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Tyler Olander came home from Spain last winter with a fractured right foot, doubts about his future — and one whopper of an idea. “I broke my other foot in college,” said Olander, who played on two NCAA championship basketball teams at UConn. “And I knew it took a long time for me to really be 100 percent. I don’t know, maybe some people heal differently than others….

Bishop Moore senior Joe Skinner passed away in the arms of his parents and older sister at a hospital in Dallas early Saturday. Skinner was scheduled to take part in an experimental treatment aimed at fighting off cancerous cells in his bone marrow. He was never afforded the opportunity, though, as he succumbed to a non-cancer related infection. Skinner was diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a rare form…

Buy Photo Brandon coach Stacy Hester explains the ground rules before the game against Gulfport in Brandon.(Photo: Bob Smith/For The Clarion-Ledger)Buy Photo East Webster beat O’Bannon in a Class 2A baseball playoff game on Thursday, 45-0. It’s OK if you feel like you need to read that again, but, no, that’s not a typo. Yes, the final score was 45-0. Yes, this was a high school baseball game. This is…

BOSTON — On the 30th anniversary of Roger Clemens‘ 20-strikeout game, on a Marlins team where Barry Bonds is the hitting coach, a decidedly non-power major leaguer reinforced a powerful message on Friday. Performance-enhancing drugs aren’t only for the pitcher who used a 98 mph fastball to win a record seven Cy Young awards and strike out 4,672 batters. PEDs aren’t only for the slugger who crushed a single-season record…

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Say goodbye to Draft Town. And welcome to Baseball City. Sorry, St. Louis. But this year it can be found 300 miles north on I-55. From Bridgeport to Wrigleyville, the signs everywhere are the ones workers won’t be taking down Sunday around Grant Park. Ignore the football weather. Just look at the baseball standings. You will find the Cubs and White Sox with the best records in the National and…

Dee Gordon hit .342 in 19 games against the Nationals last season. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press) ST. LOUIS — The announcement of Dee Gordon’s 80-game suspension for performance-enhancing substances came at 1:18 a.m. Eastern time Friday. So it wasn’t until later that morning that much of the baseball world, including the Nationals, saw the news about the Marlins’ speedy second baseman. The Nationals are in the same division as the Marlins, face the…

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Dee Gordon hit .342 in 19 games against the Nationals last season. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press) ST. LOUIS — The announcement of Dee Gordon’s 80-game suspension for performance-enhancing substances came at 1:18 a.m. Eastern time Friday. So it wasn’t until later that morning that much of the baseball world, including the Nationals, saw the news about the Marlins’ speedy second baseman. The Nationals are in the same division as the Marlins, face the…

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Earlier this week, a set of historical documents called “The Laws of Base Ball” sold at auction for $3.26 million, becoming one the most valuable of sports memorabilia artifacts ever discovered. The sale also opened up a new round of discussion about the origins of baseball in America. The story most people know – that Abner Doubleday invented the game in Cooperstown, New York – is a popular myth, but has…

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3:14 PM ET print LOS ANGELES — As a native of Novato, California, about 30 miles north of San Francisco, new Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff has long been an unabashed fan of baseball’s San Francisco Giants. Last year, Goff was even seen on television catching a ground-rule double that one-hopped to him in the left field bleachers in a Giants-Braves game, and he’s been known to tweet his…

Vanderbilt freshman Alonzo Jones touts the fastest 60-yard dash time in the history of Perfect Game showcases.(Photo: Steve Green / Vanderbilt) While the NFL Draft celebrates blazing 40-yard dash times this weekend, Vanderbilt touts one of the fastest sprinters in college baseball. Freshman Alonzo Jones ran the 60-yard dash in 6.17 seconds at a 2014 Perfect Game national showcase for prospects — the fastest time on grass in the history…

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Robin Ventura remembers the excitement in New York when the Mets and Yankees faced off in the World Series, and he can imagine what it would be like in Chicago if both teams made it. Wait, the Cubs and White Sox playing for the championship? Don’t start planning the parade just yet, but the teams with the two best records in the game through Wednesday just happen to call Chicago…