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BEIJING -- Officially, the Beijing Olympics are taking place inside what organizers are calling “the enclosed compound activity area.”That’s a fancy way of saying “a closed loop.”You probably know it better as “the bubble.”And bubbles are…

Image: @LewisHamilton / TwitterBefore the 1993-94 NBA season, Michael Jordan shockingly announced his retirement from professional basketball. He was 29 years old, still in his physical prime and the most successful basketball player on the…

Washington’s NFL team is now known as the CommandersBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports WriterFebruary 2, 2022, 4:15 PM• 4 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleWashington has some new Commanders in town.The NFL team announced…

Gene Clines, part of the first all-minority lineup in Major League Baseball history and a line drive-hitting outfielder for the 1971 World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates, has diedByThe Associated PressJanuary 27, 2022, 10:07 PM• 3 min…

Whatever harm Barry Bonds did to baseball pales in comparison to the damage baseball inflicted on itself both at the time and since. So say what you will about the steroids era, at least the games were still worth watching.You can’t say…

Locked-out Major League Baseball players have withdrawn their proposal for more liberalized free agency and lowered their proposed decrease in revenue sharingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball WriterJanuary 24, 2022, 9:23 PM• 4 min readShare to…

Boston’s Big Papi appears headed to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and he won't need a last-minute walk-off to get thereBy JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports WriterJanuary 21, 2022, 5:31 PM• 4 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this…

NEW YORK -- Rachel Balkovec is aware of the negativity in her social media feeds and tries to leave it there. Her sisters see it, too, and can't help but pass along certain disparaging reactions to her barrier-breaking journey.“It's…

The Tampa Bay Rays say bullpen catcher Jean Ramirez died unexpectedly this week at the age of 28ByThe Associated PressJanuary 12, 2022, 7:05 PM• 1 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa…

Former players David Cone and Eduardo Perez are joining Karl Ravech to form a new broadcast team for ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” telecastsByThe Associated PressJanuary 7, 2022, 5:47 PM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail…