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Rubber games on Sunday will decide not only several series across the MLB, but also the fate of DraftKings owners everywhere. With 15 games set for Sunday, picking out the best MLB position players can be tough to manage. Before the first pitch is thrown, take a look at these picks for MLB position players and lock them into your lineup.   Catcher: Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants ($4,300) Joe…

Last week, Dodge announced a new version of its Viper sports car. The Viper ACR—for American Club Racer—is the best, strongest, fastest version of a machine that is already insanely, impractically capable. And it is a throwback—the last of a kind—to the way every fast car used to be. The Viper is to automobiles as a nine-pound sledge is to carpentry: too large and brutal for the job, but ridiculously entertaining to wield. It is…

Yesterday marked the running of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown.  While all eyes in the horse racing world will now shift to the Belmont Stakes and undoubtedly focus on American Pharoah as the horse attempts to win the final leg of horse racing’s biggest prize, a less heralded series of horse-related events recently wrapped up its early 2015 schedule.  The sport is polo, and it…

The Kentucky Derby’s Big Three rolled into Maryland for the 140th Preakness Stakes on Saturday. And while the skies didn’t comply, with wind and heavy rain soaking Pimlico Race Course shortly before post time, Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah had little trouble routing the field by seven lengths. American Pharoah will now head to the Belmont Stakes on June 6, where he could become now the first Triple Crown winner…

England should not touch Kevin Pietersen “with a bargepole”, says former cricket boss Lord MacLaurin. New England and Wales Cricket Board director of cricket Andrew Strauss has told Pietersen he will not be selected this summer because of “trust issues” . Former ECB chairman MacLaurin backed the move, saying: “He’s an absolute maverick, he’s just not a team player.” However, Australia captain…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Chelsea are planning a shock move for Manchester City’s 29-year-old striker Edin Dzeko, with City ready to listen to offers. (Sunday Mirror)  Meanwhile, the Stamford Bridge club’s manager Jose Mourinho is also interested in Manchester City’s unsettled midfielder Yaya Toure, 32. (Sunday Express)  The…

0 Shares Print There are no points on the line, but $1 million helps make sure the Sprint Cup set goes all out for the All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson have been dominant at the 1.5-mile tracks this season, but the short All-Star format may see a new front-runner. There will be plenty of drama Saturday night as the series spends its first of…

In less than a decade, Iowa Speedway has established itself as one of the most important tracks for young NASCAR drivers. So, is it poised to make the leap to the Sprint Cup series like so many of the racers who’ve passed through its gates? Not yet. But officials at the NASCAR-owned track are more open to the possibility than they used to be. The idea of Iowa as a…

The University of Nebraska Athletics Department is deeply saddened to confirm that Assistant Soccer Coach Peter Underwood was tragically killed in a car accident on Saturday, May 16, 2015, while on a recruiting trip near Atlantic, Iowa. Underwood just completed his fourth season with the Nebraska women’s soccer program, serving the last two as a full-time coach and the previous two as a volunteer assistant. Underwood helped the Huskers to…

Denny Hamlin and the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing crew celebrate after winning the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.(Photo: Randy Sartin, USA TODAY Sports) CONCORD, N.C. — Keeping track of all the results and action from Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway: SEGMENT 5: Denny Hamlin won the 10-lap shootout, leading every lap from the restart after the field made a mandatory pit…

The field is set for the SEC Tournament, to be played at the Hoover Met from May 19-24. The first day is single elimination. On May 20, it goes to double elimination and goes back to single elimination for the semifinals on May 23. LSU, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M and Florida have first-round byes and move to the double-elimination rounds. Georgia and Mississippi State didn’t make the field this year. Check out…

B1G HIGHLIGHT – Get to know Illinois closer Tyler Jay who has become a dominant reliever in college baseball and how his father helped him become the pitcher he is today. The Big Ten released the 2015 Big Ten Baseball Tournament bracket on Saturday, with Illinois securing the top seed after winning the program’s 30th Big Ten title. The Fighting Illini claimed the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten…

0 Shares Print Baseball rain delays are the worst … unless you’re a fan of dancing grounds crew members, players frolicking in the rain or this: 2015 #FunBelt Rock-Paper-Scissors Champions #GeauxCajuns #AAIT pic.twitter.com/r662j9KRKI — Cajuns Baseball (@CajunsBaseball) May 16, 2015 That’s the Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe baseball teams engaging in an exhilarating game of rock, paper, scissors during a rain delay Friday night. ULL grabbed the win, then celebrated as if…

Mike Fox didn’t know what to tell his North Carolina baseball team on Saturday after this, its sixth consecutive defeat in conference play, and he didn’t know how to say it or even when. “They’ve got all their families out there waiting,” he said after UNC endured an 8-2 defeat against Virginia on senior day in the Tar Heels’ regular-season finale. “It’s not really good to talk after this.” The…

Alabama and Vanderbilt conclude the regular season at 3:30 p.m. The game is on the SEC Network. Georgia’s loss to Arkansas means Alabama is officially in the SEC Tournament regardless of how this game goes. A win should make Alabama the 11 seed and a loss would make Alabama the 12 seed. Pitching matchups are Geoffrey Bramblett (7-3, 4.18) for Alabama and Walker Buehler (3-1, 3.14) for Vanderbilt. FINAL Alabama…

An 8-5 loss to No. 3 Louisville, after fighting back from four runs down, was not how N.C. State wanted to end the regular season on Saturday. There was something to be gained in defeat and to be carried into this week’s ACC Championship, Wolfpack senior Jake Fincher said. “Our a whole team is pretty confident we can make a run, and playing up to Louisville this weekend will help…

As Florida State wraps up the regular season against Clemson and embarks on the ACC Tournament and into the regionals (and possibly further), Tomahawk Nation will be providing you with a little something different when it comes to post-game content. Saturday 3 up — With the end of the regular season, it is worth taking a look back at our preseason expectations for this season article…

While 20 drivers are itching to strap in their cars and go to battle for the $1 million winner’s purse in Saturday night’s Sprint All-Star Race, 25 others who showed up at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday failed to make the main event. At least a few of the names are familiar ones, too. Among those unable to win the Sprint Fan Vote or earn one of the two transfer…

USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Gluck previews the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.

Canada reached the World Hockey Championship gold-medal game for the first time since 2009 by beating host Czech Republic 2-0 in a semifinal in Prague on Saturday. Edmonton Oilers forward Taylor Hall scored in the first period, and Dallas Stars forward Jason Spezza tallied in the second among 41 total Canadian shots. Arizona Coyotes goalie Mike Smith stopped all 23 Czech shots. Canada, the two-time reigning Olympic champion, will play the winner of the later U.S.-Russia semifinal…