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Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Austin Adams, a Tamba Bay native, played his prep baseball at Zephryhills High School before going on to play at nearby South Florida University. After his junior year in 2012, Adams was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the eighth round of the that year’s MLB draft. His professional career began with the Orem Owlz in the Rookie Advanced-level Pioneer League. He moved up to the Class A Burlington Bees of the Midwest League in 2013 and then went on to the Class A Advanced Inland Empire 66ers on the California League in 2014. After stints with the Class AA Ar...

Red Sox first-round draft pick Nick Yorke at the alternate training site in Pawtucket. (Courtesy of Pawtucket Red Sox/Kelly O'Connor). WELCOME BACK!!! Despite a scorching hot stove (I can’t believe the player you’re thinking of did or did not sign with the team you thought they would!), these long winter months can be some of the darkest of the year (figuratively and literally). But fear not, restless readers. The Dynasty Guru is here to the rescue. While you were quarantining and enjoying virtual holidays, our brave group of writers has been ranking, debating, re-ranking, re...

Northern Colorado FC set to join USL League One in 2022 Share this story From @NoCoFC on Twitter Windsor, Colorado will be joining the professional soccer scene. United Soccer League One, the third tier in the US soccer pyramid below MLS and the USL Championship, announced today that Northern Colorado FC will be joining the league. They are expecting to start play in time for the 2022 season. The team is majority-owned by the Katofsky family who are also known for the former Orem Owlz, now the Northern Colorado Owlz in Minor League Baseball. The Katofsky family also are co-owners of the Futu...

SALT LAKE CITY — In many ways, 2020 was a year unlike any other. If there was one headline in the news that could possibly sum it up, it was a CNN guest column with the headline "1918 + 1929 + 1968 = 2020," published back in the thick of protests over police brutality during a pandemic that also resulted in economic calamity. Of course, 2020 didn't produce something as quite as deadly as the 1918 pandemic or as financially devastating as Black Thursday, or even as violent as 1968. Having those moments in one year, however, was unique. And 2020 produced hardships that those other years didn'...