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Barack Obama is no stranger to the world of professional sports. During his eight-year stint in the White House, plenty of athletes and teams visited the presidential residence. It’s hard to say what the most memorable has been. One thing’s for sure, though. Obama loves to crack jokes at the expense of some of the world’s most talented athletes. 8. Making fun of the Royals’ nicknames The Kansas City Royals…

Halfway through the season, Antonio Conte, the excitable, tactically savvy manager of Chelsea, is running ahead of rivals in first place in England’s top soccer league. The Italian also stands out in another way: his team is the only one of the major teams whose television viewership has risen this season (albeit only very slightly). Elsewhere, the trend of fewer people tuning in to the country’s biggest sport that was detected…

Sunday saw a pair of dramatic NFL playoff games, with the Green Bay Packers kicking a last-second field goal to beat the Dallas Cowboys 34-31 on FOX, and the Pittsburgh Steelers using six field goals to edge the Kansas City Chiefs 18-16. And like other sports fans across the country, the NASCAR community was into the games in a big way. Denny Medley Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

Here we are. The homestretch. We’ve been talking about the Baseball Hall of Fame for the past month-plus and now the big reveal comes on Wednesday of this week. BBWAA voters can vote for zero to 10 players on the ballot and now I’m here to write about who I’d have on my ballot. If you hate me or my fictional votes here, you can rest easy knowing that I’ve…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment The Baseball Hall of Fame will announce the Baseball Writers’ Association of America election results at 6 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Seventeen voters from ESPN submitted ballots this year, and their votes are listed below. 2017 Hall of Fame election coverage Who will get elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Jan. 18? Here is all of ESPN.com’s coverage of who’s…

With his new documentary “The Vietnam War” scheduled to premiere on PBS in September and multiple other films in the works, Ken Burns has a full plate. But he’s looking to add another project: an addendum to his 1994 series “Baseball,” pegged to the Chicago Cubs‘ 2016 World Series victory. “I’m sort of obligated,” to add another hour to the series, Burns — who last year said that he would…

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The first time I walked into the Hall of Fame Gallery was magical.  The entire Cooperstown experience was surreal, of course, but the Gallery simply took my breath away. I took a picture of the bronze plaque honoring Theodore Samuel Williams. Same with the plaques honoring Jack Roosevelt Robinson and Stanley Frank Musial and Willie Howard Mays and Mickey Charles Mantle and maybe a dozen others. I couldn’t help myself. …

Before his friendship with Dale Earnhardt that produced such amazing dividends, before his NASCAR Hall of Fame election, before he bought an old taxi for $20 and turned it into his first race car, Richard Childress fell in love with racing. He was 8 years old. This was in the early 1950s at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, one of the sport’s legendary short-track venues. Childress, who on Friday will…

With his new documentary “The Vietnam War” scheduled to premiere on PBS in September and multiple other films in the works, Ken Burns has a full plate. But he’s looking to add another project: an addendum to his 1994 series “Baseball,” pegged to the Chicago Cubs’ 2016 World Series victory. “I’m sort of obligated,” to add another hour to the series, Burns — who last year said that he would…

Listen, we know it’s tough to catch up on everything happening in the baseball world each morning. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage, and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Trying to find all of it while on your way to work or sitting at your desk just isn’t easy. It’s OK, though. We’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each…

ANALYSIS/OPINION There was a time when America’s presidents didn’t communicate 140 characters at a time. There was a time when America’s presidents wrote letters with weight and purpose, recording history with their words. Seventy-five years ago Sunday — Jan. 15, 1942 — Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote a letter to then-baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis that perhaps cemented baseball’s place in history as the national pastime. Roosevelt declared that the game…

In past years, it was just another day to Edgar Martinez. Maybe he’d focus on one of his many businesses or charitable endeavors, or more recently focus on the looming spring training and his duties as the Mariners’ hitting coach. Really, there was no reason for him to make the day that the Baseball Hall of Fame voting results are announced a priority. He wasn’t going to get voted in,…

There were 80 people in the arena before the accident, but all of them managed to escape in time, though the roof caved in and hit the ground quite quickly, she added. The police are investigating the cause of the accident. Only two participants in the floorball tournament, aged around 16, suffered minor injuries when fleeing the arena. 

The Kansas City Chiefs fell to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the divisional round of the playoffs, 18-16, as Alex Smith’s second two-point pass was knocked away in the final minutes. Smith’s first attempt appeared to tie the game, as he connected with tight end Demetrius Harris following Spencer Ware’s touchdown with 2:43 remaining. But left tackle Eric Fisher — the former No. 1 overall pick — was flagged for holding, wiping out…

ARLINGTON, Texas – Throughout AT&T Stadium, the televisions were flashing messages imploring everyone to “please take shelter.” Local weathermen kept shouting about tornadoes, flash floods and general downpours. This was the storm after the storm. Once the Super Bowl dream season washed out in Dallas, down came the Texas rain. Jerry Jones was talking in a corner of the Cowboys’ locker room, sweat on his brow and disappointment in his…

It’s pretty obvious that these three eighth-graders from Cedar Riverside Community School in Minneapolis are going to be successful in life. Charly Tiempos, 13, Sayed Adan, 14, and Hamsa Osman Abdalah, 14, have won the SAP Social Innovation Series Teen Innovator top prize — $10,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to the Super Bowl next month in Houston. Their winning idea is “Sports-Check It Out,” a library-like system for sports equipment,…

The closest the Pittsburgh Steelers got to scoring a touchdown was 5 yards away from the end zone, and the one time they got there they didn’t give it to Le’Veon Bell. The Steelers would learn from their mistake and ride their horse the rest of the way. Bell set a postseason record for the most rushing yards in a player’s first two playoff games with 337 yards — 167 last…

Before his friendship with Dale Earnhardt that produced such amazing dividends, before his NASCAR Hall of Fame election, before he bought an old taxi for $20 and turned it into his first race car, Richard Childress fell in love with racing. He was 8 years old. This was in the early 1950s at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, one of the sport’s legendary short-track venues. Childress, who on Friday will…

The Pachuca vs. Jaguares Liga MX match only brought one goal, but it brought two of something else. The two Mexican teams battled on Saturday night, and it produced a couple of great moments. In the second half, a cute dog interrupted the match. Look at this friendly thing. Not to be outdone by its rival, a cat came up to step it up for the felines, interrupting the game…