With each passing iteration, the World Baseball Classic gets bigger and bigger – in crowd size, cultural currency and participants. Yet the world within it keeps shrinking. As the sixth WBC gets underway this month,…
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It’s perhaps the ultimate rite of spring – poring over prospect ratings, getting too excited over a rookie’s chance to impact their Major League Baseball squad, going nuts over absurdly small samples of fake baseball…
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Some university administrators are warning of a financial crisis in college sports and are asking Congress for help. Excessive spending includes large coaching salaries, massive buyouts for fired coaches, and bloated staffs. Donald Trump to…
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As usual, free agency isn’t exactly what we were expecting months ago, especially for pass-catchers. Dallas placed the franchise tag on wide receiver George Pickens, which removed the second-team All-Pro from the free-agent market. That…
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Teams competing in the World Baseball Classic have a most delicate task: Carve out a legacy in less than two weeks. Yet despite the microwaved format that’s inverse to how we typically watch the sport…
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Tennessee coach Josh Heupel breaks ranks with SEC party platform and offers support for 24-team playoff. Think a super-sized playoff would give coaches more job security? Nope. Nobody cares about bowl games? No, nobody cares…
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NEW YORK — Chet Holmgren knew that, for the Oklahoma City Thunder, it could’ve gone the other way. Minutes before he tried to fit his 7-foot-1 frame into a padded folding chair here at Madison…
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Pull up a chair, and take a load off, everyone. And soak in the world around you. Forget about football or winning and losing, or championships and near-misses. That’s the very last thing Lou Holtz…
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The Dallas Stars won their ninth and 10th straight games when they beat the Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames 6-1 this week, setting a franchise record for most consecutive regular-season wins. While it’s a streak…
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ — He is the only retired pitcher on the USA’s World Baseball Classic roster. He’s also the only one with three Cy Young awards, three World Series championships, and 11 All-Star appearances. And…