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Tim Tebow might be a figure of compassion in times of crisis, but he isn’t a baseball player. That’s according to ESPN senior baseball writer Keith Law, a former major and minor league scout who traveled to Arizona this week to see if Tebow has any business being in the Mets’ minor league system. His verdict? Well, read for yourself … Tebow the baseball player is not a baseball player;…

NASCAR took the wraps off of its 2017 Premier Series rules Friday, with very little in the way of surprises. For the second consecutive year, the sanctioning body is reducing aerodynamic downforce, which makes the cars faster in a straight line, but much slower in the middle of the corners, where passing will presumably be a good bit easier. The aero package, which features a smaller front splitter and rear…

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When the World Anti-Doping Agency published its 2017 list of banned substances last month, it was most notable for a drug that wasn’t on the list: a powerful painkiller called tramadol. More surprising, perhaps, is the group lobbying for it to be banned: professional cycling, a sport wracked by doping for more than two decades. Since 2011, cycling authorities have begged WADA to add tramadol to the list of prohibited…

The IPSF’s Olympic Sub-Committee has been working on its submission for the last five months, with its case boosted after it was officially confirmed as a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code. “This is a long process and may take years to achieve recognition, but by applying we have already raised the standards of our sport and look forward to continuing to evolve in line with the with…

Syracuse, N.Y. — Every Tuesday and Thursday, students gather in a plush new classroom on the Syracuse University campus to analyze sports. They listen to Dr. Rodney Paul use words like “heteroscedasticity,” “regression diagnostics,” “weighted least squares” and “multicollinearity” to analyze the information they will consider to determine, say, what influences a minor league baseball team’s attendance or why one NFL offensive line performs better than another. There are dizzying…

A sales scandal has tarnished Wells Fargo’s (WFC) reputation with customers in recent weeks, but it’s unlikely to knock the embattled company’s name off the arena that the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers and the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers call home, industry experts told FOXBusiness.com. Continue Reading Below The San Francisco-based bank has held naming rights on the eponymous Wells Fargo Center since 2010, two years after its acquisition of Wachovia Bank,…

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The rising popularity of competitive videogaming, or e-sports, is chipping away at viewership of traditional sports, a new study shows. About 76% of e-sports fans say they are spending less time watching games such as football and baseball because they are tuned into videogame competitions instead, according to research firm Newzoo BV. …

x Embed x Share Watch Tebow’s swing as he took batting practice before his second game for the Scottsdale Scorpions. USA TODAY Sports Tebow high-fives teammates in the dugout.(Photo: Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports) SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Tim Tebow might be hitless in the Arizona Fall League, but he’s not friendless. Tebow, who went 0-for-10 during his first three games with the Scottsdale Scorpions, looked far more comfortable with his teammates…

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Justin Bieber is confusing. One minute, he’s refusing to do meet and greets and take selfies with fans, and the next minute, he’s joining some random students’ soccer practice. Guess he just wants to show fan love on his own terms. The 22-year-old is in London this week to headline four nights at the O2 Arena as part of his Purpose world tour. In between shows, he showed up at…

Talladega Superspeedway has issued a ‘burn ban’ for the NASCAR event weekend on Oct. 21-23. Talladega County, along with 45 other Alabama counties are currently under a “Fire Alert” due to drought conditions. The ban means campfires, pit fires, bonfires and fireworks will not be allowed on the speedway property for the duration of the weekend. The Alabama 500 on Oct. 23 will serve as the second elimination race in…

This soccer-style trick shot is really incredible. I would undoubtedly shred an Achilles or ACL if I even attempted this, and yet trick-shot artist Mathias Schjoelberg, formerly of Arizona State, pulls it off with ease. My first thought was that he was going to flip it up to himself with his feet, but the step-by-step process (no pun intended) here is pretty amazing. Well done, Mathias. This is not the…

ENLARGE The rising popularity of competitive videogaming, or e-sports, is chipping away at viewership of traditional sports, a new study shows. About 76% of e-sports fans say they are spending less time watching games such as football and baseball because they are tuned into videogame competitions instead, according to research firm Newzoo BV. Viewership is growing. About 144 million people world-wide are expected to watch e-sports online, television or in…