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7:02 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment For the second straight Sunday, we have bonus baseball as one of Saturday’s pair of early postponements was rescheduled as part of an old-fashioned single-admission doubleheader in Target Field. The slate is highlighted by Stephen Strasburg, who has managed to escape injury in this season, where the disabled list has been one of the top stories across MLB. Other…

Cuban outfielder Luis Robert, 19, has an agreement in place to sign with the White Sox, pending a physical. The two sides are still finalizing the exact terms of the deal. Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports first reported on Twitter that the White Sox were closing in on a deal with Robert. Based on his present ability, Robert should be ready for an assignment to low or high Class A,…

Peddie’s overall record was 72-125 in 3.5 seasons at ULM.(Photo: Emerald McIntyre/ULM Photo Servi, Emerald McIntyre/ULM Photo Servi) Bruce Peddie entered his third full season as ULM baseball coach knowing it was a big year for his tenure on campus. Improvement and a berth in the Sun Belt tournament was expected from both university officials and a jaded fanbase. ULM’s conference tournament hopes are gone. And so are Peddie’s chances…

There are few managers or coaches in recent memory who have gotten the town talking the way Terry Collins has, and does, sometimes in good ways, often in bad ways, always in interesting ways. Saturday, he managed the 1,013th game of his tenure as a Met, one more than Davey Johnson — and maybe a good 500 or 600 more than most folks would’ve set as the “over” when he…

The owner of the horse that wins this weekend’s Preakness Stakes will get an oversized floral garland, 15 minutes of fame and a copy of a storied trophy that’s said to be the most valuable in American sports. The Woodlawn Vase, an ornate, Tiffany-designed solid sterling silver piece dating back to 1860 is touted as “the most expensive trophy in American sports” by Preakness officials. A 1983 insurance appraisal valued…

It’s tough to beat actual sports for entertainment. Yet television continues to try and, as is traditional in sports, success is hard-won. Actually, it’s more like Chicago sports than that: Very few succeed, and most might as well write off their entire season after just a few weeks. There will be a list here of the best scripted sports series, or at least the start of some arguments about these…

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: And it’s time for sports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SIMON: Could three be a charm for one of two teams, not to mention fans? Howard Bryant of espn.com and ESPN the Magazine joins us now. Good morning, Howard. HOWARD BRYANT, BYLINE: Good morning, Scott. How are you? SIMON: How am I? Well, listen… BRYANT: Are you better than the Boston Celtics? SIMON: Well, I don’t want to make…

At least one Premier League club is hatching a plan to charge stakeholders such as Sky Sports and BT Sport for manager and player interviews. Commercial chiefs at a top-six side want to deny broadcasters the free access they currently get to their star names unless they are willing to pay for the privilege. Sky are stumping up £4.1billion for five of the seven live packages in the current domestic…

The gold, silver and bronze Olympic and paralympic medals for the Rio Olympics started off nice and shiny. (Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images) The Rio Olympics experienced their fair share of problems last summer (green pool water, controversial boxing judges, basic plumbing). Now nearly nine months after the Games ended, it looks like organizers in Rio de Janeiro are still experiencing some hiccups. The latest issue has to do with medals handed out to more…

Since the 2016 coup attempt, Erdogan has been effectively running a reverse coup.  Followers of Gülen have been rooted out of all levels of the state — the government claimed that 70,000 were processed as part for their involvement with the coup attempt. The government also released nearly 40,000 prisoners to make room for those arrested for their perceived roles in the coup — a group of people who…

Media playback is not supported on this device Pro12 semi-final highlights: Munster 23-3 Ospreys Munster will take on Scarlets for the 2016-17 Pro12 title in next Saturday’s final after seeing off Ospreys at Thomond Park. The win denied the lacklustre visitors an all-Welsh final against their closest rivals in Dublin. But they could have no complaints on a day when only Munster touched down. Francis Saili, Simon Zebo and Andrew…

Brechin City prevailed from a thrilling two-legged play-off battle to reach the Scottish Championship James Dale scored the winning penalty as Brechin City won promotion to the Scottish Championship. City’s victory elevates them to the second tier for the first time since 2006, despite finishing fourth in League One, 12 points behind Alloa. Dale had put Brechin two ahead on aggregate but a Greig Spence double put the tie in…

NBA BOSTON (AP) – An NBA playoff-record, 41-point halftime lead. A franchise record for total points. A 13th consecutive playoff win, tying another league record. And LeBron James says the Cleveland Cavaliers can still do better. Cleveland steamrolled the Boston Celtics 130-86 to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Minutes after the NBA announced the three finalists for the MVP award – and James wasn’t among them…

Why Northwestern: I had a lot of choices to make. UGA, UVA, Northwestern, etc. I did not even see Northwestern coming. I went on my trip, the last trip I took, as an official visit. I ended up making the decision because a lot of my family lives there and it is just a great campus and a great team. I feel like I could be a leader because we…

Since the 2016 coup attempt, Erdogan has been effectively running a reverse coup.  Followers of Gülen have been rooted out of all levels of the state — the government claimed that 70,000 were processed as part for their involvement with the coup attempt. The government also released nearly 40,000 prisoners to make room for those arrested for their perceived roles in the coup — a group of people who…

NBA BOSTON (AP) – An NBA playoff-record, 41-point halftime lead. A franchise record for total points. A 13th consecutive playoff win, tying another league record. And LeBron James says the Cleveland Cavaliers can still do better. Cleveland steamrolled the Boston Celtics 130-86 to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Minutes after the NBA announced the three finalists for the MVP award – and James wasn’t among them…

Stan Kroenke has a 67% stake in Arsenal Arsenal majority shareholder Stan Kroenke is committed to the club in the long term, sources have told the BBC. Kroenke has shown no interest in a £1bn bid by Uzbek-born Russian Usmanov to take full control of the Gunners. It is understood the American’s ambition is to win the Premier League and make Arsenal a force in Europe. Gunners legend Ian Wright…

Former Hearts and Hibernian defender Fraser Mullen rifled in the opening goal for Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath retain their SPFL status after a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over East Kilbride. After the first leg of their play-off finished goalless, Fraser Mullen, for Beath, and Kieran Gibbons, for Kilby, netted in normal time. With no further score after 30 more minutes of play, the hosts scored all five of their spot-kicks. Liam Henderson…

Josh Bassett squeezed over in the corner under pressure from Jack Roberts in the 78th minute Josh Bassett scored a try two minutes from time as Wasps reached their first Premiership final in nine years with a thrilling victory over Leicester. Kurtley Beale helped Wasps build a 10-point lead but Peter Betham’s try saw Tigers three points down at half-time. Leicester led when Telusa Veainu dived over, and Freddie Burns’…