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WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC LOS ANGELES (AP) Marcus Stroman took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Ian Kinsler slugged a two-run homer and the United States routed Puerto Rico 8-0 to win its first World Baseball Classic in four tries. Stroman dominated the tournament’s highest-scoring team. Puerto Rico lost for the first time in eight games after outscoring the opposition 55-26. The U.S. territory finished runner-up for the second time, having…

Jamie Vardy had a first-half penalty appeal turned down Gareth Southgate suffered his first defeat in charge of England as Lukas Podolski’s spectacular second-half winner provided a fitting farewell to his Germany career in Dortmund. Southgate had been undefeated in four games as interim manager following Sam Allardyce’s abrupt departure from the England post after one match – and he will feel this loss in his first match in permanent…

BIG3 is already going to prime time. Ice Cube’s 3-on-3 basketball league announced Tuesday a broadcast partnership with Fox Sports, which will host the league throughout its summer schedule on FS1 on Monday nights and peak with the championship game live on Fox. Ice Cube broke the news on Skip and Shannon: Undisputed, the first in what is sure to be a long line of cross-promotion. BIG3’s season opens Sunday, June 25…

Two former museum executives are pitching an idea for a sports museum in Chicago that would use sports to teach visitors about everything from physics to statistics to race relations. But whether the museum could be a grand slam or even get to first base depends on funding and support. Other museums have struck out, namely the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which ended up in Los Angeles instead of Chicago…

(Benny Sieu/USA Today Sports) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hidden in an ancient Final Four box score, there’s a name. It tends to turn up seventh or eighth under the team name “Purdue,” depending on whose box score one studies. It shows that the last time Purdue reached a men’s basketball Final Four, 37 years and three Indianapolis Final Four venues ago at bygone Market Square Arena, in came a sub…

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Green, who managed Phillies to 1980 World Series title, dies As a big-league pitcher, Dallas Green was pretty mediocre. “I was a 20-game winner,” he would joke, “it just took me five years to do it.” Instead, it was in a managerial role in which the imposing, 6-foot-5 Green really made noise. “When you think of big, with that deep voice, that booming voice, he could…

6:38 PM ET Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior NHL writer for ESPN The Magazine Wrote for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wrote for The Sporting News Close ESPN Staff Writer Columnist, ESPN.com Formerly at Sports Illustrated, The Washington Post Author of “The Rivals” Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment As the U.S. women’s national hockey team and USA Hockey officials continue their negotiations under the team’s looming boycott of the March…

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series West lost a significant championship contender over the weekend before the season could even start as Ryan Partridge was unable to secure his annual license to compete before the season opener at Tucson Speedway in Arizona. The 28-year-old finished second in the championship last season but wasn’t allowed on the track on Saturday night. The initial reason provided by NASCAR was that Partridge…

Pete Hamilton, who was at his best at NASCAR’s superspeedways, died Wednesday. He was 74. Hamilton won four career Cup races – including consecutive Daytona 500s in 1970 and ’71. He also won twice at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in 1971. Hamilton’s victory at Daytona in 1970 came in the No. 40 Plymouth Superbird of Petty Enterprises, for which he ran 16 races that season. The other Petty car – No….

The four-time Cup champion and current FOX NASCAR analyst claims two different hometowns – Vallejo, California and Pittsboro, Indiana.  After starting in quarter-midgets in California, Gordon moved to the Hoosier State to move his way up the open-wheel sprint car ranks. Since his first full-time Premier Series season in 1993, Gordon racked up an incredible 93 career wins, 325 top fives, 477 top-10 finishes and 81 poles.  …

RELATED: Details on NASCAR’s deterrence system NASCAR levied L1-level penalties against the No. 2 car of Team Penske and the No. 4 car of Stewart-Haas Racing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series on Wednesday following Sunday’s race at Phoenix Raceway. The violation for the No. 2 car is detailed in sections 20.17.3.1.2 of the NASCAR Rule Book (post-race general inspection measurements), and driver Brad Keselowski’s fifth-place finish in the Camping…

BIG3 is already going to prime time. Ice Cube’s 3-on-3 basketball league announced Tuesday a broadcast partnership with Fox Sports, which will host the league throughout its summer schedule on FS1 on Monday nights and peak with the championship game live on Fox. Ice Cube broke the news on Skip and Shannon: Undisputed, the first in what is sure to be a long line of cross-promotion. BIG3’s season opens Sunday, June 25…

Two former museum executives are pitching an idea for a sports museum in Chicago that would use sports to teach visitors about everything from physics to statistics to race relations. But whether the museum could be a grand slam or even get to first base depends on funding and support. Other museums have struck out, namely the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which ended up in Los Angeles instead of Chicago…

Is fantasy sports gaming a battle of wits and smarts that’s worthy of free-market protection? Or is it just dolled-up digital gambling that deserves being outlawed? Josh Adams, following the debate in Montgomery from 50 miles away, can speak to the questions as well as anyone in the country. Adams, 38, who lives in Auburn, is already nationally known for his views on the matter. In the past two years,…

10:35 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Mike Keenan is set to embark on the most extraordinary challenge of his hockey career. Considering that Keenan has served as head coach of eight NHL teams — the Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins, Florida Panthers and Calgary Flames — that is significant. Keenan, long known as Iron Mike for…

12:46 PM ET Close ESPN Senior Writer Covers hockey for ESPN.com 10 years at Toronto Sun, Windsor Star and National Post Wrote best-selling true crime book “Deadly Innocence” Close ESPN Senior Writer Covers the NHL for ESPN.com and TSN in Canada Six years on the “Hockey Night In Canada” Hotstove panel 13 years at The Canadian Press national news agency Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Commissioner Gary…