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The Phillies added 11 players to their 40-man roster on Friday, thus preventing them from being taken by another club in next month’s Rule 5 draft. Three additional spots on the 40 opened up Friday when left-handed reliever Elvis Araujo was claimed off waivers by the Miami Marlins and right-handers David Buchanan and Jimmy Cordero were designated for assignment. Cordero, a hard-throwing reliever, was part of the return from the…

MILWAUKEE — From the crack of the bat to the sound of the crowd, you can experience all the thrills of Major League Baseball at the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum. Their new exhibit, Big League Fun, opened this weekend. Carl sees if he has what it takes to be a major leaguer. About Big League Fun (website) Get in the game in Big League Fun, a new traveling exhibit that…

Doppler Labs is also partnering with the New York Mets, MADE Fashion Week, JetBlue, Gimlet Media and Coachella, promising “unique, contextual content and other enhanced acoustic experiences.” For instance at the Philharmonic, attendees with Here One earphones will get a curated “custom audio commentary layered perfectly over the performance … be it a deep dive on Tchaikovsky or the soloist performing Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons,” it said in a press…

reader comments 28 Amazon apparently never stops thinking about possible perks it could add to its annual $99 Prime membership, and the next feature could be live sports. A report from The Wall Street Journal suggests that Amazon is in talks with professional sport organizations including Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, and the National Football League to negotiate the rights to stream live games and events. According to the report, Amazon…

Steve Smith Sr. represents the living, breathing version of toughness. The veteran wide receiver is currently in his 16th NFL season and third with the Baltimore Ravens. Production has been his calling card. No matter what age he is, Smith Sr. is able to perform at a high level. Don’t tell that to the Jacksonville Jaguars’ rookie cornerback Jalen Ramsey. Ramsey sounded off on Smith Sr. after the Ravens and…

Jennifer Gibson, the Chicago Bears’ sports science coordinator and dietitian, works with a Bears player during practice. She’s never thrown a 45-yard pass, tried to block a blitzing linebacker or drawn up the X’s and O’s of zone pass coverage, yet Jennifer Gibson is right there on the Chicago Bears sideline for every practice and game. Tucked among the behemoth linemen, coaches and training staff is a fit, 36-year-old Canadian…

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RELATED: All of Biffle’s Cup victories   NASCAR veteran Greg Biffle announced Monday that he and Roush Fenway Racing have agreed to part ways, leaving the driver’s immediate future very much up in the air.   Biffle, 46, had been with the company for 19 years. He called the decision to part ways a “mutual agreement” and touched on multiple topics in an appearance on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Among them…

Vladimir Guerrero could go in on his first ballot. Maybe Tim Raines finally completes his climb up the voting to reach Cooperstown. Or Jeff Bagwell, who got the most votes of anyone who wasn’t elected last year, gets his turn for enshrinement. It’s officially voting season for the Baseball Hall of Fame with the announcement of the 2017 ballot on Monday. The more than 400 voting members of…

x Embed x Share We caught up with newly inducted Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. to discuss the anger his retirement caused, his legacy, and why giving up baseball for fatherhood was a no-brainer. Time_Sports Boston’s Manny Ramirez is on baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot for the first time. Ramirez retired in 2011 rather than face a 100-game suspension after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.(Photo: AP) NEW…

Los Angeles Angels superstar Albert Pujols, along with his wife Deidre, made an historic visit to the new Shalva National Children’s Center on Sunday during the course of the baseball icon’s maiden trip to Israel. Shalva is renowned all over the world for providing stateof- the-art care and community outreach services to thousands of families with special needs children in Israel, including those with Down Syndrome. The…

x Embed x Share The Fond du Lac Baseball Club announced their new team nickname on Nov. 21. The Dock Spiders beat a variety of other suggestions, and more than 1,000 people voted. Taima Kern/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Buy Photo Students at Faith Lutheran School pose for a picture after the event announcing the name of the Fond du Lac Northwoods League franchise team. The Dock Spiders will start playing at…

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 21, 2016) – ETSU baseball head coach Tony Skole and his staff announced on Monday that seven future Buccaneers have signed their national letter of intent to join the Blue and Gold in the fall of 2017. David Beam (Knoxville, Tenn.), Parker Chavers (Montgomery, Ala.), Justin Cooke (Soddy Daisy, Tenn.), Ben Jackson (Guyton, Ga.), Sean Kearney (Powell, Tenn.) Brandon Parrott (Seymour, Tenn.), and Nathan Ruble (Memphis,…

Details are scarce at this point, but WSJ’s sources say a new premium sports package would be tied to Amazon’s Prime. In talks with some leagues, including the NBA, the company is said to have proposed an exclusive sports tier that would be available alongside its annual subscription. It wouldn’t be a surprise if you have to pay a few dollars more to add live games to Amazon’s current Prime…

A leading headteacher has said that independent schools should be proud of their Olympic record and that the presence of boys puts girls off sport. Caroline Jordan, who is headmistress at Headington School, Oxford, said that girls are more likely to enjoy sport at single-sex schools because there are no boys to “impress”. She also argued that private schools should not be “embarrassed” by the number of Olympic athletes they…

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Amazon.com Inc. is exploring an ambitious offensive aimed at infiltrating the last bastion of traditional pay-television: live sports. In recent months, the e-commerce giant has been in talks for live game rights with heavy-hitters like the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and the National Football League, as well as smaller players like Major League Soccer, the Atlantic Coast Conference, college sports network…

Prince Harry was all smiles today as he kicked off his 15-day, seven country tour of the Caribbean on behalf of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II. After a ceremonial welcome event on Sunday, Prince Harry jumped right in today and did what he does best — met with young people at a youth sports festival in Antigua. The popular Prince played tennis and a bit of volleyball and gave out…