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U.S. Coach Jill Ellis (By Rick Bowmer — Associated Press) Starting with Coach Jill Ellis, the U.S. Women’s World Cup squad will have a distinctive mid-Atlantic flavor. Six weeks before the roster deadline, the British-born but Virginia-raised Ellis on Tuesday settled on her 23-player team that will head to Canada this summer in pursuit of its first global title since 1999. The squad includes two members of the Washington Spirit…

Jose Reyes is 9 for 20 vs. Rays starter Chris Archer. (Getty) There will be days like this. With a limited schedule in the Major Leagues on Thursday, the options for your FanDuel fantasy lineup are also, obviously, smaller than usual. And my lineup below is for night games only and there are just 4 of those on the docket. So I needed to make a 9-player fantasy roster from…

Retired New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter apparently has no regrets about walking away from Major League Baseball after an accomplished career that spanned 20 seasons.  FoxSports.com’s Jimmy Traina relayed what Jeter had to say during a radio interview Wednesday about his lack of desire to play and his ambivalence toward what’s gone on at the dawn of the 2015 MLB campaign: Derek Jeter on @siriusxm just now…

ENLARGE The cycling world, for the most part, would prefer to forget the 1990s—doping allegations, stripped titles, a generally bad scene. But over the past year, the sport has managed to salvage at least one trend: the one-hour record. It is the excruciating exercise of riding as far as you can for 60 minutes. And since a significant change to the regulations governing it last May, this archaic mark is…

Last SlideNext Slide The “Athena Shield” will be Army athletics’ primary logo.(Photo: Army Athletics) WEST POINT — “Black Knights” stays, but the Black Knight goes when it comes to Army athletics. Make that “Army West Point” athletics. Both moves are part of a rebranding effort announced here Monday night at Eisenhower Hall in a ceremony that was part press conference, part laser show (complete with fog machines) and part “Project…

NEWS Morris scores in 1st US start in 2-0 win over Mexico SAN ANTONIO – A bitter showdown between rivals kicked off Wednesday at the Alamodome, as the men’s national soccer teams from the U.S. and Mexico brought fans packing in from all over both countries. RELATED CONTENT KSAT employees get into soccer spirit Fans from all over in SA for big soccer game Fans flood River Walk for big…

ENLARGE The cycling world, for the most part, would prefer to forget the 1990s—doping allegations, stripped titles, a generally bad scene. But over the past year, the sport has managed to salvage at least one trend: the one-hour record. It is the excruciating exercise of riding as far as you can for 60 minutes. And since a significant change to the regulations governing it last May, this archaic mark is…

Matt York—AP Michael Phelps during a practice session in Mesa, Ariz. on April 15, 2015. The swimmer’s 6-month-long suspension for DUI arrest ended on April 6 Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps said Wednesday that he will try to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, according to ESPN’s Wayne Drehs. It is the first time Phelps has publicly committed to trying for the 2016 Games. One year…

Buy Photo Vanderbilt has lost four of its past five games for its worst stretch since 2012. But coach Tim Corbin and players say they are not panicking heading to a series at South Carolina.(Photo: George Walker IV / The Tennessean)Buy Photo Vanderbilt believes what’s ailing its baseball team can be healed in an instant. The No. 5 Commodores (28-10, 11-4 SEC) have lost four of their last five, including…

View photo . (AP Photo) For 20 years, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter played arguably the most important position for arguably the most popular baseball franchise. During that period, Jeter won multiple championships, appeared in various commercials and was generally accepted as the face of Major League Baseball. [Yahoo Sports Fantasy Baseball: Sign up and join a league today!] Now that he’s retired, it would be reasonable to think…

Last SlideNext Slide The “Athena Shield” will be Army athletics’ primary logo.(Photo: Army Athletics) WEST POINT — “Black Knights” stays, but the Black Knight goes when it comes to Army athletics. Make that “Army West Point” athletics. Both moves are part of a rebranding effort announced here Monday night at Eisenhower Hall in a ceremony that was part press conference, part laser show (complete with fog machines) and part “Project…

Having been a race fan all my life plus having raced in NASCAR for 30 years and now having been in the TV booth for the last fifteen years gives me a unique perspective on our sport. With seven races in the books, I have to say I like a lot of things NASCAR has done recently. They have gone back and reevaluated a lot of the rules. They’ve either…

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ENLARGE The cycling world, for the most part, would prefer to forget the 1990s—doping allegations, stripped titles, a generally bad scene. But over the past year, the sport has managed to salvage at least one trend: the one-hour record. It is the excruciating exercise of riding as far as you can for 60 minutes. And since a significant change to the regulations governing it last May, this archaic mark is…

Kyle Busch said there’s no timeframe for returning to NASCAR after breaking his right leg and fracturing his left foot in a Feb. 21 crash at Daytona International Speedway. But he hopes to be back in his No. 18 Toyota when the Sprint Cup circuit returns to Daytona for the July 4 holiday weekend. “First and foremost, I’ve got to please my doctors, and they say my recovery is going…

0 Shares Print The 2015 seasonal sample remains small, but as is often the case this early in a season, it’s the pitchers who have first begun to shake up the fantasy baseball rankings. The rationale is simple: Pitcher playing time pales in comparison to that of hitters. An everyday hitter will come to the plate 600-plus times in a year, while a full-time rotation member might not pitch much…

Starting pitcher projected Game Scores for April 16 2014 Statistics 2015 Statistics GS Team Name T Opp W-L ERA WHIP W-L ERA WHIP 68 Madison Bumgarner L Ari 18-10 2.98 1.09 1-1 5.40 1.70 64 Cole Hamels L @Wsh 9-9 2.46 1.15 0-1 3.75 1.00 62 Mike Fiers R @StL 6-5 2.13 0.88 0-1 9.00 1.60 54 Doug Fister R Phi 16-6 2.41 1.08 0-0 0.00 1.11 50 Chris Archer…

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D Dipasupil— Getty Images MLB Ambassador for Inclusion Billy Bean speaks onstage at the 7th Annual PFLAG National Straight For Equality Awards Gala at The New York Marriott Marquis in New York on March 30, 2015. Billy Bean is a former professional baseball player, the Major League Baseball inclusion ambassador, and the author of “Going the Other Way.” Baseball is finally ready to have a conversation about acceptance Today marks…

Last SlideNext Slide The “Athena Shield” will be Army athletics’ primary logo.(Photo: Army Athletics) WEST POINT — “Black Knights” stays, but the Black Knight goes when it comes to Army athletics. Make that “Army West Point” athletics. Both moves are part of a rebranding effort announced here Monday night at Eisenhower Hall in a ceremony that was part press conference, part laser show (complete with fog machines) and part “Project…