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facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest When we’re not at the game, we’re watching on TV, and broadcasters shape the way we see baseball. Sporting News reviewed local and regional booths last season. This year, we’re looking at national broadcast teams. We start off the new season with ESPN’s ‘”Sunday Night Baseball.“ Dan Shulman is the play-by-play man, with analysts John Kruk and Curt Schilling by his side for the Red…

Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas (Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports) Head-to-head baseball requires winning categories each week. Certain positions are more prone to giving owners numbers in specific categories than others. For example, projections have the top 10 players at first base racking up 24 percent of the home runs compared with the top 10 at other positions. Players at shortstop and second base produce up 53 percent of the steals. Owners need…

Making the trip to a Twins game this year? You probably won’t be seeing one of the best teams in baseball, but according to a company that tracks ticket prices, you’ll be seeing one of the more expensive. Team Marketing Report, an Illinois-based sports-business research company, lists the Twins as the eighth-most expensive ticket in baseball this year, with an average price of $32.59. There’s little correlation between cost and…

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AP Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson says he’s still considering playing baseball — and not just for a cameo appearance in spring training. Wilson told Bryant Gumbel of HBO that it’s still his dream to be a two-sport athlete. “You never want to kill the dream of playing two sports,” Wilson said. “I would honestly play two sports.” Asked what’s stopping him, Wilson said, “I don’t know. I may push the…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Monday’s Daily Express Inter Milan’s former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is set to try to sign three players from his old club in the summer, with midfielders Samir Nasri, 27, Yaya Toure, 31, and James Milner, 29, on his wanted list. (Daily Mail)  …

Freddie Freeman has a good matchup vs. Miami’s Mat Latos on Monday. (Getty) Monday includes an afternoon-heavy schedule of games in the major leagues. Six of the 14 games begin during the day, so if you are interested in playing a FanDuel contest which includes all of the games on the MLB schedule, you’ll have to set your lineup early. The first MLB games start at 1:05 p.m. Eastern. The…

Fishers officials are considering a significant incentives package for the recreational sports center, including a 10-year tax abatement valued at $2 million annually.(Photo: Provided by Fishers.) GK Sports and Entertainment proposes to build a $76.4 million recreational sports center with a massive fieldhouse and a 6,000-seat arena in Fishers, city officials have told The Indianapolis Star. The Indianapolis-based company would own and operate the facility, but Fishers would have to…

By AppleInsider Staff Sunday, April 12, 2015, 09:42 pm PT (12:42 am ET) Initial Apple Watch numbers are trickling in and among the first to report was research firm Slice Intelligence, which estimates nearly one million customers in the U.S. preordered the device on Friday. Compiling data from a panel of two million online shoppers, Slice Intelligence said 957,000 U.S. customers preordered Apple Watch on its first day of availability….

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Now that was a cool win by a 21-year-old kid who has class and character and an awfully good golf game. Not to mention that Jordan Spieth’s victory was a perfect way to cap off a very satisfying Masters week. There are some majors that fulfill through the virtue of tense, competitive action that’s traded back and forth down the stretch. This one registered itself very differently, in a doubly…

Jimmie Johnson vs. Kevin Harvick doesn’t meet any definition as the cantankerous and combustible sort of rivalry upon which NASCAR was built. The past two champions of the Sprint Cup Series and the two best drivers on the circuit this season essentially are de-facto teammates who compete under different banners. The Chevys that carried Harvick to the 2014 title feature the same chassis and engines produced by Hendrick Motorsports that…

This photo of hockey legend Lester Patrick and his two sons hangs in the Nashville homes of Christine Castillo and Gar Vallone.(Photo: Submitted) Two people who had never met, living just miles apart in the same city, had the same family photo hanging in their homes. And this wasn’t just any old photo. The black and white picture, one creased and rippled with age, showed legend Lester Patrick flanked by…

Photo: Delano family handout The New York sportswriting community lost a heralded and beloved member of its fraternity on Easter Sunday when longtime Post hockey writer and columnist Hugh Delano passed away at the age of 81 following a long illness. Delano covered a wide range of sports in his long career, which included 21 years at The Post from 1972-93, but is best remembered for his time on the…

Now that was a cool win by a 21-year-old kid who has class and character and an awfully good golf game. Not to mention that Jordan Spieth’s victory was a perfect way to cap off a very satisfying Masters week. There are some majors that fulfill through the virtue of tense, competitive action that’s traded back and forth down the stretch. This one registered itself very differently, in a doubly…

Ryan Williamson wanted to get one win for N.C. State before leaving Chapel Hill. The Wolfpack sophomore pitcher made sure North Carolina didn’t complete the series sweep on Sunday. N.C. State cobbled together a 6-3 win over the Tar Heels with the relief help of Williamson and some timely hitting at the top of the order. “Everybody contributed in a certain way,” Williamson said. “It was a team win.” Williamson…

AP Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson says he’s still considering playing baseball — and not just for a cameo appearance in spring training. Wilson told Bryant Gumbel of HBO that it’s still his dream to be a two-sport athlete. “You never want to kill the dream of playing two sports,” Wilson said. “I would honestly play two sports.” Asked what’s stopping him, Wilson said, “I don’t know. I may push the…

Updated April 13, 2015 12:06:33 Photo: The report found the television coverage of women’s sport had fallen in the last decade. (Getty Images: Rob Jefferies) Women feature in only 7 per cent of sports programming in Australia, representing a backwards step compared to a decade ago and highlighting a significant gender gap in a country where sport is king, a new report shows. The Towards a Level Playing…

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