MLB makes up for lockout with 30 doubleheaders

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has scheduled 30 additional doubleheaders to make up some of the 91 games postponed by the lockout that delayed opening day until April 7.MLB released a revised schedule Wednesday, extending the last day of the regular season by three days to Oct. 5.

OB&T's Rising Stars

Outfielder DJ Love fields a ground ball during a practice Tuesday afternoon. CDN | Adam EwingZac Adams makes a throw from the outfield during a practice Tuesday afternoon. CDN | Adam EwingLuke Coleman makes a throw from third base during Tuesday’s baseball practice.

Area prep sports resume action

Area spring sports teams will resume action today through early next week.Clinton baseball (2-0) won its first two games over Western Heights by a combined score of 27-1. The Red Tornadoes resume action today with a 1 p.m. road tilt with Harrah (6-0).

SWOSU golf takes 8th at Oak Tree Invitational

EDMOND –Southwestern Oklahooma State men’s golf finished eighth Tuesday at the Oak Tree Invitational in Edmond.Oklahoma Christian won the event by 13 strokes over Cameron who came in second.Compared to Great American Conference competition, only Henderson State placed higher than SWOSU.

Bulldogs take Fort Scott rodeo, Lady Dawgs third

FORT SCOTT, Kan. – Southwestern Oklahoma State men’s rodeo took home the team title at the Fort Scott Rodeo over the weekend for their first event win of the season, while the women’s team placed third for the second consecutive event.First-place finishes in the average from Marley Berger (calf...

Chicago Cubs owners launching bid to buy EPL club Chelsea

LONDON (AP) — The owners of the Chicago Cubs said Wednesday that they will make a bid to buy Premier League club Chelsea.The Ricketts family went public with its interest in the buyout with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich forced to sell up after he was sanctioned by the British government and banned...

Red Tornado midfielder

Red Tornado midfielder Jorge Marquez dribbles around a Bethany defender during the first half of Clinton’s 3-0 home win. CDN | Adam Ewing

Hamilton worried car lacks speed heading into F1 opener

PARIS (AP) — Lewis Hamilton believes fans will be in for an unusual surprise when the Formula One season starts next weekend and he begins his quest to wrestle back the title he agonizingly lost to Max Verstappen on the last lap of the final race.Hamilton is a seven-time F1 champion — six of them...

Clinton freshman midfielder

Clinton freshman midfielder Allyson Lopez makes a few Bethany defenders miss in the Lady Reds’ home opener. CDN | Adam Ewing

Judge: Minor leaguers work year-round, MLB violated wage law

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge ruled that minor leaguers are year-round employees who work during training time and found Major League Baseball violated Arizona state minimum wage law and is liable for triple damages.Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero in San Francisco also ruled MLB did not...