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Baseball’s streak of 21 consecutive years of labor peace is in jeopardy. The owners will consider voting to lock out the players if the two sides cannot reach a new collective-bargaining agreement by the time the current deal expires on Dec. 1, according to sources with knowledge of the discussions. A lockout would put baseball’s business on hold, delaying free-agent signings and trades until a new agreement is reached. The…

Smiling faces were seen on the family and friends of Harker Heights High School teacher and coach Kye Robertson Saturday morning as his supporters participated in a “Strike Out Cancer” 5K walk. The purpose of the event was to show support for Robertson as he battles two types of leukemia, and to raise funds for his medical bills. Despite chilly, windy conditions, 158 people came out to attend the event….

Since Nov. 9, Donald J. Trump’s transition from Trump Tower to the Oval Office has been a whirlwind. While many are still grappling with the ascension to the American presidency of an unhinged Twitterphile with racist and authoritarian tendencies, the contours of Trump’s next four years are already manifesting themselves. The bag of horrors that Trump carried throughout his campaign has now been fully opened. And its contents of tribalism,…

Since Nov. 9, Donald J. Trump’s transition from Trump Tower to the Oval Office has been a whirlwind. While many are still grappling with the ascension to the American presidency of an unhinged Twitterphile with racist and authoritarian tendencies, the contours of Trump’s next four years are already manifesting themselves. The bag of horrors that Trump carried throughout his campaign has now been fully opened. And its contents of tribalism,…

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant had a solid game in Thursday’s 31–26 win over Josh Norman and the Washington Redskins. Bryant finished the day with five catches for 72 yards. He took to Twitter after the game to express his displeasure with Norman: I’m not disrespectful to players in league ..I love this game but Norman takes it past football.. if you…

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This week’s thoughts on the NASCAR Round Table from Motorsport.com from the 2016 season and looking ahead on key issues for 2017. 1. Now that the 2016 season is complete, what do you feel was the biggest story in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this season?  Jim: Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s absence from half of the season due to a concussion in the August race overshadowed much of the…

Turkeys of the Year Happy Thanksgiving! This will be the only Hot Clicks today and I’ll have a fresh version Friday morning. To be honest, I was going to create a list of things I’m thankful for but I did that a couple years ago and no one clicked on it. So I’ll just make this a normal Hot Clicks, starting with our annual Turkeys of the Year…

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, from left, Chris Ilitch, Ilitch Holdings, President and CEO, Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and NBA commissioner Adam Silver attend a news conference in Detroit, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. The Pistons announced they will move downtown Detroit and begin playing at the new Little Caesars Arena, home of the Detroit Red Wings, starting next season. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) On this Thanksgiving morning, residents of Detroit have…

By bringing artificial intelligence to its wearable tech, PIQ is looking to improve on its design. Whether you are playing golf, tennis, skiing, or kiteboarding, this new technology will help you get better in any sport Until now, sports wearables have largely boiled down to high-tech sensors recording basic data. With the addition of GAIA Intelligence, the company will be able to make the PIQ Robot that much better at improving your…

Barbarian Days, a “compelling, elegiac and profound” memoir about surfing by the veteran New Yorker war reporter William Finnegan, has won this year’s William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. The book, which took nearly 20 years to write and has already won the Pulitzer Prize for literature, charts the story of Finnegan’s near 50-year immersion in the sport, starting in 1960s California and Hawaii and continuing to the…

BASEBALL RYE, N.Y. (AP) Ralph Branca, the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up the home run dubbed the ”Shot Heard `Round the World,” has died at the age of 90. Son-in-law Bobby Valentine, a former major league manager, says Branca died at a nursing home in Rye, New York. More from FoxSports The home run that Branca gave up on Oct. 3, 1951, became one of the most…

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – A smuggling ring held Cuban baseball stars at gunpoint in Mexico, threatening to kill them if they tried to escape before signing lucrative contracts with Major League Baseball, according to U.S. prosecutors. On Tuesday, federal prosecutors described how Cuban baseball stars like Chicago White Sox first baseman José Abreu and Miami Marlins shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria endured kidnapping and extortion on their way to stardom in the…

Throughout Western New York, we’ll be gathering with our families today for Thanksgiving. If you have a minute, I’m hoping you might join me in a toast. It involves one Donald Palmer, who died this week at 49, although that’s probably not the name you knew him by. I never met him, never had a chance to shake his hand. Yet like countless thousands of others, I spent many afternoons…

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher and retired longtime Delta State baseball coach Boo Ferriss talks with Hunter Renfroe, who won the Boo Ferriss Trophy in 2013 while playing for Mississippi State. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) By Rick Cleveland Mississippi Today David Meadow “Boo” Ferriss, a baseball legend and one of Mississippi’s most beloved citizens, died today at home. Ferriss was 94. Ferriss was born on Dec. 5, 1921, to Delta…

BASEBALL RYE, N.Y. (AP) Ralph Branca, the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up the home run dubbed the ”Shot Heard `Round the World,” has died at the age of 90. Son-in-law Bobby Valentine, a former major league manager, says Branca died at a nursing home in Rye, New York. More from FoxSports The home run that Branca gave up on Oct. 3, 1951, became one of the most…

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – A smuggling ring held Cuban baseball stars at gunpoint in Mexico, threatening to kill them if they tried to escape before signing lucrative contracts with Major League Baseball, according to U.S. prosecutors. On Tuesday, federal prosecutors described how Cuban baseball stars like Chicago White Sox first baseman José Abreu and Miami Marlins shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria endured kidnapping and extortion on their way to stardom in the…

Baseball’s streak of 21 consecutive years of labor peace is in jeopardy. The owners will consider voting to lock out the players if the two sides cannot reach a new collective-bargaining agreement by the time the current deal expires on Dec. 1, according to sources with knowledge of the discussions. A lockout would put baseball’s business on hold, delaying free-agent signings and trades until a new agreement is reached. The…

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