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Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh (right) is ranked No. 5 — up five spots from last season — while Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio (left) is No. 11, a drop of six spots from a year ago, in CBS Sports’ top 25 of college football coaches.(Photo: Tony Ding / Associated Press) Michigan and Michigan State appear headed in opposite directions, with the Wolverines coming off back-to-back 10-win seasons, and the Spartans…

By: Luke Kerr-Dineen | May 11, 2017 8:19 am Follow @LukeKerrDineen

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment The nation’s capital takes center stage Wednesday, when two Washington, D.C., teams play in second-round playoff games and the hottest team in baseball continues a series against its Beltway rival. With the TV gods assigning the Capitals’ Game 7, the Wizards’ Game 5 and the Beltway series Game 3 within a 55-minute span, which do you watch? We’re here to help you…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Longtime Bills owner Ralph Wilson died at the age of 95. Video by Neeti Upadhye Buy Photo Buffalo Bills founder Ralph Wilson, who died in 2014 at age 95, loved all sports. His foundation has given $5 million to enhance youth sports opportunities in Rochester region.(Photo: File photo)Buy Photo Youth sports and recreation programs in the Greater Rochester Region, particularly those held together by financial…

Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Big TV companies like Disney and Discovery are lining up for a fight over a sports-free online TV package that could cost a mere $8 to $20 a month. Last month, Bloomberg broke the news that several cable networks were trying to put together a sports-free package for under $20, cutting out high-cost channels like ESPN, which alone cost $6.10 in carriage fees per subscriber in 2016….

San Francisco has dug itself a huge hole — its 11 wins are tied for the fewest in the majors — but still has time to recover, even without ace Madison Bumgarner. There is no time to waste, however, or the Giants soon will be sellers. Eduardo Nunez, acquired last summer to man the hot corner, is providing no production this season for an offense sorely lacking for power. Enter…

Some railway terminals have a way of tapping into our imagination. They are architecturally rich, hark back to a long lost past and a few of them even end up as tourist attractions in themselves. None more so than Grand Central Terminal in New York City, where John Nimick has fashioned a sensational World Series squash event, the Tournament of Champions, or TOC. Moving the event to Grand Central was…

Some railway terminals have a way of tapping into our imagination. They are architecturally rich, hark back to a long lost past and a few of them even end up as tourist attractions in themselves. None more so than Grand Central Terminal in New York City, where John Nimick has fashioned a sensational World Series squash event, the Tournament of Champions, or TOC. Moving the event to Grand Central was…

Celeste Williams, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s sports editor for nearly two decades and a pioneer for women in sports journalism, changed the lives of many of the men and women she influenced, inspired and hired. Along the way she also managed to change a policy or two in a workplace that remains overwhelmingly male. “The biggest challenge I faced at the Sporting News was when I got there, they had…

Carrie Underwood announced her effort to help fund girls team sports projects in an agreement with the DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation and its Sports Matter program. Through CALIA by Carrie Underwood, a fitness and lifestyle brand created in partnership with DICK’S, the country music star will fund an estimated 100 teams across America this month. The projects will be part of a $500,000 commitment to support girls youth sports…

These are tough days for the Troll of Washington, who for many years has lurked under the bridges of the city, scaring sports fans with his ominous warnings, defeatist insults and screaming taunts about their luckless, or not-quite-good-enough, or downright choking-dog pro teams. The Troll has had things his own way for a quarter of a century. Washington’s football, baseball, basketball and hockey teams are 1 for 86 in reaching…

Sports programs from school districts in Passaic, Ocean, Bergen and Essex counties have been ranked the best in New Jersey and among the most highly rated in the nation, according to the latest Niche best schools rankings. The study rated school district athletics as a whole, considering parent and student opinions, number of interscholastic sports offered, percentages of girls and boys participating in sports and the average athletic expense per student, among…

The Telegraph Business of Sport 2017 conference gets under way today. The two-day annual event aims to steer the UK sports industry to growth, innovation and collaboration. It is uniquely positioned to unite 200 senior influencers – from brands, rightsholders and broadcasters, as well as innovators in the field of sport – under one roof for a unique forum of networking, learning and strategy. Over the next two days, a number…

The Capitals celebrate after Game 5. (Geoff Burke/USA Today Sports) The Wizards will be in Boston for Game 5. The Caps will be at Verizon Center for Game 7. The Orioles will be at Nationals Park for game whatever. And Wednesday night could be the biggest night for Washington sports fans in at least a decade — and possibly a lot longer than that. We all eyed this day from…

In the wake of running backs Leonard Fournette and Christian McCaffrey being selected among the top eight picks of last month’s NFL Draft, it’s now inevitable that more and more high-round prospects will start skipping their last bowl game to avoid injuries. Which is completely understandable, but at the same time foreboding for some 37 non-playoff bowls already suffering from lost luster. Back in December, one of my Mailbag readers…

TUESDAY ON TV MLB BASEBALL 3:30 p.m. MLB — Texas at San Diego 7 p.m. FS1 — N.Y. Yankees at Cincinnati NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. TNT — NBA Playoffs, Western Conference, semifinal, Game 5, Houston at San Antonio NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. NBCSN — Stanley Cup Playoffs, Eastern Conference, semifinal, Game 6, Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers SOCCER 2:30 p.m. FS1 — UEFA Champions League, semifinal, 2nd Leg, Juventus vs. AS…

Maria Sharapova was defeated by Eugenie Bouchard in a marathon three-setter in the second round of the Madrid Open on Monday Maria Sharapova will be offered a wildcard into next month’s Aegon Classic in Birmingham. Sources told BBC Sport that preliminary discussions between Sharapova’s team and the Lawn Tennis Association are under way. The move has the blessing of the LTA’s outgoing chief executive Michael Downey. Sharapova has not played…

Like the Los Angeles Clippers team they beat in the first round, the Jazz have several important free agents they’ll try to re-sign this summer. Unlike the Clippers, Utah has every reason to believe they’ll bring their squad back intact next season. Gordon Hayward could decide to go join Brad Stevens in Boston, but the Jazz can offer a much more lucrative five-year deal, while the Celtics are limited…

Remember local TV? It’s the latest media asset of choice, thanks partly to Trump, the rise of licensing fees and sports. We explain. First, the money. Sinclair, one of the largest owners of local TV stations, agreed to buy Tribune, another big owner of TV stations, for $3.9 billion, which gives us the latest going rate for a TV station. The deal appears odd at first since these things should…

The Georgia school district said it was investigating the baseball players for “misbehavior” and “inappropriate physical contact.” What it didn’t reveal was that a younger teammate had reported being sexually assaulted.  Even after players were later disciplined for sexual battery, the district cited student confidentiality to withhold details from the public and used “hazing” to describe the incident, which it also failed to report to the state as required. Across…