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We find ourselves yet again with another botched suspension, and in this case, it proves that the most visible league in the United States can’t read or interpret its own rules and regulations. It can be argued a three-match suspension, which Seattle Sounders foward and USMNT captain Clint Dempsey ultimately received for tearing up the referee’s notebook in a 3-1 U.S. Open Cup loss to Portland, is the correct punishment via precedent and any…

Day 3 coverage of the U.S. Open will again highlight golf’s best players on FOX Sports GO.   Saturday’s featured group selected for enhanced online coverage includes Jason Day and Kevin Kisner and will tee off at 4:55 p.m. ET. Day enters Saturday’s action three shots off the leaders at 2-under while Kisner is tied for 12th at 1-under after two rounds. If Day, who suffered a dizzy spell at the…

OMAHA, Neb. — TCU certainly had a flair for the dramatic in this year’s NCAA tournament, but the run came to an end on Friday at the hands of the defending champs. 2015 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Gilberto: Veteran Vandy squad returns to CWS Finals Vander Voort: TCU’s wild tournament ride ends GAME 12: Vanderbilt 7, TCU 1 Box Highlights Vander Voort: UVa can draw from experience…

We find ourselves yet again with another botched suspension, and in this case, it proves that the most visible league in the United States can’t read or interpret its own rules and regulations. It can be argued a three-match suspension, which Seattle Sounders foward and USMNT captain Clint Dempsey ultimately received for tearing up the referee’s notebook in a 3-1 U.S. Open Cup loss to Portland, is the correct punishment via precedent and any…

Jun 18, 2015; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer (35) celebrates after hitting a double as Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Scooter Gennett (2) cannot make the out in the first inning at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports Today’s Major League Baseball schedule features six Saturday afternoon games followed by the other nine games taking place under the lights tonight. While the Twins…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Editor’s note: Play one-day fantasy baseball for cash! FanDuel is hosting a $100,000 league for today’s late MLB games, and first place wins $10,000. Starts at 7:05 p.m. ET. Enter now! There are plenty of ways to spend up today in the early slate on FanDuel, but if you’re going to pay up for Max Scherzer, or have exposure to the Brewers and Rockies at Coors Field, then you’ll need…

Daily fantasy baseball can sometimes feel like a crapshoot. But there are always spots where dedicated fantasy players find advantages. Here are five pitchers I feel will more than likely outscore their projection.   1. Dallas Keuchel ($9,900) at Mariners According to DraftKings, Dallas Keuchel enters Saturday’s ballgame in Seattle with eight wins, two losses and an ERA just north of two. His WHIP checks in…

Fifteen MLB games scattered throughout Saturday create separate slates for daily players to tackle on DraftKings. To keep things simple, let’s analyze them through the early and night slates. Although the afternoon’s six games can also be split apart into two distinct contests, all bouts starting before 7 p.m. ET will lie under the day umbrella. That leaves nine matchups for the latecomers. Both tilts are driven by an ace,…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester City will make a £40m bid for Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere, 23, if they fail to land 22-year-old Paul Pogba from Juventus for £70m. (Daily Star)  Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri is confident the Serie A champions can hold on to Pogba as the France midfielder is happy…

This wasn’t always the case. While she is now a starting outside back for the United States Women’s National Team, her first year of soccer, she was, in her own words, “by far the worst on the team.” Timid and shy, she didn’t understand the concept of winning the ball. “The coach would be like, ‘We’re going to put in Meghan’ – and everybody would be like, ‘Great, now…

OMAHA, Neb. — TCU certainly had a flair for the dramatic in this year’s NCAA tournament, but the run came to an end on Friday at the hands of the defending champs. 2015 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Gilberto: Veteran Vandy squad returns to CWS Finals Vander Voort: TCU’s wild tournament ride ends GAME 12: Vanderbilt 7, TCU 1 Box Highlights Vander Voort: UVa can draw from experience…

Sixteen years after Brandi Chastain ripped off her jersey in front of millions of Americans following one of the most magical moments in sports, she’s a coach. At 46, she coaches the soccer team at Bellarmine College Prep, an all-boys Catholic high school in San Jose and has spent years assisting her husband, the longtime women’s coach at her alma mater Santa Clara. But Chastain has always hoped to return…

Boston 2024 made an ambitious sales pitch to the US Olympic committee and the public, vowing to host the most walkable Games in modern times. Bid leaders proposed that 28 of 33 venues would fall within a roughly 6-mile radius and envisioned a uniquely intimate setting for the Summer Olympics. They saw a compact venue plan as a competitive advantage against the US and international bid cities. Continue reading below…

OMAHA, Neb. — Friday afternoon’s 10-5 win for Florida against Virginia looked familiar for the Gators, as it was their third 10-plus run performance of the College World Series. Virginia, on the other hand, is now faced with a feeling it has yet to experience in the NCAA tournament. Up until this point, the Cavaliers had won every game in NCAA play. They went 3-0 in the Lake…

It’s easy to be a great sports dad. Unfortunately, it’s just as easy to become a terrible one. With Father’s Day approaching FTW lists 11 ways to become the former and avoid being the latter. 1. Your child is not getting a college scholarship. (AP) Go in with that mentality, please. If he or she happens to be good enough to get one, fantastic. But don’t think of your chid’s…

Was to have included “wonder bread on burgers with mayonnaise” A minor league Utah baseball team cancelled a ‘caucasian heritage night’ planned for August after social media backlash in the wake of the racially-motivated shootings in Charleston. The Orem Owlz were planning on hosting a “Caucasian Heritage Night” on Aug 10, inviting fans who are “Irish, Italian, Scandinavian, German…. or even Utahn! Whatever your background, celebrate it at the Home…

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay—In 1996, Nicolás Leoz, then president of the South American Soccer Confederation, wrote to a Paraguayan senator with an unusual request: Grant the confederation immunity from prosecution. In exchange, Mr. Leoz said, the federation would base itself permanently in this poor, landlocked country. Paraguay’s Congress passed legislation giving the confederation, known as Conmebol, an untouchable status in this…

Sixteen years after Brandi Chastain ripped off her jersey in front of millions of Americans following one of the most magical moments in sports, she’s a coach. At 46, she coaches the soccer team at Bellarmine College Prep, an all-boys Catholic high school in San Jose and has spent years assisting her husband, the longtime women’s coach at her alma mater Santa Clara. But Chastain has always hoped to return…

Yes, Major League Baseball has received some bad All-Star Game ballots, about 60 million of the more than 300 million counted so far. No, that doesn’t mean Omar Infante isn’t the leading vote-getter for the American League at second base, as reflected in the last vote totals released Monday. Somehow, wires got crossed on Friday. Headlines popped up across the Internet, “MLB cancels over 60 million All-Star votes,” wrote one…

This man lost his mother last night in #CharlestonShooting. Unbelievable poise and strength shown by Chris Singleton. pic.twitter.com/9m9Bv5Sm9o — Daren Stoltzfus (@DarenStoltzfus) June 19, 2015 Chris Singleton is a strong young man. This is Singleton, 19 years old, less than 24 hours removed from losing his mother to a hate crime, speaking to reporters on the Charleston Southern baseball field on Thursday night. It’s remarkable that he was both able to be so…