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Monday morning, the Baseball Writers Association of America released the official 2017 Hall of Fame ballot. The 34-player ballot includes 15 holdovers from last year and 19 newcomers. Here are the 15 holdovers on this year’s ballot, as well as their voting results from a year ago. The players are listed alphabetically. McGriff, Raines, and Smith are all on the ballot for the final time. Players used to remain on…

Robert Elwood, left, and Brendan V. Sullivan III are engaged in a legal battle over Headfirst Baseball. This photo of them was entered into evidence. Brendan V. Sullivan III and Robert Elwood sat across from each other last week in a federal courtroom, separated by the distance at which they played catch as Little League teammates. Now the two men — sons of prominent families in the nation’s capital —…

x Embed x Share 5 Angels Memorial Soccer Tournament head chair Margaret Sheridan discusses the importance of the tournament and how it has grown. Matt Allibone Buy Photo Carroll Granger of Hanover has run Morning League Instructional Baseball for children in Hanover for the past 43 years. Granger calls his efforts a ‘labor of love.’(Photo: Harrison Jones, For The Evening Sun)Buy Photo Carroll Granger has always had a message for…

No measurement of Murray’s feat  can be complete without mention of the man whose reign he has so rudely ended. Djokovic was a pale shadow of the slippery foe Murray has grown accustomed to facing. He was listless, distracted, error-prone, spraying groundstrokes that he would normally have dispatched with his eyes closed. The impression that all is not well in his camp is undeniable. Djokovic has been beset, ever since…

Media captionThe BBC’s 100 women teams follow Julia and Steph at one of the biggest tournaments of the year in Paris. Very few women enter the world of professional gaming, and those that do often face harassment and a huge gender pay gap. Two of the top female gamers talk to the BBC about how they are fighting discrimination and encouraging other women to play. On Monday the e-sports industry…

As snow creeps into the weather forecast — and some New York metro areas actually got a dusting over the weekend — it’s time to start planning winter activities. As snow lovers start dreaming of knee-deep powder and evenings in the lodge, why not grab a cup of hot chocolate and read on to find on what’ll be hot when it gets cold. Skiing The current issue of Skiing is…

Johnson’s wife, Chandra, and their two young daughters quickly joined him on stage. The champ’s little girls were left to hold their ears while watching the fireworks erupt and the yellow and black star confetti shoot out of cannons to celebrate this milestone moment.   Dale Earnhardt Jr., the sport’s 12-time Most Popular Driver, was among those who made a point to see his Hendrick teammate Johnson.   “It is…

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment HOMESTEAD, Fla. — El campeon! Daniel Suarez won the Xfinity Series season finale and title at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday, becoming the first foreign champion in a NASCAR national series. The 24-year-old Mexican bested fellow championship contenders Elliott Sadler, Justin Allgaier and Erik Jones on a botched restart with three laps to go. “It’s very hard to put into words,” Suarez said. “I’m speechless…

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The Providence College men’s soccer team advanced to the Third Round of the NCAA Tournament after rallying with four second half goals to defeat the No. 1 Maryland Terrapins. The Friars improve to 14-6 and the Terps finish their season 18-1-2. The Terrapin’s leading scorer Gordon Wild tallied the first goal of the game in the sixth minute of play off of a free kick…

The following is a script from “The Match of their Lives,” which aired on Nov. 20, 2016. Norah O’Donnell is the correspondent. Keith Sharman and Erin Horan, producers. Few teams have been as glorious on the soccer field as the United States Women’s National Team. They’ve won three World Cups, four Olympic gold medals, and set the standard in the most popular sport on the planet.  But despite their achievements,…

AP FILE – In this Sept. 18, 2016, file photo, New York Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes swings for a double as John Ryan Murphy catches for the Minnesota Twins in the third inning of a baseball game, in New York. The price of qualifying offers for Major League Baseball free agents will be $17.2 million this year. The figure, announced Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, is up 8.9 percent from $15.8 million…

Robert Elwood, left, and Brendan V. Sullivan III are engaged in a legal battle over Headfirst Baseball. This photo of them was entered into evidence. Brendan V. Sullivan III and Robert Elwood sat across from each other last week in a federal courtroom, separated by the distance at which they played catch as Little League teammates. Now the two men — sons of prominent families in the nation’s capital —…

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The following is a script from “The Match of their Lives,” which aired on Nov. 20, 2016. Norah O’Donnell is the correspondent. Keith Sharman and Erin Horan, producers. Few teams have been as glorious on the soccer field as the United States Women’s National Team. They’ve won three World Cups, four Olympic gold medals, and set the standard in the most popular sport on the planet.  But despite their achievements,…

2:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment HOMESTEAD, Fla. — NASCAR chairman Brian France staunchly defended Sunday the health of the sport, saying that it is in a good spot to replace Sprint as an entitlement sponsor amid television ratings and attendance declines. In his first general news conference with motorsports media since January, a feisty France also staunchly defended his commitment to diversity, a commitment that was…

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Texas has made the decision to fire head coach Charlie Strong, SI’s Pete Thamel has confirmed. Brian Davis and Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman first reported the decision. Texas men’s athletic director Mike Perrin issued a statement Sunday, saying that the school will “evaluate the body of work after the regular season.” A report on Saturday, before the Longhorns took on Kansas, said that the school is under “extreme pressure” to…