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Denny Hamlin was the deserving winner of NASCAR’s All-Star Race Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. When he needed a great restart he executed. As did his pit crew, the best in the game, who propelled their driver to victory by getting him off pit road first when it mattered the most. What Hamlin didn’t have was the best car. That honor belonged either to Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Kevin…

One appreciates that it would be good business for everyone if Gerrard had a good match and scored a goal in his last Anfield game: it’s a simple, lovely story that even a child could grasp. However, that does not mean that everyone watching on the box has a reading age of six. When Crystal Palace, thoughtlessly and selfishly, went in at the interval on level terms, Jones was getting…

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. –  As an Air Force crew chief in Afghanistan and Iraq, part of Sgt. Tim McDonough’s dangerous mission was recovering the remains of soldiers killed in combat. An explosion in Afghanistan in 2005 changed his life. He suffered a brain injury and nine surgeries later, McDonough has seizures, limited range of motion and host of other medical problems. Even worse, he lost the camaraderie he…

View photo . Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre fires the opening pitch prior to a pre-season exhibition baseball game game between … Montreal mayor Denis Coderre is set to meet with Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred at the end of the month. Among the topics they’ll discuss will be baseball’s return to the province, according to the Canadian Press.  “We will show Mr. Manfred our love for the sport,” Coderre said…

One appreciates that it would be good business for everyone if Gerrard had a good match and scored a goal in his last Anfield game: it’s a simple, lovely story that even a child could grasp. However, that does not mean that everyone watching on the box has a reading age of six. When Crystal Palace, thoughtlessly and selfishly, went in at the interval on level terms, Jones was getting…

Buy Photo Louisville Cardinals head baseball coach Dan McDonnell shakes hands with Cardinals center fielder Mike White as the team’s seniors were introduced to the audience prior to the start of the game. 10 May 2015(Photo: David R. Lutman/Special to The CJ)Buy Photo After finishing off the regular season with the most league wins ever by an Atlantic Coast Conference team, the University of Louisville will be headed this week to…

LOS ANGELES — The fourth-ranked UCLA baseball team earned at least a share of the Pac-12 Conference title as the Bruins polished off a three-game sweep of Arizona with a 5-2 victory Sunday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Trailing for the first time in the series, UCLA erased a 2-0 deficit with a four-run fifth inning and then relied on sturdy bullpen to shut down the Wildcats the rest of…

Seeds and game times for the 2015 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship May 20-24 at ONEOK Field in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have been set. By virtue of its regular season crown, TCU claimed the top seed and will highlight division one of the championship bracket, playing eighth-seeded Baylor in the matinee matchup on Wednesday, May 20, at 12:30 p.m. CT. In the first game of the session on opening…

I understand the chance to catch a home run ball at a baseball game doesn’t come along all that often, but this is ridiculous: Wow what a classy @Phillies fan. Someone get that lady a ball. #jerk pic.twitter.com/238MO4SbdQ — Tara Ulrich (@Taraulrich1) May 17, 2015 S/O to that big tough guy and his new baseball! UPDATE: The Fox Sports team covering the game…

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To pay former manager Ozzie Guillen for the final year of his four-year, $10 million contract. To pay former general manager Larry Beinfest and special assistant Jim Fleming, both of whom also are signed through ’15. And to pay their latest former manager, Mike Redmond, whom they dismissed Sunday after awarding him an extension last September through 2017. The actions of Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria are dubious enough from a…

A typical Xfinity Series race turned atypical in Sunday’s 3M 250 at Iowa Speedway. JJ Yeley and Brennan Poole made contact with each other early in the race (Lap 11, with caution lasting through Lap 15). Poole suffered significant damage and took his car to the pits for damage repair. Then, more than 100 laps later on Lap 153, Poole made his second contact of the race with Yeley in…

NASCAR is reviewing a possible infraction by a crew member of Jimmie Johnson‘s No. 48 team during Saturday night’s Sprint All-Star race. NASCAR stated the possible infraction relates to modifying the side skirt of Johnson’s car. Manipulation of side skirts was outlawed by NASCAR prior to the start of this season. Johnson, who has won the All-Star Race a record four times, started Saturday’s event 12th and finished 15th in the…

(Credit: Getty Images / Martin Rose) PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC – MAY 17: Connor Hellebuyck, goaltender of USA tends nets against Czecg Republic during the IIHF World Championship bronze medal match between Crech Republic and USA at O2 Arena on May 17, 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. (Photo by Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images)

SANTA CLARA — Jennifer Campbell was all smiles late Saturday afternoon. A two-time section champion before the meet, the Cal-bound swimmer from Gunn added to an already terrific high school resume. In her final Central Coast Section swimming and diving championships, Campbell pulled away from the pack to three-peat in the 200-yard freestyle and then dethroned defending champ Sandra Soe of Pioneer to win the 500 free. Campbell won the…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest When is the Big 12 Baseball Tournament? What is the TV schedule? The 2015 Big 12 Baseball Tournament will be held from Wednesday, May 20 until Sunday, May 24 at at Oneok Field in Tulsa, Okla. Preston Morrison (Courtesy of TCU) MLB DRAFT 2015: Mock draft The tournament features an eight-team field and has a double-elimination format will end with the championship game on Sunday…

Week seven of the Fantasy Baseball season begins Monday May the 18th. We have much to cover this week so let’s get started! Inter League Matchups for Week Seven Milwaukee Brewers at the Detroit Tigers (Monday-Wednesday) Cincinnati Reds at the Kansas City Royals (Tuesday-Wednesday) Minnesota Twins at the Pittsburgh Pirates (Tuesday-Wednesday) New York Yankees at the Washington Nationals (Tuesday-Wednesday) Tampa Bay Rays…

Well, it’s that time again, and by that time, of course, we mean: It’s time for the NBA to fix the draft lottery so it can rescue the Knicks from themselves again!!!! Hey, it’s been 30 long years since they did it the last time, right? Nothing used to drive David Stern battier than the theory that somehow the very first draft lottery in 1985 was preordained so the Knicks,…

Andrew Snow, pictured on April 26, 2015, had the game-winning hit for Arizona State on Saturday, May 16, 2015, against Washington State.(Photo: Jessie Wardarski /azcentral sports) Arizona State baseball did its best to put away Washington State early in a series-deciding finale Saturday night against light-hitting Washington State. But nothing comes easy for No. 18 ASU, which squandered a 4-0 lead at Phoenix Municipal Stadium and needed an 11th-inning walk-off…