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TUESDAY ON TV BOXING 9 p.m. FS1 — Premier Champions, Edner Cherry vs. Omar Douglas, at Bethleham, Pa. MLB BASEBALL 8 p.m. MLB — Chicago Cubs at St. Louis OR Cleveland at Texas PRO BASKETBALL 7 p.m. Fox Ohio — Orlando at Cleveland 8 p.m. ESPN — Milwaukee at Oklahoma City 10:30 p.m. ESPN — Minnesota at Golden State PRO HOCKEY 7 p.m. NBCSN — Tampa Bay at Boston 8…

Is it possible for a guy chasing a career Grand Slam to be somewhat flying under the radar? That seems to be the feeling with the No. 2 player in the world, and it probably shouldn’t be considering how he has played since returning from a rib injury (he finished second in the event he injured it in, mind you). Rory finished T-7 at the WGC-Mexico Championship, his first…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment ESPN has issued new political and election guidelines for its employees that, while allowing for political discussion on the network’s platforms, recommend connecting those comments to sports whenever possible. The new policies also provide separate guidelines for ESPN staffers working on news and those engaging in commentary. The timing of the release of the election guidelines is a bit unusual — such…

Caption Close Root Sports has reached an agreement with Major League Baseball for in-market streaming of Astros games to authenticated users, but the service likely will not be available until next month. AT&T, which owns the Root Sports networks, is working with distributors such as Comcast and DirecTV and with MLB Advanced Media on a system that will enable Root Sports Southwest subscribers to stream games, a company spokesman said….

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment AMHERST, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo is cutting four sports programs, including baseball, in a restructuring aimed at saving the athletic department $2 million per year. The Mid-American Conference school also is eliminating men’s soccer, men’s swimming and diving, and women’s rowing to bring the number of teams to 16. School President Satish Tripathi says the cuts represent the “unfortunate reality”…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Former Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee is the keynote speaker at this year’s Indiana Sports Awards, April 27 at Clowes Hall. The Indiana Sports Awards honor the state’s best high school athletes. Promo for High School Sports results(Photo: Star file art) Updated state polls for spring high school sports. BASEBALL (April 2) CLASS 4A 1. Carmel (2-0) 2. Lake Central (1-0) 3. Fishers (4-1) 4….

ORLANDO, Fla. — ”I don’t want this thing to be a wake,” Jim Ross says from the passenger seat of a rented Nissan SUV, adjusting his trademark black cowboy hat and staring straight ahead through his red and white Oakley sunglasses as we merge onto Interstate 4 and head east toward downtown Saturday morning. The legendary wrestling broadcaster is talking about his show that afternoon, the first of two weekend matinees…

The University at Buffalo will eliminate four sports teams at the end of this school year in a belt-tightening that ultimately will save $2 million a year in athletic department spending. Men’s soccer, men’s swimming and diving, baseball and women’s rowing no longer will be sponsored, the university revealed Monday. “This has been a very difficult decision made only with extensive deliberation,” said UB President Satish K. Tripathi. “The unfortunate…

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A year after Texas’ attorney general questioned whether fantasy sports are legal, state lawmakers are considering proclaiming that they are. In a non-binding opinion in January 2016, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton equated paid fantasy sports sites to online gambling, which is illegal. But one fantasy football-playing Democrat in the Legislature has filed a measure that he says would protect Texans who play the online games from repercussion. The measure will be considered…

Caption Close A man working security at a Houston-area sports bar was shot Sunday morning. A man working security at a Houston-area sports bar was shot Sunday morning. A man working security at a northern Harris County sports bar was shot by an unruly patron Sunday morning, according to authorities.  Around 2:30 a.m., a security guard at Trevino’s Tejano Sports Bar asked a patron to leave the bar at Bauman…

No. 1 seed South Carolina got coach Dawn Staley her long-awaited national title Sunday, taking control early and withstanding several second-half punches to beat No. 2 seed Mississippi State, 67-55, to win the women’s Final Four. The Gamecocks went old school, eschewing the long ball and instead dominating inside. They controlled the paint throughout the night, with A’Ja Wilson proving too much to handle. The junior forward finished with 23…

It’s one thing to win a World Series, and another to revitalize a sport. The Cubs did both last year, and now they’re going to be baseball’s prime time team, shoved down the throats of national TV viewers for the next several years, like the Red Sox and Yankees. The 2016 World Series ratings were the highest since 2004, when the Red Sox ended their prolific drought with a four-game…

Ger Loughnane believes that hurling’s Division 1A teams are burned out by the time the League quarter-finals come around and that’s why they’re dropping like flies. Three sides from the tier two Division 1A are through to the semi-finals having beaten higher ranked opposition. On Sunday Limerick beat Cork, Wexford knocked out Kilkenny and Galway took care of Waterford. The League has been won the last two years by teams…

Sunday’s STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway was everything a classic, old-school NASCAR short-track race should be. Five times over the final 100 laps, the lead changed hands back and forth between Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski, with Keselowski ultimately prevailing in a battle between two of the sports best drivers and two of the sport’s best teams. And over 500 laps, there was plenty of drama, lots of trading…

How Does The Raiders Move To Las Vegas Affect Sports Betting? It seems as though the shift of the Raiders from Oakland to Las Vegas (officially to occur in 2020) should not heavily affect the way that gambling is treated in Nevada, other states and by the NFL. The league remains outwardly against legalized sports betting and Nevada casinos will still seemingly be able to accept wagers on the Raiders,…

As the chef at Bub’s at the Ballpark sports bar just a few minutes’ walk from Petco Park, Todd Nash spends a good chunk of his time marinating in the blood, sweat and tears of Padres fandom. His restaurant is the site of pre-game happy hours and post-game parties (or post-mortems), and if the team is having a good night, the cheers from Petco make the Bub’s walls rattle. So…

The Showcase of the Immortals is finally here. The biggest stars in WWE will step onto the biggest stage in the sport Sunday in Orlando at Camping World Stadium, home of WrestleMania 33. The WrestleMania 33 main card will begin at 7:00 p.m. ET on the WWE Network. The kickoff show, which includes two matches, will begin at 5:00 p.m. ET. You can read our predictions for…

British cyclist Lizzie Armitstead, former world race champion, and reigning Commonwealth road race champion, has just published Steadfast: My Autobiography. In a Guardian interview she recounts several examples of sexism, which left this reader with a range of emotions, from mildly irritated to: “Just reading this makes me feel unclean.” Women were forced to borrow helmets from male riders. On the day that Armitstead became world champion in Richmond, Virginia,…

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