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Review: Watching baseball online is easy, but finding football games can be tough, pricey
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Getting your sports fix can be tough if you don’t root for the home team.
Nolan Ryan retiring as CEO of Texas Rangers after 6 seasons in front office
ARLINGTON, Texas – Nolan Ryan is leaving the Texas Rangers again, stepping down as CEO role 20 years after ending his Hall of Fame career as a pitcher.
Holliday, Robinson homer for Cardinals in 4-2 win over Dodgers for 3-1 lead in NLCS
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Matt Holliday and pinch-hitter Shane Robinson connected for the first home runs of the NL championship series, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 on Tuesday night to take a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven playoff.
Major League Baseball says umpire Wally Bell has died at 48 of apparent heart attack
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Major League Baseball umpire Wally Bell, who worked the NL playoff series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals this month, has died. He was 48.
Manager Joe Girardi signs 4-year contract extension to stay with New York Yankees
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Manager Joe Girardi has signed a four-year contract extension to stay with the New York Yankees.
MLB: Rodriguez lawsuit violates confidentiality provisions of drug program
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Major League Baseball calls Alex Rodriguez’s lawsuit against the sport a “clear violation” of the confidentiality provisions of the league’s drug program.
Florida prosecutors launch criminal probe into drug clinic linked to MLB doping scandal
MIAMI – State authorities in Florida have launched a criminal investigation into the now-closed clinic at the centre of Major League Baseball’s latest performance-enhancing drug scandal, a spokesman for Miami-Dade County’s chief prosecutor said Monday.
Alex Rodriguez grievance hearing to overturn 211-game suspension starts Monday
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Alex Rodriguez gets to start arguing his case Monday.
Bud Selig says he will retire as baseball commissioner in January 2015
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Bud Selig says he means it this time, that he will retire as baseball commissioner in January 2015.
Review: Roku unveils new set-top streaming boxes in Canada
TORONTO – When Google unveiled its $35 Chromecast device to help consumers get web content on their TVs, it was perceived as bad news for competitors selling similar but more expensive products, including one of the market leaders, Roku.
Federal appeals court upholds ban on sports gambling in New Jersey
NEWARK, N.J. – A federal appeals court dealt another blow to New Jersey’s efforts to legalize sports gambling Tuesday, upholding a ruling that the state’s betting law conflicts with federal law and shouldn’t be implemented.
MLB remembers Sept. 11 with on-field tributes, special lineup cards and American flag patches
Texas Rangers third base coach Gary Pettis says it’s important for Major League Baseball — and all Americans — to take a moment to remember Sept. 11.
Blue Jays to play pair of pre-season games against Mets in Montreal next spring
MONTREAL – The Toronto Blue Jays will play a pair of pre-season games next spring at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium.
Blue Jays’ Melky Cabrera has benign tumour removed from spine, to be ready for spring training
MINNEAPOLIS – Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Melky Cabrera had a benign tumour removed from his spine and is expected to be ready for spring training.
Kelly works 6 innings, Holliday gets RBI in 7th straight game as Cardinals beat Reds 6-1
ST. LOUIS – Joe Kelly tossed six strong innings and Matt Holliday drove in a run for a seventh straight game, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night.