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You don’t need a translator to understand Koji Uehara‘s humility. Just look at his clubhouse locker. A symbol of it hangs there before every game: His No. 19 jersey. At the age of 19, Uehara found himself out of baseball and out of school, working as a security guard and studying. From there, his goal of becoming a high school physical education teacher, much less a major-league pitcher, might’ve seemed…

Photo: NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—There were two problems with my trip to the Bay Area. The first was that I didn’t have Giants tickets. A lifelong east coast resident who adopted my Giants fandom from afar, I’ve only ever come to the city specifically to see games in the beautiful ballpark on the bay. But this time, I was here for work and the only night of…

Photo by Robert Edward Auction Last year, this deluxe, oversized cabinet version of Whitney and Midget sold for $18,000 in an REA auction. With our country beset by divisiveness, it’s heartening to find a wholesome topic everyone can agree on. A vintage baseball card has been dubbed the most well-liked in history, a copy of which is up for sale. Mile High Card Company is auctioning off an 1887 tobacco…

As part of Apple’s flurry of announcements today, the company unveiled new augmented reality features for its new iPhone devices and showed off the technology integrated with MLB’s At Bat app. The brief demo showed how a user at a baseball game can point an iPhone at the live action and see player stats on the screen above the actual players. New technology packed into the iPhone camera helps make…

Apple today said it is bringing live sports to the new Apple TV 4K, though the details aren’t quite clear yet as to how it’s going to play out. The new Apple TV 4K has a dedicated sports tab that has every live and upcoming game, and as seasons change so will the sports tab. There will be scores, and the new TV app is available on the iPhone and…

reader comments 107 Comcast TV customers in Oregon will soon have to pay $14.50 each month for the controversial “Broadcast TV” and “Regional Sports Network” fees. Currently, the two fees combined cost customers $11 a month but will rise by $3.50 starting October 1, The Oregonian reported yesterday. Comcast is also raising its modem rental fee from $10 to $11 a month, the article said. These fees are in addition to…

Despite carrying a 95-pound gas can while running onto pit road as NASCAR driver Erik Jones barrels down toward the stall at up to 55 miles per hour, his gas man, Matt Hewtyrrell isn’t thinking about the highly flammable 12 gallons of fuel on his shoulder. “If you’re worried about catching on fire, you’re not doing your job,” he said Saturday at Richmond Raceway before the Federated Auto Parts 400….

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There is a ton of racing action in NASCAR Heat 2’s beefed up Career mode. If possible, a little too much. This is still a good problem for the stock-car racing simulator to face. Fans have clamored for the return of NASCAR’s other two national series — the Xfinity Series and the Camping World Trucks Series — and many will be delighted to see them again. They triple the real-driver…

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LIMA, Peru (AP) — There’s an outside shot the United States won’t have to wait 11 years to host its next Olympics. It’s a longshot, but there’s talk in Salt Lake City, and even some in Denver, of a bid for the 2026 Winter Games, which take place two years before the Summer Olympics return to Los Angeles. The same country hosting back-to-back Olympics hasn’t happened since before World War…

Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers president of baseball operations, joined the team at AT&T Park before Monday’s game against the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers had just lost all seven games in a homestand amid a 10-game losing streak and a 1-15 stretch. Even so, the Dodgers still own the best record in the majors. The Times spoke with Friedman before the game about the factors behind the skid, the performances…

Instead, it will carry a mixture of non-fiction and lifestyle programming, children’s shows, and scripted dramas. Although the exact list of networks that will make the cut isn’t certain, you can expect to see Discovery’s ID, TLC, and Animal Planet. Viacom brings with it Nickolodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, and BET. And, A+E boasts the History Network, and Lifetime, while AMC carries hit show The Walking Dead. Ditching sports channels, will…

NEWARK — At the home of the New Jersey Devils, the crowd is on its feet, jumping and cheering, whooping with delight. The Jumbotron is blasting out the action. Cheerleaders are dancing. It feels like Game 7 is about to start. But the Prudential Center is not hosting a sporting event. The main attraction on a Thursday at lunchtime is not an athlete, even though he is built like one. He is…

Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of JD Sports, said that there were no signs that demand for athleisurewear was fading and shrugged off the comparisons between the company and Footlocker by highlighting that its US rival had blamed the lack of new trainer models during the quarter from Nike and Adidas, rather than softening customer demand.  “I don’t think this is negative for the long term at all,” Mr Cowgill said….

The Football League have agreed a new five-season deal with Sky Sports that could put the Championship head-to-head with BT Sport’s midweek Champions League coverage. The EFL have negotiated a new £600million agreement for live domestic rights from 2019-20. The deal, which sees Sky Sports exclusively broadcast the EFL, Carabao Cup, Checkatrade Trophy and Play-Offs through until May 2024, represents a 36 per cent year-on-year increase on the current deal….

reader comments 28 Comcast TV customers in Oregon will soon have to pay $14.50 each month for the controversial “Broadcast TV” and “Regional Sports Network” fees. Currently, the two fees combined cost customers $11 a month but will rise by $3.50 starting October 1, The Oregonian reported yesterday. Comcast is also raising its modem rental fee from $10 to $11 a month, the article said. These fees are in addition to…

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A non-sports skinny bundle is about to become a reality. Discovery, Viacom, AMC, A+E, and Scripp Networks are teaming up to offer an entertainment-focused streaming service that will be void of sports programming. The Wall Street Journal reported the news about the skinny bundle and said that the new service will have a soft launch in the upcoming weeks with subscriptions priced at less than $20 a month. The lineup…