Dominican Winter Baseball standings
Sports December 6, 2016 | 10:21 am
As of Dec. 6:
City.........................Team............Won/Lost.
San Francisco Gigantes 21 - 12
Santo Domingo Tigres 19 - 15 [...]
‘Star-studded’ Dominican team for Baseball Classic: MLB
Sports December 5, 2016 | 10:11 am
Santo Domingo.- Major League Baseball (MLB) onMonday reports that he defending champion Dominican Republic "hasreportedly collated a preliminary 50-man roster for next spring's WorldBaseball C[...]
‘Star-studded’ Dominican team for Baseball Classic: MLB
Sports December 5, 2016 | 10:11 am
Santo Domingo.- Major League Baseball (MLB) onMonday reports that he defending champion Dominican Republic "hasreportedly collated a preliminary 50-man roster for next spring's WorldBaseball C[...]
Downpours also roil Dominican Winter Baseball calendar
Sports November 30, 2016 | 8:04 am
Santo Domingo.- The unprecedented downpoursthroughout November have not only devastated vast areas of the north region, they'vealso made a shambles of Dominican Winter Baseball calendar.
Due [...]
Dominican Tennis Federation announces Caribbean Cup
Sports November 28, 2016 | 4:23 pm
SD.- The Dominican Federation of Tennis(FEDOTENIS) announced Monday the F3 Caribbean Cup, a professional tournamentwith US$ 10,000 in prizes among the winners.
The event sponsored by the Inte[...]
Big Pappy: MLB draft would hurt Dominican Republic
Sports November 22, 2016 | 4:21 pm
Santo Domingo.- Slugger David Ortiz onTuesday said he's opposed to an international draft and called on president DaniloMedina and Sports minister Danilo Diaz to join him in rejecting the measurewh[...]
Dominican Canela sets open water swim records
Sports November 22, 2016 | 3:47 pm
Boca Chica, Dominican Republic .- EduardoCanela, the first and only athlete to swim Samaná Bay both ways and the onlyDominican to swim in a pool 24 hours nonstop, now accomplished the challeng[...]
Rehabilitation fundraiser Golf Tournament crowns champs
Sports November 17, 2016 | 8:34 am
Santo Domingo.- The veterans Juan Cohen andJuan Campusano joined talents to become champions Dominican RehabilitationAssociation's (ADR) 10th annual Golf Tournament staged at the Metro Country Club[...]
‘Old man’ Colón gets a new US$12.5M deal from the Braves: report
Sports November 11, 2016 | 3:55 pm
Atlanta.- The Atlanta Braves have reached anagreement with Dominican star hurler BartoloColon, according to a source quoted by elnacional.com.do.
Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com reports thatt[...]
Dominican baseball showcase canceled amid protests: outsidepitchmlb.com
Sports October 26, 2016 | 3:38 pm
Santo Domingo.- Most Major League players areborn in the US although nearly 30% of those in Opening Day rosters this seasonwere born outside the U.S., outlet outsidepitchmlb.com reports Wednesday.<[...]
‘Play ball!’ kicks off Dominican baseball season
Sports October 20, 2016 | 12:08 pm
Santiago.- It's 'Play ball!' for the entire countryas the Dominican Winter Baseball 2016 season goes into full swing Thur. night ... ... when the Gigantes of San Francisco and theAguilas of Santi[...]
Florida’s Auspicious winners of the 2016 Dominican billfish triple-header series
Sports October 13, 2016 | 9:45 am
Cap Cana, Dominican Republic. – In whatbecame a single day shootout due to the threat of Hurricane Mathew, Florida’sAuspicious held on during the third and final leg of the 2016 DominicanBillfi[...]
Despite sweep Boston fans give Big Pappy a heartfelt ‘Adios’
Sports October 11, 2016 | 8:50 am
Boston.- No one was prepared for the Boston RedSox to suffer a sweep and elimination at the American League Division Playoffs at the hands of the Cleveland Indians, but fansdid rejoice with a last[...]
Boston, Dominicans share David Ortiz’s emotional farewell
Sports October 3, 2016 | 7:32 am
Boston.- President Danilo Medina on Sunday shared theexcitement of David Ortiz’s big leagues farewell, donning a Boston Red Sox capand jacket, to throw the first pitch in the Big Pappy’s last r[...]
Super Sanchez announces track & field school for youngsters
Sports September 28, 2016 | 12:57 pm
Santo Domingo.- Twice-gold Olympic medalist Felix Sanchez onWednesday said he can give more to track and field where he’s spent nearly 20years of professional life, despite being retired with so [...]
Welcome to Punta Blanca presents golf tournament winners
Sports September 26, 2016 | 4:55 pm
Bavaro, Dominican Republic.- Diancady Santana won the bestgross score with 143 strokes to win the Welcome to Punta Blanca, 2016, dedicatedto former major [...]
Formidable David Ortiz sets another final-season record: EFE
Sports September 24, 2016 | 11:17 am
Houston.- Dominican slugger David Ortiz continues hisdominance over pitchers in the final days of his career, setting another recordin the majors on Friday, underling his status as one of Latin Ame[...]
35th Casa de Campo Open returns this September
Sports September 14, 2016 | 10:39 am
La Romana, Dominican Republic. – Casa de Campo Resort& Villas will once again host the Casa de Campo Open golf tournament fromSeptember 14-18, 2016, bringing some of the region’s best p[...]
Local sprinter takes first in Italian competition
Sports September 8, 2016 | 8:32 am
Italy.- As a phoenix rising from the ashes, sprinter LuguelínSantos on Tuesday clocked 45.21 seconds to win first place in the 400 meterdash of the 52nd annual games Palio Citta della Quercia,[...]
Dominican under-18 girls qualify for volleyball Cup
Sports September 7, 2016 | 11:50 am
San Juan, Puerto Rico.-DominicanRepublic has ranked 7TH in the FIVB World Under-18 Championship bydefeating Mexico 3-0 on Tuesday.
The Dominicans dominated the semifinal with scores 25-18,25-[...]