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Photo Credit Getty Images Eye injuries in sports, especially youth sports, are worryingly common and often involve activities that most of us probably would not consider risky for eyes, according to a new, nationwide study of emergency room visits related to eye problems among athletes. The results suggest that anyone involved with youth sports should be vigilant about protecting young people’s eyes, perhaps in part by stocking up on wraparound…

As Europe awoke on Wednesday morning to the news that Donald Trump had been elected the new president of the United States, sports stars weren’t shy in sharing their thought’s on the Republican’s victory. The athletes’ responses were a mixture of lamentation, grim acceptance a few pockets of positivity and more than the odd joke, as the unexpected Trump victory was confirmed. While some were keen to move on quickly and get…

Media playback is not supported on this device ‘I will be president for all Americans’ Donald Trump has swept to power in the US presidential election. There’s a lot of uncertainty over his policy plans and what they’ll mean for America and for the world. His victory will also have an impact on a range of sporting issues, including the US 2024 Olympic bid, the investigation into Fifa, the 2026…

The chairman of the business select committee has asked Mike Ashley to explain the use of a camera in an apparent attempt to secretly record MPs’ conversations when they visited Sports Direct’s warehouse. Iain Wright, in a letter to the company’s founder and chief executive, said the action was consistent with the controlling way the MPs were dealt with during Monday’s visit. The Labour MP said Ashley had suggested the…

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Baseball Oak Lawn: Registration is open for the 2017 season for Oak Lawn Baseball, open to ages 4 to 18. Take advantage of early-bird prices. For more information or to register, visit www.oaklawnbaseball.com. Basketball Palos Hills: The South Side Shooters seventh grade boys team is looking for a few players to fill out their fall/winter roster. For more information or to schedule a tryout, contact Bill Finn, (708) 508-0170. Diving…

Gotham Chopra was in the stands on April 20, 1986 when Michael Jordan lit up the Boston Celtics for 63 points in an NBA playoff game. A wide-eyed, pre-teen boy then, Chopra still recalls the feeling of watching a sports deity register a defining performance against his favorite team at the Boston Garden.  “I remember thinking, ‘Holy shit, this is mythic,’” Chopra says.  SEE ALSO: The ugly intersection of World…

Anna Turley, MP for Redcar, told The Telegraph that a woman entered their meeting room, ostensibly with the purpose of bringing in a tray of sandwiches, and placed a recording device underneath a chair. “I couldn’t believe it,” Ms Turley said. “I watched her put the device on the floor and when she left I said: ‘Bloody hell guys, they are trying to record us.’ It’s not James Bond, more Austin Powers.”…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Anna Turley, MP for Redcar, told The Telegraph that a woman entered the MP’s meeting room, ostensibly with the purpose of bringing in a tray of sandwiches, and placed a recording device underneath a chair. “I couldn’t believe it”, Ms Turley said. “I watched her put the device on the floor and when she left I said ‘bloody hell guys they are trying to record us’. It’s not James Bond, more Austin Powers.” When MPs…