Blog

To save articles or get newsletters, alerts or recommendations – all free. Don’t have an account yet?Create an account » Subscribed through iTunes and need an NYTimes.com account?Learn more »

Special Olympics New York president Neal Johnson announces that the Winter 2016 and 2017 Special Olympics will be held in the Hudson Valley at the Mid Hudson Civic Center on Wednesday.(Photo: Patrick Oehler/Poughkeepsie Journal) Winter of 2016 may be cold, but it will bring a heartwarming athletic event to the mid-Hudson Valley, along with thousands of visitors and a nice boost for local business. It’s a first for the region….

Post Contributor Badge This commenter is a Washington Post contributor. Post contributors aren’t staff, but may write articles or columns. In some cases, contributors are sources or experts quoted in a story. More about badges | Request a badge

(CNN)Grab some buddies. Stock up on the beer and pizza. And put fresh batteries in the remote. This Saturday is a sports fan’s dream — an all-you-can-watch TV buffet of big sporting events, from the NFL Draft to Red Sox-Yankees to the NBA and NHL playoffs to the Kentucky Derby to the long-anticipated Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight. Whew! It’s the greatest sports day of 2015 and arguably the most action-packed…

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been stripped of his title effective immediately and is suspended from the promotion indefinitely. UFC president Dana White made the announcement via “FOX Sports Live” on Tuesday night. Jones was arrested on Monday in Albuquerque on allegations of leaving the scene of an accident, which is a felony charge in New Mexico due to one of the drivers suffering a fractured wrist and…

The Baltimore Orioles played against the Chicago White Sox in an empty stadium today. The Orioles won, but no one was there to cheer. The head of Major League Baseball Robert D. Manfred decided this week that it would be safer for fans that the game proceed without spectators in the stands, and the game made history for being the first ever closed to the public. How did we…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Arsenal have banned the mother of promising midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 17, from the club’s training ground following suggestions that she hit a member of staff. (Daily Telegraph)  Paris St-Germain are prepared to pay £45m for Manchester United’s Argentina midfielder Angel Di Maria, 27, who cost £59.7m when he…

The most-anticipated fight of all time. The best-known horse race. The premier baseball rivalry. The NFL draft. And those are just the highlights. Super Saturday — perhaps a day unlike any other in the history of sport — awaits. Stock the refrigerator, replace the remote batteries, get the weekend errands done early, invite your friends, fire up that grill and if you’re very fortunate, confirm those flights. For the sports…

The 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year will be held in Belfast on Sunday, 20 December. An 8,000-capacity audience at the city’s Odyssey Arena is expected to attend the annual awards show. It will be the first time that Northern Ireland has hosted the event, which first went on the road in 2006. The programme will reflect on a packed year which includes…

Sports Direct publicly shames employees for ‘not working hard enough’ Punishes people for spending too long in the toilet or even for falling ill ‘Six strikes’ rule can see staff sacked for too many minor infringements Unite has dedicated hotline to help workers take action against bosses By Sam Creighton for the Daily Mail Published: 13:44 EST, 29 April 2015 | Updated: 01:05 EST, 30 April 2015 655 View comments…

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Florida’s Billy Donovan have started discussing the framework of a contract to bring the two-time national championship coach to the NBA, league sources told Yahoo Sports. View photo . The Thunder are hoping to persuade Billy Donovan to wave bye to college hoops. (AP) There’s confidence on both sides that a deal can be reached, but none is yet in place, sources told Yahoo Sports….

This should have been a Bill Veeck stunt, the idea of an owner with the imagination of a stoned college freshman. What if they played a baseball game in front of no one, man? It should have been a stunt, a lark, something to break up the tedium of the 162-game season. It was not. Orioles announcer Gary Thorne quickly brought some gravity. This is one of…

The Baltimore Orioles played against the Chicago White Sox in an empty stadium today. The Orioles won, but no one was there to cheer. The head of Major League Baseball Robert D. Manfred decided this week that it would be safer for fans that the game proceed without spectators in the stands, and the game made history for being the first ever closed to the public. How did we…

As the Baltimore Orioles took the field Wednesday in front of empty stands at Camden Yards, they also took a dubious distinction away from the Worcester Worcesters, a long-defunct franchise that for 133 years held the title for lowest paid attendance at a major league game. It’s not that the Orioles couldn’t sell tickets for their tilt against the Chicago White Sox. The team decided that the game shouldn’t draw…

Illinois LHP Kevin Duchene (Illinois) Want more than $24 savings on an Annual Subscription at D1Baseball.com? If so, use the coupon code “april2015″, and Click Here. More Projections Coverage: • PREMIUM: NCAA Tournament Stock Report, Week 12 • Podcast: Breaking down national seeds, hosts • Podcast: Breaking down at-large bids, automatic bids  

After three games of offensive gluttony to open the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference baseball tournament, one pitcher decided to settle things down — Millersville sophomore Brandon Miller. Miller fired a two-hit shutout with a career-high 12 strikeouts Wednesday night to lead the Marauders past California (Pa.) 8-0 in an opening-round game at Kelly Automotive Park in Butler. Armed with a 90-mph fastball, the 6-4, 195-pound right-hander from Ephrata took a no-hitter…

As the Baltimore Orioles took the field Wednesday in front of empty stands at Camden Yards, they also took a dubious distinction away from the Worcester Worcesters, a long-defunct franchise that for 133 years held the title for lowest paid attendance at a major league game. It’s not that the Orioles couldn’t sell tickets for their tilt against the Chicago White Sox. The team decided that the game shouldn’t draw…

i Baltimore Orioles pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez delivers a pitch against the Chicago White Sox in the first inning of a baseball game without fans on Wednesday in Baltimore. Gail Burton /AP hide caption itoggle caption Gail Burton /AP Baltimore Orioles pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez delivers a pitch against the Chicago White Sox in the first inning of a baseball game without fans on Wednesday in Baltimore. Gail Burton /AP History was…

By Michael Salfino Pittsburgh Pirates’ Gerrit Cole is a good Wednesday fantasy play against the Cubs, a team that strikes out a lot. Associated Press The Methodology: As hard as it is to project a player’s performance in any given season, projecting his performance on any single day is even more difficult. Daily fantasy baseball is all about trying to maximize each day’s matchups using historic batter vs. pitcher performance, platoon advantages…

Florida State All-American D.J. Stewart leads Florida State in batting average, home runs, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. He also leads the nation in walks with 51.(Photo: Joe Rondone/Democrat) He’s 46 games into the 2015 season. His team has won 33 times. And is coming off a weekend in which it took two out of three games at Miami — to go along with a series win over fellow in-state…