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Bob Cerv, who holds the single-season record for home runs by a Major League Baseball player in Kansas City history, died Thursday in Blair, Neb. He was 91. Cerv, who served during World War II, was friends with former President Harry Truman, played basketball and baseball at Nebraska and, as a member of the Yankees, roomed with Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle as they dueled for the home-run title in 1961... In six seasons with the Yankees, Cerv was mostly a part-time outfielder/pinch hitter, but he played in two World Series (1955 and 1956), and the Yankees won the 1956...

Rick Martin gets 50th goal and hat trick in 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues, Jacques Richard scores 27th regular season goal as Atlanta defeats Pittsburgh (with maskless Andy Brown playing his last NHL game) 6-3 at the Omni.

Prelims start at 8 eastern on Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports GO. Main Card on PPV. LHW Champ Daniel Cormier faces a rematch with Anthony "Rumble" Johnson in the main event. Chris Weidman vs. Gegard Mousasi Will Brooks vs. Charles Oliveira Also, Bellator 176, live from Italy, starts at 3 PM eastern on Spike TV.

An indecent proposal, allegedly, took place between a Brazilian actress and a NHL team owner. Greice Santo has accused Edmonton Oilers owner and Silver Pictures financier David Katz of offering her money and roles in exchange for sex. Santo’s contact with Katz began in 2015, when she appeared on a photo shoot in Hawaii with Viva Glam magazine. While in Hawaii, Santo met Canadian executive Michael Gelmon, who suggested that she meet his cousin, Daryl Katz. According to Santo’s statement contained in her lawsuit, she was then invited to Katz’s suite at the Four Seasons, with the promise that Katz...

It is an early March afternoon, hours before a Japan League exhibition game, and Shohei Ohtani can't find a catcher. So he takes a cart of balls to the outfield, paces off 60 feet and begins throwing into the padded wall. It is baseball’s equivalent of an omakase menu: Ohtani grips baseballs with his right hand, goes into his windup and torques his 6' 4", 215-pound frame, much of it muscle. Extending his right arm, he manipulates the balls through the air in precise flight paths that seemingly defy the laws of physics. Mostly, though, he sends them whistling through the...

UCLA's season is done and Lonzo Ball is headed to the pros, but his dad has plenty more to say. In an interview with the Orange County Register, Ball discussed the Bruins' tourney exit, heaping the blame on UCLA's white players for being unathletic and revealing Lonzo apparently had a hamstring injury.

Olivia Munn and Aaron Rodgers have reportedly split up. A source told People magazine: 'They have amicably ended their relationship of three years. They remain close friends and wish nothing but the best for each other moving forward.' The star, 36, and the quarterback, 33, began dating at the end of 2014 - but haven't had the easiest ride as Aaron didn't speak to his father for two years after his family expressed disdain over the relationship.

futuristic video has emerged of a man flying on a hoverboard across the Atlantic Ocean. The video shows Franky Zapata, chief executive of Zapata Racing, whizzing over the sea off the coast of France on a hoverboard that is available for the public to hire. snip The Flyboard Air is a jet-powered board with four turbo engines, or an "Independent Propulsion Unit", that propel it upwards and forwards when travelling over land or sea. It stabilises itself in a similar way to a drone and can reach heights of up to 10,000 ft and speeds of 92.3mph. The board can...

Shanghai International Circuit First Grand Prix 2004 Number of Laps 56 Circuit Length 5.451KM Race Distance 307.066KM Lap Record 1:32.238 by Michael Schumacher (2004)

The 30-year-old actress, Lindsay Lohan, has published several photos of her in the Islamic swimsuit known as the Burkini. In these photos that were taken in Phuket, Thailand, last week, Lohan was spotted wearing a Burkini from head to toe before she was seen paddle boarding. According to her Instagram, Lindsay Lohan headed to Thailand for a week, after she had been in Dubai for a family visit. The 30-year-old-actress had already announced that she is studying Islam and the Quran. She stated that she has found peace in it, saying that no one can convert to a new religion...

The star shooter of North Salem Vikings Army JROTC in Oregon is 16-year-old Taylor Gibson. For three years, she’s been recognized as one of the best air rifle shooters in the country. Now, after an incredible performance at 2017 JROTC National Air Rifle Championship in Anniston, Alabama, Gibson has her gold medal, and set a new Army overall shooting record, according to a release from the Civilian Marksmanship Program. Gibson shot a 3×20 score of 597-48x, and left with a two-day overall score was 1290.1. According to guns.com, in order to have this score, Gibson could only have missed two...

Dustin Johnson has withdrawn from the 2017 Masters after suffering a fall and injuring his back on Wednesday night. Johnson tested his back with a limited range session ahead of his 2:03 p.m. tee time Thursday and exhibited obvious signs of discomfort. He spoke to tournament officials on the range at about 1:45 p.m. and shortly after told ESPN's Tom Rinaldi he was "gonna try [and play]."

It's Masters Weekend. Check website for live streaming. Amen Corner and other select holes are being shown in 4K UHDef.

Roy Sievers, who won the American League’s first Rookie of the Year Award playing for the 1949 St. Louis Browns and became one of baseball’s leading power hitters of the 1950s with the original Washington Senators, died on Monday at his home in Spanish Lake, Mo. He was 90... Playing in the outfield and at first base for 17 major league seasons, Sievers hit 318 home runs. His best season came in 1957, when he had a league-leading 42 homers and 114 runs batted in while hitting .301 for the last-place Senators. The right-handed-batting Sievers also hit home runs in...

full title..............Trump-slamming basketball coach whose North Carolina team won NCAA tournament says he might NOT let players visit the White House.............University of North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams may not let his players attend a White House ceremony honoring the sports team, if they're invited. The Tar Heels won this year's NCAA championship, beating Gonzaga on Monday and claiming the 2017 title. Williams said after the game, according to NBC, that he needed to 'think on' a visit to the White House, in a break with tradition. Just last month Williams lit into the president for tweeting out 'bulls***' as...

Amanda McCarthy has tackled her depression one hike at a time. After her son, Danny, was diagnosed with autism in the fall, McCarthy was so depressed she could hardly get off the couch. "And the only thing I could muster was to get up and take a walk," McCarthy said. "If I could walk, I'd still have expression in the world, and my life would start improving. ... I knew if I could walk a mile, then I would have to walk a mile back." That mile quickly became five, then 10 and currently hikes of 20 miles plus. McCarthy...

With temperatures finally beginning to warm up, it’s safe to say that spring is finally here, and we can’t wait to be outside. There’s nothing better than packing up the winter jackets, trading sweaters in for tank tops, and feeling the vitamin D seep into your pores once again. As April turns to May, we’re celebrating spring with our favorite way to enjoy the outdoors: by hiking, of course! And as anyone who’s ever been on a hike knows, after a long trek, there’s nothing more rewarding than an ice cold pint of beer. We’ve compiled a list of 11e...

Note: The Mount Umunhum summit area will open to the public on September 16. To stand on top of Mount Umunhum is to step back in time. Up here at 3,486 feet, spring blossoms and buzzes and a cool wind blows, while down below you can almost watch San Jose roasting under the July sun. At these heights winter is harsher and longer, causing spring on the mountain to begin a month or more later than in the Santa Clara Valley below. Colorful blooms lure butterflies and hummingbirds to the summit, where they seem to congregate, a phenomenon so long...

The FBI got help from an unusual source in their recovery of Tom Brady's Super Bowl jerseys in the form of Dylan Wagner, a 19-year-old New England Patriots fan and avid sports memorabilia collector from Seattle. Wagner said he knew "exactly who had it" after hearing that not only had Brady's jersey from Super Bowl LI been stolen, but also the quarterback's one from the 2015 Super Bowl against the Seattle Seahawks.

With the NBA playoffs less than two weeks away, ESPN is making a major roster change. Veteran basketball analyst Sage Steele, who has courted controversy with her conservative comments on social media, will be replaced by Michelle Beadle as host of “NBA Countdown” on both ESPN and ABC, the networks announced Tuesday.