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The National Mascot Hall of Fame in Whiting, Indiana hosted the first-ever Virtual Induction Ceremony this past Sunday, June 14, giving fans around the globe an at-home opportunity to see the 2020 MHOF Inductees receive their rings. Ttune in to www.mascothalloffame.com or Facebook.com/MascotHallofFame to watch Reggy (Official Mascot of the MHOF) and nationally recognized friends in celebration of 2020 MHOF Inductees: Boomer (Indiana Pacers, NBA), The Oriole Bird (Baltimore Orioles, […]

Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated […]

In its 35th year of honoring the nation's most elite high school athletes, The Gatorade Company have announced Jayda Coleman of The Colony High School in The Colony, Texas is the 2019-20 Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year. Coleman won the prestigious award for her accomplishments on and off the field, joining an impressive group of former Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year winners who have combined for […]

The six-part documentary on Engine Media/Torque Esports' ground-breaking "gamer to racer" esports program, World's Fastest Gamer, is set to have its debut this Saturday on ESPN's networks. World's Fastest Gamer brought together 10 of the world's fastest esports racers last year to compete for the chance to earn a real-world race drive worth more than US$1 million thanks to Engine Media (which is scheduled in July to change its name […]

Grants Pass Downs ha nombrado al veterano que llama Jason Beem como locutor de pista para sus encuentros comerciales de 2020. Beem convocará a los nueve días de carreras de verano, comenzando el martes 16 de junio hasta el día de cierre, miércoles 8 de julio, así como el encuentro de otoño de la pista. Las fechas finales para las carreras de otoño aún no se han determinado. Un experimentado […]

Grants Pass Downs has named veteran race caller Jason Beem as track announcer for its 2020 commercial race meets. Beem will call all nine days of summer racing, beginning Tuesday, June 16 through closing day, Wednesday, July 8, as well as the track's fall meet. Final dates for fall racing have yet to be determined. A seasoned track announcer, social media personality, podcast host and author, Beem brings over 15 […]

The Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, and Los Angeles Clippers odds to win the 2019-20 NBA Championship shifted Thursday at legal sportsbooks across the country after the NBA announced its new 22-team playoff format, but the trio remains the betting favorites, according to TheLines.com, which tracks odds in the U.S. regulated sports betting markets. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, during a meeting with the NBA's Board of Governors, proposed a format […]