The Baseball Hall of Fame will hold a second annual Hall of Fame Classic on Father's Day this year.
Hall president Jeff Idelson says tickets for the June 20 old-timer's game at Doubleday Field will go on sale in Cooperstown on March 20.
The Hall began a Father's Day weekend this past June, with five Hall of Famers and more than 20 other former major leaguers making the trip. The game replaced the annual exhibition between major league teams, which was discontinued because it had become too difficult to fit into the regular-season schedule.
The Hall said Monday that this year's seven-inning exhibition game will feature seven Hall of Famers: Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage, Bob Feller, Phil Niekro, Gary Carter, Harmon Killebrew and Mike Schmidt.
Yankees add Thames, finalize Winn: Marcus Thames agreed Monday to a minor league contract with the New York Yankees, who also finalized a $1.1 million, one-year deal with Randy Winn to give themselves more left field options.
Speedy Brett Gardner also is in the mix for outfield playing time.
Brewers to put up statue of Selig: The Brewers are erecting a statue of baseball commissioner Bud Selig outside Miller Park and will unveil it on Aug. 24.
RailHawks release schedule
The Carolina RailHawks kick off their fourth soccer season with two home matches at WakeMed Soccer Park against AC St. Louis on April 10 and NSC Minnesota on April 16.
The USSF Division 2 schedule, released Monday, features 30 matches with each team playing 15 at home and 15 away.
The RailHawks will play the bulk of their games on weekends - 21 matches, 11 at WakeMed Soccer Park - leaving nine mid-week dates, four at home.
RailHawks defender Tolleson retires: Carolina RailHawks defender Jeremy Tolleson has retired from professional soccer in order to pursue mission work in Honduras.
Tolleson, 27, played three standout seasons of professional soccer, all three of them under RailHawks coach Martin Rennie.
Tolleson played only one season with Carolina, in 2009, but he played for Rennie in Oregon in the PDL and in Cleveland in USL-2. He played on a RailHawks defense that finished the year with a league-leading 17 shutouts and a 0.63 goals-against average.
Tolleson appeared in 31 matches for the RailHawks, logging 2,721 minutes and one assist. He was voted by his teammates as the RailHawks Defensive Player of the Year.
From RailHawks news releases
Beckham soccer schools shuttered: The David Beckham Academy in Carson, Calif., and another location in Britain have closed, although the Los Angeles Galaxy star is working to develop another soccer coaching program for children.
Galaxy's Mathis out: Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Clint Mathis will miss four to six weeks after having surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee.
Soderling, Robredo advance
Robin Soderling has won his first match of the year, beating Florent Serra 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the first round of the ABN Amro indoor tennis tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Tommy Robredo also advanced to the second round with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 victory over Dutch player Robin Haase.
Last year's winner, Andy Murray, is not defending his title, and 2009 runner-up Rafael Nadal pulled out with an injury sustained at last month's Australian Open.
America's Cup opener postponed: The opening race of the 33rd America's Cup between two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland and American challenger BMW Oracle Racing has been postponed because of unsteady wind.
The giant multihulls floated idly near the start line, some 15 miles off the coast if Valencia, Spain, for nearly four hours on Monday before the race was called off.
Officials will try again on Wednesday to get in Race 1 of the best-of-three series.
The Associated Press
Author at sports club
Lewis Bowling, author of "Wallace Wade: Championship Years at Alabama & Duke." will be the guest speaker Wednesday at the Raleigh Sports Club's weekly lunch meeting, and Broughton senior class president Mary Morgan Bitler, a four-year participant in golf and lacrosse, will be the high school athlete of the week.
The meeting, which starts at noon, will be held at Highland United Methodist Church at 1901 Ridge Road.
The cost is $14 for members and $20 for nonmembers. Learn more at www.raleighsportsclub.org.
From club news release
