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Bear with me, OK? The problem with generic keeper rankings is that they can’t possibly be all things to all people. So many different keeper league variations exist — and with such a wide range of consequences — that I kind of just have to pick one and go with it. Leagues that allow every owner to keep a set number of players with no cost attached really shouldn’t throw…

In his inspiring books aimed at sales professionals, Zig Ziglar did not write but probably should’ve written: “One’s effort should be commensurate with one’s chances of succeeding.” If you would like to see this bit of life advice put to action, then please regard the following action-sports footage … Young man, you have done well. In doing well, you have taught us well. What, from this, have learned about sports…

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SAN JOSE — Mariah Serratos shows little emotion when recounting the terrifying day that still makes little sense. The day she suddenly could no longer walk. But in a quiet moment, the soft-spoken teenager lets go while explaining how the wheelchair game of Power Soccer has given her direction. “It meant a lot just to play it again,” the one-time goalkeeper said. Then came silence — followed by tears. “It…

reader comments 19 Jabra, the audio company that has an impressive line of fitness tracking earbuds, has embraced wireless technology. The $250 Jabra Elite Sport wireless buds are similar to Samsung’s Gear IconX and the Bragi Dash earbuds in that they are made of two modules that stick in your ears without any wires connecting them. They all use embedded heart rate monitors to track both cardio and strength workouts, making…

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WASHINGTON — The head of the casino industry’s trade association expressed optimism Tuesday that incoming President Donald Trump and federal lawmakers will act to allow states to legalize sports betting. “We are entering a perfect storm,” said Geoff Freeman, president and chief executive of the Washington-based American Gaming Association, claims Caesars Entertainment and Borgata owner MGM Resorts International as members. “I think we have everything coming together to support a regulated environment.” Efforts…

Everyone knows there is no crying baseball, but apparently now there are no dresses either. With this development, players both past and present aren’t happy, and you can thank a double-dose of political correctness for making sure fun and frivolity has struck out in Mudville. To explain, Major League Baseball and the Players Association recently agreed to a new five-year collective bargaining agreement to decide how to slice up…

Speaking of his final individual race, Phelps told Sports Illustrated’s Tim Layden how he knew it was time for a change. ”I’m coming into my last four or five strokes, and I remember thinking, Whatever happens, this is how it’s supposed to end,” Phelps said. “Maybe I’m going 6-for-6 and that’s perfect, or maybe Joe [Schooling] is going to hang on and I’m O.K. with that. That’s when I knew I was ready…

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Dec 20, 2016 2:02 PM ET

x Embed x Share Michael Phelps is back on Sports Illustrated’s cover, but this time with his 23 Olympic gold medals. Time_Sports Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps on the cover of “Sports Illustrated” with all 23 of his Olympic gold medals.(Photo: Sports Illustrated) Michael Phelps appears on the cover of the latest edition of Sports Illustrated for a 12th time in his career, this time with all 23 of his record Olympic gold medals draped around…

Dec 19, 2016 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Sometimes in baseball, we need to look down, not up. We need to look south, not north. We need to turn our gaze away from the usual suspects — the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, the … aw, you know who we mean. So today, let’s stare at the basement. We know there’s hope for…

Let’s hear from the two Toms. “A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong,” wrote Tom 1, “gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.” Almost two centuries later Tom 2 stated that his “most fundamental objective is to urge a change in…

The Prospect Development Pipeline aims to deepen the prep player pool for scouts (Photo by Cliff Welch) NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—USA Baseball and MLB jointly announced the creation of the Prospect Development Pipeline during the Winter Meetings, establishing an official identification and player assessment process for top high school players as they approach draft eligibility. In 2017, the PDP schedule will include 17 single-day, regional workouts across the country, leading up…

The Dodgers flexed their prospect power at the non-waiver deadline, trading three right-handed pitchers to the Athletics for left-hander Rich Hill and outfielder Josh Reddick. They might be on the verge of doing it again. Oh, the Dodgers do not appear close to acquiring the Twins’ Brian Dozier or any other second baseman. But their willingness to part with top pitching prospect Jose De Leon for Dozier, as first reported…

31. San Francisco 49ers (1-13, LW: 31) Chip Kelly has lost 13 in a row, and many reasons for that streak are totally out of his control. But does it seem like the 49ers are getting better under him? When Colin Kaepernick talked about how the culture of the team needs to change, that has to reflect back to Kelly. I want Kelly to succeed in the NFL, because I…

Alistair Brownlee has admitted his surprise that Mo Farah yet again failed to make the top three of the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday night and suggested it might be because “some people don’t see him as British”. Brownlee said he would have voted for Farah, who came fourth in the awards despite retaining his Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m titles in style in Rio, and felt it…

SOCCER MOSCOW (AP) Players from Russia’s under-21 national soccer team had suspicious drug-test samples covered up, emails released by a World Anti-Doping Agency investigation show. The emails, released this month as part of WADA investigator Richard McLaren’s report on Russian doping, state that there were five suspicious samples in the Russian men’s under-17 and under-21 national teams in 2013 and 2014. More from FoxSports Another case in the…

4:31 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Ringstar Sports promoter Richard Schaefer — back in boxing after 2 1/2 years away after resigning as chief executive of Golden Boy Promotions, which he co-founded with Oscar De La Hoya — continued to beef up his stable of young talent on Monday. Schaefer announced that he has signed 22-year-old welterweight Eimantas Stanionis, a highly coveted 2016 Lithuanian Olympian. “Being able…