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With big, enthusiastic crowds greeting the Warriors in China last week, the Bay Area’s once-lowly NBA team is starting to rival the sports world’s best-known franchises. Basketball’s worldwide popularity is rising toward soccer-like heights. If the Warriors can maintain their upbeat, multicultural brand — oh, and keep winning — they will tap into a global pool of loyal fans. This season, the team will sport the name of a corporate…

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An Indianapolis sports columnist accused Vice President Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard PenceDems face close polls in must-win Virginia Report: Trump administration officials urged furious Tillerson not to quit Authorities recover 47 firearms in connection with Las Vegas shooter MORE of using a Colts game to stage a political event after Pence walked out of the game over football players kneeling during the national anthem. Gregg Doyel wrote in a column for…

Aaron Rodgers tells Erin Andrews about his game-winning throw 1 hr ago

Aaron Rodgers tells Erin Andrews about his game-winning throw 1 hr ago

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NASCAR didn’t want to place Jimmie Johnson in double jeopardy Sunday, so he wasn’t penalized when a crew member replaced a lug nut outside his pit box during the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. “It would have been paramount to him serving two penalties,” said NASCAR spokesman Kurt Colbert. “We allowed it in the interest of safety, too.” The incident happened during a pit stop that resulted…

Martin Truex Jr. is originally from New Jersey, but he’s making Charlotte Motor Speedway something of a second home. He won the Coca-Cola 600 last season at the track and came third at this year’s iteration, building something of a reputation here. That he won Sunday’s Bank of America 500, his sixth win this year, only adds to that. Truex was mostly a non-factor in the first two stages of…

WATCH: Christian McCaffrey score his first NFL touchdown 15 mins ago

Famous South Jersey native and baseball player Mike Trout is at the Eagles game today, so the team’s offense performed an impressively elaborate baseball celebration to honor him (and possibly recruit him for the Phillies, who knows). The Eagles are rolling today: Carson Wentz threw for 121 yards and three touchdowns in the first quarter as the Eagles built a 21-0 lead against the Cardinals. Wentz should be docked points…

Given a night of restless sleep — and after perhaps letting an excoriation from the news media (including from commentators on the YES Network, which is partly owned by the Yankees) sink in — Girardi ventured to the Bronx on Saturday, disassembled his standard defensive armor and offered up something unusual: a mea culpa. “I screwed up,” he said. “In hindsight, yeah,” he added. “I wish I would have challenged…

– – - Red Sox 10, Astros 3 Boston staved off elimination with a one-sided victory over Houston in Game Three of their American League Division Series. Game Four is in Boston on Monday with Houston, which leads the best-of-five series 2-1, trying to close out the Red Sox. Rafael Devers hit a go-ahead two-run home run, the first of the 20-year-old’s postseason career, in…

Given a night of restless sleep — and after perhaps letting an excoriation from the news media (including from commentators on the YES Network, which is partly owned by the Yankees) sink in — Girardi ventured to the Bronx on Saturday, disassembled his standard defensive armor and offered up something unusual: a mea culpa. “I screwed up,” he said. “In hindsight, yeah,” he added. “I wish I would have challenged…

Caption Close Members of the Port Neches-Groves High School Class 5A state championship baseball team received commemorative rings Saturday during the school’s homecoming football game. Ten returning teammates were recognized on the field at halftime along with 10 coaches and 13 graduates. Prior to the ceremony, player Holden Lane said coach Scott Carter, who wanted to let the anticipation build, hadn’t let the team peek at the $395 rings, which…

MONTGOMERY, Ohio (AP) — A private Ohio baseball museum is opening its doors to the public for a good cause next weekend. The Green Diamond Gallery in Montgomery is hosting an open house from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday that will allow people to view the gallery’s extensive baseball memorabilia collection. The museum features game jerseys, photographs and other special artifacts and is considered one of the best…

Riggle’s Picks: ‘Ghosted’ edition 1 hr ago

Riggle’s Picks: ‘Ghosted’ edition 1 hr ago

While much has been made of Colin Kaepernick’s low public and media profile during his absence from the NFL, his representatives remain in close contact with teams attempting to land the quarterback another opportunity. The Titans, last week, were the latest team to rebuff their overtures. Kaepernick remains focused on playing in the NFL again and is working out daily in hopes of achieving that goal, according to sources with…

Health workers spray insecticide to combat Zika-carrying mosquitoes under the bleachers of the Sambódrome in Rio de Janeiro in January 2016. Leo Correa/AP hide caption toggle caption Leo Correa/AP Health workers spray insecticide to combat Zika-carrying mosquitoes under the bleachers of the Sambódrome in Rio de Janeiro in January 2016. Leo Correa/AP In the spring of 2016, there was a frenzy over the threat of Zika virus at Brazil’s Olympic…