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JUDY WOODRUFF: Professional baseball has reached the midpoint of its season, and it’s turning out to be a most compelling year. Many of the game’s best players are in Miami for the next couple of nights for the midsummer classic, the All-Star Game. Things kick off tonight with the Home Run Derby. Jeffrey Brown takes it from there. JEFFREY BROWN: Another at bat, another home run. Balls are flying out…

If the 2018 season represents a rainbow, there are many, many pots of gold waiting at the end of it. So goes the conventional wisdom that has settled over the major leagues, and here at the All-Star game. The greatest free-agent class in major league history is coming, and with it the greatest wave of spending. Bryce Harper is the star of the class, and $400 million is considered an…

“What he did was amazing,” said Seattle’s Robinson Cano, who won the event as a Yankee in 2011. “I’ve never seen anything like that. Not only the home runs, but to go opposite field that many times? He made this ballpark look like nothing. I thought I’ve seen it all before, but this guy, he’s on another level. He doesn’t even look tired.” .@TheJudge44 hit FOUR homers over 500 feet,…

Reyes, by many measures, is having an awful year. Of the 164 players who qualify for the batting title, only two have a lower batting average on balls hit in play than Reyes does. And the Cubs briefly demoted one of those two players, Kyle Schwarber, to the minor leagues to work on his hitting. So why has Reyes been so bad when he makes contact? Examining the angle at…

Photo credit: Getty Images Reports of a lawsuit alleging that former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle hid cameras in private areas of his family home came out last week, but details were vague. Jalopnik now has a copy of the lawsuit, and the allegations—including 24/7 DVR recording and his race team having access to the feeds—are incredibly bizarre. Last week, we reported on the suit against former Monster Energy NASCAR Cup…

Baseball is the only major sport without a clock. When we first played baseball as kids, the game wasn’t over until mom called from the back porch telling us supper was ready. We played with total disregard for how well—or badly—we played yesterday, and we never thought about tomorrow. Baseball and time creep along side by side, yet never intersect. With its disregard for time, baseball suits the elderly. For…

Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota could have new competition in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.  NASCAR has been in talks to bring another automaker to the sport and it’s expected to happen sooner rather than later.  “We are aggressively pursuing new (manufacturers),” NASCAR vice president Steve O’Donnell said Monday on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. “We want to make sure that they come in similar to how Toyota did and it’s…

As annoying as it may be, soccer players killing time during a match is just a part of the sport. We see everyone do it, from goalkeepers to ball boys, and it’s a pretty effective way to hold on to a result with just a couple minutes to go.  Then there is this: Lucao, a player for Brazilian club Criciuma, wanted to waste some time during his team’s visit to…

Reyes, by many measures, is having an awful year. Of the 164 players who qualify for the batting title, only two have a lower batting average on balls hit in play than Reyes does. And the Cubs briefly demoted one of those two players, Kyle Schwarber, to the minor leagues to work on his hitting. So why has Reyes been so bad when he makes contact? Examining the angle at…

A clip of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) getting into a confrontation with a sports talk radio caller went viral on Monday. Christie is appearing on New York City’s WFAN, the biggest sports talk radio station in the city and one of the most profitable radio stations in the country, to fill for host Mike Francesa during the station’s afternoon time slots. Rumors have linked Christie to possibly having…

Steve O’Donnell disagrees with Brad Keselowski and his recent assertion that the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series requires a new or improved car. The vice president of competition was asked about Keselowski during his weekly radio segment on SiriusXM NASCAR radio and believes the 2012 Cup Series champion made a series of knee-jerk reactions to crashing out of the Quaker State 400 on Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway….

The International Olympic Committee said on Monday it is working hard to make sure North Korea takes part in next year’s Winter Olympics in neighboring South Korea, despite political tensions in the region. Continue Reading Below A leading North Korean sports official said recently it was too late to accept an offer from the South to form a unified team to take part in Pyeongchang in February. But the IOC said…

Rock, paper, scissors. Good game. Can get pretty high stakes, though. Nothing worse than going with a solid rock and seeing it get covered by a stupid, open-handed paper, even though there’s no way a paper is a better weapon to have in a fight than a rock. In any case, there’s no messing around when it comes to rock, paper, scissors, especially if you’re playing with Paul Pogba. The…

“Special Olympics has given someone like me as a parent enjoyment to reach out and let him be a young man,” Friemel said. “He may not truly be able to go on a bowling team, but he gets to do Special Olympics, and that puts a smile on his face. In the world we live in right now, we can’t tell what’s going to happen tomorrow, but we can live…

Reyes, by many measures, is having an awful year. Of the 164 players who qualify for the batting title, only two have a lower batting average on balls hit in play than Reyes does. And the Cubs briefly demoted one of those two players, Kyle Schwarber, to the minor leagues to work on his hitting. So why has Reyes been so bad when he makes contact? Examining the angle at…

Premier League fans will be able to watch 126 live games from the top flight for only £18 a month starting from next season. Sky Sports has had a major shake-up to its sports offerings by expanding to 10 channels, including Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Football, as each channel will be tailored to an individual sport. There will also be channels dedicated to cricket, goal and Formula…

Jason Collins remembered the sting he felt as a closeted athlete when teammates used homophobic slurs in the locker room. “It felt horrible,” he said. After becoming the first active NBA player to come out as gay in 2013, Collins has devoted himself to helping make sports a more open and welcoming environment. Now retired, he has become an ambassador for LGBT acceptance in sports, speaking at various team events,…

Media playback is not supported on this device Konta into quarter-finals with Garcia win Britain will have men’s and women’s quarter-finalists at Wimbledon for the first time since 1973 after wins for Andy Murray and Johanna Konta. Sixth seed Konta beat France’s Caroline Garcia 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-4 on Court One to become the first British woman to reach the last eight since 1984. Defending champion and top seed Murray…

As if Detroit sports fans weren’t already down in the dumps, we twist the knife a little deeper. Might the Lions have the best chance at Detroit’s next championship? Sobering thought, right? We’re here to talk about something equally depressing: All the money that the Detroit organizations are doling out on players who aren’t even with the respective teams anymore. We’re talking “dead money.” In technical terms, defined aptly by…

For the CBS poll, each FBS school was rated in football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball, along with two “wild cards”, which were the most successful spectator sports among the school.