UNLV baseball forges ahead in the wake of coach Tim Chambers being arrested earlier this month in connection with driving under the influence and being put on administrative leave by the university.
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The Kansas City Royals host the New York Mets in Game 1 of the World Series tonight at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. Here’s what you need to know to catch the game.
Weather or not, that is the question for managers Ned Yost and Terry Collins on a soggy Tuesday with forecasts calling for rain all day and into the evening, including the scheduled start of Game 1 of the World Series.
Leave it to colorful South Point oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro to calculate the preseason odds of the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets meeting in the 2015 Fall Classic, which starts today with the Mets a minus-120 favorite in the series.
A company called MyTopSportsBooks.com has posted its World Series odds. Also listed are World Series prop bets, which run the gamut from the ridiculous to the sublime. Or just ridiculously sublime.
It must drive 51s president Don Logan nuts that baseball fans who live within a relay throw of Cashman Field don’t think like that when it comes to top-line pitching prospects.
The Seattle Mariners introduced Scott Servais as their new manager at an introductory press conference Monday at Safeco Field.
The Las Vegas 51s will open the Pacific Coast League season April 7 against the Triple-A champion Fresno Grizzlies at Cashman Field, the team announced Monday.
The New York Mets are on their way to the World Series with help from a pitcher who is apparently very happy to be out of Las Vegas.
Kansas City used some daring base-running to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 in Game Six of the American League Championship Series on Friday as the Royals advanced to the World Series for a second consecutive year.
The Chicago Cubs have a new curse, aptly named Murphy. As in Murphy’s law, the adage that anything that can go wrong will go wrong that has certainly applied to the Cubs since 1908, the last time they won the World Series and the year the “Murphy Curse” began.
The American League Championship Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Kansas City Royals continues today with Game 6 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. Here’s what you need to know if you want to catch the game.
Dusty Baker has been involved in several historic moments. He was on deck when Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record, is credited by some as the inventor of the high five and guided the Chicago Cubs to within one win of the World Series. But perhaps Baker’s coolest moment was the time he smoked a joint with Jimi Hendrix.
Thanks to three home runs, including a record-setting blast by Daniel Murphy, the New York Mets clinched a World Series berth with an 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday.
If the Toronto Blue Jays complete their comeback from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Kansas City Royals in the American League Championship Series, the Kansas City Public Library will surely incur the wrath of superstitious Royals fans.
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