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Great Britain’s Christopher Froome waits for the start of the 203,5 km second stage of the 104th edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 2, 2017 between Dusseldorf, Germany and Liege, Belgium. AFP LIEGE, Belgium—Chris Froome and his Sky team were under attack again on the opening weekend of the Tour de France, but not on the road. Having previously been accused of doping and using a…

A McLaren supercar that can reach speeds of 200mph was reduced to a twisted wreckage when it crashed on a country road and burst into flames. The two occupants of the McLaren 570S had a lucky escape, walking away with only minor injuries after the smash in Wiltshire. The orange supercar, costing from £145,300, hit a house and telegraph pole near Trowbridge early on Sunday. Images from the fire service showed the blackened remains of the sports…

Jeff Horn woke on Monday unable to see a thing from his swollen, bruised right eye, but having vanquished Manny Pacquiao in one of Australian sport’s greatest underdog victories, boxing’s unlikeliest world champion will now watch his life’s fortunes transform dramatically. The former Brisbane schoolteacher, who had only twice boxed for prize purses of five-figure proportions, is now the millionaire poster boy for a sport craving a wholesome hero. Horn…

Great Britain’s Christopher Froome waits for the start of the 203,5 km second stage of the 104th edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 2, 2017 between Dusseldorf, Germany and Liege, Belgium. AFP LIEGE, Belgium—Chris Froome and his Sky team were under attack again on the opening weekend of the Tour de France, but not on the road. Having previously been accused of doping and using a…

But little consideration was given to the role that social media — rather than law enforcement — might play in bringing potential domestic violence cases to light, according to a person in baseball familiar with the drafting of the agreement who was not authorized to speak publicly about it. Photo Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell was publicly accused by his wife, Melisa, of cheating on her. Her friend then posted…

Plover’s Michael Glodosky, left, safely steals second before a tag from Madison second baseman Lucas Trebian during the Firecracker 92 Legion championship game Sunday in Rochester.

x Embed x Share CLOSE Leonard Draper, a former semi-pro Negro League player here, talks to a young softball player about the upcoming school year and baseball. Tonyaa Weathersbee/The Commercial Appeal Buy Photo June 10, 2017 – Memphis, TN: Players on the Tri-State Yankees baseball team work in the batting cage at Jesse Turner Park on Saturday. The team is one of the teams that is part of the league…

South Carolina head baseball coach Mark Kingston is keeping volunteer assistant coach Stuart Lake on staff. Lake joins pitching coach Jerry Meyers in remaining at USC after previously working under Chad Holbrook. Lake was hired prior to the start of the 2017 season to serve as a coordinator of baseball administration and director of player development. However, he moved into an on-field role and worked with hitters after volunteer assistant…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Two potential All-Stars meet on Sunday Night Baseball when Max Scherzer faces Carlos Martinez as the Washington Nationals visit the St. Louis Cardinals. Scherzer has allowed a .164 batting average this season, on pace to be the lowest by any pitcher who qualified for the ERA title. The current record belongs to Pedro Martínez, who allowed a .167 batting average in 2000….

Fireworks are aggressively fine. They’re loud, which is decently entertaining for like five or so minutes. But then you sort of wait for them to end and wish they weren’t so loud. The bright colors are cool. But then again, you’re thinking about how all that smoke in the air probably isn’t safe. You’re going to see fireworks on the Fourth of July and make an event out of it…

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Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Two potential All-Stars meet on Sunday Night Baseball when Max Scherzer faces Carlos Martinez as the Washington Nationals visit the St. Louis Cardinals. Scherzer has allowed a .164 batting average this season, on pace to be the lowest by any pitcher who qualified for the ERA title. The current record belongs to Pedro Martínez, who allowed a .167 batting average in 2000….

x Embed x Share CLOSE The final #lohudbaseball rankings for the 2017 season are here. Wochit Final #lohudbaseball rankings for 2017 1. Iona Prep (22-9) — For the second consecutive year, the Gaels finish the season at No. 1 overall. They came up one win short of repeating as CHSAA champs, but they won four consecutive elimination games to get there. No pitching staff in the area was as deep, led…

SEE ALSO: AL East International Signing ForecastsSEE ALSO: AL Central International Signing ForecastsSEE ALSO: Top 50 International Prospects For July 2SEE ALSO: Scouting Reports On Top 50 Prospects For July 2SEE ALSO: 2017-18 International Bonus Pools The list below contains the signing agreements for all 30 teams. Just like any free agent, whether it’s a major league free agent or an international amateur free agent, the signing agreements are all…

Here was boxing living down to its crooked reputation again late Saturday. Here were three judges who sat ringside and watched an aged Manny Pacquiao fight someone named Jeff Horn in Australia and somehow came to the unanimous conclusion that Pacquiao had lost. Here came all the Twitter backlash, the warranted anger and three-blind-mice memes and the one-word hashtag that summarized another decision that was surprising in how unsurprising it…

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. raced to his second victory of the season — and second on a restrictor-plate track — Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway. Stenhouse picked up his first career NACAR Cup Series win in May at Talladega. Just like last time, girlfriend Danica Patrick was there to greet him in victory lane — she had wrecked out shortly before and was the first person at his car window…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Shock and disappointment permeated social media on Saturday night as all three judges awarded Jeff Horn of Australia a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines in the WBO world welterweight title bout held in Horn’s hometown of Brisbane. Several professional athletes from different sports took to Twitter to express their negative reactions to judge Waleska Roldan’s 117-111 card, as well…

3.49am EDT03:49 AFL: Q4 5:17 remaining Hawthorn 16.9 (105) v Collingwood 14.10 (94) People going down everywhere – this time it’s Burton. Looks like an achilles, or an ankle. He’s probably done for the night. The Hawks control the ball before turning it over. The Pies carefully work the ball towards their goal and Maynard storms on to it, kicking on the run. It’s sailing, sailing, sailing, and strikes the…

William Byron got his second win of the season, and this time he got to do it in front of his bosses. Byron won his second consecutive Xfinity Series race on Saturday by leading a 1-2 finish at Daytona International Speedway for JR Motorsports. Byron raced to his first career Xfinity victory last weekend at Iowa, but team owners Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rick Hendrick weren’t at the track to…