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Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment SEOUL, South Korea — Nate Freiman’s RBI double sparked a three-run first inning Thursday as Israel beat the Netherlands 4-2 to finish top of Pool A in the World Baseball Classic with a 3-0 record. Zach Borenstein and Ryan Lavarnway also drove in runs in the first for Israel, which clinched a berth in the second round when the Netherlands beat Taiwan…

TOKYO (CBSNewYork/AP) — With a little help from “The Mensch on the Bench” mascot, Team Israel is into the second round of the World Baseball Classic. Just 41st in the world rankings, Israel shocked third-ranked South Korea 2-1 in its opening game and then beat fourth-ranked Taiwan 15-7 on Tuesday. On Thursday, Israel beat the Netherlands 4-2 to finish in first place in Pool A with a 3-0 record. Next…

Coors Field isn’t magic.  Even in the halcyon days of the Blake Street Bombers, it didn’t make everyone into a 40-homer-mashing offensive monster. Quinton McCracken played in 124 games, scoring just 50 runs and driving in 40 for one of the best offenses ever.  It can’t make a bad player great, in other words. However, it sure makes it easier. Guys like DJ LeMahieu and Charlie Blackmon might be Fantasy…

Lindsay Frost once had an acting teacher who was a big baseball fan and liked to compare the two crafts. Frost is a longtime stage, TV and screen actress, and she can see the similarities as she watches her son, Lucas Giolito, work his way through his professional baseball career.    “When you think about it, you are alone in front of a lot of people, you have to be…

Drones are the leading weapons of the new age of impersonal warfare. They have been touted as being more efficient, accurate and cheaper than using foot soldiers, with the cost of human lives decreasing dramatically when a pilot can kill his target from behind a computer screen thousands of miles away. As such, they have been labeled “the most humane form of warfare ever.” From…

BASEBALL 6 a.m.: MLB Network, World Baseball Classic, continuation of coverage of first round game, Australia vs. China, at Tokyo 8 a.m.: MLB Network, World Baseball Classic, first round, South Korea vs. Chinese Taipei, at Seoul, South Korea (same-day tape) 6 p.m.: MLB Network, World Baseball Classic, first round, Canada vs. Dominican Republic, at Miami 9 p.m.: MLB Network, World Baseball Classic, first round, Mexico vs. Italy, at Jalisco, Mexico…

It’s no secret that colleges often breed lifelong sports fans. Whether they were players or spectators, alumni share common team traditions, memories of against-all-odds victories, and a connection they’ll cherish for years. Of course, MONEY would never advocate choosing a school based solely on gridiron greatness or Olympic medal hauls. That’s why it partnered with Sports Illustrated to compile a list of great colleges for students who love sports—but…

Relive the top moments from Wednesday’s UCL matches, including Barcelona’s improbable comeback against PSG. The ESPN FC crew put the Champions League round of 16 result in perspective for Barcelona and PSG. Barcelona pulled off the greatest comeback in Champions League history, scoring at the death to secure a 6-5 aggregate win over PSG. BT Sport highlight: Barcelona pulled off the greatest comeback in Champions League history, scoring at the…

With the college basketball regular season over and Championship Week upon us, it’s also awards season. Earlier this week, all the major conferences handed out hardware, and FS1 college basketball insider Evan Daniels also polled 136 college coaches and NBA execs to get their take on this year’s major awards.  Now it’s FOX Sports’ turn.  Here are our National Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, Coach…

Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Mike ChiariFeatured ColumnistMarch 8, 2017 The 2017 World Baseball Classic continued Wednesday with action in Pool A and Pool B that resulted in a pair of teams continuing to establish themselves as top contenders. The Netherlands started the day with a dramatic victory that helped it improve to 2-0, while two-time WBC champion Japan was victorious for the second consecutive day as well. Here is a rundown…

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 Israel players pose for photographs with the team mascot, “The Mensch on the Bench”, after their 4-2 win over the Netherlands.(Photo: Chung Sung-Jun, Getty Images) TOKYO (AP) — With a little help from “The Mensch on the Bench” mascot, Team Israel is into the second…

Sports Direct has kickstarted the process of appointing a worker representative to attend its board meetings after caving into shareholder demands to change the way the company is run. The sports retailer founded and run by Mike Ashley has opened the application process for the first regular staff member sit in on meetings as it attempts to clean up its image after a series of scandals. Ashley said in a…

Israel continued its undefeated run on Wednesday night, beating Netherlands 4-2 at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea to win Pool A of the World Baseball Classic, finishing the first-round undefeated at 3-0. Both Israel and Netherlands already secured spots in the second round by winning their first two games, making Wednesday’s contest a battle for seeding in the next round. Israel and Netherlands will be joined in the…

9:46 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Maybe someday, if he sticks with this whole baseball thing for long enough, Tim Tebow will be able to walk into any ballpark in the country without provoking so much curiosity. For now, though, it still seems as if he is more of a carnival act than a baseball player. Take Wednesday, for example….

TORRANCE (CBSLA.com) – A 16-year-old boy was killed — and his father seriously injured — in a three-vehicle hit-and-run collision Tuesday night in Torrance that led to the arrest of a man on vehicular manslaughter charges. A second driver who fled the scene remains at large. The collision occurred at 10:09 p.m. at the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Crest Road, according to Torrance police. A 2004 Audi A6 and…

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A 16-year-old baseball player at South High School in Torrance was killed in a three-car crash. Hours before the tragic wreck, Jesse Esphorst Jr. had just hit a two-run homerun in his team’s 13-3 victory at Hawthorne High School. Thoughts and prayers go out to the Esphorst family. We all lost an amazing young man who’s life was cut short senselessly. R.IP. Jesse — South High Baseball (@SoHighBaseball) March 8,…

6:23 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment When Clint Bowyer hits the track this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he will have the company of team owner Gene Haas on his hood. It will mark the second time in three weeks that Bowyer will have Haas Automation as his sponsor. Stewart-Haas Racing has spent the past 17 months working on selling sponsorship since naming Bowyer…

BUY TICKETS: See this year’s races in Las Vegas Officials from Las Vegas Motor Speedway and representatives from the city itself announced Wednesday that the Nevada-based track would host two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races annually beginning in 2018. The news comes two days before on-track activity for this weekend’s Boyd Gaming 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series and Kobalt Tools 400 Monster Energy Series events. The race addition has been met with…

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