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N.Y. high school basketball player collapses during practice, dies

FLUSHING, N.Y. (UPI) -- A 16-year-old high school basketball player collapsed during practice and died Wednesday in Queens, New York, police said. Lenny Pierre, a 6-foot-6 junior, was working out with his team in John Bowne High School in Flushing when he collapsed just after noon, police told the New York Post. He was pronounced dead at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Queens. "He said while he was playing, they saw him a little shaky," his mother, Edna Georges, told WNBC-TV. "They […]

todayDecember 26, 2018 35

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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll gets contract extension

SEATTLE (UPI) -- Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks were considered by many to be in a rebuild year after losing key personnel and beginning the season with back-to-back losses to the Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears. Carroll and the Seahawks turned their fortunes around quickly, and it earned the longtime Seattle head coach a contract extension. Sources told ESPN that the Seahawks signed Carroll to a multi-year extension through 2021 on Monday. League sources told the NFL Network that […]

todayDecember 24, 2018 35

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National

Yelich, Betts win 2018 MLB MVP Awards

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich and Boston Red Sox star Mookie Betts are the 2018 National League and American League Most Valuable Players. The Baseball Writers Association of America announced the superstars as the winners of the awards on Thursday. "This is unbelievable, and to be able to share it with all of these people who have been around a long time and had a positive influence on my life, it's really special," Yelich told MLB.com. […]

todayNovember 15, 2018 32

National

Bengals extend LS Clark Harris, sign WR Auden Tate

CINCINNATI (UPI) -- The Cincinnati Bengals have signed long snapper Clark Harris to a contract extension and signed wide receiver Auden Tate off the practice squad. Cincinnati announced the roster moves on Monday. The Bengals also placed linebacker Carl Lawson on injured reserve. Harris, 34, entered the league as a seventh-round pick by the Green Bay Packers in the 2007 NFL Draft. The 6-foot-5, 250-pound Rutgers product also suited up for the Green Bay Packers before signing with the Bengals […]

todayNovember 5, 2018 64

NFL

Business & Lifestyle

NFL to play four games in London in 2019

NEW YORK (UPI) -- The NFL will feature four regular-season games in London next season, with two at Wembley Stadium and two at the new stadium being built for Premier League team Tottenham. The league did not announce which teams would travel across the Atlantic Ocean or when the games will be played. "The NFL in London is going from strength to strength and I am delighted that we will have four games in the capital next year, with Tottenham Hotspur's […]

todayNovember 4, 2018 41

Sports

Tiger vs Phil: The most anticipated match in the history of golf

Not too often do people think about late November as a great time for golf, but this year, on November 23rd, one of the most anticipated matches in the history of the sport will be held. According to ESPN, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, two of the greatest golfers of all time, will face off against each other in a $9 million match-play event. Turner Sports will produce the pay-per-view telecast of the event, which will be held at Shadow […]

todayOctober 16, 2018 60

Christian Pulisic soccer

Editorial

How to be a (proper) soccer fan in America

Sports fans, stop me if you’ve heard this one before - but soccer is on the rise in the United States. This time, however, this isn’t just a vague assertion from a hopeful commentator hoping to inflate the sport’s relevance with words. Rather, it’s a statistically proven fact. Per Gallup, soccer’s popularity has tripled in the last decade. It’s now the United States’ third most popular sport, and is closing in on the “big three” of football, basketball, and baseball […]

todaySeptember 13, 2018 52

Sports

2018 Little League World Series: the world is rooting for Puerto Rico

There are approximately 95,451 miles of shoreline across the United States and its territories, including Puerto Rico. Throughout 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria absolutely devastated much of that shoreline, especially Puerto Rico. Hurricane Irma was even the most powerful Atlantic hurricane in recorded history. It was a Category 5 storm with 185 mile-per-hour winds for 37 hours straight, which destroyed buildings and home, leaving entire communities without power, and taking lives. Puerto Rico has been resilient during their recovery efforts, […]

todayAugust 23, 2018 25

Columnists

Rix Quinn’s Minute Story: Hitting singles in baseball

It's baseball season, so there's nothing like a sports story. This one's about a kid named Danny. Danny began playing baseball at age eight, and watched every game he could find on TV. He always wanted to hit home runs, but he wasn't particularly strong. When he was 11, he asked his coach how to hit better. "Danny," the kindly coach said, "You're a good place hitter. You can hit the ball where you want it to go. Don't worry […]

todayAugust 11, 2018 70

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