BOSTON – Trevor Story hit a grand slam over the Green Monster – and into the hands of a former Red Sox player – a night after hitting three homers over Fenway Park’s fabled left field wall, leading Boston to a 7-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. Story connected on a thigh-high …
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Is this the decade from hell? I’m beginning to wonder. Everything was going along smoothly. We had a gradual recovery from the Great Recession of 2008, and by 2019 the United States economy was clicking on all cylinders. Everything was rosy when 2019 ended. The stock market was up, gas prices were down, and the …
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© Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports The Detroit Tigers entered this season with plenty of reason to be hopeful for a shift in the franchise’s fortunes. After a stretch of four straight playoff appearances from 2011–14, they entered a long rebuilding phase that included an ugly, 114-loss season in ’19. Last year, they showed real signs …
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HOUSTON – Martín Pérez had been considered one of the Rangers’ top prospects pretty much since the moment he signed out of Venezuela at 16, but Nolan Ryan wasn’t buying it. He’d seen Pérez himself in the minors. Didn’t throw hard. No wipeout pitches. Just another finesse lefty. Pérez wouldn’t be Ryan’s only point of …
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Joe Panik’s game-changing double play in Game 7 of the 2014 World Series Al Tielemans / Sports Illustrated For nearly as long as I can remember, whenever anyone asked me who was my favorite baseball player, I said Jorge Posada. He was the player I wanted to emulate from the time I was little. Like …
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NASCAR results from Texas Motor Speedway Tonight, the NASCAR Truck Series takes the stage in Fort Worth, Texas. The 1.5-mile of Texas Motor Speedway is set to host the SpeedyCash.com 220. View Texas results for the NASCAR Truck Series below. All-Star Race MenuTruck: Prac / Qual | RaceXfinity Prac / Qual | RaceCup: Work | …
The flowers are fully bloomed, the temperature is rising and school is beginning to wrap up. That can only mean one thing: the 2022 Women’s College World Series is on the horizon. Last year’s winner of the NCAA Division I softball championship, Oklahoma, looks poised for another deep run in the tournament. The Sooners enter …
Born September 19, 1920, in New York City, Roger Angell liked to say that between himself and his father, Ernest Angell, born in 1889, they had witnessed nearly the entire history of Major League Baseball, founded in 1876. Despite a lifelong love for the game, Angell did not begin writing about baseball until 1962, when …
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Lexie Blair’s two-run single in the fifth inning proved to be the difference as Michigan softball defeated South Dakota State, 2-1, in the opener of the NCAA tournament regional play in Orlando, Florida. Alex Storako allowed a run on three hits and three walks over 6⅔ innings, striking out three for UM (37-16). Meghan Beaubien …
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The 2020-21 sports calendar in NCAA Division III athletics was blown up by COVID-19 to the point very few teams played football, and there were no hockey or basketball tournaments. Tournament play was restored for spring. The St. Thomas softball team finished fourth in the MIAC, then won the conference playoff, an NCAA regional and …
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