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While next year’s rule changes on the fielding shifts and the pitch clock will likely be exceptions, baseball fans typically will complain whenever the MLB makes changes. The latest kerfuffle involves the early departures of the Dodgers, Braves and Mets. All three...

It is time for the IOC to apply its self-titled “quiet diplomacy” to the Brittney Griner situation and to actively involve itself in ending Russia’s mistreatment of Brittney Griner for political purposes. Brittney Griner has been unfairly sentenced to 9 years in...

Major league baseball has dealt with cheating, most recently with steroid use and pitch stealing using video cameras. Football had deflate-gate when Tom Brady used footballs that were not properly inflated. Horse racing has seen its most famous trainer penalized for...

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa recently caught the attention of the sports and medical world. On Thursday, September 29, he dropped back to pass in a game against the Bengals. The Bengals 340-pound defensive tackle Josh Tupou broke through the line, chased...

Roger Federer announced on September 15 that the Laver Cup in London that will take place later in the week would be his final competitive tennis tournament. With a couple of knee surgeries in recent years, Federer surprised few of his millions of fans with his...

The Big 10 is one of the country’s oldest football college conferences, featuring such D-1 powerhouses as Ohio State and Michigan. The SEC is still the newish upstart super-conference with many national champions in recent years, and it takes up the most space in the...

We recently wrote about the U.S.A. Track & Field (USATF) dominated the first world championships held on U.S. soil in Eugene, Oregon. The team won 33 medals in its best-ever performance, causing a lot of Olympic optimism for the team in Paris 2024 and Los Angeles...

To paraphrase the movie Bull Durham, minor league baseball is a great job, enabling grown men to show up to the ballpark each day and play ball rather than selling appliances. Kevin Costner’s character didn’t quit in the opening scene and ended his season with the...

Known as Track Town USA, Eugene, Oregon, is a hotbed for track and field. The town and University of Oregon's Hayward Field were the sites July 15-24 for the world track and field championships (officially called the World Athletics Championships Oregon 22) in the...