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Kris Bryant, Jon Lester, Kyle Hendricks and manager Joe Maddon are finalists for the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s year-end awards, one year after the Cubs won three of the four National League categories. Bryant is up for Most Valuable Player against Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy and Dodgers rookie shortstop Corey Seager. Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo was not named as a finalist Monday night. Lester and Hendricks joined…

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI/MSU Athletics) – Andy Cannizaro was officially introduced as Mississippi State’s new head baseball coach during a press conference Monday afternoon. Cannizaro replaces John Cohen, who was named MSU’s 17th Director of Athletics on Friday. On Saturday, Cannizaro was named Cohen’s successor, as the former Major Leaguer, pro scout and Southeastern Conference assistant coach comes to MSU with a lifetime of baseball experience and high praise at all ranks of baseball…

Part game conference and part sporting event, the two-day BlizzCon gathering at the Anaheim Convention Center reaffirmed team South Korea as the nation to beat in e-sports, no matter how new the video game. The country trounced every other national team to claim the first ever World Cup championship for the recently released shooter “Overwatch.” Although the weekend — Blizzard Entertainment’s 10th convention — marked the company’s 25th anniversary, it couldn’t quell…

7:02 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Darius Rucker might be singing “I only wanna be with you” more often. The 50-year-old lead singer of “Hootie And The Blowfish” told ESPN on Monday that he is now a partner in a company called MGC Sports, which represents golfers, football players and coaches. Rucker was approached by Alan Bullington, who had recently merged his sports agency, One Degree Management,…

The ascent of e-sports from nerdy niche to massive global spectacle has been impressive to behold. Now a leader in the industry wants to take things to the next level, launching a new venture that will have many of the trappings of a proper professional sports league. Run by Blizzard Entertainment, which has been big into e-sports since the first days of its wildly successful Starcraft series, the new league…

In a surprise revelation this week, five-time major winner Phil Mickelson underwent sports hernia surgery after the Safeway Open in October, an unannounced procedure that was unveiled by Golf Digest’s Tim Rosaforte this week. “It wasn’t an outie belly button per se, it just looked like it,” Mickelson told Golf Digest. “It was a walnut-sized hernia behind my belly button. It was no big deal, nor did it affect me…

Princess Reema Bint Bandar Al-Saud remembers the moment she was asked to take the lead on a Saudi government program that oversees women’s participation in sports. That moment was so unexpected and meaningful, she remembers, that “I cried,” she said during an interview at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York. “I don’t even know why I cried.” Princess Reema has long been a role model for Saudi women,…

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PYRBAUM, Germany Hamdi Al-Kadri used to referee soccer matches with players as big as Ronaldo. Now, forced to flee his native Syria, he oversees amateur matches as a way to integrate into his new home country, Germany. The 51-year-old former FIFA referee fled the Syrian civil war in 2012 after his house in Damascus was destroyed in an air raid, first heading to neighboring Jordan and then making it to…

The Cubs might have to make room for more hardware in the next couple of weeks. Manager Joe Maddon and three Cubs players were listed as finalists for the 2016 Baseball Writers’ Association of America awards, according to MLB.com. Maddon is a finalist for manager of the year. The other Cubs finalists are: Cy Young Award: Kyle Hendricks and Jon Lester. Most Valuable Player: Kris Bryant. The Cleveland Indians, the team…

President Barack Obama stumps for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on the eve of the election at the Ray L. Fisher Stadium in Ann Arbor on Monday November 7, 2016.(Photo: Mandi Wright, DFP) Erik Bakich got the hint when he saw Secret Service patrolling Michigan’s baseball field Saturday. President Barack Obama was coming to Ann Arbor. Bakich, Michigan’s baseball coach, was hosting his usual tailgate on a home football game day…

The ascent of e-sports from nerdy niche to massive global spectacle has been impressive to behold. Now a leader in the industry wants to take things to the next level, launching a new venture that will have many of the trappings of a proper professional sports league. Run by Blizzard Entertainment, which has been big into e-sports since the first days of its wildly successful Starcraft series, the new league…

In a surprise revelation this week, five-time major winner Phil Mickelson underwent sports hernia surgery after the Safeway Open in October, an unannounced procedure that was unveiled by Golf Digest’s Tim Rosaforte this week. “It wasn’t an outie belly button per se, it just looked like it,” Mickelson told Golf Digest. “It was a walnut-sized hernia behind my belly button. It was no big deal, nor did it affect me…

Anna Turley, MP for Redcar, told The Telegraph that a woman entered the MP’s meeting room, ostensibly with the purpose of bringing in a tray of sandwiches, and placed a recording device underneath a chair. “I couldn’t believe it”, Ms Turley said. “I watched her put the device on the floor and when she left I said ‘bloody hell guys they are trying to record us’. It’s not James Bond, more Austin Powers.” When MPs…

The hammer has come down on Jon Jones. After speculation that Jones would receive a lighter suspension or none at all from USADA after failing a drug test and being pulled from the main event of UFC 200, the former light heavyweight champion has been suspended for the maximum of one year by an independent arbitration panel. The decision comes after Jones had his case presented to three arbitrators from…

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – In an effort to raise money and awareness for men’s health, the Bryant University baseball team is participating in No-Shave November for the second-straight year. Last season, the Bulldogs raised $2,395 during the month of November and have set their goal for $1,600 this year with the expectation of once again exceeding it. The Bryant baseball program has raised over $16,000 in support of various charitable organizations…

A scandal has hit South Korean Baseball, and it’s a bad one. It’s match-fixing, where the result of a game is predetermined to benefit a certain group of gamblers. This particular scandal is huge, with South Korean police accusing 21 people of some level of involvement. Of the 21 people accused by the South Korean police, seven are current and former players. Of the current players, two are pitchers: Yoo…

The pass was thrown on a line and a bit high. So Wisconsin’s Jazz Peavy jumped to catch it. The play was self-evident, the kind we’d seen hundreds of times. He jumped, caught it. But these are different times, thus ESPN/ABC analyst Brock Huard explained it for us, “He goes up and high-points the ball.” And away we go. FOX’s Gus Johnson said wide receiver KaVontae Turpin is a player…

RELATED: Race results | Updated Chase GridSHOP: Chase gear There’s one to go for the Round of 8 in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, and it’s desperation time for a few drivers after Sunday’s rain-shortened AAA Texas 500 from Texas Motor Speedway. Sixteen drivers came into this year’s Chase with high hopes for a championship, but we’re one week away from cutting the field to the Championship 4 at Phoenix…

Carl Edwards got the victory he desperately needed to earn a championship-contending spot in the NASCAR Sprint Cup finale, winning at Texas on Sunday night in a race shorted by 41 laps because of rain after the start was delayed nearly six hours.  With his fourth career win at Texas, Edwards joined Jimmie Johnson as drivers locked into the championship-contending spots in Homestead.  That leaves two spots up for grabs…