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Wednesday’s Sports in Brief (Oct 13, 2016) – FOXSports.com
DERRICK ROSE LAWSUIT LOS ANGELES (AP) Lawyers for a woman who filed a lawsuit accusing NBA star Derrick Rose and two of his friends of rape failed to disclose text messages to the defense, but the lapse was not significant enough to derail the civil trial, a judge ruled. Lawyers for Rose had argued that the plaintiff’s lawyers purposely withheld three texts until the woman finished testifying so the defense…
OneUp Sports Aims to Establish a Foothold in Local Digital Sports – Wall Street Journal
ENLARGE The digital video firm OneUp Sports is quietly trying to make a run at becoming the brand of choice for millennial, social-centric sports consumers who mostly care about their local teams. The company, which is based in Toronto and New York, has acquired Insider Sports Inc., a web publisher that produces Basketball Insiders and Football Insiders, sites which cater to rabid sports team fans. Terms of the deal weren’t…
Why Baseball Revived A 60-Year-Old Strategy Designed To Stop Ted Williams – FiveThirtyEight
Around the middle of the 20th century, there was no more fearsome hitter in baseball than Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox. Williams could do it all at the plate: hitting for contact — his .406 average in 1941 was the last time anybody hit .400 in season; smashing extra-base hits — he’s second only to Babe Ruth in career slugging percentage; and relentlessly working the count — his…
Baseball|Cubs, Move Over: Washington’s Baseball Futility Is Second to None – New York Times
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The Chicago Cubs Are Baseball’s Best Smelling Team – Wall Street Journal
In their quest to win their first World Series since 1908, the Chicago Cubs once brought in a Greek orthodox priest to spray their dugout with holy water. It didn’t work. This year, Cubs relief pitcher Hector Rondon is appealing to a supernatural power with something more potent: Sexual Paris by Michel Germain. Moments before the start of…
Baseball’s Champagne Parties Need to Chill – Wall Street Journal
Look: You know I am not in the habit of discouraging the responsible consumption of alcohol. Especially during this presidential election cycle. But baseball’s champagne celebrations have gotten absurd—and need to be chilled. It’s not the idea of a champagne celebration, which I happily endorse, though I suggest taking it easy, because champagne hangovers are the pits. It’s the frequency. Baseball totally overdoes it on the…
Baseball, Bias and Decision-Making – Knowledge@Wharton
Bias is inherent in decision-making because human beings, despite their best efforts, will always bring their point of view into the game. That’s certainly the case with baseball umpires. Research by Etan Green, a Wharton professor of operations, information and decisions, shows how umpires adjust their calls based on what information they think they know when a play is in motion. The research, “What Does it Take to Call a…
Wednesday’s Sports in Brief (Oct 13, 2016) – FOXSports.com
DERRICK ROSE LAWSUIT LOS ANGELES (AP) Lawyers for a woman who filed a lawsuit accusing NBA star Derrick Rose and two of his friends of rape failed to disclose text messages to the defense, but the lapse was not significant enough to derail the civil trial, a judge ruled. Lawyers for Rose had argued that the plaintiff’s lawyers purposely withheld three texts until the woman finished testifying so the defense…
How Video Games Are Changing the Way Soccer is Played – New York Times
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9-year-old African American girl banned from soccer game because of hairstyle – ThinkProgress
She’s played AYSO soccer for six years, and her beads have never been an issue before. CREDIT: Amy Zvovushe-Ramos’s Instagram Nine-year-old Aubrey Zvovushe-Ramos has played in the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) for the past six years, and in most of her games she has worn the same hairstyle: small braids over to one side with beads at the end. Until last weekend, that has never been a problem. But on…
Baseball’s Champagne Parties Need to Chill – Wall Street Journal
Look: You know I am not in the habit of discouraging the responsible consumption of alcohol. Especially during this presidential election cycle. But baseball’s champagne celebrations have gotten absurd—and need to be chilled. It’s not the idea of a champagne celebration, which I happily endorse, though I suggest taking it easy, because champagne hangovers are the pits. It’s the frequency. Baseball totally overdoes it on the…
$5 Million Of Memorabilia From Baseball’s Golden Age On The Auction Block At Christie’s – Forbes
King of Sports – Bangkok Post
Jessica Ennis-Hill retires from athletics: ‘I want to leave my sport on a high’ – The Guardian
Jessica Ennis-Hill’s coach has said the 2012 Olympic heptathlon champion has chosen the right time to retire after a glittering career that also saw her crowned world champion twice. The 30-year-old from Sheffield, one of Britain’s most celebrated athletes who returned to the sport following the birth of her son, Reggie, in 2014, confirmed her decision to retire in a statement on Instagram on Thursday morning. “Amazing memories…from my first…
Jessica Ennis-Hill: Great Britain heptathlete retires from athletics – BBC News
Media playback is not supported on this device Watch the moment Ennis secures a memorable heptathlon gold Jessica Ennis-Hill, who won heptathlon gold for Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics, has retired from athletics. The 30-year-old had hinted at retirement after winning a silver medal at the Rio Olympics in August. In a post on social media, Ennis-Hill – also a double world champion – said it was “one…
NASCAR meets Hollywood in upcoming ‘Logan Lucky’ film – Nascar
“We wanted to make sure that NASCAR was treated in a positive light, was the big, world-class, glossy event that it is,” said Zane Stoddard, NASCAR Vice President of Entertainment, Marking and Content Development. “The thing that we worked closely with Mark and the production on was getting drivers into driver cameo roles. We thought that would fun for the fans, sort of Easter eggs throughout the film with these…
Baseball’s Champagne Parties Need to Chill – Wall Street Journal
Look: You know I am not in the habit of discouraging the responsible consumption of alcohol. Especially during this presidential election cycle. But baseball’s champagne celebrations have gotten absurd—and need to be chilled. It’s not the idea of a champagne celebration, which I happily endorse, though I suggest taking it easy, because champagne hangovers are the pits. It’s the frequency. Baseball totally overdoes it on the…
$5 Million Of Memorabilia From Baseball’s Golden Age On The Auction Block At Christie’s – Forbes
Tim Tebow Prays Over Fan Having a Seizure After Arizona Fall League Baseball Debut: ‘It Was a Miracle Moment’ – Us Weekly
Bigger than baseball. After playing his first game for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League on Tuesday, October 11, Tim Tebow helped a fan who collapsed in the crowd. PHOTOS: Celebrities Dating Athletes As Tebow, 29, signed autographs at University of Phoenix stadium, he saw a man, Brandon Berry, who was having a seizure. According to local news station KNXV, the former NFL star ran to Berry’s side…
Wednesday’s Sports in Brief (Oct 13, 2016) – FOXSports.com
DERRICK ROSE LAWSUIT LOS ANGELES (AP) Lawyers for a woman who filed a lawsuit accusing NBA star Derrick Rose and two of his friends of rape failed to disclose text messages to the defense, but the lapse was not significant enough to derail the civil trial, a judge ruled. Lawyers for Rose had argued that the plaintiff’s lawyers purposely withheld three texts until the woman finished testifying so the defense…
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