Dress code installed for reporters

2011-12-07T19:30:49Z

Major League Baseball became the first elite-level North American pro sports league to impose a dress code in the press box, issuing guidelines in writing this week during owners' meetings.

Among clothing items on the banned list are flip-flop sandals, short skirts, tank-top shirts, visible underwear or anything bearing a team logo.

NBA, NFL and NHL officials have ...

Small market Brewers chase big dreams

2011-10-01T15:30:09Z

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - For years, the only September race that held any interest for Milwaukee Brewers fans was a sprint between the team's famous sausage mascots before the bottom of the sixth inning of every home game.

The sausages provided some comic relief for fans weary from a string of dreary losing seasons but this Fall ...

Two shot, one attacked, at NFL pre-season game

2011-08-21T16:30:08Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two men were shot and wounded in the parking lot of Candlestick Park after a preseason National Football League (NFL) game between the

Two shot after 49ers versus Raiders football game

2011-08-21T15:00:08Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two men were shot and wounded in the parking lot of Candlestick Park after a preseason football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Reuters) - Roger Clemens, one of the best pitchers in baseball history, goes on trial on Wednesday on charges of lying to Congress when he denied taking steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.

He has pleaded not guilty to the charges -- three counts of making false statements, two counts of perjury and one count of ...

SF Giants To Record 'It Gets Better' Video To Support Gay Teens

2011-05-17T07:30:08Z

The San Francisco Giants will become the first NFL team to reach out to troubled LGBT teens by recording an It Gets Better video

The San Francisco Giants will become the first NFL team to reach out to troubled LGBT teens by recording an It Gets Better video, Major League Baseball's opening day, commissioner Bud Selig said he believes the game can avoid the kind of labor strife currently convulsing the National Football League.

Selig, delivering the keynote address at the World Congress of Sports on Wednesday, said he was ...

Defense leads way for NFC West co-leaders

2010-12-06T15:00:19Z

Defense leads way for NFC West co-leaders, blanking Cardinals last 3 quarters

There was no need for rookie magic from Sam Bradford. Not the way the St. Louis Rams' defense was playing.

The Rams lifted the pressure off the No. 1 pick's shoulders in Sunday's 19-6 victory at...

Bud Selig's Plan for 2 more Wild Cards Sees Little Opposition

2010-11-29T14:53:12Z

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Cap flap: Redskins' Portis subs Nats for Phillies

2010-11-12T16:00:24Z

Cap flap: Redskins' RB Portis makes up for Phillies faux pas, sports Nationals cap instead

Sufficiently chastened for picking the wrong week to show love for the city of Philadelphia, Clinton Portis switched headgear Friday and wore a Washington Nationals baseball cap at practice.

"Nats! Go Magic Johnson says he wants NFL back in LA; no talks with league

Magic Johnson tells the Los Angeles Times he would be interested in bringing an NFL team back to L.A., but he hasn't had any talks with the league.

Johnson recently sold his small ...

San Francisco Giants (and NY Giants) All-Time Strikeout Leaders

2010-11-03T02:53:55Z

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Rugby League Merchandise - Chicago Sports and Fitness

2010-11-03T02:46:25Z

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WHY Artificial Turf At The Local Ballfield

2010-11-03T02:40:43Z

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Hello Hubbers and Good Luck to the Cutler-Bears Lovestory

2010-11-03T02:55:24Z

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Sports Fan Loyalty Exposed

2010-11-03T02:54:00Z

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Cablevision and Fox Showcase Future Trend

2010-11-02T12:28:41Z

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Giants Win Could Stir Bay Area

2010-11-02T12:27:55Z

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San Francisco RV Camping

2010-10-15T10:54:47Z

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The 1993 Atlanta Braves

2010-11-03T00:52:08Z

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Harwell the voice of the Tigers passes away at 92

2010-11-03T00:52:11Z

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Jimmy Rollins' Prediction

2010-11-03T00:52:14Z

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Boston Red Sox History

2010-11-03T00:51:50Z

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Major League Baseball: Above the Law

2010-11-03T00:52:20Z

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Braves replace closer Billy Wagner

2010-10-10T12:40:34Z

A post on his Twitter account noted that a fan wearing his jersey at the Bengals' game against Tampa Bay would get a football signed by him and Chad Ochocinco. The message was posted an hour before kickoff, violating the nfl jersey's social media policy that prohibits posts 90 minutes before a game.

Owens was on the field shor...

The Business of Baseball

2010-10-03T11:08:19Z

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New York Giants 2010 Strength of Schedule, Futures Odds and Predictions

2010-10-06T11:17:06Z

The good will that New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin has in the bank with the New York Giants thanks to that Super Bowl victory in the 2007 season is reportedly evaporated now following last year's 8-8 record (following a 5-0 start). By most accounts ? including former linebacker Antonio Pierce ? Coughlin is squarely on the hot seat if the G-Men don't get back to the playoffs in 2010.

When you think of the Giants of recent years, you think of a strong running game and excellent defens...

How do retractable roofs in convertible stadiums work?

2010-11-02T15:57:21Z

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Bill Terry

2010-09-11T05:43:31Z

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1905 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:43:08Z

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Buck Ewing

2010-09-11T05:38:21Z

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1951 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:22:12Z

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1952 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:22:18Z

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1950 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:22:06Z

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1953 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:22:24Z

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1935 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:20:44Z

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1937 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:20:57Z

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1947 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:21:39Z

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1945 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:21:27Z

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1946 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:21:33Z

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1934 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:20:39Z

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1938 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:21:02Z

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1922 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:19:36Z

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1924 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:19:47Z

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1921 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:19:32Z

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1918 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:19:17Z

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1917 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:19:12Z

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1915 Baseball Season

2010-09-11T05:19:02Z

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BOB HILLES STARTING 5

2010-11-02T15:34:05Z

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The Highest-Paid Coaches

2010-10-27T06:46:18Z

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Roethlisberger: Can't cut him, can't stand him

2010-10-13T13:44:51Z

It's fans like Becky Rickard that Ben Roethlisberger has lost.

The 33-year-old Rickard is a Pittsburgher and a fan of every team in town. She's come out to see the Pittsburgh Pirates play, even though they haven't had a winning season since 1992, when Roethlisberger was just a backyard quart...

Mom, Apple Pie, and Outdoor Baseball

2010-10-25T14:38:10Z

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Baseball to use blood test for HGH in minors

2010-04-16T06:57:57Z

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Major League Baseball is planning to begin blood testing of minor league players for the banned substance human growth hormone (HGH) later this year, anti-doping sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

Major L...

US athletes with Haiti ties worry and wait for word

2010-06-12T00:53:20Z

Indianapolis Colts receiver Pierre Garcon and other US athletes with family in Haiti watched and worried in the wake of the earthquake that has devastated their ancestral homeland.

"Aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews. We still have not heard much from them and my mom is still trying to call them," said Garcon, who was b...

Most Injury-Prone Pro Athletes

2010-06-12T01:08:26Z

With football season at full speed, the NFL's injury report reads like a Pro Bowl team. Troy Polamalu? Check. Michael Turner? Brian Urlacher? Check. While we should feel bad for these gu...

Chronology of news events in 2009

2010-06-12T00:31:43Z

JANUARY

Jan. 1

Sixty-six New Year's revelers die and more than 200 are injured in a fire at a Bangkok nightclub.

Longtime Rhode Island Sen. Claiborne Pell, creator of Pell Grants, dies at 90.

Jan. 5

New Mexico Gov. Bil...

Sounds of violence: sports deaths in 2009

2010-09-08T12:53:41Z

With echoes of violence and crackling gunfire, sports says goodbye to some of its best in 2009

Sports in 2009 looked down the barrel of a gun.

From Tennessee to Georgia to Nicaragua, gunfire crackled in July. The causes differed — a romance gone wrong, a robbery botched, a self-inflicted wound — but the outcome did not. A gun was the weapon of ...

Recession had America tuning in not heading out

2010-06-12T01:09:13Z

As money got tighter, Americans turned to TV to quench sports thirst in 2009

"Take me out to the ballgame," the old song goes. Americans, however, may have been too busy channel surfing to do that this year.

Television, it turns out, was where Americans turned to satisfy their craving for sports in the recession-plagued year of 2009.

With fewer dollars to spend, many fans resorted to the "cave model," hunkering down at home to watch the game instead of...

The World's Worst Trader?

2010-10-26T23:17:59Z

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Wills World

2010-10-22T11:33:41Z

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YOUR TURN

2010-10-22T11:31:33Z

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AP-KN Poll: Cards-Yanks in World Series, fans say

2010-06-16T11:59:22Z

Cardinals-Yankees in World Series, fans predict, but poll shows many prefer to watch the NFL

Ask around for a World Series prediction, and many baseball fans forecast a November classic: Albert Pujols and his St. Louis Cardinals vs. Derek Jeter and the

Sports officials respond calmly to terror warnings

2010-04-16T10:11:22Z

Sports officials respond in low-key manner to federal terror warnings about stadiums, arenas

Sports officials are confident that adequate security measures are in place to thwart any potential terrorist attacks on stadiums around the country.

Responding in a low-key manner to security warnings that terrorists would like to attack stadiums, several sports officials said Tuesday that they have already boosted precautions so much the latest alerts won't make mu...

NFL says no plans for Packers-Vikings site swap

2010-04-16T10:12:34Z

NFL says no plans for a Packers-Vikings site swap, in case of Tigers-Twins tiebreaker at Dome

The NFL said Monday it will not swap sites for this season's Packers-Vikings games in case the baseball playoffs get in the way at the Metrodome.

Finally here: Gophers to open TCF Bank Stadium against Air Force

The Minnesota Golden Gophers finally have a home of their own.

No Twins. No Vikings. No tractor pulls.<...

Sports' Greatest Comeback Wins

2010-10-22T07:45:27Z

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Chargers welcome Little League world champions

2010-04-16T10:32:38Z

Chargers welcome Little League World Series champions from Chula Vista

One after another, the members of the Little League World Series championship team from suburban Chula Vista ran through a tunnel formed by the San Diego Chargers and exchanged high-fives w...

Get em before theyre hot

2010-10-22T11:23:52Z

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Last Fan Standing

2010-10-26T21:34:14Z

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Ramzee Robinson anything but irrelevant to Lions

2010-09-08T13:14:05Z

Irrelevant no more: Lions CB/special teamer Robinson sticks around despite being final pick

Red Robin's loss was the Detroit Lions' gain.

Cut by the team prior to the start of the 2007 season, defensive back Ramzee Robinson applied to work at one of the dining chain's Detroit-area ...

McCartney at Cowboys Stadium, Rangers next door

2010-04-16T10:44:53Z

Paul McCartney concert at Cowboys Stadium, Rangers play next door

Paul McCartney will perform at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium while the Texas Rangers play next door.

That could cause some parking headaches on Wednesday night.

McCartney's concert was expected to draw at least ...

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

2010-10-22T11:07:05Z

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SportsBusiness JOURNAL REPORT

2010-10-22T10:59:51Z

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Time Flies

2010-10-22T10:58:27Z

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Hoyt Wilhelm

2010-10-22T10:48:58Z

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Dolf Luque

2010-10-22T10:05:06Z

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TO KNOW LIST 1 Back to the future

2010-10-22T08:57:56Z

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The Celebration of Life Through Sports Award: Alexi Maguire

2010-10-26T20:53:41Z

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World Series

2010-10-26T20:53:27Z

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Blues owner wants to buy Rams

2010-04-16T11:59:28Z

Dave Checketts, principal owner of Blues, wants to buy the Rams

St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts is heading a group seeking to buy the NFL's Rams and keep the team in St. Louis.

On Monday, the Rams announce...

The TARP Teams

2010-10-21T09:56:49Z

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Which Sports Teams Do You Follow?

2010-10-23T22:17:16Z

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MLB set for full season of replay _ fans want more

2010-06-16T12:12:12Z

Baseball set for a full season of replay _ poll shows fans want to see it even more

Hours before Game 1 of the World Series, a Major League Baseball official gazed at the catwalks above Tropicana Field and wondered: What if a high fly hits a beam, rattles around and two balls come tumbling down?

To hear many fans tell it, th...

Raiders Cable Football

2011-01-05T01:31:10Z

In this Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, photo, Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable waves goodbye after a news conference at the NFL football team's headquarters in Alameda, Calif. The Raiders informed Cable on Tuesday that t...

49ers Wrapup Football

2011-01-04T21:01:32Z

In this Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011, photo, San Francisco 49ers vice president of player personnel Trent Baalke stands on the field before the 49ers' NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals in San Francisco. Baalke is considere...

Colts Magical Manning Football

2011-01-04T15:31:15Z

Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney listens to a question during a news conference in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. The Colts are scheduled to host the New York Jets in a playoff game on Saturday, Jan. 8. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Copyright 2011 New Orleans Saints cornerback Tracy Porter (22) tries to strip the ball from Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe (89) an a pass-play in the fourth quarter of an Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson points to a chart as he speaks about the NFL's collective bargaining agreement during an NFL Football in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Chuck Burt...

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