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The Houston Astros selected Chris Murphy in the 24th round of the Major League Baseball draft. The St. Mark’s graduate still has a semester remaining to complete his degree at Millersville University. Story Highlights Chad Martin, a redshirt sophomore at the University of Delaware, was selected by the New York Yankees in the 30th round Right-hander Jason Bilous was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 29th round (882nd…

Baseball’s draft concluded on Wednesday with the now traditional “nepotism phase” in which teams select players related to some VIPs within the organization. The Phillies chose Andrew Amaro, the nephew of general manager Ruben Amaro, in the 35th round, after selecting him in 2011. The Angels picked Jonah DiPoto, son of general manager Jerry DiPoto, in the 38th round. And the White Sox chose Joseph Reinsdorf, grandson of Chairman Jerry…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has been promised a blank cheque with which to transform the club into one capable of ruling Europe. (Sun- subscription required)  Pellegrini wants to sign Juventus’ France midfielder Paul Pogba, 22, and Liverpool’s England forward Raheem Sterling, 20, in the summer. (Daily…

By AppleInsider Staff Thursday, June 11, 2015, 06:08 am PT (09:08 am ET) With Siri replacing Spotlight in iOS 9, Apple’s personal digital assistant received a new brain that lets her retrieve information sports and weather, find photos, look inside apps, and more. Sports and weather have previously been available via Spotlight and Siri, but iOS 9 expands their usefulness. Entering just the name of a baseball team is enough…

Five years ago this week, college athletics lost its mind. Or at least it seemed that way in the moment. On June 10, 2010, Colorado left the Big 12 for the Pac-12 and Boise State joined the Mountain West. The next day, Nebraska officially accepted a Big Ten invitation. And all the while, the entire industry waited for one school, Texas, to decide whether it would follow through on a…

Minnesota Twins outfielder Torii Hunter erupted in anger Wednesday, scattering his gear across the baseball field after being ejected. Hunter, batting in the eighth inning of Minnesota’s 7-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals, became incensed after he was called out on strikes by umpire Mark Ripperger. Hunter thought Luke Hochevar’s pitch was outside, and later replays appeared to support Hunter’s assessment. As soon as the strikeout was recorded, Hunter…

Travelpix Ltd—Getty Images Boston’s Faneuil hall, cafes and Quincy market. Half of Massachusetts doesn’t want to host. In early 2015, not long after Boston was selected as the U.S. Olympic Committee’s bid to potentially host the 2024 summer games, a poll indicated that locals were kind of meh about the prospect. In a survey by Boston NPR station WBUR, nearly half (48%) of Bostonians said they were “excited” about the…

Travelpix Ltd—Getty Images Boston’s Faneuil hall, cafes and Quincy market. Half of Massachusetts doesn’t want to host. In early 2015, not long after Boston was selected as the U.S. Olympic Committee’s bid to potentially host the 2024 summer games, a poll indicated that locals were kind of meh about the prospect. In a survey by Boston NPR station WBUR, nearly half (48%) of Bostonians said they were “excited” about the…

Travelpix Ltd—Getty Images Boston’s Faneuil hall, cafes and Quincy market. Half of Massachusetts doesn’t want to host. In early 2015, not long after Boston was selected as the U.S. Olympic Committee’s bid to potentially host the 2024 summer games, a poll indicated that locals were kind of meh about the prospect. In a survey by Boston NPR station WBUR, nearly half (48%) of Bostonians said they were “excited” about the…

The U.S. men’s soccer team defeated the current World Cup champions on Wednesday, with a 2-1 victory over Germany in a thrilling non-competitive match. Although Germany scored first after just 12 minutes, Sports Illustrated reports, U.S. midfielder Mix Diskerud tied the game in the 41st minute. With three minutes left in the match, substitute Bobby Wood hammered home a late winner. The come-from-behind victory against FIFA’s top-ranking national squad comes…

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Members of the French team celebrate a goal during their World Cup match against England, on Tuesday, in Canada. Credit Photograph by Steve Bardens/FIFA via Getty “We have everything to prove,” Brigitte Henriques, the secretary-general of the French Football Federation (F.F.F.), said recently of France’s quest at the World Cup in Canada. They even have a hashtag, #objectifcanada. This year’s favorites are a familiar bunch: the United States; Japan, the…

Xplode Fight Series (XFS) is back in the news this week, after a video surfaced on Tuesday that showed a fat “soccer mom” getting destroyed by a trained fighter. While XFS operates under the guise of mixed martial arts (MMA), this is about one notch above (or below, depending on geography) an underground smoker. Bloody Elbow provides some background on the organization: Xplode Fight Series, a…

Hundreds of demonstrators descended in McKinney, Texas on Monday — just two days after a video that captured a police officer’s use of force against a black, female teenager went viral. Elroy Johnson, a 25-year-old teacher who grew up in the neighborhood, told The Huffington Post that he couldn’t recall the last time he witnessed a protest that large in his town. The crowd gathered near the Craig Ranch Community…

Keith Olbermann called for Hope Solo’s immediate suspension Tuesday, two days after details from Solo’s 2014 arrest on suspicion of domestic violence charges were made public in an ESPN report. lRelated Sports Now U.S. coach, teammates back Hope Solo after ESPN reports See all related The ESPN pundit also said U.S. women’s national team coach Jill Ellis and U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati should be fired over their handling of Solo’s domestic violence…

Xplode Fight Series (XFS) is back in the news this week, after a video surfaced on Tuesday that showed a fat “soccer mom” getting destroyed by a trained fighter. While XFS operates under the guise of mixed martial arts (MMA), this is about one notch above (or below, depending on geography) an underground smoker. Bloody Elbow provides some background on the organization: Xplode Fight Series, a…

Bobby Wood of the United States watches as he scores in the second half to beat Germany in an international friendly on June 10, 2015.(Photo: Alexander Hassenstein, Bongarts/Getty Images) COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — For the second time in six days, Bobby Wood scored a late goal to give the United States its first victory at a European soccer power. The 22-year-old from Hawaii scored in the 87th minute Wednesday night, lifting…

NASCAR confirmed Wednesday that Jimmie Johnson‘s team received a warning for needing more than three attempts at prerace inspection three times last weekend at Pocono Raceway. Sam Hornish Jr.‘s team also was warned for prerace inspection at Pocono. The teams of Danica Patrick and David Gilliland received warnings for failing pre-qualifying inspection too many times at Pocono. This marks the fourth warning for Johnson’s team this year, starting at Atlanta for heat shields – similar…

Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) division sounds very much like a clandestine organization secretly engineering skunkwork projects that would make the SR71 Blackbird look quaint in comparison. What has in fact emerged from the workshop is the Range Rover Sport SVR: a vehicle with “overt stealth,” smuggling a brash powerhouse under the guise of the brand’s flagship luxury SUV. Packed with a supercharged 5.0-liter V8, the result is…