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RELATED: Go behind the scenes at JTG Daugherty Racing HARRISBURG, N.C. — Chris Buescher already has something heading into 2018 that he’s never had before in his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career — peace of mind. That’s because the 24-year-old knows exactly where he’ll be next year, a measure of comfort that’s been foreign in the past. “It is a little comforting to know we’ve got a place we…

The last thing panicking Dodger fans need to hear is that they’re wrong to feel that way. Fernando Rodney. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) The least helpful thing you can tell a long-suffering Dodgers fan, especially after a particularly painful loss like last night’s, is that they are some sort of sub-human fan for panicking, for expressing their fear either on social media, or for 30 seconds of booing while paying to…

A couple of weeks ago, I was having a conversation with a baseball scout who had been watching the Los Angeles Dodgers quite a bit recently. This was before the Dodgers dropped 10 of 11 entering Wednesday, back when they were on pace to win 115 games. The scout was blown away. The Dodgers, he said, do so many things right each and every night to win games, and he…

Forget vacating victories, which is N.C.A.A. stuff. Every baseball game has a winner and a loser, in real time, period. If an electronic delivery system helped the Red Sox win a few more games because their hitters knew what pitches were coming, we can’t pretend it didn’t happen. It did, and they got away with it. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Naturally, the Yankees are upset about this, and…

The station’s owner, CBS Radio, said in a statement it was “aware of the situation” and was cooperating with the authorities. The acting United States attorney in Manhattan, Joon H. Kim, said Mr. Carton and his co-defendant, Michael Wright, “deceived investors and raised millions of dollars through misrepresentation and outright lies.” William F. Sweeney Jr., the head of the F.B.I.’s New York office, added that the two men tried to…

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The crisis in youth sports — skyrocketing costs, sport specialization, coaches needing training — grew deeper in 2016, according to data collected by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association and the Aspen Institute. Coaches, professional sports officials and academic researchers will gather in the District on Wednesday and Thursday at Aspen’s annual Project Play Summit to try to solve the alarming problems facing kids, and parents who want them to…

Baseball fans in the Hub were shocked yesterday to learn of news reports suggesting a Red Sox staffer was caught using an Apple Watch to steal signs during a recent series with the New York Yankees. Here’s what they had to say when we asked them if the team should be punished. “I love the Red Sox, but they should be playing with integrity. I probably would want them to…

Phillies manager Pete Mackanin picks between two pairs of red sneakers based on which ones have been on his feet during hard-to-come-by wins. Brewers catcher Stephen Vogt gets dressed in a specific sequence each day, down to how he pulls on his socks and in what order. Sometimes, Kansas City’s Brandon Moss pretends to be superstitious by going with a good-luck bat. Oakland manager Bob Melvin rotates between several parking…

12:25 PM PST There are six hours and 45 minutes until baseball. Four hours and 35 minutes until work is done. Today has sapped so much of my energy; baseball where are you? Justin Verlander starts against the Mariners today. It’s his first start as an Astro, and his third against Seattle this season. He has a perfect 11-11 record in career starts against our team, but the Tigers have…

The Sports Direct chairman, Keith Hellawell, has survived a shareholder rebellion after just over 53% of independent investors backed his re-election. Hellawell who has been chairman of Sports Direct since 2009, had pledged to step down if he failed to win the backing of independent investors who last year voted against him. Key shareholders backed the former West Yorkshire police chief constable even though he has been viewed as a…

WASHINGTON — A powerful lawmaker and the casino industry have weighed in on the side of the Garden State as the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether to allow New Jersey to legalize sports betting. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and the American Gaming Association made their arguments in briefs filed before the high court, which agreed in June to her arguments on whether sports betting…

New York (Reuters) – Sports e-commerce firm Fanatics has closed a $1 billion funding round led by SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision fund, which will give it the firepower to expand internationally, Chief Executive Doug Mack told Reuters. The new funding will value the Jacksonville, Florida-based company that runs online sales for the National Basketball Association and the National Football League at $4.5 billion – more than twice the $2 billion…

ESPN’s new “SportsCenter AM,” meet Fox Sports’ “First Things First,” airing 30 minutes earlier and only 100 miles from the headquarters of the Worldwide Leader. With its debut Tuesday morning, a week after ESPN welcomed Sage Steele back to Bristol, Conn. for the start of a morning “SportsCenter” edition, FS1’s first-ever New York City-based show marks the network’s next step toward gaining traction on its competition. “This is really the…

You wouldn’t let your child drink a glass of cognac or smoke a cigarette, so why would you send him out on a football field to risk brain damage? It’s a question Dr. Bennet Omalu — a forensic pathologist whose discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy was portrayed in the Will Smith film “Concussion” — wants parents to consider. He warns that children who play football, hockey and lacrosse could face…

Football Phoebus 40, Heritage 14   SUSSEX CENTRAL 30, LANCASTER 0 Lancaster 0 0 0 0 —0 Sussex Central 24 0 0 6 —30 SC: Trevon Hatch 20 run (Hatch run) SC: Clyde Edmond Jr. 1 run (Hatch run) SC: Imir Clark 7 run (Hatch run) SC: Hatch 6 run (run failed) CAPTION Norcom defeated Lafayette 15-10 at Wanner Stadium in Williamsburg on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. Norcom defeated Lafayette…

ESPN’s new “SportsCenter AM,” meet Fox Sports’ “First Things First,” airing 30 minutes earlier and only 100 miles from the headquarters of the Worldwide Leader. With its debut Tuesday morning, a week after ESPN welcomed Sage Steele back to Bristol, Conn. for the start of a morning “SportsCenter” edition, FS1’s first-ever New York City-based show marks the network’s next step toward gaining traction on its competition. “This is really the…

You wouldn’t let your child drink a glass of cognac or smoke a cigarette, so why would you send him out on a football field to risk brain damage? It’s a question Dr. Bennet Omalu — a forensic pathologist whose discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy was portrayed in the Will Smith film “Concussion” — wants parents to consider. He warns that children who play football, hockey and lacrosse could face…

Let Boston have the Duck Boat parades, the crowded trophy shelves, the relentless conveyor belts of championship teams and championship contenders. Forget for a moment that since 2001, New England has won at least one title in all four major sports, has won 10 in all (compared to three for New York). We have something else. We have something better. We have the moral high ground! (See? Don’t you feel…

The Boston Red Sox have reportedly been accused of using an Apple Watch to steal signs from the New York Yankees, according to a complaint filed to the commissioner’s office by Yankees general manager Brian Cashman. MLB investigators are looking into claims that the Red Sox used the watches to steal hand signals from opponents’ catchers. The watches would tell them what type of pitch was being thrown, information which…