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American Legion baseball recently received insurance that it will be around for at least several more years, in spite of its benefactor organization’s aging population. The Gregory C. Van Wie Foundation made sure of that by contributing $25,000 to Legion Post 187 coffers for use in managing and operating its successful and popular baseball program. The funds should keep the team flush with operating expenditures for…

Every pitcher in major-league history has been at the point Felix Hernandez reached last year. That point where your stuff just doesn’t have the life it once did, and you need to adjust or get left behind. For some pitchers, that point comes early, but they manage it. For instance, Johan Santana lost a full 1.5 MPH from 2006 to 2007, at 27 years old, but mostly kept right on…

First Thursday coverage is third most-watched since 1991 with average of 8.2 million viewers NCAA March Madness Live generated an all-time record with 31 million live streams, up +26 percent vs. 2016 Turner and CBS Sports’ 2017 NCAA tournament coverage is delivering audience increases across all platforms. Live game coverage across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV, including the First Four and first Thursday games, is averaging 7.8…

Former bantamweight title contender Michael McDonald has been released from his contract with the UFC. UFC officials confirmed McDonald’s release to FOX Sports on Friday following an initial report from ESPN. According to McDonald, he asked for his release due to “dishonest” business practices by the UFC and the promotion granted his request to leave the organization. McDonald hasn’t fought since last July when he suffered a knockout loss to…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Members of the U.S. women’s national hockey team said Wednesday that they will not participate in World Championships unless significant progress is made to secure what players consider to be fair. Time_Sports The United States’ Hilary Knight (21) passes the puck against Canada on Feb. 20, 2014.(Photo: Mark Humphrey, Associated Press) The U.S. women’s national team’s players didn’t budge at the 5 p.m. Thursday deadline set by…

CBS Sports and Turner Sports announced tip times and matchups for Second Round coverage of the 2017 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Saturday, March 18 (noon-midnight ET), with all games available in their entirety across four national television networks — TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV — and via NCAA March Madness Live. Exclusive live coverage will continue with first round action on Friday, March 17, beginning at noon….

Both the Cavaliers (vs. UNC-Wilmington) and Gators (vs. East Tennessee State) were trendy upset picks, but each survived and now face each other. For the Cavs, the key to beating Florida could be junior guard Marial Shayok. Virginia has been looking for a second scorer all year, and they got one in Shayok on Thursday, who put up a career-high 23 points. They’ll need a similar effort against a potent Florida…

Buy Photo Space Coast Sports Commission Chairman Tom Williamson said one advantage Brevard County has in attracting youth and other amateur sports events is being near the beaches and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.(Photo: CRAIG BAILEY/FLORIDA TODAY FILE PHOTO)Buy Photo The Space Coast Sports Commission has unanimously approved a new grant policy to attract youth and other amateur sports events to Brevard County. The policy will tie potential grants…

The year 2016 was big for sports in India with Olympic wins and the T-20 World Cup getting locals to tune into their television sets and mobile phones. It was an even bigger year for sports-related sponsorship, including team sponsorships, rights for on-air and on-ground advertising, franchise fees, endorsements and media spends. The total amount spent on sports sponsorship in 2016 was Rs6,400 crore ($941 million), up 19.3% from Rs5,363…

Leicester have not beaten Atletico in their four previous meetings Leicester City have been drawn against Spanish side Atletico Madrid in their maiden Champions League quarter-final. The Premier League champions progressed to the last eight by beating Spanish title-chasers Sevilla 3-2 on aggregate. Leicester will play the first leg against last year’s beaten finalists away from home on 11 or 12 April, with the return leg on 18 or 19…

U.S. women’s national ice hockey team forward Hilary Knight joins OTL to share why the players are willing to boycott the IIHF World Championships and forgo defending their title if USA Hockey is unwilling to make progress to secure fair wages. USA Hockey is expected to reach out to players on its senior women’s national team, as well as their representatives, in an effort to restart negotiations over a labor…

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Daniel Suarez (51) celebrates with his trophy in Victory Lane after winning the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016.(Photo: Ben Moffat/azcentral sports) Can you keep a secret? Daniel Suárez can. The Mexican-born NASCAR driver was celebrating the end of his wildly successful 2016 season as Xfinity Series champion, feasting privately with a small circle of family…

BUY TICKETS: See the races in Phoenix | Full schedule RELATED: Youth rising in Power Rankings | Young drivers show skill and fire Kyle Larson stood alone on the far end of pit road in the moments after the season-opening Daytona 500, feeling gutted that he had brought the field to the white flag in NASCAR’s biggest race, only to run out of gas and sputter around the superspeedway on the final…

Fukushima has been chosen to host baseball and softball matches at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, organisers said on Friday, a move they hope will boost the region’s recovery from the March 2011 nuclear disaster. Azuma baseball stadium, about 70km north-west of the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, will host at least one baseball game – possibly the opening match – and one or more softball fixtures, according to Yoshiro…

Venezuela, a team loaded with major league All-Stars, is on the brink of being eliminated from the 2017 World Baseball Classic. Thursday night’s 3-0 loss to the Dominican Republic (box score) dropped Venezuela’s record to 0-2 in Pool F play. The Dominican Republic, meanwhile, improved to 1-1. Both USA and Puerto Rico are 1-0 in Pool F and did not play Thursday. Thursday’s game remained scoreless until the fifth inning,…

Source: Hardin Valley Baseball UPDATE 6 P.M. THURSDAY: WBIR 10News obtained the original complaint emailed by a parent on the Hardin Valley baseball team. It accuses Hardin Valley Academy head baseball coach Joe Michalski and assistant coach Zach Luther of inflicting emotional and physical abuse on March 9, when it claims they told players not to dodge the balls Luther purposely threw at them as a part of a drill. The complaint calls…

The basketball playoffs were in full swing when Green Hope baseball coach Michael Miragliuolo ran his team through preseason drills in T-shirts on a Feb. 25 afternoon the temperature hit 81 degrees. Three weeks later, the Falcons took to the diamond at Panther Creek on a 48-degree afternoon. Players from both teams wore long-sleeve shirts under their jerseys and fans dressed in winter coats, hats or hoods pulled over their…

Mar 16, 2017; Phoenix, AZ, USA; General view of a spring training game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs at Camelback Ranch.(Photo: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports) Dear Baseball, Sorry I’ve strayed. That I’ve changed and you haven’t. How I felt compelled to find something faster and more exciting. But I miss you and our childhood romance, along with all those days we spent together in the park….

Mother Nature dropped a big pile of mess on local baseball and softball schedules this week with a few inches of snow. High school practices are moved indoors. Little League tryouts and evaluations are rescheduled. And for the local college teams already playing games — good luck. Nothing can wreck a springtime sports schedule in Maryland more than an ill-timed winter storm. But some of the baseball teams around the state…

March Madness created a lot of CBS hatred just before the first game Thursday in the NCAA basketball championship tournament. Thousands of fans who waited until the final minutes to fill out their brackets on CBSSports.com were denied their picks. And it wasn’t just their picks for tournament-starter Notre Dame versus Princeton, but for all their picks in the four brackets. The CBS site crashed around 11 a.m. EDT and…