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KOKOMO (Sept. 2, 2014) – The city of Kokomo has announced plans for a new baseball team that will play starting next year at Kokomo Municipal Stadium, which is currently under construction. Mayor Greg Goodnight joined officials from the Prospect League for the announcement at Kokomo City Hall. Michael Zimmerman will own the Kokomo team, which will play in the twelve-team, six-state league starting in the 2015 season. Two other…

Justin Plumlee RANDLEMAN, N.C. — A middle school baseball coach was killed over Labor Day weekend while celebrating a friend’s bachelor party in Folly Beach, S.C. Authorities say 29-year-old Justin Plumlee was walking home with another groomsman when 31-year-old Andrew Lanzaro hit the two and kept driving. Plumlee died at the hospital. Plumlee coached baseball at Randleman Middle School the past three years. “He always had a thing about working hard….

Edna Ferber did not utter the line above as an ironic comment on San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence. She died 15 years before he was born. Still, the two have a connection. Chances are you have no idea who Edna Ferber is, and a few years from now you probably won’t know who Pence is either. This is no insult to either of them; it’s just the…

When I was a little boy, I loved rummaging through the family attic and basement. I remember the brittle, yellowed newspapers from the Kennedy assassination and the death of Yankees manager Miller Huggins in 1929 and a framed print showing all the presidents up through Lyndon Johnson. And I loved the musty smell from opening the vintage books in my father’s library. One that stuck in my mind was a…

Melinda Sue Gordon/AP An off-base portrayal — except in some deeper way, true. Remember Philip Seymour Hoffman as an angry version of Art Howe in Moneyball, bristling at Brad Pitt’s every innovation? By most accounts, including Howe’s, this was an unfair and simplified portrayal, but it spoke to a deeper tension that does exist in the game. Baseball’s front offices are becoming ever-stronger and more erudite, which…

For a list of all the deadline-day deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Kevin Strootman missed the 2014 World Cup after injuring his left knee while playing for Roma Manchester United are lining up a move for Roma’s Netherlands midfielder Kevin Strootman, 24, in the January transfer window . (Daily Mail)  United could make a £60m…

Sky Sports News has apologised after it broadcast swearing and scenes of a fan waving a sex toy during its transfer deadline day coverage. Communications watchdog Ofcom could launch an investigation after viewers complained about foul-mouthed outbursts being broadcast live. Reporters covering the day’s events had to deal with crowds of rowdy supporters outside the grounds and had to apologise several times for the swearing. The chaotic scenes included a…

Creative Artist Agency (CAA) continues its dominance in the sports talent representation industry, once again landing the top spot in Forbes’ global ranking of most valuable sports agencies. Less than a decade after expanding its talent division into the world of professional sports, CAA has negotiated almost $5.6 billion dollars and 1000 years worth of player contracts for the four largest team sports (basketball, football, baseball and hockey), with total…

The game started on Thursday and it ended on Sunday with the final score 3-0. The game was played in the semi-final round of the National High School Rubber Baseball Tournament.

KOKOMO (Sept. 2, 2014) – The city of Kokomo has announced plans for a new baseball team that will play starting next year at Kokomo Municipal Stadium, which is currently under construction. Mayor Greg Goodnight joined officials from the Prospect League for the announcement at Kokomo City Hall. Michael Zimmerman will own the Kokomo team, which will play in the twelve-team, six-state league starting in the 2015 season. Two other…

(Photo: The Associated Press) ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Although Mike Trout has accomplished an extraordinary amount in his short major league career with the Los Angeles Angels, he is quick to point out he’s only just getting to the good stuff. The Angels’ star center fielder is awfully excited to be at the start of his first pennant race with the Angels, and he’s hoping October in Orange County will…

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xxxxx ASHEVILLE – The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved the donation of $1.3 million from the sale of a spec building to a sports complex in Enka. The proceeds from the property on Jacob Holm Way are slated to match $8.6 million in donated property and cash to develop the expansive complex on the old Enka/BASF plant site. The complex for the Enka Youth Sports Organization…

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It’s possible to make a lot of money playing on fantasy sports websites, and apparently it’s also possible to raise a whole lot of money if you run one. FanDuel, the biggest daily fantasy site, said on Tuesday that it raised $70 million in an investment round just one week after DraftKings, its major competitor, announced $41 million in new funding. The two companies taken together have now raised more than $160 million—big…

Copyright © 2014 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Last night Kasey Kahne won the Oral-B USA 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. But the biggest story in NASCAR was the guy who finished 41st. Tony Stewart returned to racing three weeks after killing Kevin Ward Jr. during a race in upstate New York. Ward had crashed…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest 2014 has not been the best of years for NASCAR in several respects, with the sport mired in a season-long TV ratings slump. Entering Sunday’s race in Atlanta, 18 of the 21 NASCAR Sprint Cup telecasts had declines in ratings and 16 have had declines in viewership (that excludes rainouts). The latest decreases came for last week’s race from Bristol, which earned a 3.2 final…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Kasey Kahne is used to needing a win or a strong run at the end of the regular season just to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup. But this year, under NASCAR’s new Chase system, the pressure was more intense than ever. With just two more chances to win to get in, Kahne rose to the occasion Sunday night, producing a dramatic victory at…

Creative Artist Agency (CAA) continues its dominance in the sports talent representation industry, once again landing the top spot in Forbes’ global ranking of most valuable sports agencies. Less than a decade after expanding its talent division into the world of professional sports, CAA has negotiated almost $5.6 billion dollars and 1000 years worth of player contracts for the four largest team sports (basketball, football, baseball and hockey), with total…

The Palace incident was the most serious of several to mar Sky Sports News HQ’s biggest day of the year, all of them involving members of the public attempting to disrupt updates from its team of roving reporters. Ofcom received eight complaints from viewers who witnessed one man shout something obscene about a sex act – a copycat example of an incident that has dogged several live broadcasts in the…