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“The Sandlot” was released on April 7, 1993, “Major League” was released April 7, 1989, and “The Bad News Bears” was released on April 7, 1976. If you’re going to produce a baseball movie, it makes sense to target early April for the release date. Baseball’s Opening Day is right around then, though sometimes it falls at the end of March and in days of old, sometimes wouldn’t start until the middle of the month....

Sometimes a stat just jumps right out and punches you in the face. It seems like a crazy typo, something that makes you laugh because doesn’t make a bit of sense — an egregious outlier among other, more sensible numbers. But a second look and little digging show that, no, it’s not a mistake. It really happened. But it still doesn’t make sense. This was my experience the first time I saw Lonnie Smith’s outrageous 8....

The slugger knows the value of a second language–a season with Japan’s Hanshin Tigers relaunched his career. A Detroit Tiger now, Fielder understands one Japanese phrase for sure–“home run” is the same in both languages.

The 30-year-old has for a number of weeks been expected to complete a move to the Bundesliga champions in the transfer window. Bayern have reportedly agreed a fee worth in the region of €12 million for the forward, who progressed through the youth academy and made his senior debut for the club in 2007. “I can basically confirm we’re on the home stretch with Sandro Wagner,” he told ARD ahead of Bayern’s 2-1 DFB-Pokal win over Borussia Dortmund....

Jupp Heynkes’ side will attempt to avenge last season’s quarter-final defeat to the Liga giants and in the process end the Spanish side’s hopes of clinching three titles in a row. Remarkably, it will be their seventh meeting in a European Cup semi-final and Madrid undoubtedly have the edge in recent years, winning their last five meetings. However, Bayern will hope to use home advantage in the first leg and bring a halt to their Blancos hoodoo by setting one foot in the final....

Ousmane Dembele’s 74th-minute winner clinched a 3-2 victory over Bayern for eventual Pokal champions Dortmund back in April and Jupp Heynckes’ side will be out for revenge when the two teams meet at Signal Iduna Park in December. The draw means that Bayern will travel to Dortmund twice in the space of six weeks, given the Bundesliga fixture scheduled for November 4, and as it stands there are only three points between them at the top of the table....

MORE: Worst crimes connected to athletes | Bold predictions in 2016 Chafin and and his female passenger, Jennifer Kerr, both posted bond and were released. Public online records did not list their bond amounts. Chafin has been suspended from the team indefinitely, according to a statement from coach Art Briles. The Bears were off from spring practice for spring break, but were set to resume on Monday. The rising redshirt senior has rushed for 1,256 yards and 21 touchdowns in his career with the Bears....

MORE: Top 25 live updates Following a missed 37-yard field goal attempt against Rice in Houston, Callahan lost his cool after Tolbert teased him on the Baylor bench. According to ESPN Radio, Connor Martin will take over kicking duties for the Bears. 

Bale returned from injury in some style on Tuesday night as he emerged from the bench to help Los Blancos to a 2-2 draw at home to Fuenlabrada, and with it, passage to the next round of the Copa del Rey. “I’m so happy for Gareth, Keylor [Navas] and Mateo [Kovacic] because they have been out for a while,” the Frenchman said afterwards. “They are important players and seeing that they are ready for these next games makes me happy....

Residents and guests visiting Los Angeles County beaches have been advised to “avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters around discharging storm drains, creeks, and rivers,” by Los Angeles County Health Officer Muntu Davis, MD, MPH, in a statement by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Los Angeles County recorded some of the highest rainfall totals in Southern California as the area received what was reported to be its first significant rainfall since May this week, with a Flash Flood Watch currently in place for parts of Southern California....

Line: Chargers -4.5, Total: 49.5 Line movement: This game opened San Diego -4 and was bet as low as -3.5, but as of 24 hours before kickoff, nearly every sports book in Las Vegas was dealing -4.5. The over-under has been as high as 50 and as low as 49 at the windows. Visit our odds page for updated NFL lines and totals. Trends that matter: The Chargers are 1-9 ATS in their last 10 at home…....

MORE: Watch NFL games live with fuboTV (7-day free trial) The Bears overcame a late deficit — and the inconsistency of quarterback Mitchell Trubisky — en route to a 24-20 win in Detroit over the Lions. VIDEO: Bears-Lions game highlights Trubisky had three touchdown passes on the day, including a late strike with just over two minutes left to David Montgomery that gave Chicago (6-6) the lead for good. Still, tt was a mixed-bag day for Trubisky, who head-scratchingly avoided a first down on a run late in the second quarter and threw a bad interception....

A clip on Reddit shows the garbage receptacle full to the brim with the confectionery, featuring the audible buzz of the insects. The video was shared to the site’s Interesting As F*** forum, on Wednesday, where it amassed more than 18,000 upvotes. It was originally shared to Reddit’s Beekeeping forum that same day by u/meltedwhisky, aka Matt, who captioned it: “Dumpster full of Krispy Kreme’s ~ I had to stop and open boxes for them....

For Muhammad Ali, it was a character he created and played. Was he the best heavyweight fighter of all time? It didn’t matter. Ali’s insistent self-aggrandizement was part of the show, along with the poetry and the bolo punches and the dazzling footwork. For Biles, though, it is real. And, because of her sport, it is unique. Jordan missed 14,654 shots in his NBA career, but he was proclaimed to be the greatest in his sport because of the 14,380 he made....

The Games’ organizing committee had previously said that tickets to the Winter Games would be available to domestic buyers but not to those overseas. Tickets for the Winter Olympics, set to begin on February 4, will instead be distributed to “targeted” groups of individuals. The tickets will be made available as part of an “adapted programme that will invite groups of spectators to be present on site during the Games,” the committee said....

The assessment by the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD) follows the announcement on Tuesday by the Belarusian defense ministry that its soldiers would conduct exercises in the north-west of the country. The drills would not directly approach the Belarusian border with Ukraine but would involve moving to locations to test equipment, organize security and defense and build bridges across the Neman and Berezina rivers. The Neman River runs through Lithuania into the Baltic Sea, while the Berezina joins the Dnieper River around 40 miles north of the Ukrainian border....

More than 250 colleges are expected to participate this year in a Fast-a-thon, a one-day event for non-Muslim and Muslim students to draw attention to world hunger and raise money for local food banks. The event began after 9/11 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and has spread around the nation. Last year almost 1,800 students participated at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Some Ramadan fasts have a political message....