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It’s Skip Bayless’ job to be polarizing. You love him, hate him or share both feelings within the same window of his two-hour sports debate show.   Bayless, 64, makes no secret of his intention to resume the same type of combative discussion on Fox Sports 1’s new “Skip and Shannon Undisputed” with co-host Shannon Sharpe that he did with partner Stephen A. Smith on ESPN’s “First Take.” “Skip and…

A lawyer who is one of Mike Ashley’s closest confidants was involved in setting up the obscure company that organises international deliveries for Sports Direct and is owned by the billionaire retailer’s brother. The Financial Reporting Council, the City regulator, is looking into the agreement between Barlin Delivery Ltd and Sports Direct, which was revealed last week. Shareholders have said the arrangement casts further doubt on corporate governance at the…

Joe Gibbs is a legend in two top American sports. He coached the Washington Redskins to four Super Bowls, winning three of them, in a 12-year Hall of Fame career before retiring to oversee the NASCAR team he founded. Continue Reading Below While the Redskins did coax him out of retirement for four more years (which included two playoffs during 2004-’07), Gibbs is no longer affiliated with the team…

One month on from a precipitous collapse in Donald Trump’s poll ratings, many Republicans are no longer asking whether he can win the White House, but how badly he will lose. Election models put Hillary Clinton’s chances of victory in November’s presidential election at over 80% – in the words of the New York Times, “about the same as the probability that an NFL kicker misses a field goal from…

Phillies bench coach Larry Bowa has never been shy to share his opinion—especially when it has to do with right and wrong in the game of baseball. So when broached about the idea of Tim Tebow working out for major league teams—including the one Bowa currently works for—the former manager didn’t mince words, per The Boston Globe: “Whoever’s idea it is, they don’t respect the game of baseball,” Bowa said. “It’s…

For those who are unfamiliar with my thought process, I aim to add as many home run hitters as possible to my daily fantasy baseball lineups. One way of doing that is to look at a player’s isolated power numbers (ISO). The ISO statistic removes singles and provides a larger weight for each extra-base hit. I also use the weighted on-base average (wOBA) metric. This stat takes every positive outcome into consideration. Last year,…

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Disneyland isn’t the only place in Anaheim where dreams come true. A young fan got the chance to meet his favorite baseball player, Mike Trout, just before the Angels-Tigers game on Sunday. Trout signed a baseball for the boy, who couldn’t believe the moment was really happening The fan appears to tell Trout “I love you man, you’re my favorite player ever,” before running back…

If you didn’t know that the U.S. has a women’s national baseball team, join the club. Plenty of people in this country don’t even know that women play baseball; softball, it’s believed, is the equivalent sport for women. But enough women play that last week, the team held tryouts. On Thursday, they announced the 20-player roster for the upcoming Women’s Baseball World Cup in South Korea, which will take place…

CHICAGO — Continuing to play despite a concussion doubles recovery time for teen athletes and leads to worse short-term mental function than in those immediately removed from action, a study found. It’s billed as the first to compare recovery outcomes for athletes removed from a game or practice compared with those who aren’t. The study was small, involving 69 teens treated at a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center concussion…

<!– FOOTBALL GOSSIP Winger Oliver Burke is “excited” about his move to Germany after Nottingham Forest agreed to sell him to Red Bull Leipzig in a £13m deal, which makes him the most expensive Scottish player of all time. (Various) West Brom’s £1m-rated Costa Rican right-back Cristian Gamboa is of interest to Celtic ahead of Wednesday’s transfer deadline. (Daily Mail, Daily Record) Ahead of the World Cup qualifier against Malta…

Sergio Aguero was subbed in the 88th minute of Manchester City’s 3-1 victory over West Ham Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has been ruled out of Argentina’s World Cup 2018 qualifiers with a calf injury. The Argentina Football Association confirmed the 28-year-old picked up the injury during City’s 3-1 Premier League win over West Ham on Sunday. No timescale has been given for his return, with Aguero potentially facing FA…

PRO FOOTBALL SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Colin Kaepernick plans to sit through the national anthem for as long as he feels is appropriate and until he sees major change in America, specifically when it comes to race relations. He knows he could be cut for this stand. Criticized, ostracized – and he’ll go it alone if need be. The quarterback realizes he might be treated poorly in some road…

The Enduroman event combines running, cycling and swimming. It begins with an 87-mile run from London to Dover, followed by swimming the English Channel and is supposed to end with a bike ride to Paris.  The organisation raised the alarm on their Twitter feed on Saturday night, posting: “Nick Thomas is being treated at Calais hospital after passing out in the water. Please wait for an update.” A previous message had…

Lawrence High baseball coach Brad Stoll has watched countless baseball games and there was one earlier this month that he said he would never forget. With more than 3,000 fans in attendance for the Cape Cod League championship — the final game of a three-game series in the prestigious collegiate summer baseball league — the energy in the stadium was electric. One of the bonuses for Stoll, in his seventh…

Cyclist Dame Sarah Storey, sprinter Jonnie Peacock and wheelchair rugby’s Alan Ash will be hoping to lead the gold charge for GB at the Paralympics Find out more about the 23 sports in which athletes will be competing for medals at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Archery: In Paralympic archery, archers compete in two classes – Open and W1 – and there are two bows used, compound…

Anyhow, ITV’s cute idea is an interesting morsel of a quite juicy problem: sports participation has, sorry to say, actually dropped since London 2012. We are a nation of sports lovers, and thanks to our targeted Lottery spend we are now a nation of sports winners as well (not you, football). Only, away from the elite level, we love to watch, talk and read about sport, as long as we…

Lewis Hamilton finished third at the Belgian Grand Prix, won by team-mate Nico Rosberg “After the chequered flag I looked at the results,” said Belgian Grand Prix race-winner Nico Rosberg. “I knew Daniel [Ricciardo] was behind me and then I saw ‘HAM’ in P3 and I was like, ‘What? Seriously?!” The German, still in his champagne-soaked racing overalls an hour and a half or so after the race, was smiling….

Joleon Lescott moves to AEK Athens less than two weeks after a move to Rangers failed Defender Joleon Lescott has left Championship side Aston Villa to join AEK Athens on a two-year deal, the Greek club have announced. The 34-year-old joined Villa from West Brom on a two-year deal last summer but leaves after just one season. It has not been disclosed whether a fee is involved for Lescott, who…

Oliver Burke has scored four goals this season for Nottingham Forest He’s been compared to Gareth Bale, fast-tracked into the national squad, and was linked with a transfer to some of the top clubs in Europe before becoming the most expensive ever Scottish player – all after only 13 starts for his club. But, swift of foot and imposing in stature, Oliver Burke is not only far from your stereotypical…