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Mets right-hander Zack Wheeler (3-4, 4.48 ERA) will oppose Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw (9-2, 2.23 ERA) in the opener of a four-game set. The Dodgers (44-26) are on a roll, finishing 5-1 during their swing through Cincinnati and Cleveland. Continue to Article

June 18, 2017 10:23:pm EST

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – Community members in Myrtle Beach took a moment to remember the 9 victims of the Emanuel AME church shooting in Charleston. Saturday marked the second year since the shooting. The Horry County Democratic Party held a vigil in memorial of the shooting victims, by the peace wall in Chapin Memorial Park. The organization also held a memorial in Conway at the same time. The vigil not only honored the Emanuel 9, but victims of all incidents of gun violence. Organizers said they will continue to push for stricter gun control legislation, especially after the shooting in Alexandria, Virginia on Wednesday in which a congressman was shot. “We want the Mother Emanuel Church to Continue to Article

June 17, 2017 11:14:pm EST

An outcast for more than a quarter-century, Pete Rose appeared as a Fox Sports TV analyst -- on a set outside the stadium. Now Rose, 74, will remain officially on the outs for the foreseeable future, following Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred's denial on Monday?of Rose's bid for reinstatement, 26 years after his lifetime ban based on evidence that he had gambled on the sport -- and on his own team -- as manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Manfred's ruling is the latest consequence of what even some supporters of the Hit King have characterized as Rose's consistent inability to pursue a path to redemption and return since the MLB investigation initiated by commissioner Peter Ueberroth documented his repeated violations of Rule 21. Continue to Article

June 15, 2017 11:15:am EST

Pete Rose’s Hall of Fame hopes may be over once and for all. Pete Rose’s Hall of Fame dream has been crushed once and for all, according to Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times. In a decision not made public until Wednesday, Rose’s request for the Hall of Fame to reconsider his case and allow him to stand for election was denied in December, which translates to the Hall closing its door on MLB’s all-time hit king permanently. Continue to Article

June 14, 2017 9:32:pm EST

The Cincinnati Bengals are holding minicamp this week at Paul Brown Stadium, and there’s something different about their first two picks in April’s draft.  John Ross picked up an important new item recently while Joe Mixon lost something.  For Ross, it was a diploma from the University of Washington.  “It was probably bigger than getting drafted in my opinion, just because I feel like it’s something that can’t be taken away from you,” Ross said. “It was something for my family. I was the first generation to graduate in my family, so it was pretty big for me and everybody. “I just know how important it was, just to see my parents faces after I graduated, to see how happy my father was, how happy Continue to Article

June 14, 2017 12:11:pm EST