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It has made me passionate about dispelling the idea you cannot be a successful sportsperson if you are not a certain size. But every sport is different, with any and many body types. For swimming, my body was my tool and I tried different things to make it work for me, but when I did weights, I got muscly, so that did not work for me in water. The biggest…

“The world has recognized that the time has come for Brazil,” then-President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva declared, as the news that Rio would host the Olympics sparked celebrations all along Copacabana Beach in October 2009. At least in the beginning, the country’s Olympic ambitions included the favelas. Social welfare programs put in place by Lula’s leftist Workers’ Party had begun to reduce illiteracy, extreme hunger and the worst of…

Fox Sports announcer Joe Buck feared for his broadcasting career five years ago when he suffered a paralyzed left vocal cord. The ailment struck him a few weeks before the start of the 2011 baseball season, and it wasn’t until October of that year that he truly felt his voice was back. At the time, Buck told people that he had developed a virus in the laryngeal nerve of his…

On a recent episode of Recode Media with Peter Kafka, Fox Sports 1’s Skip Bayless explained why arguing on TV is a lot harder than it looks. You can read some of the highlights from Peter’s interview with Skip at that link, or listen to it in the audio player above. Below, we’ve posted a lightly edited complete transcript of the conversation. If you like this, be sure to subscribe…

It has made me passionate about dispelling the idea you cannot be a successful sportsperson if you are not a certain size. But every sport is different, with any and many body types. For swimming, my body was my tool and I tried different things to make it work for me, but when I did weights, I got muscly, so that did not work for me in water. The biggest…

The sports journalist Rebecca Wilson has died after a “secret” battle with breast cancer, her family has revealed. News that the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph columnist and broadcaster had died at 54 came as a shock to the media and sports communities on Friday morning because her illness was “a closely guarded secret”. The forthright sports commentator who worked at every network in her high-profile career was married to…

Saturday’s LSU-Florida game has been canceled due to Hurricane Matthew, the conference announced Thursday.  The schools will work to reschedule the game but they do not have bye weeks that line up. The parties “will work to reschedule the game later in the 2016 season if possible,” the SEC said. “[T]he schools and SEC Office will make every effort to find a scheduling solution with the possible movement of…

Two years ago, Brad Keselowski revved up NASCAR’s Chase by using his bumper to rough up championship contenders Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon. His aggression sparked a wild postrace fight with Kenseth at Charlotte Motor Speedway and an all-out brawl with Gordon’s crew at Texas. MORE: Ranking the 12 Chase contenders in Round 2 The incidents fired up fans and sent a charge through the 10-race Chase, one that generated…

Here are the hot topics, trending news and key story lines to get you ready for this weekend’s races at Charlotte Motor Speedway. WEATHER Hurricane Matthew could make this weekend very soggy. Or, Matthew could take a turn and not affect Charlotte weather much at all. Right now, the National Weather Service says a high of 73 and partly sunny Thursday, with Sprint Cup Coors Light Pole Qualifying scheduled for…

“The world has recognized that the time has come for Brazil,” then-President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva declared, as the news that Rio would host the Olympics sparked celebrations all along Copacabana Beach in October 2009. At least in the beginning, the country’s Olympic ambitions included the favelas. Social welfare programs put in place by Lula’s leftist Workers’ Party had begun to reduce illiteracy, extreme hunger and the worst of…

If you thought some of the boxing decisions from the recent 2016 Summer Olympics were questionable, the sport’s international federation shares your concern. International Boxing Assn. (AIBA) officials announced Thursday that they would sideline all 36 referees and judges from that competition until an investigation is completed. The AIBA stated that — following “a small number of decisions under debate” — it will consider changes to its refereeing and judging procedures. “Boxing…

During Women’s Sport Week 2016, BBC Sport will have a special column each day by a notable woman in sport. Four-time Olympic cycling champion Laura Kenny (nee Trott) explains how women’s road racing lags behind in the equality stakes and how changing her diet helped her win gold at Rio 2016. During my career, men’s and women’s track cycling has always been equal. We get equal prize money and there…

Jessica Mendoza prior to the 2015 American League wild-card game with Aaron Boone. (Ben Solomon/ESPN Images) Playoff baseball is known for bringing out the best in players. Barely two days into the MLB playoffs, the same cannot be said of those watching. On Tuesday night, a fan in Toronto threw a bottle at Baltimore Orioles outfielder Hyun Soo Kim as he was making a catch during the American League wild-card game. Wednesday, a Houston Astros prospect made…

There have been no reported cases of game-fixing since 2009, he said. Most players involved confessed to taking part in the scheme and avoided jail by paying fines equal to the bribes they took. They were banished from professional baseball and, having trained most of their lives to become ballplayers, they have had trouble finding work, the shame of being implicated sending them into hiding. But two players, Tsai and…

The inspirations for John O’Donnell’s two books about Chicago baseball are as different as the teams he loves. The idea behind “Like Night and Day,” published in 2009, came as the Benet Academy English teacher was driving on the Eisenhower to his home in Aurora and saw a couple in a convertible — one wearing a Sox hat, the other, a Cubs hat. O’Donnell, who has also taught in Plano,…

Photo The Giants’ Madison Bumgarner allowed four hits Wednesday in a shutout that ousted the Mets. Credit Ben Solomon for The New York Times These are the San Francisco Giants. This is what they do. You were expecting something else? The Mets did well just to get this far, into the National League wild-card game — at home, too — with a chance to get back to the World Series….

It has been a bouncy ride for the Hendrick Motorsports gang this NASCAR season. Concussion-related issues have sidelined Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the rest of the year. Inconsistency again squeezed Kasey Kahne out of the Chase. Uncharacteristic miscues have marked an erratic run for six-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson. And then there’s the kid. Chase Elliott. He’s a rookie in this high-speed circus, replacing a guy you may have heard…

During Women’s Sport Week 2016, BBC Sport will have a special column each day by a notable woman in sport. Four-time Olympic cycling champion Laura Kenny (nee Trott) explains how women’s road racing lags behind in the equality stakes and how changing her diet helped her win gold at Rio 2016. During my career, men’s and women’s track cycling has always been equal. We get equal prize money and there…

“The world has recognized that the time has come for Brazil,” then-President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva declared, as the news that Rio would host the Olympics sparked celebrations all along Copacabana Beach in October 2009. At least in the beginning, the country’s Olympic ambitions included the favelas. Social welfare programs put in place by Lula’s leftist Workers’ Party had begun to reduce illiteracy, extreme hunger and the worst of…