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Aug. 20, 2014: University of New Mexico athletic director Paul Krebs, left, discusses a hazing incident involving the women’s soccer team as head coach Kit Vela sits beside him during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M.AP The University of New Mexico women’s soccer coach Kit Vela has been suspended for a week without pay and 22 players will be suspended for one game over a hazing incident. Athletic director Paul…

Threat of scattered showers and thunderstorms remains in the forecast for tonight’s Sprint Cup series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. While the chance of rain is there I think we can get an official race (past halfway) if not a full complete race. Rain could cause a delay or two tonight but given the scattered to isolated nature of the rain showers this afternoon and evening, I do not…

Daniel Suarez has won twice in the K&N East Series and four times in the Toyota Mexico Series this year.(Photo: Alan Diaz, AP) Joe Gibbs Racing’s signing of Mexican driver Daniel Suarez this week represents the most important achievement yet in NASCAR’s diversity efforts, and that’s saying a lot for a sport that has seen several landmarks in the past year. Darrell Wallace Jr.’s October win in a Truck Series…

For a list of confirmed transfers, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Manchester United are close to signing Real Madrid winger Angel Di Maria, 26, for a British-record transfer fee that could be worth up to £56m. (Sky Sports)  Di Maria has told friends in Spain that he has accepted a £180,000-a-week offer to join United and wants to…

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As most know by now, Sunday’s game is a fairly unique one: For the first time since 2005, ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, the premier broadcast for regular-season MLB, will be on site at the Oakland Coliseum to cover the A’s and Angels. I had the chance to speak with two members of the Sunday Night Baseball crew, John Kruk and Dan Shulman, to get a few of their pre-series…

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Baseball is back at the historic League Park, former home of the Cleveland Indians, located at the intersection of Lexington and East 66th Street on the east side. Years of renovations culminated in a grand re-opening of the ballpark Saturday. Built where trolleys one stopped in the Hough neighborhood, League Park hosted baseball greats like Cy Young and Bob Feller, and it’s where Babe Ruth hit his…

Mo’ne Davis, the 13-year-old Little League dynamo with a 70-mph pitch heard ’round the world — at least, until her team, the Taney Dragons, were eliminated from the finals on Thursday — was repeatedly asked what she wants to be when she grows up. Her answer: point guard for the WNBA. “Imagine a 13-year-old boy who’s as good as she is, who’s gotten the recognition that she has, saying he’s…

Sunday marks 25 years since Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose was banished from organized baseball for life after he was caught betting on the game. But even after all these years in exile, the 73-year-old “hit king” says he deserves a second chance. PETE ROSE TO ESPN: “America is a forgiving country, and if you do the right things — keep your nose clean, be a good citizen, pay your taxes, do all…

For a list of confirmed transfers, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Manchester United are close to signing Real Madrid winger Angel Di Maria, 26, for a British-record transfer fee that could be worth up to £56m. (Sky Sports)  Di Maria has told friends in Spain that he has accepted a £180,000-a-week offer to join United and wants to…

If Steve Keener truly wants to run a progressive organization like he says, sooner than later the CEO of Little League Baseball will do what he suggested to Yahoo Sports could be possible in the future: give back some of the $76 million in television rights fees the organization is reaping over the next eight years to the kids whose names, images and likenesses fill up flat screens every summer….

DENVER (CBS4) – A nonprofit started in memory of Jessica Ghawi, a young woman killed in the Aurora theater shooting, is now in its third year and held a donation drive at the Pepsi Center on Saturday. It’s helping families with kids interested in sports. With four boys, Dorettie Ramos had her hands full. Her oldest plays football, and that’s just the beginning. “Edgar plays soccer and Jesus is boxing, so…

A three-team trade that will send Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Love to the Cleveland Cavaliers has been finalized, the team confirmed Saturday. The deal, which has been in the works since early July, places Love next to LeBron James and Kyrie Irving in Cleveland, and sends No. 1 overall draft pick Andrew Wiggins and second-year forward Anthony Bennett to Minnesota. The Philadelphia 76ers are the third team in the trade,…

A Facebook post I saw a couple of weeks ago made me laugh. The author questioned why so many people “go gaga” over high school sports. “Kids should be focusing on getting good grades and becoming productive members of society who can help stop all the violence and madness in the world. How does playing sports do that?” the post said. Did you just chuckle a…

It’s been the fashionable baseball topic to talk about, write about, and wring hands about:  improving the ‘pace of the game’.  Supposedly that’s been a priority for Bud Selig – though if anything, he’s allowed it to slow down – and incoming Commish Rob Manfred is said to been concerned about this as well. So today it’s my turn – I now look forward to the year 2022 in which…

My son doesn’t think women can play sports. He’s five. Who taught him this? When I looked around to point the finger at the forces corrupting my child, I was surprised when my search led right back to us: We love to watch sports on TV. And on TV women athletes wear a cloak of invisibility. Nachos, beer, and ESPN Game Day make a great fall Saturday at our house….

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BRISTOL, Tenn. — If you’re not tired of seeing ALS Ice Bucket Challenge videos yet, this one is pretty hilarious. NASCAR president Mike Helton — a stern authority figure similar to your high school principal — accepted the challenge and got doused by drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle and Jamie McMurray on Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway. The best part of this might be when Earnhardt…

Bristol Motor Speedway is getting its wish — a later race date in the spring. NASCAR says the schedules for all three top series will be announced on Tuesday night, but the sport’s governing body did share the news about a new date at the track hosting this weekend’s races. BMS will host a NASCAR weekend next April 17-19, instead of mid-March like this year. Rain has often been an…

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Major League Baseball’s commissioner-elect, Rob Manfred, visited the Little League World Series this week, lauding the talent of 13-year-old Mo’ne Davis, the sport’s new wonder girl. “Fifty years ago people would have had a list of things women couldn’t do that was as long as your arm, and they’re doing every single one of them today,” Manfred told the Associated Press. “I’m not betting against the…