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COLLEGE SPORTS CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) The Atlantic Coast Conference has followed the NCAA’s lead and is removing all its athletic championships from North Carolina over a state law limiting protections for LGBT people. The ACC Council of Presidents voted to relocate the league’s championships until North Carolina repeals the law. The decision includes 10 neutral-site championships this academic year, which means relocating the ACC football title game that was scheduled…

ORANGE, Calif. (AP) Police said a husband and wife were found dead inside a home in Southern California and a neighbor said they were the father and stepmother of former NASCAR racer Robby Gordon. Officers discovered the bodies inside a gated house in an upscale neighborhood in Orange after receiving a 911 call Wednesday afternoon, police Lt. Fred Lopez said. A rifle was found at the scene, and police do…

TORONTO — Jonathan Toews likes just about everything about the World Cup of Hockey. He loves representing Canada in his traditional No. 16 jersey. He revels in the high level of competition. And he’s excited for the springboard effect the tournament could have when the puck drops on the NHL regular season on Oct. 12. Based on the surprisingly intense pre-tournament exhibition games — particularly the two chippy contests between…

Thursday is Chase Media Day in Chicago, with all 16 drivers in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup here to meet with the media and talk about their prospects for winning a championship. Also on hand in the Windy City is NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France who sat down with FOXSports.com for an exclusive one-on-one interview about the season to date and the Chase still to come. Excerpts…

6:26 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment TORONTO — The question, which doesn’t yet have an answer, is what a successful World Cup of Hockey means in the Olympic equation. On the eve of this tournament dropping the puck here in this hockey-mad country, one ponders if the event ends up being a smashing hit whether that leads NHL owners to believe they’ve found their new, best-on-best vehicle….

“Tim Tebow: baseball player” is a real thing, no matter how much you might try to ignore it. But according to the former quarterback, the NFL hasn’t stopped knocking on his door just because he changed careers. When Tebow joined the Dan Patrick Show on Thursday, he said he still gets calls from the league gauging his interest in playing — at positions other than QB, anyway. His response? Thanks, but no thanks….

September baseball: You can’t defend it intellectually. Competing with as many as 40 players on each team, after playing with 25-man rosters for the first five months? Ludicrous. Commissioner Rob Manfred knows it. I’d be very surprised if Manfred didn’t address it significantly in the new collective bargaining agreement that is being negotiated right now and, assuming the owners and players come to terms, will begin in the 2017 season….

Feyenoord have won six games in a row after beating Manchester United Manchester United produced a lacklustre display as their Europa League campaign began in defeat at Feyenoord. Jose Mourinho made eight changes from the team beaten by Manchester City and an Anthony Martial shot going wide was their only first-half chance. Zlatan Ibrahimovic came on for the visitors and headed wide as he failed to turn around his side’s…

NBCUniversal Chief Executive Steve Burke has shuffled the management team that oversees the nuts and bolts of the company’s broadcast TV business. As part of the move, one of Burke’s most trusted lieutenants, Mark Lazarus, received a substantial promotion. Lazarus, chairman of the NBC Sports group for the last five years, becomes chairman of NBC Broadcasting and Sports. Lazarus, 53, gains oversight of the NBC broadcast portfolio previously managed by Ted Harbert. In…

For the first time, fans of Thursday Night Football can turn to Twitter to livestream the game wherever they are. The NFL–Twitter deal marks one of many high-profile sports league content distribution contracts with social media networks, a new strategy to reach younger, digital-minded viewers. “As your audience diversifies, as their viewing habits diversify, your distribution models have to follow,” said Elizabeth Lindsey, Wasserman Media Group’s managing partner of brands…

Women’s cricket was held up as one of the positives by the study “No real progress” is being made to address gender inequality in sport, says a body set up to get more women into leadership roles. Women on Boards carried out a study in 2014 which looked at how many governing bodies had women among their leaders. Its first report since that study has found the number of women…

USA TODAY Sports’ Lorenzo Reyes looks at the three biggest story lines heading into this week’s games. USA TODAY Sports

Robby Gordon’s father and his father’s wife were found dead in an Orange County, California, home Wednesday evening. The bodies of Robert Gordon, 68, and Sharon Gordon, 57, were found at approximately 5 p.m. Police told KCBS in Los Angeles that a weapon was found in the home and they “believe they are dealing with a murder-suicide.” Robby Gordon has been the listed owner of the home since 1989. The…

Eddy Merckx racked up 525 wins during his legendary career. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com (File). One of the most frustrating and futile tasks a cycling fan can take on is trying to explain the importance of Eddy Merckx to a layman. Superlatives fail, and the analogies run out to comical lengths. “He’s like Michael Jordan plus Lionel Messi, combined with the Pope.” So who better to pass judgment on…

A candy company has stuck to its word and sent a Texas man a Louisville Slugger glove nearly 60 years after a bubble gum and baseball card contest began. Texan wins glove nearly 60 years after Topps baseball card contest https://t.co/165oIUwKgM #dechr pic.twitter.com/ebfYGasncH — heraldandreview (@heraldandreview) September 15, 2016 Darwin Day, 70, of Grand Prairie was cleaning his house and found a complete collection of Topps baseball cards from 1957-58,…

Listen, we know it’s tough to catch up on everything happening in the baseball world each morning. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Trying to find all of it while on your way to work or sitting at your desk just isn’t easy. It’s OK, though, we’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each…

 Nate Fish and Peter Kurz were riding in an elevator four years ago in Jupiter, Florida. It was a couple of days before Israel would play in a qualifying tournament to participate in the quadrennial World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournament, the World Cup of baseball.Kurz, president of the Israel Association of Baseball (IAB), the governing body, looked at Fish, a coach for the 2012 team, and asked,…

USA TODAY Sports’ Lorenzo Reyes looks at the three biggest story lines heading into this week’s games. USA TODAY Sports

USA TODAY Sports’ George Schroeder breaks down the matchups that you need to see.

Women’s cricket was held up as one of the positives by the study “No real progress” is being made to address gender inequality in sport, says a body set up to get more women into leadership roles. Women on Boards carried out a study in 2014 which looked at how many governing bodies had women among their leaders. Its first report since that study has found the number of women…