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Courtesy: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A legend is defined as a person who has become famous as the result of a unique characteristic or skill. John J. Adams of Cleveland, Ohio, has become a legend in the realm of major league baseball and is arguably the most dedicated fan ever. Starting in 1973, at the age of 21, John began consistently attending home games for the major league Cleveland Indians baseball team….

“Never underestimate a vegan hippie chick with a race car,” says Leilani Münter in a new video by The Atlantic. Münter, who drove the first-ever vegan-themed race car in the world, is gunning for a future in which NASCAR runs on 100 percent renewable energy. In the video, she challenges NASCAR stereotypes and explains why the sports world needs more activists.

Courtesy: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A legend is defined as a person who has become famous as the result of a unique characteristic or skill. John J. Adams of Cleveland, Ohio, has become a legend in the realm of major league baseball and is arguably the most dedicated fan ever. Starting in 1973, at the age of 21, John began consistently attending home games for the major league Cleveland Indians baseball team….

Altuve’s all-around skills have made him, in the words of Astros Manager A. J. Hinch, the game’s perfect player. This season, he led the majors in hitting at .346 while delivering 24 homers, 32 stolen bases and his usual stellar defense at second base. Teammates and opponents marvel at his uncanny ability to strike any pitch, anywhere, with the barrel of the bat. “He hit .500 for a whole month…

TRENTON — In an interview set to air Tuesday night on HBO, Gov. Chris Christie calls the nation’s top sports leagues hypocrites for opposing legal sports betting at the same time Las Vegas is becoming the home to professional hockey and football teams. “The hypocrisy is just so overwhelming,” Christie told “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” in an episode about the state of legal sports betting in America, which will be broadcast…

x Embed x Share CLOSE Actor Robert Guillaume passed away Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 89 from prostate cancer. Wochit-All Robert Guillaume played Isaac Jaffe in Aaron Sorkin’s first TV series ‘Sports Night.’(Photo: George Lange,ABC) Emmy and Grammy-winning actor Robert Guillaume died Tuesday at age 89. His representative, Laura Ackermann, confirmed the cause of death, at the Los Angeles home he shared with wife Donna Brown Guillaume, was…

Caption Close Sports Illustrated is looking pretty smart for this cover story back in 2014 that predicted the Astros would win the World Series in 2017. less Sports Illustrated is looking pretty smart for this cover story back in 2014 that predicted the Astros would win the World Series in 2017. … more Photo: Sports Illustrated MISSED ON THE OPPONENT The magazine said the Astros would sweep the Cubs in…

‘It’s something you’ve dreamed of since you were a little kid’: Astros’ Carlos Correa on playing in the World Series 15 mins ago

UK Sport may withhold the funding of British Para-Swimming’s performance director, Chris Furber, for his role in the bullying crisis which has rocked the organisation. For the first time in its history the funding body for Olympic and Paralympic sport would be going above the head of a national sport’s governing body in seeking to punish an individual member of staff with financial sanctions. The Guardian understands UK Sport, which…

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea—With the beginning of the Olympic torch relay, celebrations surrounding the 2018 Winter Olympics are now officially under way. But Pyeongchang has a Pyongyang problem. As unlikely as a military confrontation may be, the North Korean threat is overshadowing efforts to gin up excitement for a Winter Games local officials…

“Never underestimate a vegan hippie chick with a race car,” says Leilani Münter in a new video by The Atlantic. Münter, who drove the first-ever vegan-themed race car in the world, is gunning for a future in which NASCAR runs on 100 percent renewable energy. In the video, she challenges NASCAR stereotypes and explains why the sports world needs more activists.

Courtesy: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A legend is defined as a person who has become famous as the result of a unique characteristic or skill. John J. Adams of Cleveland, Ohio, has become a legend in the realm of major league baseball and is arguably the most dedicated fan ever. Starting in 1973, at the age of 21, John began consistently attending home games for the major league Cleveland Indians baseball team….

Seeking to rekindle baseball fever in Wichita, the City Council voted Tuesday to hire a $50,000 consultant to try to bring Major League affiliated minor-league ball back to the city. Mayor Jeff Longwell has said he expects to announce a deal for an affiliated team around the beginning of next year. The council voted Tuesday to ink a $50,000 contract with Beacon Sports to open formal negotiations with minor-league teams,…

OAKLAND — A man was beaten to death Sunday afternoon with a baseball bat in the Uptown district and an employee of the popular Flora restaurant in the area was arrested, authorities said Monday. Police would not say what the suspect, Juan Espino, 29, of Oakland, did at the restaurant. But according to Alameda County jail booking records, Espino said he was a bartender. He was booked on suspicion of murder…

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<!– –> VISIT CNBC.COM Home Entrepreneurs Leadership Careers Money Specials PRIMETIME Leadership Leadership 2 Hours AgoCNBC.com Condoleezza Rice has quite a few accomplishments under her belt: The first African-American female U.S. Secretary of State, the first African-American woman to be named National Security Advisor and the first African-American to be named provost at Stanford University. At the Annual Salute to Women in Sports, where Rice was awarded the Billie Jean…

This is not about the Sports Illustrated jinx for a change. Baseball fans, especially Houston Astros fans, have surely heard by now of the iconic magazine’s cover story on the Astros in June 2014. S.I. declared at the time, when the Astros were arguably the worst franchise five years running, that they would win the 2017 World Series. The cover, with young center fielder George Springer swinging at the plate…

Last week BT Sport announced its lineup for the Ashes, the first it will broadcast. Michael Vaughan and Ricky Ponting, who were involved in the station’s first toe-dip in the cricketing pool a year ago, are back, along with Graeme Swann, Geoffrey Boycott, Damien Fleming, Michael Slater and Adam Gilchrist. But while the network is still fairly new to this particular game the team behind the team are no ingenues;…

U.S.-backed Syrian fighters walk in ISIS’ “Black Stadium.”  (AP) Pictures emerging of a Syrian soccer stadium turned into a coliseum of death by Islamic State terrorists are revealing the extent of the shocking horrors that once took place inside, as civilians reportedly were beheaded, tied down with iron cables and tortured by exercise machines. The stadium in Raqqa, the ISIS capital city freed by U.S.-backed Syrian forces last…