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A lack of true aces on the board could make Tuesday a big day for the hitters in daily fantasy baseball. If you find the right value for pitchers and combine it with some big-time performers at the plate, you could be in for a nice showing on May 12.   Pitchers to Draft Jake Arrieta, Chicago Cubs ($8,600) Jeff Roberson/Associated Press Betting on a struggling pitcher represents a decent…

Now is the time when we bring up the old quote, “When you point one finger, there are three fingers pointing back at you.” The sentencing is in for Tom Brady and the Patriots, and it is as harsh as it gets: A four-game suspension for the quarterback, a league-record $1 million fine for the Patriots, the loss of a 2016 first-round pick, and the loss of a 2017 fourth-round…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester City are willing to offer Yaya Toure, Samir Nasri, Stevan Jovetic, Aleksandar Kolarov or Edin Dzeko in a deal for Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, 22. (Guardian)  Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling, 20, is putting his Merseyside house on the market and looking for property in London, provoking talk…

Abby Wambach’s nose was broken. Or maybe it wasn’t. “I don’t know,” the U.S. soccer star said Sunday afternoon. “I don’t want to know. I don’t care, honestly.” Upon hearing this, one of Wambach’s biggest fans could only shake her head and sigh. Broken nose? Nothing new. “I’ve seen a lot of those,” said Judy Wambach, Abby’s mom. And thus unfolded the best Mother’s Day soccer story ever — or…

FOX Sports 1 opens its annual 10 DAYS OF THUNDER Presented by Polaris programming block with a full calendar of racing from 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway and a selection of special original programs, including the anxiously awaited 100,000 CAMERAS: TALLADEGA. Highlighting the opening weekend on track, NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR RACE action gets started under the lights with the NASCAR SPRINT ALL-STAR SHOWDOWN on Friday, May 15 (7:00 PM ET), the last-chance qualifier…

Treasurer Joe Hockey has revealed the deficit will beat his own December forecast as well as “market expectations” to come in below $40bn. “Market expectations are for a budget deficit of around $40bn to $41bn, we’re going to beat that and we’re going to beat it every year,” Hockey said on Tuesday. In the 2014 budget, the deficit was forecast to be $29.8bn. It was revised to $40.4bn in the…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A Spanish court will decide whether soccer players can go ahead with their planned strike before the final two rounds of the season. The National Court said Monday it was summoning the Spanish league and the Spanish players’ union to ”hear arguments” on Wednesday before ruling on the league’s request that the strike be temporarily suspended. The union has the backing of the Spanish soccer federation…

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Abby Wambach’s nose was broken. Or maybe it wasn’t. “I don’t know,” the U.S. soccer star said Sunday afternoon. “I don’t want to know. I don’t care, honestly.” Upon hearing this, one of Wambach’s biggest fans could only shake her head and sigh. Broken nose? Nothing new. “I’ve seen a lot of those,” said Judy Wambach, Abby’s mom. And thus unfolded the best Mother’s Day soccer story ever — or…

Red Bull say they will pull out of Formula 1 if they cannot get a competitive engine or Audi do not join forces with the team. Red Bull are frustrated with partner Renault’s failure to master the hybrid engines introduced into F1 last year. Motorsport adviser Helmut Marko said Red Bull were interested in doing…

AP Photo By Karey Van Hall 5/11/15 8:51 AM EDT Updated 5/11/15 2:56 PM EDT Chris Christie racked up an $82,594 bill from the concessions operator at MetLife Stadium during the 2010 and 2011 football seasons, the New Jersey Watchdog reported on Monday as part of a broader look…

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has announced the 56 teams that will compete in the 2015 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship. • Regional Chart Six teams will compete at four regional sites and eight teams will compete at four regional sites. All regionals will use a double-elimination format. Forty conference champions qualified automatically. Winners of the eight regional tournaments will qualify…

What a difference a week makes for Alabama and Auburn. Auburn was streaking, having won three straight SEC series. Alabama was reeling, coming off being swept at home by Arkansas. But it was the Crimson Tide who put a late jolt into its season with a road sweep over Auburn. With one SEC weekend left, it’s looking better for Alabama’s chances to play in the SEC Tournament from May 19-24 at…

Rice veteran RHP Jordan Stephens (Rice Athletics) Podcast: Peterson, Fitt and Rogers | Chat: Ask Fitt and Rogers a question LSU maintained its stranglehold on the No. 1 spot in the D1Baseball Top 25 rankings after sweeping a series against Missouri and taking sole possession of first place in the SEC’s overall standings. ACC leader Louisville and Pac-12 leader UCLA remained No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, after winning showdown series against…

This past Saturday, the Ole Miss Rebel baseball team kept its postseason hopes alive by sweeping their series against the archrival Mississippi State Bulldogs. The Rebels, by what seemed to be a set of miracles, came from behind, erasing a five run deficit in the ninth inning (!) to tie the game and force extras. The Rebels got the win, 8-7, on a walkoff RBI single in the bottom of…

Jonathon Niese, SP, New York Mets (23.9 Percent Owned) James Paxton, SP, Seattle Mariners (12.8 Percent Owned) Jung-Ho Kang, SS, Pittsburgh Pirates (2.2 Percent Owned) Khris Davis, OF, Milwaukee Brewers (20.2 Percent Owned) Miguel Montero, C, Chicago Cubs (13.9 Percent Owned) Brandon Belt, 1B, San Francisco Giants (24.1 Percent Owned)  Eddie Rosario, OF, Minnesota Twins (0.3 Percent Owned) Yasmany Tomas, 3B/OF, Arizona Diamondbacks (20.3 Percent Owned) Yunel Escobar, 3B/SS, Washington…

For high-end, high-style SUV driving, the Range Rover has become the car to have. Everyone from celebrities to athletes to the British royal family has put the nameplate on the automotive fashion radar. But the Range Rover comes at a price: up to $100,000 or more. Now, a new downscale sibling gets a big helping of panache too: the new Land Rover Discovery Sport. Range Rover is actually part of…

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard played down the significance of a standing ovation given to him by Chelsea fans. The midfielder scored in a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Gerrard ‘would love’ Liverpool return “I was more happy with the ovation from the Liverpool fans,” said Gerrard. “Chelsea fans have had respect for…

To all those who think they want to go into sports law, here is some advice from an expert, Matt Mitten: “I tell the students, ‘Watching a sporting event is never the same.’” As the longtime director of the National Sports Law Institute at Marquette University Law School, Mitten has experience viewing games through a legal lens. He remains a fan — his office at Marquette is…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest We had two strikes against us: One for being black, and another for being Latino. — Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda Cepeda shared this reflection with me a number of years ago in recalling his playing days as baseball’s racial integration unfolded. Cepeda recalled numerous instances in which Americanos saw the Puerto Rican as just another black man when deciding to deny him services or…