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Labor activists vowed not to abandon their fight to organize college sports teams after the National Labor Relations Board blocked a historic bid by Northwestern University football players to become the first in the nation to unionize. ”It’s a setback, but I don’t see it as a body blow,” Tim Waters, of the United Steelworkers union, said about the ruling. The Steelworkers bankrolled the Wildcats’ union drive and advised them
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Tiger Woods will play the Wyndham Championship for the first time.
This time, the San Francisco Giants saw the real Michael Wacha. The St. Louis Cardinals right-hander insisted last year’s NL championship series failure was absolutely not on his mind preparing to face the Giants for the first time this season. ”I mean, everyone seems to make it out like I was going out for vengeance or something, like I was after these guys since Day 1,” Wacha said after working
Long after they saw starter Bryan Mitchell suddenly exit with a bloody face and head to the hospital, the New York Yankees were greeted with a most welcome sight: The rookie pitcher was back in the locker room after a late win. Chase Headley hit a bases-loaded grounder in the 10th inning that Minnesota’s five-man infield bobbled, and the Yankees, despite losing Mitchell to a line drive that caused a
With catcher Matt Wieters out with an injury, Steve Clevenger is taking full advantage of his opportunity with the Baltimore Orioles. Clevenger hit a three-run homer, Chris Tillman won his seventh straight decision and Baltimore completed a four-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics with a 4-2 victory Monday night. Clevenger, who was called up Friday from Triple-A Norfolk, got his first homer since June 29, 2012.
ShaquMlle O’Neal weighed into basketball’s great debate on Tuesday when he backed a young Michael Jordan to beat LeBron James one-on-one — but added that both were outshone by the legendary Dr. J. O’Neal, visiting Hong Kong to promote an energy drink, faced both Jordan and James in their prime and when asked who would win a hypothetical match-up, he didn’t hesitate. “Mike,” said O’Neal, winner of four NBA titles
Major League Baseball Japan Tuesday announced a new youth tournament next year with the finals to be played in one of the cities hardest hit by Japan’s 2011 quake-tsunami disaster. The MLB Cup 2016 will start in May with the finals being played from the end of August through September in Ishinomaki city, organisers said. “There is a beautiful stadium in the venue,” said Tony LaRussa, chief baseball officer of
(The Sports Xchange) – Cleveland manager Terry Francona appears to be watching right-hander Danny Salazar develop before his eyes after he turned in his seventh successive strong start to lead the Indians to an 8-2 rout of the Boston Red Sox on Monday. Lonnie Chisenhall drove in three runs to help the Indians to their third win in the last four games. Chisenhall’s fly ball to the left-field wall was
(The Sports Xchange) – The ball came off pinch-hitter Buster Posey’s bat with an arc that suggested a go-ahead, two-out, two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning. In the St. Louis Cardinals’ dugout, pitching coach Derek Lilliquist turned to manager Mike Matheny, unworried as center fielder Peter Bourjos sped to the wall. “Derek said, ‘That’s not a problem.’ So I was convinced it was staying in the ballpark,”
Former National Football League players who oppose the league’s potential $1 billion settlement of lawsuits claiming it hid the risk of concussions asked a federal appeals court on Monday to throw out the accord. In a filing with the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, 10 former players said the settlement with more than 5,000 retirees was unfair because it did not properly treat players yet to be
