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Seattle Mariners outfielder Mitch Haniger was hit in the face by a 95 mph pitch from New York Mets starter Jacob deGrom on Saturday at Safeco Field but appeared to avoid a major injury. DeGrom’s fastball tailed quickly at the end and Haniger was unable to turn away in time. He crumpled to the ground and received attention from the training staff for several minutes before leaving the field under…

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — A constellation of stars gathered here this weekend. So many, in fact, that it’s enough to make a baseball fan’s head spin and his heart race. Over there, having lunch on the patio of the famed Otesaga Resort Hotel, is Cardinals Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson, looking like he could still melt a batter with his glowering stare and then strike him out with his slider….

The Vans U.S. Open of Surfing arrived on Huntington Beach this weekend, turning the seaside city into an extreme-sports fan paradise featuring some of the best surfers, skateboarders and BMX riders from across the globe. The festival, which runs through Aug. 6, kicked off early Saturday morning with the first round of heats in the junior men’s division. Though the summer months typically produce sporadic wave forecasts, many are excited…

It was before that, during her years with The Hartford Courant as a pioneering, full-time female baseball beat writer covering the Yankees, that Smith met the most resistance from players and officials. But not from that era’s tumultuous Yanks, she said with a laugh. “They hardly noticed me,” she said, “because they were holding on for dear life.” Instead, her greatest challenge came from the San Diego Padres during their…

Hard Rock Stadium was definitely the place to be in Miami on Saturday night. Among the 67,000 fans in the building were many familiar faces, including pregnant tennis star Serena Williams; NBA stars Carmelo Anthony, Draymond Green and DaMarcus Cousins; rapper Drake; hip-hop artist French Montana; Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima; Brazilian pro skateboarder Leticia Bufoni; former NFL star Terrell Owens; and more than 40 Dolphins players. The Dolphins contingent included…

At 3pm next Saturday the world’s first and only vegan football club will make sporting history when they play in the Football League for the first time. Forest Green Rovers, who were founded in the 19th century by a man named Peach, and play in green at the appropriately named New Lawn, take on Barnet – the Bees – in their first fixture in League Two. They will use their…

Fans at a soccer match in a South African stadium that hosted the 2010 World Cup final tried to push through the gates on Saturday, causing a stampede that killed two people. One person was critically injured and 16 others had minor injuries in the accident at FNB Stadium in the Soweto area of Johannesburg, the stadium management said in a statement. It said management is conducting an investigation with…

It’s an Olympics year, and the 32-year-old alpine ski racing star has plenty to prove not only to himself, but the world that he’s still a leader of the pack. Not only as the defending giant slalom gold medalist, but as one of the sport’s premier talents who has been dealt setback after setback the last three seasons. Ligety was forced to cut short last season’s…

The uniqueness of it all is palpable. It was the first time this storied matchup between Spain’s two most prominent soccer teams, the rivalry known as El Clásico, has been played on American soil. Indeed, it was only the second occasion the rivals have met outside Spain; the last was in 1982, during a postseason tournament in Venezuela that was, bizarrely, shoehorned in before that summer’s World Cup back in…

Tom “Red” Martin played all but two minutes of Boston College’s Beanpot Tournament championship victory over Harvard in 1961, and his paltry time off the ice had nothing to do with wanting to take a breather. An All-American defenseman who scored the game-winning goal that night at Boston Garden, he was whistled for a penalty, but still logged an astounding 58 minutes. Advertisement A senior captain for the Eagles, Mr….

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Caeleb Dressel knows the comparisons are coming. After pulling off an unprecedented Triple Crown at swimming’s world championships, it’s time to take on the legacy of Michael Phelps. The 20-year-old Dressel established himself as America’s newest star of the pool Saturday, becoming the first swimmer to win three gold medals on a single night at either the worlds or the Olympics. Not even Phelps managed such an…

Fay Vincent, who served as the Major League Baseball commissioner for almost three years after the 1989 death of A. Bartlett Giamatti, claims partial credit for Ms. Smith’s transfer to The Times from The Hartford Courant, where she had covered the Yankees. In a telephone interview, Mr. Vincent explained that Mr. Giamatti was a regular reader of Ms. Smith’s dispatches in The Courant and considered her the best baseball writer…

Hardly a month seems to go by without high-profile US athletes speaking out on non-sporting causes. Increasingly, the most passionate voices belong to women. Take the recent basketball game between Seattle Storm and Chicago Sky. The team’s owners organised a pre-game rally in support of Planned Parenthood, the nonprofit that provides reproductive healthcare and whose funding is under perpetual attack from the Republican party and the Trump administration. Several players,…

The uniqueness of it all is palpable. It was the first time this storied matchup between Spain’s two most prominent soccer teams, the rivalry known as El Clásico, has been played on American soil. Indeed, it was only the second occasion the rivals have met outside Spain; the last was in 1982, during a postseason tournament in Venezuela that was, bizarrely, shoehorned in before that summer’s World Cup back in…

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The home run swing of Jeff Bagwell earned him a place in Cooperstown.Ron Vesely/Getty Images Three players and two baseball executives will enjoy momentous occasions when they are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday. Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez are the players, while former commissioner Bud Selig and ex-general manager John Schuerholz will also be celebrated for their achievements in the game.     When: Sunday, July 30, 1:30…

Fay Vincent, who served as the Major League Baseball commissioner for almost three years after the 1989 death of A. Bartlett Giamatti, claims partial credit for Ms. Smith’s transfer to The Times from The Hartford Courant, where she had covered the Yankees. In a telephone interview, Mr. Vincent explained that Mr. Giamatti was a regular reader of Ms. Smith’s dispatches in The Courant and considered her the best baseball writer…

The Seattle Mariners, bless them, have enough funny trades in their history to do an unbelievable power ranking. There’s the time they gave up Adam Jones and Chris Tillman for Erik Bedard, sure, but I’m not convinced that even rates. Not when you compare it to the time they gave up Asdrubal Cabrera and Shin-soo Choo within four days of each other to build a stunningly mediocre first base platoon….

The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes will start their baseball game Aug. 21 at precisely 9:35 a.m. local time, but will pause after one inning — then, NASA representatives will come out, the home team, visitors, staff and spectators will put on their eclipse glasses, and the stadium will be plunged into darkness. As a total solar eclipse passes across the United States on Aug. 21, activity will grind to…

John Herbold, a Hall of Fame baseball coach who coached for 49 years at the college and high school level, died on Wednesday, Cal State Los Angeles announced. He was 88. Herbold was the head coach at CSLA for 21 years, winning 455 games from 1984-2004. He was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Assn. Hall of Fame in 1998. At Long Beach Poly and Lakewood, he had a record…