the 2015 class of inductees and is it ever a good one. Former NHL defensemen Nicklas Lidstrom, Chris Pronger and Phil Housley were all elected this year, as was forward Sergei Fedorov. Angela Ruggiero, a member of the U.S. Women’s Olympic Team and one of the United States’ most decorated hockey players (man…

Discovery Communications is becoming the new European broadcaster of the Olympic Games. In a $1.45 billion deal announced Monday, Discovery’s Eurosport channels will televise the 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024 games on television and on the Internet. When it comes to the Olympics, Discovery will effectively become the NBC of Europe — the sole rights-holder for the games. “We have the chance to do broadcast and to do cable and…

Go back to a time when Facebook was just a novelty – if that – and not a necessity, a time when the iPod was new, and when Harry Potter first arrived at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Yes, go all the way back to the early 2000s. You don’t even need a DeLorean to do it. NBCSN is airing memorable NASCAR Sprint Cup races on NBC from 2001-2004…

It’s a nightmare scenario: a tornado tearing through a packed baseball stadium leading to scores of casualties. Such a disaster was narrowly averted Sunday night for the St. Louis Cardinals and their fans, raising the question whether Major League Baseball (MLB) has the right action plans in place for severe weather. On Sunday evening, a violent thunderstorm with a history of producing tornadoes and large hail was on a collision…

Chadd Morrison has continued to coach his son Tyler’s baseball team after losing him to cancer.(Photo: Chris Hansen, KUSA) BROOMFIELD – Among the challenges any baseball team will encounter during the course of a season, few will rival the one faced by Coach Chadd Morrison’s Thunder Rebels this year. One year after the death of his teenage son, Morrison decided to continue to coach his son’s team — fulfilling a…

Chad Wilkins(Photo: Tippecanoe County Jail) Chad and Cynthia Wilkins of Lafayette were charged Monday with beating their 16-year-old son with a baseball bat last week. Detectives were sent to their home in the 3500 block of Golden Lane about 11 p.m. June 21 to check on the victim’s well-being, when the two were interviewed and arrested, according to police records. More than two weeks prior, 40-year-old Cynthia Wilkins had posted…

By ULA ILNYTZKY, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, a circa 1860s Brooklyn Atlantics team baseball card was tucked away, first inside a secret drawer of a bedroom set and then between the pages of a photo album. Now the pre-Civil War card that’s been in the same family for over 150 years is going on the auction block where it could bring as much as $50,000. Heritage…

Starting pitcher projected Game Scores for June 30 2015 Statistics Past 21 Days GS Team Name T Opp W-L ERA WHIP W-L ERA WHIP 78 Chris Sale L @StL 6-4 3.02 0.98 1-2 2.45 0.82 66 Sonny Gray R Col 9-3 2.09 0.99 2-1 3.51 1.25 66 Danny Salazar R @TB 6-3 4.06 1.22 0-2 6.19 1.50 64 Gerrit Cole R @Det 11-3 2.16 1.13 3-1 2.92 1.26 63 Cole…

0 Shares Print Anquan Boldin, Tamika Catchings, John Cena and Henrik Lundqvist are the athlete finalists for the inaugural Sports Humanitarian of the Year Awards, which will be held July 14 in Los Angeles. Team nominees include the Chicago Bulls, Portland Timbers, San Francisco 49ers and WWE. The awards show, presented by ESPN and PlayStation, will be broadcast on July 23 on ESPN (8:30 p.m. ET). Anquan Boldin is among those…

Apple Watch Sport’s Ion-X Glass display (left) vs Apple Watch w/ Sapphire display (right) DisplayMate is out with a new report today, this time applying its usual detailed analysis to the different displays that come with the various models of Apple Watch. In case you didn’t know already, Apple is using a sapphire display on its pricier, mid-range collection of Apple Watch, as well as with the higher-end Apple Watch Edition. That’s…

Golf superstar Phil Mickelson is facing a public relations nightmare after allegedly sending approximately $2.75 million to a jail-bound former handicapper who laundered money in an illegal sports gambling operation. According to ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” the whopping sum from Mickelson — who ranks second on the PGA Tour’s all-time money list with more than $77 million in career earnings, and rakes in more than $40 million annually in endorsements,…

With zero fanfare and no good-byes last month, the Fox Sports Midwest “Girls” were phased out — and not only in STL, but in Fox Sports’ other television markets across the U.S. That means Kayla Knierem, Teryn Schafer and Katie Shirell no longer will be seen promoting Fox events during Cardinals and Blues games. Geoff Goldman, a spokesman for Fox, provided the following statement: “Fox Sports is constantly evaluating our marketing programs in…

At the end of the 2012 season, Angels owner Arte Moreno resolved the tension between general manager Jerry Dipoto and manager Mike Scioscia by retaining both and forcing them to keep working together. Nearly three years later, that tension is back and far more pervasive, extending to the Angels coaches and even the players, according to major-league sources. Emotions simmered in a series of meetings over the weekend when Dipoto…

Planning to cool off this summer by hitting the pool? You might want to pack your goggles to prevent your eyes from turning bloodshot, from… No, not chlorine. Contrary to common belief, it’s not chlorine—not chlorine by itself, anyway—that reddens your eyes. It’s the chemical compounds formed when chlorine reacts with human urine. That’s according to the Healthy Swimming Program, a collaboration between the US Centers for Disease Control, the…