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Mark Shuttleworth’s path to a career in professional hockey was hardly typical. The Penguins director of amateur hockey originally went to Duquesne University to study music and wound up earning a degree in secondary education communication arts. Shuttleworth, a Pleasant Hills native and Thomas Jefferson High School graduate, did church youth work in the early 1980s before helping to manage the former Neville…

UK Sport’s funding of badminton, wheelchair rugby, archery, fencing and weightlifting ends at midnight on Friday night. Four months on from hearing they were the big losers in the funding battle we speak to athletes from those sports to discover how they are coping and their fears for the future. Chris Langridge, badminton ‘We found out we were having twins – and then found out we had no funding. It…

Fenway Park in Kenmore Square is home to the Boston Red Sox. Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Getty Images Fenway Park in Kenmore Square is home to the Boston Red Sox. Getty Images Major League Baseball has been wrestling with the question of how to shorten the length of baseball games. They’re eager to find ways to speed things up. The New York Times invited staff writers and their…

The first five races of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season have produced five different winning drivers and five different winning teams. We’ll find out Sunday if we have a sixth new winner, as NASCAR takes to Martinsville Speedway for the STP 500 and the first short-track race of the season. Coverage begins on FS1 at 12:30 p.m. ET Sunday. With 21 races left in the…

Kyle Larson’s victory Sunday in the Auto Club 400 at Fontana, Calif., only furthered what’s been a strong start to the NASCAR Cup season for the young driver from California. Larson’s triumph followed three consecutive second-place finishes and puts Chip Ganassi Racing in the enviable postion of having two drivers in the top six of NASCAR’s points standings: Larson is first and Jamie McMurray, who was also sixth Sunday, is…

Image: YouTube Lauren Hennessey, a goaltender from Massachusetts who verbally committed to the University of North Dakota women’s hockey team, took an early-morning trip to Grand Forks with her parents Wednesday to visit the campus and meet the staff and players. While Hennessey was still on campus, the university announced that women’s hockey would be among the sports cut after the 2016-17 academic year. Advertisement Understandably, Hennessey was angry: Because…

Spencer Rattler, right, and his Pinnacle High School football coach, Dana Zupke, left, pose at the school.(Photo: Tom Tingle/azcentral sports) They are two of the most successful high school athletes in Arizona. Spencer Rattler is a highly recruited quarterback for Phoenix Pinnacle. Sarah Barcello has been one of the stars on a Chandler Seton Catholic’s girls basketball team that has won three state titles in four years. They have much in…

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A seven-point deficit had been turned into a 17-point lead and college basketball’s most dominant team was rolling, bringing many in a crowd of 8,830 to their feet. Playing their NCAA women’s basketball tournament regional games at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn., only 80 miles from campus, the Connecticut Huskies were enjoying something close to the March Madness experience of most men’s tournament teams: Lots of excitement, plenty of…

Ed Warner, the UK Athletics chairman, has called for the end of UK Sport’s “no compromise” approach, saying that “it has had its time” and that the relentless pursuit of Olympic medals should be replaced by a more nuanced policy, in which sports such as basketball are also funded for the positive impact they have on society. Warner suggested that a “fundamental review” into elite funding was also needed following the…

The Rams’ performance in their return to Los Angeles last season was anything but award-worthy. But a television production documenting their 2016 training camp is in line for possible honors. HBO’s “Hard Knocks: Training camp with the Los Angeles Rams” garnered four Sports Emmy nominations. The series was nominated for outstanding serialized sports documentary, outstanding camera work, outstanding music direction and outstanding post-produced audio/sound. Winners will be announced May 9….

Image: YouTube Lauren Hennessey, a goaltender from Massachusetts who verbally committed to the University of North Dakota women’s hockey team, took an early-morning trip to Grand Forks with her parents Wednesday to visit the campus and meet the staff and players. While Hennessey was still on campus, the university announced that women’s hockey would be among the sports cut after the 2016-17 academic year. Advertisement Understandably, Hennessey was angry: Because…

Meghan Flannery(Photo: Courtesy of St. Louis Post Dispatch) A Whitefish Bay native and standout athlete at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School who also played soccer at the University of Wisconsin was killed early Wednesday in a car crash in Missouri. Meghan Flannery, 26, was driving north on the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 about 1 a.m. Wednesday when her vehicle crashed into two other cars, according to the St….

The first five races of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season have produced five different winning drivers and five different winning teams. We’ll find out Sunday if we have a sixth new winner, as NASCAR takes to Martinsville Speedway for the STP 500 and the first short-track race of the season. Coverage begins on FS1 at 12:30 p.m. ET Sunday. With 21 races left in the…

You’re looking at a 162-game baseball season. The number of Twitter accounts breaking down all of those innings is far more than that. When it comes to stats, videos, fantasy breakdowns and plain fun facts about the game, what are the best handles to follow? As Opening Day approaches, these are some of the must-follow accounts for the long season. News and notes Discover the best stories in the game…

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Major League Baseball is on a winning streak. Last year’s World Series was dramatic, historic and the most watched since 2004. The Commissioner’s Office and the Players Association averted a work stoppage by finalizing a new five-year collective bargaining agreement. The fourth World Baseball Classic was the most compelling and most watched in history. So why is Rob Manfred pushing for seismic changes to the sport? Think of him like…

To find one of the greatest mementos in the history of baseball, all it takes is a quick eBay search. And don’t worry, to claim this treasure, no bidding is needed. The item is listed with a “Buy It Now” price. For a whopping $2.50, the 1976 Topps Traded #74T Oscar Gamble baseball card can be yours. Actually for $3.50 — because you can’t forget the $1 shipping cost. In…

A true Texas Ranger needs to have a horse, right? Rougned Odor apparently thought so—the second baseman signed a six-year contract extension with Major League Baseball’s Rangers on Thursday worth almost $50 million, but it was reportedly the addition of a pair of horses that sealed the deal. The equine perk isn’t so crazy for Odor, 22, who was raised…

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