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Until recently, the Trump SoHo hotel served as a kind of luxe clubhouse for NBA teams visiting New York. At least 12 teams — more than a third of the league — had stayed there since it opened in 2010. The players loved it so much they became walking ads for the Trump brand: Superstar Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder praised the hotel in the press. Toronto Raptors…

Samsung has announced that the Gear Sport and its second-generation Gear IconX earbuds (also known as Gear IconX 2018) will be available for preorder starting October 13th. Priced at $299.99, the Gear Sport comes in blue and black and will be available nationwide from October 27th through Samsung.com, Amazon, Best Buy, Macy’s, and U.S. Cellular. The Gear IconX 2018 will come in black, gray, and pink, for $199.99 and will…

A raucous crowd cheers for Team USA during a Tuesday, July 1, 2014 World Cup soccer match between the U.S. and Belgium at a public viewing party in Detroit, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. For many fans during next year’s U.S.-free World Cup, it’ll be just another day in the office. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption toggle caption Paul Sancya/AP A raucous crowd cheers for Team USA during a Tuesday, July 1,…

To watch baseball is to hope up until the very last minute. In no other game can your team be losing by five, 10, thousands of points, and can you believe there is a chance, however slim, that they might still come back. You’re not up against a clock in baseball. You’re up against something far more cruel, grueling, and unpredictable: mental focus and physical stamina, both yours and your…

Inside a two-car garage at his simple Chester County ranch home, Steve McCardell works a hand lathe hours each day, turning maple and ash billets into high-performing instruments — assuming their users make contact. His craft: baseball bats. McCardell, 29, is the founder…

Until recently, the Trump SoHo hotel served as a kind of luxe clubhouse for NBA teams visiting New York. At least 12 teams — more than a third of the league — had stayed there since it opened in 2010. The players loved it so much they became walking ads for the Trump brand: Superstar Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder praised the hotel in the press. Toronto Raptors…

Michael A. Taylor, right, celebrates with Matt Wieters, Anthony Rendon and Daniel Murphy, who scored on Taylor’s grand slam in the eighth inning Wednesday night. (Tannen Maury/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) Maybe this isn’t the year the Nats win the World Series. Maybe the Redskins will go another 25 years without a Super Bowl. Maybe the Capitals will never, ever win a Stanley Cup. Okay, probably they won’t. But eventually, one of these teams will…

CLEVELAND • These young Yankees were unshaken, resilient and as tough as the city they represent. The baby Bronx Bombers have grown up fast. Didi Gregorius, following in the October footprints left by Derek Jeter, homered twice off Corey Kluber as New York beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2 in Game 5 on Wednesday night to complete its comeback from a 2-0 deficit in a Division Series…

In the wake of the U.S. men’s national team’s embarrassing failure to qualify for World Cup 2018, the push for an overhaul of the U.S. Soccer Federation will be stronger than ever from fans, from media and from American soccer stakeholders who’ve invested millions of dollars in the growth of the sport—including USSF sponsors like Nike, Coca-Cola and Budweiser, MLS owners and television rights-holders like Fox Sports, ESPN and Univision….

All images via Bring A Trailer I have this problem, you see. It takes up a lot of my time, and it really isn’t healthy. I spend all day writing about cars. Cars, cars, cars. Then, I spend the evening looking at flooded cars being housed locally for insurance auction and searching “NASCAR” in online car auctions to see if I can find an old race car. And friends, my…

And then there were the memes, mostly mocking President Trump. In one, he throws paper towels over the waterlogged field to his team on the other side. Another takes the form of a fake tweet from the president’s account: “But why do we have to play against 2 teams, Trinidad AND Tobago??? Not fair.” Darryl Smith, the country’s sports minister, said he spent much of the night celebrating the victory…

A former Monee mayor accused of punching a youth baseball umpire in the jaw last year is set for a bench trial in January, a Will County judge decided Wednesday. Jay Farquhar, who was ousted as mayor in the April election, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery. Each count carries a sentence of two to five years in prison if convicted. According to authorities, the 51-year-old Farquhar allegedly…

On a day when fans are grasping for explanations, there’s a hunt for some economic ones.

Oct. 11, 2017 Schedule (PDF) | Schedule UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – A trip to the southwest, a return to PNC Park, regional matchups and the Big Ten slate are among the highlights of the 2018 Penn State baseball schedule unveiled Wednesday by head coach Rob Cooper. The 54-game schedule features 26 home games in Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, 24 road games and four neutral site games. Game day promotions…

(The Sports Xchange) – The Boston Red Sox fired manager John Farrell on Wednesday, two days after his team was eliminated from the playoffs. Farrell, who managed the Red Sox since 2013, will not return for the 2018 season, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski announcement. The team said a search for a new manager will begin immediately. Farrell, 55, was 432-378 (.533) in five seasons, leading the Red Sox…

CLOSE Vanderbilt baseball has completed its new training facilities. Autumn Allison/USA TODAY NETWORK-Tennessee Buy Photo Vanderbilt’s new $12 million baseball facility houses an expansive team classroom.(Photo: Adam Sparks / The Tennessean)Buy Photo   Vanderbilt’s new $12 million athletic facility would make some Division I football programs jealous, and it’s not even a football facility. “It wasn’t meant to be the most luxurious building,” said Vanderbilt baseball coach Tim Corbin, whose…

facebook Share twitter Share In the nine years since baseball’s last appearance at the Olympic Games, it became clear that illustrating the sport’s global appeal was necessary for it to make a dramatic return to the roster on the biggest stage. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari explains how they did it – and looks forward to…

In any case, Strasburg, who has always relied on a strict routine and was shut down before the 2012 playoffs because of a predetermined innings limit after he underwent Tommy John surgery, will not be available for Game 4. “It’s fine,” Baker said. “We have full confidence in Tanner.” And the Cubs have reason to believe in their starter: Jake Arrieta, a former Cy Young Award winner who skipped his…

This afternoon, former Fox Sports college football host Elika Sadeghi told a story about how she recently walked away from a job offer from a sports media company because it asked her to sign an agreement acknowledging that she would willingly work in an environment where she might be exposed to “nudity, sexual scenarios, racial epithets, suggestive gestures, profanity and references to stereotypes.” Though Sadeghi redacted the name of the…

A green-and-gray mini basketball sits on a bed of sand-colored rocks next to the pool in the backyard. The ball belongs to five-year-old Jaiden Thomas, son of Isaiah Thomas, whose name and image grace the side of it. Jaiden brought the ball from Boston to Cleveland, a reminder that his father used to play for the Celtics and played so well they sold souvenirs with his picture on them. Jaiden’s…