The team that adapted “Field of Dreams” into a live TV series turned down a state grant, further jeopardizing a project that officials hope will bring attention to Iowa. Executive producer Morgan Sackett told the Iowa Economic Development Authority in an email Oct. 24 that Universal Television, the company producing the show, had declined the … Read more
AL-RAYAN, Qatar (AP) – Sergio Busquets stood in the center of the circle, his hands on his hips, a blank look on his face. He reached the highest level of his football with Spain and is now stunned by La Roja’s third consecutive elimination from a major tournament on penalties, this time 3-0 to Morocco … Read more
SAN DIEGO – As part of the daily media availability at Major League Baseball’s Winter Meets, there is a session for each of the 30 managers during the first two days. It was the turn of Scott Service, the Mariners’ manager, on Monday afternoon in one of the many ballrooms at the Manchester Grand Hyatt … Read more
Despite their struggles at the major league level, the Pittsburgh Pirates have one of the strongest farm systems of recent times with many of their prospects ranking in the top 100 in baseball. The Baseball America web page recently updated their list of who they consider to be the top 10 prospects in the Pittsburgh … Read more
When Colorado Athletic Director Rick George fired another losing football coach, Carl Durrell, five games into the season, becoming a common question across the profession: Who even wants this job? Somebody He wanted it, and he is It just so happens to be the most exciting recruitment a school can do. Deion Sanders is coming … Read more
Arte Moreno Heading toward the exit, the Angels owner planted a for sale sign below the Big A in August. Shuhei Ohtani Could follow Moreno out of town, the two-way phenom is poised to become a free agent after the 2023 season. If there was ever a time for angels to act boldly, to take … Read more
Outside of Pete Rose, he is the most fiery and enduring inductee into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Do top players suspected of taking performance-enhancing drugs deserve to be in Cooperstown? The ultimate amplification of those swirls around cases for and against pitcher Barry Bonds and wiping out pitcher Roger Clemens. The hall’s final … Read more
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Of the seven stadiums Qatar built for the World Cup, one will go away after the tournament. That’s what Games organizers had to say about Doha’s 974 Stadium – a port-side structure with more than 40,000 seats built in part from recycled shipping containers and steel. Qatar says the stadium will … Read more
Nemo “akaNemsko” Chu The chess and poker player won a seat in the next match WPT World Championship On the universal wpt $12,000 platform. She decides to dump her with a contest, set up by her poker coach and alleged boyfriend Alex “Thallo” Epstein Won, now poker Twitter cries foul. The World Poker Tour (WPT) … Read more
Barry Bonds will get another shot at the Hall of Fame with the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee — but are his chances better than they were with the book? Scott Cunningham/Getty Images They baaaaaack. Last winter, both Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens He was not elected They were inducted into the Baseball Hall of … Read more
