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Shatel: Major League Baseball games are long, but memories last longer – Omaha World-Herald

Sunday, April 02, 2017

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Regular season baseball is back! – SB Nation

Sunday, April 02, 2017

Listen, we know it’s tough to catch up on everything happening in the baseball world each morning. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage, and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Trying to find all of it while on your way to work or sitting at your desk just isn’t easy. It’s OK, though. We’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each…

Baseball is back! What to watch in every Opening Day game – ESPN

Sunday, April 02, 2017

7:41 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Finally. Opening Day. Better yet, two Opening Days. We have three games on Sunday and 12 on Monday — it will be glorious. Opening Day starter tiers: Clayton Kershaw … and then everybody else From the Dodgers ace who’s in a class by himself to a group of journeymen who we can’t believe are taking the hill for their…

Major League Baseball’s 2017 season is finally here – USA TODAY

Sunday, April 02, 2017

USA TODAY Sports’ Bob Nightengale breaks down the story lines to watch as baseball’s regular season begins. USA TODAY Sports

When will sport stop treating women as a joke? – The Guardian

Sunday, April 02, 2017

British cyclist Lizzie Armitstead, former world race champion, and reigning Commonwealth road race champion, has just published Steadfast: My Autobiography. In a Guardian interview she recounts several examples of sexism, which left this reader with a range of emotions, from mildly irritated to: “Just reading this makes me feel unclean.” Women were forced to borrow helmets from male riders. On the day that Armitstead became world champion in Richmond, Virginia,…

A Small Guard Upends UConn and ‘Breathes a Little Life’ Into Her Sport – New York Times

Sunday, April 02, 2017

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Final Four 2017 predictions: National title game picks, lines for UNC vs. Gonzaga – CBSSports.com

Sunday, April 02, 2017

This NCAA Tournament started with 68 national-title-hopeful teams.  Bracket Central Expert Picks Latest odds It’s now down to two.  After winning their respective Final Four matchups on Saturday, No. 1 seed Gonzaga will battle No. 1 seed North Carolina for the national title Monday night. It’s a matchup between two teams that have shared the “best team in the country” label at different points this year. This is a big-boy…

Gonzaga, N Carolina feature beastly bigs in NCAA title game (Apr 2, 2017) – FOXSports.com

Sunday, April 02, 2017

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) Their pedigrees are different, but both teams are loaded with veterans. Both have some heft in the middle. When Gonzaga meets North Carolina for the NCAA national championship on Monday night, it could be quite a brawl. ”They’re big just like us and they match up with us pretty well,” North Carolina’s Theo Pinson said. ”Their guards are really good. We just got to play the game…

Johnson ‘fortunate’ for high expectations on team – Nascar

Sunday, April 02, 2017

BUY TICKETS: See the races at Martinsville MORE: Short-track swing could shake up standings MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Jimmie Johnson hasn’t won in the first five races of this year’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, but the jury is still out on what to make of the situation. Concern or indifference? Johnson has won 80 times, more than any other active driver, and he’s a nine-time winner here at Martinsville. Which…

Contract Fight With USA Hockey Over, Hard Work Begins for Women’s Team – New York Times

Sunday, April 02, 2017

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A Small Guard Upends UConn and ‘Breathes a Little Life’ Into Her Sport – New York Times

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Final Four: International players, parents reunite on sport’s biggest stage – NCAA.com

Sunday, April 02, 2017

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The questions kept streaming in. South Carolina’s Maik Kotsar sat inside the Gamecocks’ locker room here and answered them all, often with a smile. One topic in particular, though, seemed to make the freshman from Estonia glow brighter. MARCH MADNESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA JOIN THE TEAM. Follow @marchmadness A reporter wanted to know if Kotsar’s parents would be traveling…

WWE flexes sports entertainment muscle at WrestleMania – ABC News

Sunday, April 02, 2017

The World Series never would have a 52-year-old pitch in Game 7. But Major League Baseball doesn’t have a dead man like the Undertaker. Could a 50-year-old NBA star return after a 13-year layoff and become the MVP in the Finals? No, but the NBA didn’t sign Bill Goldberg. Imagine a hot NFL prospect, a No. 1 draft pick, billed as a franchise savior that has all the tools to…

Final Four 2017: Appropriately sloppy ending sends UNC to national title game – CBSSports.com

Sunday, April 02, 2017

Bracket Central Expert Picks Latest odds GLENDALE, Ariz. — One of the most haphazard national semifinals in history was appropriately decided by four missed free throws from the winning team, while the losing team twice failed to grab a rebound and give themselves a chance at redemption.  We will have a top-seeded showdown in the desert to decide the national title. No. 1 North Carolina’s 77-76 win Saturday night over…

Johnson ‘fortunate’ for high expectations on team – Nascar

Sunday, April 02, 2017

BUY TICKETS: See the races at Martinsville MORE: Short-track swing could shake up standings MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Jimmie Johnson hasn’t won in the first five races of this year’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, but the jury is still out on what to make of the situation. Concern or indifference? Johnson has won 80 times, more than any other active driver, and he’s a nine-time winner here at Martinsville. Which…

RIP Footy McFooty Face: San Diego soccer team will be called … – Washington Post

Sunday, April 02, 2017

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Times Union All-Stars: hockey – Albany Times Union

Sunday, April 02, 2017

Caption Close Athlete of the Year: Logan DiScanio, La Salle Winning the Capital District High School Hockey League championship was a big deal for DiScanio and his La Salle Cadet teammates. How the Cadets won their first Section II crown since 2001 makes it even more special for DiScanio, who assisted on Kevin Mainello’s goal in double overtime that gave La Salle a thrilling 6-5 win over Shenendehowa. “The thing…

USA women’s hockey overwhelms Russia, 7-0, in IIHF world championships – Detroit Free Press

Sunday, April 02, 2017

Post to Facebook Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 1 of 14 2 of 14 3 of 14 4 of 14 5 of 14 6 of 14 7 of 14 8 of 14 9 of 14 10 of 14 11 of 14 12 of 14 13 of 14 14 of 14 Last SlideNext Slide The United State’s Kendall Coyne (26) and Hilary Knight (21) celebrate a…

NASCAR Driver Wrecks Into A Spin And Then Gets Wrecked Back Out Of It – Jalopnik

Sunday, April 02, 2017

Image via FOX Sports on Twitter When a NASCAR driver goes into a spin, especially at a race track as short as Martinsville Speedway, there usually isn’t much that can be done about it—the vehicle is either going to hit a wall or another vehicle. But when Chase Briscoe went around on Saturday, another driver actually wrecked him back in line. Advertisement Briscoe went into a spin during the NASCAR…

Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes for April 2 – ESPN

Sunday, April 02, 2017

5:26 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Opening Day is finally here! Well, sort of anyway, as we have a three-game slate to kick off the 2017 campaign. On behalf of the Daily Notes staff, we’re excited for the next 182 days as we have a couple of changes in store to improve your fantasy baseball experience. With so much DFS content elsewhere on the site,…