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VisitPittsburgh wants to up its game. And for one, that means renewing a bid to create a sports commission to help attract big sporting events like the Super Bowl and the NCAA basketball tournament to Pittsburgh. The local tourism group has reintroduced legislation in the state General Assembly to create the commission after a similar bill died at the end of the last session. …

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…

By now you’ve seen and/or heard about the post-race brawl between Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers Kyle Busch and Joey Logano following last Sunday’s Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. But in the wake of NASCAR’s decision, announced Monday, that it would not issue penalties or fines to any of those involved — including crew members who mostly appeared to be trying to separate the two drivers —…

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 reached out by email to all 23 members of the U.S. women’s national team and gave them a deadline of 5 p.m. ET Thursday to individually confirm…

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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…

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The second round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic is underway and wow, we’ve already seen some exciting games in Pool F. Puerto Rico upset the heavily-favored Dominican Republic on Tuesday night, then USA rallied for a come-from-behind win over Venezuela on Wednesday night. How can you not love compelling baseball in March? Pool F play will continue Friday night at Petco Park in San Diego. Here are the important…

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…

The top two players by both FantasyPros consensus ranking and NFBC ADP, Mike Trout and Mookie Betts, are outfielders. Another top-four player, Kris Bryant, is outfield-eligible. Two more outfielders, Bryce Harper and Charlie Blackmon, will likely be off the board within your draft’s first 15 picks. There are about three times as many outfielders as any other position in the majors, other than pitcher, but this is not an important-by-default…

Manny Ramirez hasn’t played professional baseball since 2014, but you’d never know it by looking at his new contract with Japan’s Shikoku Island League. The former MLB outfielder, who played in 12 All-Star games and won two World Series Championships throughout his major-league career, will reportedly be entitled to unlimited sushi as part of his new contract with the Kochi Island Fighting Dogs. GILDED SUSHI ROLL MAY BE…

MIAMI (Reuters) – Miami baseball star Jose Fernandez was to blame for a boat crash that killed him and two passengers last year, Florida officials said on Thursday, finding that his reckless and impaired driving led the vessel to slam into a rock jetty. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigators said Fernandez, a dominant pro baseball pitcher with the Marlins, was steering at full-throttle at the time of the…

Mar 15, 2017 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment I have no equity in New Hampshire Motor Speedway, but I am heavily invested. I watched it sprout from the ground as I lived a short distance south in the state’s capital city, Concord. I competed in the first race at the one-mile track, captured a track championship and considered its founder, Bob Bahre, to be a mentor for…

The sides are digging in in the battle between the U.S. women’s national hockey team and USA Hockey and another salvo was fired Thursday. Team USA announced Wednesday that it will boycott the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship unless it receives what it considers fair wages and equitable support from the organization. USA Hockey responded later in the day with a statement that, in part, read, “USA Hockey…

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…

Mar 15, 2017 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment I have no equity in New Hampshire Motor Speedway, but I am heavily invested. I watched it sprout from the ground as I lived a short distance south in the state’s capital city, Concord. I competed in the first race at the one-mile track, captured a track championship and considered its founder, Bob Bahre, to be a mentor for…

The U.S. women’s hockey team won’t be playing in the world championships unless it feels USA Hockey is negotiating with them fairly. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff Bassett, File) Members of the U.S. women’s ice hockey team, who will boycott the upcoming world championships unless “significant progress is made with USA Hockey over wages and support, said Thursday that they oppose any attempt by USA Hockey to organize a team…

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…

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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…