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Dutch did it all. High-school football, lifeguard (when he says he rescued 77 people), captaining the swim team, running track and riding horseback with his beloved Nancy. Reagan was also a sportscaster, calling Iowa football games and broadcasting Chicago Cubs games in the 1930s, including the 1932 World Series best known for Babe Ruth’s called shot. (Reagan rarely went to the games, usually calling them off telegraph reports.) In 1988, while hosting…

Sports Direct’s board has said it did not know about or authorise an apparent attempt to secretly record a group of MPs who paid a surprise visit to its warehouse. Six MPs from the business select committee arrived at the site in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, on Monday after giving the company an hour’s notice. They were accepting an invitation made by the founder and chief executive, Mike Ashley, when he appeared…

SCOTTSDALE, Az. — It’s that time of year, the time when agents present executives and owners with elaborate brochures detailing their free-agent clients’ achievements. The statistics chosen by the agents are selective, but often revealing. And while many executives say they learn little from the agents’ work, most owners are less informed. What follows are highlights from the brochures for four players. It is intended to be a sampling, not…

Washington second baseman Daniel Murphy, who batted .347 for the NL East champions, and Dodgers rookie shortstop Corey Seager also are up for NL MVP. AL batting champion Jose Altuve of Houston, 2014 winner Mike Trout of the Angels and Boston outfielder Mookie Betts are the AL finalists. The MVPs will be announced Nov. 17. The AL Cy Young Award is between Cleveland ace Corey Kluber,…

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…

Jack Perry Journal Staff Writer jgregoryperry The temptation is strong, and for some parents, it’s irresistible.  The thinking might go like this: My 10-year-old is tearing it up in Little League. If he plays 12 months a year instead of three, he will improve faster and have a better chance of earning a college scholarship and signing a big professional contract.  It’s apparently a…

The numbers are still not there for lacrosse to become an official championship sport in the Southern Section. According to the Southern Section, there are 91 high school boys teams and 76 high school girls teams for the upcoming season. There needs to be 117 boys teams and 117 girls teams playing lacrosse for the Southern Section to hold championships as it does for such sports as football, basketball, softball…

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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…