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Starting pitcher: Sale is a strong but expensive plays, as always. Remember that the White Sox have MLB’s best wOBA vs. LHP (.362) … Even though his last start was bad and he’s walking too many batters, it’s hard to dislike Justin Verlander ($10,700) vs. the Royals … We all love Luis Severino ($10,200), but even against the whiff-happy Orioles, he seems like a tournament play … Robbie Ray ($9,600)…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The NHL is heading to Asia next season. Just not the Olympics. Commissioner Gary Bettman emphatically reasserted the league will not take a break next February to participate in the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea next February. The league previously announced it would skip going to Pyeongchang earlier this spring, a point Bettman bluntly reiterated on Monday just hours before Pittsburgh and Nashville met in Game…

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TIGER WOODS Tiger Woods attributed an “unexpected reaction” to prescription medicine for his arrest on a DUI charge that landed him in a Florida jail for nearly four hours. Woods, the 14-time major champion who had back surgery five weeks ago, was arrested on suspicion of DUI at about 3 a.m. Monday and taken to Palm Beach County jail. He was released on his own recognizance. An arrest report might…

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Using his most emphatic language to date, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Monday that the league will not take a break next season to allow players to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. In addition, he said the 2018 NHL All-Star Game has been awarded to Tampa, which reinforces his resolve because the league has not held its All-Star festivities during recent Olympic seasons. NHL players…

Frank Deford in 1984. He would go on to spend another 33 years as a commentator on Morning Edition. Bob Child/AP hide caption toggle caption Bob Child/AP Frank Deford in 1984. He would go on to spend another 33 years as a commentator on Morning Edition. Bob Child/AP Updated at 4:11 p.m. ET Through nearly four decades, at least five presidential administrations and seemingly countless Super Bowls and World Series,…

The Denver Post has cut ties with Terry Frei after the journalist tweeted that he was “very uncomfortable with a Japanese driver winning the Indianapolis 500 during Memorial Day weekend.” Frei posted the comment on Sunday, after Takuma Sato became the first Japanese driver to win the race. On Monday, the Post’s president and CEO Mac Tully and editor Lee Ann Colacioppo published a short statement apologizing for the “disrespectful…

They have popped up in the scablands of eastern Washington and along Lake Michigan. They have come to prominence during the Gilded Age and in the new Millennium. They have all, at one point or another, shocked, dominated or captivated a sport. What made college sports’ one-sport wonders what they are? The typical formula for success dictates that a school build football and basketball into cash machines, with the revenue…

As long as the world has gone nuts — as long as common sense and common decency have become increasingly devalued — perhaps it’s time to toss in the towel. Maybe it’s time to give the other side a shot, to pander a la “Good Investments” Roger Goodell: bad is good, worse is even better. For small example, late Sunday night’s Mets-Bucs on ESPN included a show and tell of…

He said Akif Cagatay Kilic, the sports minister, had already been instructed to carry out the order. “What does arena mean? We don’t have such a thing in our language,” Mr Erdogan added, urging people to examine the “meaning and interpretation” of arenas saying the word was “neither polite nor elegant”. Mr Erdogan’s disdain for the word is thought to stem from Ancient Roman arenas, where gladiators would fight to…

On Monday, the selection committee announced the field of 64 for the 2016 NCAA Baseball Tournament, which we’ll unveil in a moment. First, though, check these notable omissions …  Miami’s 44-year NCAA baseball postseason run is over. Also missing from the 64-team field is defending national champ Coastal Carolina. — Mitch Sherman (@mitchsherman) May 29, 2017 There will be no no U of Miami in the tourney for the first…

Giants reliever Hunter Strickland hit Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper with a pitch on Monday and a pretty nice brawl broke out afterward:  So let’s sort this out. First off, surely Harper will be suspended for the charge and the punches, while Strickland himself will get nailed for the pitch and his swings back at Harper.  Secondly, the most entertaining part for me was Jeff Samardzija — remember, a former college…

They have popped up in the scablands of eastern Washington and along Lake Michigan. They have come to prominence during the Gilded Age and in the new Millennium. They have all, at one point or another, shocked, dominated or captivated a sport. What made college sports’ one-sport wonders what they are? The typical formula for success dictates that a school build football and basketball into cash machines, with the revenue…

Frank Deford in 1984. He would go on to spend another 33 years as a commentator on Morning Edition. Bob Child/AP hide caption toggle caption Bob Child/AP Frank Deford in 1984. He would go on to spend another 33 years as a commentator on Morning Edition. Bob Child/AP Updated at 4:11 p.m. ET Through nearly four decades, at least five presidential administrations and seemingly countless Super Bowls and World Series,…

He said Akif Cagatay Kilic, the sports minister, had already been instructed to carry out the order. “What does arena mean? We don’t have such a thing in our language,” Mr Erdogan added, urging people to examine the “meaning and interpretation” of arenas saying the word was “neither polite nor elegant”. Mr Erdogan’s disdain for the word is thought to stem from Ancient Roman arenas, where gladiators would fight to…

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The king has been dethroned. The University of Miami’s often painful uphill journey came crashing to an end Monday when the NCAA Division I Baseball Selection Committee left the Hurricanes out of the 64-team tournament, thereby ending an extraordinary 44-year postseason run that included four national championships. The 44-year postseason streak was the longest in history for any NCAA Sport. “It’s an honor and privilege to be a part of…

Jacob DeVries, a left-handed pitcher for the Air Force Falcons, comes from a devoted military family. In addition to his father Kenny, a retired Air Force captain, both of DeVries’ grandfathers, as well as various aunts and uncles, served the United States in some capacity or another. DeVries considered their contributions when he was plotting his life after high school. He thought about their sacrifices; about how he would feel…