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Taunton High eighth grader Abygale Souza eyes a chance at playing on the diamond Steve Sanchez Gazette Sports Editor @Chezsports TAUNTON — Baseball is not just for boys anymore.Ask Taunton’s Abygale Souza.The Silver City resident is one of 100 girls — ages 9 through 16 — that currently play for the Girls Travel Baseball program.The organization, which celebrated its two-year anniversary this year, is divided into…

The skyrocketing cost of youth sports — which is now a $15 billion market, according to the research firm WinterGreen Research — has left many parents dishing out thousands of dollars to support child athletes that are beginning to specialize in sports from increasingly young ages. Ryan Brown, 14, told ABC News that he plays baseball “four hours a day, five days a week.” “If it weren’t for baseball, I…

Buy Photo Founders Sterling McAfee, Ryan Tyrrell, Connor Lewis and Meghan Gruszynski have developed an app called Rabble that helps sports fans find other fans of the same teams.(Photo: George Walker IV / The Tennessean)Buy Photo Nashville company Rabble is launching a check-in app to help sports fans find one another and determine the best locations for watching their team. Through Rabble, founded by Ryan Tyrrell, fans will be able…

Disgraced MLB hit king Pete Rose was something of a surprise addition to Fox Sports‘ MLB studio show back in 2015, and while he was seen as a little rough around the edges, he generally garnered favorable reviews for his candid, crusty takes on modern-era baseball. In March, the network announced that Rose would be back for another season in 2017. But Rose’s run as a TV analyst is apparently…

CBS Sports college basketball writers Gary Parrish, Matt Norlander and Reid Forgrave spent much of July on the road in cities across the country, covering the live recruiting periods. While there, and in the weeks since, they’ve surveyed coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They polled everyone from head coaches at elite programs to assistants at some of the smallest Division I schools. In exchange for complete anonymity, coaches…

A cycling magazine has apologised for an “idiotic” picture caption that labelled a female cyclist a “token attractive woman”. The image showed the Hinckley Cycling Race Club from Leicestershire, which was showcased in Cycling Weekly magazine’s regular “We ride with …” feature, in which a writer goes on a club ride. The caption was noticed by one of the club’s members, who posted on Twitter: “So my cycling club made…

They call it a deadline for a reason, you know. No matter. Twenty minutes into September, the world learned that the Tigers had traded Justin Verlander to the Astros before the clock struck midnight, convincing their franchise player to sign off on the deal at the last possible minute. And for Verlander’s Fantasy owners, it was well worth the wait. The defending AL Cy Young runner-up (note: he was robbed)…

The Southern 500 on Labor Day Weekend is a tradition unlike any other in NASCAR, an event so unique it was difficult to imagine it getting any better. Then, along comes Throwback Weekend and suddenly what’s old is new again. Now, every September, fans get the opportunity to see history come alive on the egg-shaped track that Harold Brasington opened in 1950. The idea of taking something treasured and enhancing…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. and CHARLOTTE, N.C. — FS1 and NASCAR Productions are taking fans both around the world and back in time with the third season of the acclaimed short film series “Beyond the Wheel.” From the ’90s in Japan to present-day Cuba, the documentaries bring a new perspective to some of NASCAR’s most remarkable moments through never-before-seen footage and interviews with the sport’s most fascinating characters and legends. The…

Long before they were NASCAR team owners, Rick and Lisa Ware were high school sweethearts from the Houston area who spent their second date at a race track. Even though they moved to the heart of NASCAR in North Carolina, Rick said they’re still “100 percent” Houstonians. So when Hurricane Harvey destroyed the nation’s fourth-largest city – some of their family members are among those who had to evacuate because…

A new title sponsor for NASCAR’s premier series also means a new championship trophy. NASCAR finally unveiled the new-look trophy on Thursday through its social media channels. It stands 37 inches tall, weighs nearly 70 pounds and holds roughly 600 ounces, the equivalent of more than 37 16-oz. Monster Energy drinks. The official name of the trophy is the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup and was designed by championship…

Let September 2017 be the tipping point. I, for one, will tolerate a month of horrific baseball if it finally motivates players, their union, front offices and the Commissioner’s Office to find unanimity to end what just might be the dumbest rule in sports. On Friday, teams can begin expanding their rosters — sorry for the annual rant — but if you want to know how stupid that edict is,…

Pete Rose’s two-year broadcasting career at Fox Sports has ended, according to reports. The Hollywood Reporter’s Lesley Goldberg and Marisa Guthrie reported on Thursday that Rose will no longer appear as an MLB analyst on the network. That publication—and particularly Guthrie—has long had sources inside Fox. “We are not commenting on the Hollywood Reporter story,” a Fox Sports spokesperson told SI.com Thursday. Rose was expected to return to the network…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. and CHARLOTTE, N.C. — FS1 and NASCAR Productions are taking fans both around the world and back in time with the third season of the acclaimed short film series “Beyond the Wheel.” From the ’90s in Japan to present-day Cuba, the documentaries bring a new perspective to some of NASCAR’s most remarkable moments through never-before-seen footage and interviews with the sport’s most fascinating characters and legends. The…

This is Ashley MacLennan’s sixth and final piece as part of her August residency at FanGraphs. Ashley is a staff writer for Bless You Boys, the SB Nation blog dedicated to the Detroit Tigers, and runs her own site at 90 Feet From Home. She can also be found on Twitter. Read the work of all our residents here. “You gotta take care of your teammates sometimes. With me,…

Let September 2017 be the tipping point. I, for one, will tolerate a month of horrific baseball if it finally motivates players, their union, front offices and the Commissioner’s Office to find unanimity to end what just might be the dumbest rule in sports. On Friday, teams can begin expanding their rosters — sorry for the annual rant — but if you want to know how stupid that edict is,…

France forward Kylian Mbappe, left, scored 26 goals for Monaco in all competitions last season Paris St-Germain have signed Kylian Mbappe on a season-long loan from Monaco, with an option to make the deal permanent for a fee of £165.7m. Should PSG sign the France international on a permanent deal, his contract will run until June 2022. Any deal for the 18-year-old is likely to be eclipsed only by the…

Fox Sports hiring Michael Vick as an NFL analyst isn’t the worst idea in the world. Not with the potential to hire O.J. Simpson at midseason. Simpson at least would bring network TV experience along with his baggage. Vick just brings the baggage. This isn’t so much to rail against Fox for hiring Vick, whose NFL playing career was interrupted by 18 months in prison for his role in a…

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National anthem protests during the 2016 season played a role in the declined NFL ratings, says the president of one major sports network. CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus feels confident making the statement after his network conducted internal research to determine what contributed to the drop, he told reporters at the NFL’s annual Media Day in New York City on Wednesday. Overall, networks reportedly saw an eight percent drop in…