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Pay IOC president? yes, BUT...
Jacques Rogge told a German newspaper last week that future International Olympic Committee presidents no longer should be volunteers but paid employees. He is right. But only under this condition: If he or she is to be paid, the president who...
Tags: International Olympic Committee, Elections, Sports Organizations, Modern Pentathlon, National Hockey League
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Bud Selig: Baseball won't change schedule for Olympics
Major League Baseball won't change its schedule to boost the sport's chances of getting back into the Olympics. Baseball was an Olympic medal sport from 1992 to 2008, then was dropped for last year's London Games. IOC President Jacques Rogge says...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Baseball, Sports Organizations, Auction Service, Major League Baseball
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Orioles rally against R.A. Dickey in 4-3 win over Blue Jays
The Baltimore SunThe last time the Orioles faced knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, they were mystified by pitches with so little spin that you could nearly make out Bud Selig's signature on the baseball. But Tuesday, the Orioles figured out the reigning National League Cy...Tags: Baseball, Edwin Encarnacion, Brian Matusz, Munenori Kawasaki, Nolan Reimold
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Whispers: Either way, Cubs get top prospect
There's a lot of time for this change but it looks like the Astros will choose between Oklahoma's Jonathan Gray and Stanford's Mark Appel with the first pick in the June draft, with the other being there for the Cubs, who pick second. Gray, a right-hander...Tags: Cesar Izturis, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Felix Hernandez, Chicago Cubs
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With Padres in town, Dodgers urge calm among fans
The Dodgers have asked fans to treat the San Diego Padres with respect when the two teams meet at Dodger Stadium on Monday, four days after Padres slugger Carlos Quentin threw Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke to the ground and broke his collarbone. "Dodgers...
Tags: Chris Capuano, San Diego Padres, A.J. Ellis, Carlos Quentin, Los Angeles Dodgers
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Jackie Robinson's legacy resonates with Magic Johnson
The men had celebrated into the wee hours of the morning. Sleep would come, later. The Dodgers were theirs, and for the first time these men could introduce themselves as owners rather than bidders. Mark Walter, the incoming chairman, sat in a...
Tags: Baseball, Matt Kemp, San Francisco Giants, Magic Johnson, College Baseball
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On eve of '42' release, Bud Selig launches MLB diversity task force
With this week's release of the Jackie Robinson film "42" putting a spotlight on the current decline of African Americans in Major League Baseball, Commissioner Bud Selig on Wednesday appointed a task force to study how to increase diversity within the...
Tags: Baseball, Dennis Gilbert, Social Issues, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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Like Cubs, Astros building from bottom up
Like his bosses, Mike Foltynewicz is a baseball optimist. He can see the Astros rising out of the ashes they find themselves in at the beginning of the Jim Crane era. "In three or four years, we're going to be a fun team,'' said Foltynewicz, a 21-year-...
Tags: St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, Carlos Pena, Cleveland Indians, Lance McCullers
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There's no need for a designated hitter in the National League — ever
The memories could last a lifetime. You could tell the kids, and the grandkids, about the tingles in the Dodgers' season opener. Sandy Koufax shyly emerged from the dugout to throw out the first pitch, serenaded and beloved. Clayton Kershaw dominated on...
Tags: Baseball, Mike Scioscia, American League, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, David Ortiz
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LETTER: Baseball's tribute to shooting victims
In just four-and-a-half months, we have gone from opportunistic outrage to smarmy self-absolution that washes our hands clean by dropping this off at God's office and calling it a "tragedy." Earthquakes and tsunamis are tragedies because they are...Tags: Baseball, Sports
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Good luck trying to buy a World Series
There are some things that can be bought. A space flight. The chance to be cryogenically frozen. Or maybe just some of the simpler things, like a 12-cylinder Ferrari Testarossa, beachfront property in Turks and Caicos or one of the socks Curt...
Tags: Miami Marlins, Chicago White Sox, Hanley Ramirez, Mark Buehrle, Cy Young Award
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Baseball books cover the bases
George Plimpton knew the score. A generation or so ago, the late Paris Review editor developed what he called the "Small Ball Theory" of sports writing, which posits "a correlation between the standard of writing about a particular sport and the ball it...
Tags: Baseball, Don Sutton, Richard Nixon, University of Oxford, Walter Johnson
Apr 26, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 25, 2013
|Story| AP Member Choice Complete
Apr 23, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 21, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 15, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 13, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 10, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 6, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 6, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 3, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Mar 30, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 29, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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