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Every year, stories swirl around in the MLB, reporters wear down players, and individuals are questioned on their commitment to the game of baseball. At 162 games a year, that’s already 44% of the year, half of it away from home, not counting Spring Training, off days, and potential playoff games. The questions of what a professional sports player “owes” a fan and how lucky they should consider themselves to…

The player’s character, banished from the civilized world for the heinous crime of literacy, falls in with a diverse group of exiles. All have their own set of skills and progression tree; over time, you learn why each was driven from the Commonwealth to eke out life in the purgatorial wasteland of the Downside. Everyone who wants to escape, including your ragtag band, can only do so by completing Rites…

A Brazilian ex-goalkeeper who’s in prison for ordering the savage killing of his ex-girlfriend — who was then fed to dogs — has been reportedly given temporary release to teach soccer to dozens of children. According to local reports, a criminal judge in Varginha, Minas Gerais in southeast Brazil authorized Bruno Fernandes de Souza’s temporary release Wednesday to participate in the government’s social inclusion program for prisoners. He…

The 1977 season is remembered fondly as one of Chicago baseball’s great summers, the White Sox and Cubs each taking division leads into August. The winning didn’t last. First the Cubs fell out of contention, then the Sox, taking World Series fantasies down with them. What survives are the two musical traditions born of the South Side swagger, giddiness and gusto that marked the first two-thirds of the White Sox’s…

Two years ago, Nick Purdy of Wayne downloaded the Rocket League video game. He liked it and so did many others as it became a huge hit, with 1.6 million daily players who kick around soccer balls with souped-up cars. And this Saturday, Purdy and teammate Dylan Fowler, of Dermott, Ark., will take their Rocket League game…

Would you have come to PSG without all the other Brazilians being here? Neymar: “To be really honest, that wouldn’t have changed my approach. “Of course I have friends here, but I arrive here because the global environment is very positive. “It was not easy – I had to think a lot, I had to think what I wanted to do with my life. “A lot of people wanted me…

It’s safe to say NASCAR makes rule changes to improve either the safety of the drivers and teams or the quality of the sport overall. And when it ditched the difference between the start/finish line and the overtime line in an announcement Wednesday – effective immediately – that was definitely to enhance the sport for everyone. Didn’t know you could have overtime on a race track? No worries, just know…

Jeffrey Gildenhorn, a beloved D.C. restaurateur, recreational politician, and full-time man about town for several decades, died earlier this summer after choking on his meal at the Palm, a local power lunch institution. He’d lived a full enough life that none of his many obituaries mentioned his supporting role in a forgotten chapter in the sports history of the nation’s capital, when Donald Trump told everybody he was going to…

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By Kelly McElroyStaff Writer The South Louisiana Select 13U Major Elite baseball team based in Houma entered the U.S. Specialty Sports Association World Series in Orlando, Fla., on July 22 as the country’s No. 1 ranked team in its division. On Saturday night, South Louisiana Select proved more than worthy of that distinction when it topped the Baton Rouge-based Louisiana Tigers 4-3 to take home a…

Two years ago, Nick Purdy of Wayne downloaded the Rocket League video game. He liked it and so did many others as it became a huge hit, with 1.6 million daily players who kick around soccer balls with souped-up cars. And this Saturday, Purdy and teammate Dylan Fowler, of Dermott, Ark., will take their Rocket League game…

Tennys Sandgren came up short early Friday morning in a two-set loss to fifth-seeded Alexander Zverev. (Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports) Tennys Sandgren lost to fifth-seeded Alexander Zverev early Friday morning at the Citi Open 7-5, 7-5, but took strides in Washington toward making a name for himself on the ATP Tour beyond, well, his name. Tennys — pronounced just like the sport — was named for his Swedish great-grandfather. Both of…

Sports Direct has lost its biggest independent investor as some fund managers fear the crisis-hit retailer is incapable of addressing its corporate governance issues. The Guardian has learned Standard Life, the largest independent investor at last year’s annual meeting, has bailed out of the stock, selling its entire 5.8% holding, and Aviva said it had sold down its stake. Both had been vocal critics of the firm, which on Thursday…

DENVER, Colo. (CBS4) – Score one for motherhood. With an assist from a major hospital network, downtown Denver’s professional sports teams are producing a winning combination for new mothers who are avid sports fans. New nursing suites are being installed at Coors Field, Sports Authority Field at Mile High, and Pepsi Center. UCHealth purchased the new Mamava units for mothers to have a secure, private, and comfortable space to breastfeed or pump…

Breanna Stewart’s little brother plays a lot of video games. For the first time this fall, he will have the opportunity to play basketball as his sister now that the WNBA will be included as part of EA Sports’ “NBA Live 18.” The question is, will he do so? After all, Connor Stewart will have more WNBA rosters to choose from — not just his older sister’s Seattle Sound —…

It’s safe to say NASCAR makes rule changes to improve either the safety of the drivers and teams or the quality of the sport overall. And when it ditched the difference between the start/finish line and the overtime line in an announcement Wednesday – effective immediately – that was definitely to enhance the sport for everyone. Didn’t know you could have overtime on a race track? No worries, just know…

Jeffrey Gildenhorn, a beloved D.C. restaurateur, recreational politician, and full-time man about town for several decades, died earlier this summer after choking on his meal at the Palm, a local power lunch institution. He’d lived a full enough life that none of his many obituaries mentioned his supporting role in a forgotten chapter in the sports history of the nation’s capital, when Donald Trump told everybody he was going to…

Michael Fulmer hopes a stint on the 10-day disabled list will provide him with the rest he needs to recover from a quirky, persistent elbow injury. Fulmer, the 2016 AL rookie of the year, was placed on the DL by the Detroit Tigers on Thursday — mostly as a precaution. An MRI revealed fluid around the elbow, but manager Brad Ausmus says there’s no ligament damage. The Tigers are describing…

Now that the MLB trade deadline has passed and the dust has settled from a flurry of last-minute wheeling and dealing, fantasy baseball owners can sift through the rubble, decide which teams and players were winners and losers and plan their attack for the rest of the season. The bullpen re-shuffling has left some questions to be answered, but two moves which were lauded both in fantasy and reality and…

It’s safe to say NASCAR makes rule changes to improve either the safety of the drivers and teams or the quality of the sport overall. And when it ditched the difference between the start/finish line and the overtime line in an announcement Wednesday – effective immediately – that was definitely to enhance the sport for everyone. Didn’t know you could have overtime on a race track? No worries, just know…