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How can you possibly do a Sports Year in Review and not start—and end—with the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series? I still haven’t sorted out why the fine folks at Sports Illustrated picked LeBron James to be their Sportsperson of the Year for 2016; James is a stellar athlete, and his home state Cleveland Cavaliers did win the NBA title after being down 3-1 to the Golden State Warriors,…

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As they head into their regular-season finale against the Miami Dolphins in Florida, the New England Patriots are 13-2 and are currently the No. 1 seed in the AFC draw of the NFL playoffs. But that top spot isn’t sewn up: they can lose the top seed if they lose to Miami on Sunday and the Oakland Raiders beat the Denver Broncos. You have to go to the fourth tie-breaker to…

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Christmas may be over this year, but the NASCAR community still has the holiday spirit. Fans lined up as early as 8:45 p.m. on Christmas outside the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the annual UnDeck the Halls event on Dec. 26. Once the doors opened at 10 a.m., fans were permitted to enter for 45 seconds and select a NASCAR-themed gift off one of the decorated…

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Baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement addresses none of Rob Manfred’s concerns about improving the on-field product, and yet after interviewing the commissioner for an hour in his Manhattan office last week, I came away convinced that major changes are coming. It’s not the first time Manfred has spoken of wanting better pace of play or more “action’’ in games, but seeing and hearing him up close left…

By Lynette George Herald Democrat Watching Elizabeth Reynolds softly smile as her birthday party attendees greeted her Monday, it would seem that the party organizers were wrong about her age. She looked far younger than 103 years old, and her mind is still sharp as a tack. You’d also be hard pressed to believe the petite-framed woman with perfect, snow white, coifed hair had also been…

Former UNCW pitcher Evan Phillips among a handful of familiar faces to help at the Diamond Trainer Baseball Clinics on Jan. 7-8 at Dixon High School By Tim Hower StarNews Staff For the second consecutive year, former East Carolina baseball coach Billy Godwin will direct the Diamond Trainer Baseball Clinics. He will be joined by former and current professional athletes for the pitching/catching clinic on Saturday,…

Longtime Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan isn’t exactly sure if a pro baseball career, which began in 1963 when he was 18 years old, is coming to an end. Hired as a pitching consultant by then-Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers in 2013 after Duncan had finished 17 seasons with the Cardinals, Duncan maintained that position through the Tony La Russa-Dave Stewart regime in the Arizona…

How can you possibly do a Sports Year in Review and not start—and end—with the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series? I still haven’t sorted out why the fine folks at Sports Illustrated picked LeBron James to be their Sportsperson of the Year for 2016; James is a stellar athlete, and his home state Cleveland Cavaliers did win the NBA title after being down 3-1 to the Golden State Warriors,…

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On Friday, Pro Football Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw, who won four Super Bowls as quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers, made headlines when he disparagingly called current Steelers coach Mike Tomlin “a great cheerleader guy.” As a guest on Fox Sports 1’s “Speak for Yourself,” Bradshaw was asked if Tomlin is an elite NFL head coach and Bradshaw responded, “I don’t think he’s a great coach at all. He’s a…

Oakland Raiders fans suffered a gut shot on Christmas Eve when they saw their star quarterback mouth the words “it’s broken” after falling to the ground in a blowout win over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday. There’s still slim hope that Derek Carr could return, but it almost certainly would have to be in the Super Bowl. And that would mean Matt McGloin would be leading the Raiders from now…

Many argue that 2016 will go down as the most memorable year in sports history. Related News/Archive Bucs’ visit to Cowboys a big stage for biggest game in years 2 Weeks Ago Dallas Cowboys-Tampa Bay Buccaneers scores NBC’s second-best national rating this season 1 Week Ago Jones: Hiring Charlie Strong is USF AD Mark Harlan’s biggest decision; will it be his best? 1 Week Ago We had two historic championships…

Baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement addresses none of Rob Manfred’s concerns about improving the on-field product, and yet after interviewing the commissioner for an hour in his Manhattan office last week, I came away convinced that major changes are coming. It’s not the first time Manfred has spoken of wanting better pace of play or more “action’’ in games, but seeing and hearing him up close left…

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How can you possibly do a Sports Year in Review and not start—and end—with the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series? I still haven’t sorted out why the fine folks at Sports Illustrated picked LeBron James to be their Sportsperson of the Year for 2016; James is a stellar athlete, and his home state Cleveland Cavaliers did win the NBA title after being down 3-1 to the Golden State Warriors,…

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