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Baseball is really focused on getting kids more involved these days. Fancy stadium additions, more and more racing produce/meat products/guys in monotone masks, mascot shenanigans, etc. It’s the sport with the most difficult fight against technology and the short attention spans of people of all ages, seeing as there’s lots of downtime and not every inning is an offensive jamboree that keeps people paying attention from minute to minute. But…

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor pose for pictures during a news conference after Mayweather’s 10th-round TKO victory in their super welterweight boxing match on August 26, 2017. Ethan Miller/Getty Images Politics has become the pimple on America’s forehead: It’s impossible to ignore because it keeps telling us it’s there. Technology makes it conspicuous. The same social media network that notifies you what your friend’s college roommate had for lunch…

Baseball is really focused on getting kids more involved these days. Fancy stadium additions, more and more racing produce/meat products/guys in monotone masks, mascot shenanigans, etc. It’s the sport with the most difficult fight against technology and the short attention spans of people of all ages, seeing as there’s lots of downtime and not every inning is an offensive jamboree that keeps people paying attention from minute to minute. But…

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”  – Pericles of Athens, 431 B.C.E. As with so many things, sports got here first. Right now, the politics of the country are convulsed in the attempt to belatedly come to grips with the fact that we have many statues and memorials to people whose lives, all things considered,…

Baseball is really focused on getting kids more involved these days. Fancy stadium additions, more and more racing produce/meat products/guys in monotone masks, mascot shenanigans, etc. It’s the sport with the most difficult fight against technology and the short attention spans of people of all ages, seeing as there’s lots of downtime and not every inning is an offensive jamboree that keeps people paying attention from minute to minute. But…

In a season when the Los Angeles Dodgers are dominating everything in sight, they also lead the majors in a less praiseworthy category: trips to the disabled list. Two weeks ago, prized trade-deadline acquisition Yu Darvish was sent to the 10-day DL; last week, dark-horse Cy Young candidate Alex Wood was. Those are just some of the latest moves in what has become essentially a weekly ritual for the Dodgers,…

The BMW i3 will soon be available with a sport package that adds a few ponies, sportier wheels and a slightly different look to let other drivers know you’re serious about not using gasoline. The updated model is called the i3s and marks the first time the automaker added a dedicated sport package to the i3 or i7, though the i8 is already sporty enough. This package comes as part…

A 13-year-old soccer player died Saturday after collapsing during a tournament match in Westminster. Only 10 minutes had elapsed during the second half of the soccer match Saturday morning when Felipe De La Cruz flung his arm in the air and requested that he be substituted for another player, said Mark Marquez, team manager for Strikers FC North. After Felipe jogged off the field at Westminster High School, he sat…

MORE: Clements ‘shocked’ after winning first race Jeremy Clements shocked the NASCAR world — as well as himself — by winning Sunday at Road America for the first time across his 256 XFINITY Series starts. An upset, for sure, but was it the biggest one the sport has seen? Check out our list of biggest NASCAR upsets to see the top 15 of all time. To learn more about each…

Ousmane Dembele was presented on the pitch at the Nou Camp on Monday Barcelona have completed a deal to sign Borussia Dortmund forward Ousmane Dembele for an initial £96.8m, potentially rising to £135.5m. The 20-year-old France international signed a five-year contract at the Nou Camp alongside the club’s president Josep Maria Bartomeu on Monday. The deal is the second most expensive of all time, eclipsed only by Neymar’s recent £200m…

A Texas woman facing flooding from Harvey posted video of a startling sight: two alligators swimming through her backyard. Arlene Kelsch uploaded the clip to Facebook Saturday showing the water level nearly covering her fence. She pointed out the first alligator swimming behind her home, then showed a section of the fence where the water was high enough for the gator to enter her yard. “So here’s the…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Two Chinese female weightlifters have lost their appeals against being stripped of their 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medals for doping. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday that the IOC was right to disqualify Cao Lei from the 75-kilogram class and Liu Chunhong in the 69-kilo event at their home Summer Games. Both tested positive for GHRP-2, which stimulates production of…

TAIPEI, Taiwan – USA Team erupted for five runs in the seventh inning to rally for an 8-4 victory over the Czech Republic in the super round semifinals to advance to Tuesday’s gold medal game of the World University Games. The University of Iowa is the first American representative to advance to the gold medal baseball game and the Hawkeyes will be the first United States team to win…

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Twenty years ago, Arthur Ashe Stadium opened as the centerpiece of the USTA’s National Tennis Center with a stirring dedication ceremony headlined by Whitney Houston. It’s been mostly downhill from there. Aerial shots of the US Open’s octagonally shaped main show court have become a signal of New York City glamor beamed round the world. But while the pictures may look attractive to the millions who will never get the…

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels are one of the best come-from-behind teams in the majors this season, and they will need to pick themselves up again heading into their series opener against the visiting Oakland A’s on Monday. The Angels appeared on the verge of rallying from at least four runs down to win for a league-leading ninth time on Sunday against the Houston Astros, but they gave…

Thomas Lemar has won five international caps for France Liverpool are prepared to test Monaco’s resolve to keep midfielder Thomas Lemar with a club record offer of about £60m before Thursday’s transfer deadline. Manager Jurgen Klopp is an admirer of the 21-year-old and while no official bid has yet been tabled, there is definite interest from Anfield. Any move for Lemar is not linked to the future of midfielder Philippe…

Michael Vick’s past has followed him to the broadcast booth. So while Fox Sports landed the former NFL quarterback as a new studio analyst, not everybody is happy. Especially an animal advocacy group, Rally for Animals, which is asking supports to boycott the network and its sponsors over the hiring. The online petition has more than 34,000 signatures. Vick spent 21 months in federal prison for his role in a…

Don’t look now but your Saturday TV schedule from now through January will be plastered with college football — which is money in the bank for the country’s broadcast networks, sports cable networks and for the giant football factory universities. But if you’re not this type of weekend warrior, you better learn how to fake it. Your standing at the office water cooler depends on it. Both Sports Illustrated and…

Two Chinese female weightlifters have lost their appeals against being stripped of their 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medals for doping. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday that the IOC was right to disqualify Cao Lei from the 75-kilogram class and Liu Chunhong in the 69-kilo event at their home Summer Games. Both tested positive for GHRP-2, which stimulates production of growth hormone, in reanalysis last year of their…