Hartman grateful for Junior National Team experience

“Extending his baseball season wasn’t exactly at the top of Max Hartman’s mind.

He was deep into his summer school classes when he received an unexpected phone call from Baseball Canada Junior National Team head coach Greg Hamilton.

The 18-year-old St. Albert, Alta., native was being invited to the team’s camp in Ajax, Ont., where a team would be chosen to represent Canada in the 18U Friendship Series against the United States in Florida.”

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Temple University announces plans for Claire Smith Center for Sports Media

Temple University’s Klein College of Media and Communication today announced plans for the Claire Smith Center for Sports Media, to be named for its distinguished alumna who has been a trailblazer for women and people of color in the sports media industry. Claire Smith, the first woman sportswriter to be honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame, has joined the Klein College faculty and will help lead the center.

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Former Eagle Matt Brash soars to Mariners' front door

“Matt Brash left the Niagara Purple Eagles nest and found his way west to become the first player from Kingston to receive a major-league pay check.

But who is Matt Brash?

Ask his former Niagara University roommates and teammates Alex MacKinnon (Aurora, Ont.) and Joe Tevlin (Toronto, Ont.) and they’ll tell you all about the fearless competitor, tireless worker and Purple Eagle star.”

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Gallagher: Superstar crooner Anthony's agency lands Guerrero Jr. as client

“Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is ultra-hot and Marc Anthony must be drooling at the sky-high potential this young talent has. Anthony is the international music crooner and multi-time Grammy winner, whose status on Billboard charts is widely known. What is not widely known about Jennifer Lopez's ex is that he's the mastermind behind the baseball player agency Magnus Sports that scored a gigantic coup by landing Guerrero as a client in its top-heavy stable twitching with Latin American flavour.”

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