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Nov 19, 2016 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Some things never change. Another year of awards voting from the Baseball Writers Association of America, another year of giving fans and people inside the game reasons to complain about the process and especially about the voters, perhaps none of those complaints more epic than the one from Kate Upton, Justin Verlander fan-in-chief and spouse to be named later. While moaning…

The Red Sox will have some sort of outside help in their bullpen next season. They need it. Perhaps Brad Ziegler — technically on the outside now as a free agent — comes back and is part of the plan, at least against righties. No matter the signings ahead for president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski, right-hander Matt Barnes should have no shortage of important innings in 2017. He just…

The Chicago Cubs’ Kris Bryant celebrating with his teammates after they won the World Series against the Cleveland Indians. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America named him the National League Most Valuable Player for 2016. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption toggle caption David J. Phillip/AP The Chicago Cubs’ Kris Bryant celebrating with his teammates after they won the World Series against the Cleveland Indians. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America…

LAS VEGAS – This one had the look and smell of a loss for Andre Ward. He was being bullied around the ring Saturday for by the bigger and more powerful Sergey Kovalev. He was dropped in the second round by a straight right by the Russian bear, who by about the third or fourth round seemed ready to crush Ward, the 2004 Olympic gold medalist. But Ward is one…

Caption Close While Stanford and Cal were tussling in the rain at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, another battle between the two schools raged down the road in a much more surprising setting. In front of a crowd of a few thousand people at Oracle Arena and nearly 40,000 more watching online, Stanford defeated Cal 27-26 in a League of Legends “Big Game show match” during the Intel Extreme Masters, one…

RELATED: Full race results | Final Chase Grid   HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Daniel Suarez, 24 and only two years into a NASCAR XFINITY Series career, can check another box off his career bucket list. Series champion. The Monterrey, Mexico, native became a winner in the series for the first time earlier this season to qualify for the inaugural XFINITY Series Chase. Saturday evening at Homestead-Miami Speedway, he led 133 of…

9:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment HOMESTEAD, Fla. — NASCAR’s final four, er, sorry, Championship 4, have been jetted from city to city, talk show to talk show and media conference to media conference. Now, finally, it is time for Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and Joey Logano to get on with the business of one of those four actually winning that championship. Exactly what that…

It resembles the symbol for infinity: a sideways “S” that Kara Goucher, Molly Huddle and other elite U.S. athletes suddenly are sporting on biceps, wrists and shins. The tattoos are temporary. But the campaign they represent is an all-out attempt to permanently purge competitive athletics of doping. “People are getting the impression that everyone’s dirty,” Goucher, a top-ranked marathoner based in Boulder, Colorado, told The Associated Press. “We need to…

9:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment HOMESTEAD, Fla. — NASCAR’s final four, er, sorry, Championship 4, have been jetted from city to city, talk show to talk show and media conference to media conference. Now, finally, it is time for Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and Joey Logano to get on with the business of one of those four actually winning that championship. Exactly what that…

Today’s Six Hours of Bahrain marks the end of an era for sports car racing, as Audi’s factory LMP1 program draws to a close after a remarkable 18-year involvement in top-level prototype racing. Launched in 1999 at the Twelve Hours of Sebring, the German manufacturer’s ever-present prototype effort amassed 106 victories, more than a dozen championships worldwide and 13 overall victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans through its…

Mike Tomlin might not have the backing of the armchair coaches who criticize him for going for two-point conversions more than any other head coach in the NFL. But you won’t hear any criticism from those in the world of sports analytics who praise him and say a simple math equation supports his penchant for two-point conversions, including the controversial second attempt Sunday afternoon against the Cowboys that…

9:30 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Some things never change. Another year of awards voting from the Baseball Writers Association of America, another year of giving fans and people inside the game reasons to complain about the process and especially about the voters, perhaps none of those complaints more epic than the one from Kate Upton, Justin Verlander fan-in-chief and spouse to be named later. While moaning…

CHICAGO — Big stuff going down at baseball’s quarterly owners’ meetings at the historic Drake Hotel. There is a new collective bargaining agreement being negotiated with a Dec. 1 deadline, the game’s future in the hands of those at the table. Most folks here seemed a little antsy or curious over its completion and its details. On Wednesday night and Thursday morning, though? The Lords of the Realm pivoted to…

Buy Photo Andrew Caliendo, center, signs a letter of intent to play baseball for New Mexico Junior College on Friday at the Jerry A. Conner Fieldhouse.(Photo: Karl Schneider/The Daily Times)Buy Photo FARMINGTON — Andrew Caliendo set his baseball future in motion when the Piedra Vista senior signed a letter of intent to play for the New Mexico Junior College Thunderbirds today at the Jerry A. Conner Fieldhouse. Caliendo said there…

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…

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RELATED: Qualifying results | Chase Grid   HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kevin Harvick won the pole position for Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), with only half of the four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship-eligible drivers advancing to the final round of 12. Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch will start ninth and 10th, respectively, making up Row 5….

RELATED: Full race results | Truck Series Chase Grid | Race recap HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Johnny Sauter remembers well the first time he talked to GMS Racing competition director Mike Beam about making a significant career change. While at the hospital for the birth of his third child in September 2015, Sauter scurried away to the parking deck for a 45-minute chat about driving for the upstart organization. That period in…

My teammate and I were standing outside RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. It was April 2003, our first home game of the season against the Chicago Fire. It was my first official appearance as a professional soccer player. It was a dream come true. “Let’s take a picture,” he said. “I feel like this is a day we definitely want to remember.” He handed someone his digital camera, we posed…

ST. LOUIS • City lawmakers offered lukewarm support Friday for the proposed $200 million Major League Soccer stadium, with many saying they could support the plan only if it goes before voters first. Much of the lack of enthusiasm results from the scarce details available on how the stadium would be financed. The plan put forward Thursday by ownership group SC STL calls for private investors…