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Every now and again, those of us who love baseball – who obsess over it, who are fanatics about it, whose very daily being across the seven-plus months from early April to early November are defined by it – find the quirkiest ways possible to express this affinity, this fealty, this passion, this devotion. This was just before midnight, just before Wednesday night melted into Thursday morning, just after Game…

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They say if you love something, let it go. If it comes back it was always yours. And that’s what baseball did. For over 100 years, America was faithful to its pastime. But, as most relationships do, the marriage became strained. The honeymoon phase turned into passionless comfort turned into wandering eyes and exploration of greener pastures. Through it all, baseball took the high road. It kept the door open…

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When Chicago Cubs pitcher Carl Edwards Jr. was called upon to pitch the 10th inning in Game 7 of the World Series against the Cleveland Indians, the NASCAR community had some fun with it. Of course, the running joke was Joe Gibbs Racing driver Carl Edwards was headed to the mound at Progressive Field. After the Cubs snapped a 108-year streak to win their first World Series title since 1908,…

Watching Irving Arvizu move his feet back and forth during a soccer drill offers a little peek into the elite qualities he possesses. He’s a sturdy 6-feet-1, 170 pounds but quickly picks up speed like pushing the pedal to the metal of a sports car. “He’s a thoroughbred,” L.A. Cathedral Coach Arturo Lopez said. “His athleticism is what separates him.” In an era when many of Southern California’s top soccer players…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 3, 2016) — After millions watch as a new champion is crowned at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series trophy will make its way to Las Vegas for postseason celebrations as NASCAR hosts its annual Champion’s Week festivities. Fans across the nation will gather for a week of events honoring the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion, the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers, the…

Southampton, the Premier League football club based on the south coast of England, is in exclusive talks to be taken over by Lander Sports Development Co. of China, according to people familiar with the situation. Katharina Liebherr, the club’s Swiss owner, has been engaged in the talks for several weeks, said the people, who declined to be identified because an agreement has yet to be completed. The price could be as…

Rob Brydon has boarded new comedy Swimming With Men, which HanWay Films will be shopping to buyers at the American Film Market this week. The film, based on the acclaimed documentary Men Who Swim, is directed by Johnny English Reborn helmer Oliver Parker from a screenplay by Aschlin Ditta. Story sees Brydon’s character, Eric, search for a way to win back wife Heather by diving into a world of male…

There was no better way for the curse to end. The Chicago Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years last night, in perhaps the most exciting baseball game of all time. I inherited my Cubs fandom from my father, so for me, the final out that sealed the game was joyful, exhilarating and ecstatic. But it was nowhere near as good as the Game 7 that preceded it….

He did the impossible. Twice. Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein came to the team in 2011, just a few years after he had helped build the Red Sox roster that finally broke the Curse of the Whatever and won the team’s first World Series since 1918. Now he was tasked with doing the same in Chicago, except this team he was handed an extra decade plus of failure, despair…

  Despite his golden boy image, things haven’t always been perfect for Tim Tebow. In his new book, Shaken, the former quarterback talks about his the devastation he felt after losing his football career. “People can’t always identify with the highs I’ve experienced,” he tells PEOPLE, “but I think they can identify with the lows. Everyone has low points in their lives—their girlfriend breaks up with them, or they have a health problem, or things…

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Rob Neyer isn’t embarrassed to say he’s more than a little preoccupied with the number of people who follow him on Twitter. Neyer is a freelance baseball writer and sabermetrics guru, and the 64,000 readers who have added his daily MLB analysis and insight to their daily newsfeed make up his most regular audience. So earlier this year, when Neyer decided to start using the social medium as a platform…

Now that the Chicago Cubs have ended their 108-year wait to win a World Series, here’s a look at how the title droughts for Philadelphia’s four biggest pro sports teams rank. Baseball The Phillies’ World Series drought is eight years old. That’s the 24th-longest drought among active teams in Major League Baseball. The Cleveland…

Michael B. Jordan and Michael Strahan will each executive produce a sports-themed drama which will join the increasing slate of scripted sports TV including Fox’s ‘Pitch,’ Starz’s ‘Survivor’s Remorse,’ and HBO’s ‘Ballers.’ <!–[CDATA[ Scripted television increasingly is looking to score with sports. With Fox’s Pitch, Starz’s Survivor’s Remorse, HBO’s Ballers and Audience Network’s Kingdom already on the air, the development bench includes LeBron James’ NBC sports-medicine drama, NFL…

Grayson Allen enrolled at Duke in the summer of 2014 as the least-heralded prospect in a four-player class. He averaged 9.2 minutes per game as a freshman, shot worse from the field and from 3-point range than the Blue Devils did as a team and was the only first-year player on the roster who didn’t enter the NBA Draft after winning the 2015 NCAA Tournament. Now he’s the CBS Sports…

Southampton, the Premier League football club based on the south coast of England, is in exclusive talks to be taken over by Lander Sports Development Co. of China, according to people familiar with the situation. Katharina Liebherr, the club’s Swiss owner, has been engaged in the talks for several weeks, said the people, who declined to be identified because an agreement has yet to be completed. The price could be as…

As if the 2016 Rio Olympics weren’t bad enough on their own (you know, what with the city’s massive corruption problem, its infested water, and its unpaid cops), the event is still terrible over two months after the competition ended. Why? Because the organizers still haven’t paid hundreds of people who worked their asses off to make the Olympics possible. Now, said workers are ready to sue. According to the…

When Auston Matthews, the 18-year-old phenom taken No. 1 overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in this year’s NHL draft, introduced himself to the league by scoring four goals in the first game of the season, the feat had hockey fans wracking their brains for the last time a teenager notched such a prolific performance. It turns out they didn’t…