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8:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer is a really good major league player. He is rich, talented and handsome, an absolute rock star in Kansas City. And yet, beneath the polished veneer, is a work ethic learned from his father, Mike, who recently retired after 29 years as a firefighter, and his mom, Ileana, who escaped from Cuba…

LOS ANGELES (AP) – During his two-decade career representing Kobe Bryant and other prominent NBA players, Rob Pelinka developed an enormous respect for the Los Angeles Lakers, both as a team and a global phenomenon. Pelinka is getting the chance to restore that tarnished brand as the Lakers’ new general manager, and he is approaching his new job with evangelical zeal. “It didn’t feel like a decision,” Pelinka said Friday….

RELATED: Las Vegas adds race for 2018   New Hampshire Motor Speedway General Manager David McGrath says “nothing is off the table” as officials at the facility begin thinking through ways to engage racing fans following the loss of one of its two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series weekends.   On Wednesday, Speedway Motorsports Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Marcus Smith, along with representatives of the Las Vegas Convention…

Excuse me, please.  While it’s quiet, I would like to have everyone’s attention.  There is a roaring debate going on about noise and NASCAR. And since this has been my home for the past 30 years, it matters to me when fans are getting their information from the ill-informed. Earlier this week, someone leaked a story to the Sports Business Journal that NASCAR wants to make the cars quiet. That…

It will be an all-Northern Minnesota final Saturday night in the Class 2A boys hockey state title game. Grand Rapids secured it with a 3-2 upset victory over top-seeded Eden Prairie in the semifinals Friday night at Xcel Energy Center. The fifth-seeded Thunderhawks will meet third-seeded Moorhead for the state crown at 7 p.m. Saturday back at the X. Grand Rapids (22-7-1) got there largely thanks to a stellar effort from…

Philadelphia-area high schools Central Bucks West and Ridley met last night in the Class 2A quarterfinal of the Flyers Cup, a high school tournament put on by the Flyers every year. Central Bucks West was up 7-1 in the third period when the game was called, on account of an out-of-control brawl involving most of the players on both teams and even a pair of spectators. Advertisement The brawl definitely…

Buy Photo Mamaroneck forward Matt DiCicco (12) has been a force on the ice for the Tigers, making his presence known in close games. (Photo: Mike Dougherty/The Journal News) Winning a state championship requires more than marquee talent. Pelham has won a lot of games with Ben Hurd and Stefan Miklakos setting a ridiculous pace and Mamaroneck has remained on top with Tommy Spero and Michael Carducci delivering big play after…

From Staff Reports Southside 7, Haltom City (Texas) 2 BASEBALL – The Southside Mavericks got a pair of needed victories Friday at the Justin Northwest Tournament in Fort Worth.  Brock Thibodeaux wiggled out of trouble for much of the game and got plenty of run support in the opener as Southside defeated Haltom City, Texas, 7-2, for its initial win of the season.  Kinner Brasher pitched…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment MIAMI — Retired manager Jim Leyland was back at his familiar perch on the dugout steps Friday night, looking tense as he watched his U.S. team go hitless until the sixth inning and flirt with a devastating defeat before pulling out a 10th-inning win in its first game at the World Baseball Classic. “Now you know why I’m not managing anymore,” Leyland…

Caption Close After a respite and dusting off the cobwebs of busy lives, the Dayton Sports Hall of Fame is moving forward. The board has met and, with a bit of urgency and resolve, has made headway with the necessary federal and state paperwork to formally organize. With that in hand, they are now armed with the tools to build a space dedicated to those who excelled in athletics and…

LOS ANGELES — During his two-decade career representing Kobe Bryant and other prominent NBA players, Rob Pelinka developed an enormous respect for the Los Angeles Lakers, both as a team and a global phenomenon. Pelinka is getting the chance to restore that tarnished brand as the Lakers’ new general manager, and he is approaching his new job with evangelical zeal. “It didn’t feel like a decision,” Pelinka said Friday. “It felt…

A bloody, shirtless man with what appeared to be a broken wine bottle turned a balmy evening of soccer practice and batting cages into a scene of chaos and panic. It didn’t end until police shot and killed him. A man later identified by authorities as Steven Schlitz, 29, followed an adult soccer player over a 3-foot barrier and onto a soccer field at the Huntington Beach Sports Complex where…

In your Sunday, March 5, edition, Kirk Bohls went over the line when describing Shaka Smart’s problems at UT by saying that they were made worse by Smart’s “regurgitation of his players’ anti-Trump comments.”

reader comments 45 If you’re a DirecTV customer who is annoyed by your monthly “regional sports fee,” get ready to be even more agitated. Depending on what ZIP code you live in, you could pay anywhere from $0 to $7.29 a month (or $87.48 a year) to get the same exact sports networks and watch the same exact teams you watch now. The news site Consumerist published an extensive report about this…

RELATED: Las Vegas adds race for 2018   New Hampshire Motor Speedway General Manager David McGrath says “nothing is off the table” as officials at the facility begin thinking through ways to engage racing fans following the loss of one of its two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series weekends.   On Wednesday, Speedway Motorsports Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Marcus Smith, along with representatives of the Las Vegas Convention…

Excuse me, please.  While it’s quiet, I would like to have everyone’s attention.  There is a roaring debate going on about noise and NASCAR. And since this has been my home for the past 30 years, it matters to me when fans are getting their information from the ill-informed. Earlier this week, someone leaked a story to the Sports Business Journal that NASCAR wants to make the cars quiet. That…

CLOSE x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sport’s Bob Nightengale breaks down the teams to watch at this year’s World Baseball Classic. USA TODAY Sports Adam Jones reacts after hitting a walkoff RBI single in the bottom of the tenth inning to beat Colombia 3-2.(Photo: Logan Bowles, USA TODAY Sports) MIAMI – Breaking down Friday’s Pool C game of the World Baseball Classic between Colombia and the U.S. Team USA…

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LOS ANGELES — During his two-decade career representing Kobe Bryant and other prominent NBA players, Rob Pelinka developed an enormous respect for the Los Angeles Lakers, both as a team and a global phenomenon. Pelinka is getting the chance to restore that tarnished brand as the Lakers’ new general manager, and he is approaching his new job with evangelical zeal. “It didn’t feel like a decision,” Pelinka said Friday. “It felt…

Consider the stereotype of the dumb jock: He puts so much effort into sculpting his body that there’s no time for improving his mind. Yet research finds that how we treat our body directly affects our mind. According to a 2013 report from the Institute of Medicine, there is evidence that kids who get regular physical activity have better physical and mental health. “Physical activity is related to lower body fat, greater muscular…