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Bob Bryan, left, and Mike Bryan won the Olympic men’s doubles gold medal four years ago in London. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland) Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, the most decorated men’s doubles tennis pair of all time, have pulled out of the Rio Olympics less than a week before the Games are set to begin. The Bryans made the decision Friday night after their quarterfinals loss at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, citing health…

I’m the first person to admit that I probably spend too much time thinking about things that really have no bearing on the real world. What if everyone who had already hit puberty were infected with a zombie virus and only kids were immune? How would they survive? What would their world be like? What if there were astronauts on the moon when nuclear war broke out on Earth and…

For Jack White’s birthday today, here’s a Spotify Playlist of cover songs he’s recorded with various projects during his career.

The non-waiver trade deadline is of course in the offing, which means the baseball news cycle is almost wholly devoted to teams looking to make deals by Aug. 1. For a few minutes, though, let’s devote some bandwidth to a team — a contending team — who would be perfectly justified in doing nothing leading up to said deadline. That team is the Houston Astros . At this writing, the…

Editor’s note: Peter Brooks is a junior journalism student at Mount Mercy University. CEDAR RAPIDS — When the flood of 2010 destroyed several youth baseball fields, former Cedar Rapids Kernels general manager Jack Roeder wanted them rebuilt. He turned to the Baseball Tomorrow Fund, received a grant and did just that. The intent was to create a new youth baseball field and remodel an existing high school…

The MLB Weekly Wrap would not be the MLB Weekly Wrap if there was no Melvin Upton Jr. news to report over the week, as the man has gone from horrible, lovable Braves player to amazing, lovable player since leaving Atlanta. He was traded from the San Diego Padres to the Toronto Blue Jays earlier in the week, and doesn’t he look great in a Toronto uniform? …

North Dakota State is cutting off outlets from covering Bison athletics unless they’ve paid a media rights ransom, according to local Fargo newspaper The Forum. University administrators, apparently feeling they hadn’t yet gotten rich enough off unpaid student-athlete labor, are going so far as to ban blogging during games from non-partner media members. Also banned? Covering press conferences live, hosting any live programs from NDSU’s campus, or interviewing coaches. NDSU’s…

Concerns about concussions are prevalent in sports other than football, including soccer.(Photo: I9 Sports) Ready to share carpool duty and spend weekends in the stands watching your athlete? Wait. Before you sign your child up for intense practices, body slams and end zone victory dances, you should know how contact sports can affect your child’s future. We’re not talking just about college scholarships or pro contracts, but potential brain damage….

Sports Authority’s creditors and the Justice Department have challenged the fading retailer’s plans to pay top executives as much as $2.85 million in bankruptcy bonuses. Once an operator of 460 athletic-gear outlets, Sports Authority filed for bankruptcy protection and began going-out-of-business sales in an effort to pay its debts. As the liquidation entered its final weeks, Sports Authority unveiled plans for bonuses to four top executives, people the company doesn’t…

There are some seriously in-form players at this PGA. Yesterday’s second round saw Robert Streb become only the 28th man in history, albeit the third in the last 16 days, to shoot 63 at a major. He finished tied for tenth last year, so his last four rounds at the PGA make for some good reading: 67-67-68-63! Then there’s the defending champion Jason Day. On one stretch during his 65…

The Canadian lawyer who accused Russia of operating a state-run doping programme is facing “a deluge of requests” for information on individual athletes implicated in his investigation. Richard McLaren, who was commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, issued a report that accused Russia’s sports ministry of overseeing doping among Olympic athletes in more than two dozen summer and winter sports. The International Olympic Committee rejected calls by Wada and other…

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A pair of teams playing in the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships’ U18 Girls tournament have been accused of deliberating tanking their match in order to move on. TopDrawerSoccer.com reported Carlsbad Elite and Ambassadors FC entered their Thursday match against each other at the top of their group and would both move on with a draw. When the final whistle blew, that’s exactly what happened with a 0-0 tie. But from video purportedly…

x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Gluck looks ahead to the Pennsylvania 400 and the story lines that fans should keep an eye on leading up to this weekend. USA TODAY Sports Alon Day will make his debut in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.(Photo: Barry Cantrell for NASCAR) One of the stars of Duck Dynasty may have been the catalyst for NASCAR’s first Israeli driver. On…

Carlos Santana has become a force for the Indians long after an overlooked trade-deadline deal. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane) There are no small trades. Baseball executives remind themselves of that often, and it’s a refrain for fans to keep in mind at this juncture of the baseball calendar. When the the non-waiver trade deadline passes at 4 p.m. Monday, the biggest stars on the block may have stayed put. No matter…

Welcome to Sunday’s daily fantasy post! Remember that you can find our posts on the brand-spanking new DFS home page, as well as the fantasy page. Bookmark those sites now! Let’s get to Sunday’s interesting facts, using DraftKings prices. Five Things to Watch: 1.Here are the three highest projected over/unders, provided by OddsShark… KC-TEX 10 BAL-TOR 9.5 OAK-CLE 9 2. Weather: We should be all clear for Saturday. 3. You down with BvP?…

Concerns about concussions are prevalent in sports other than football, including soccer.(Photo: I9 Sports) Ready to share carpool duty and spend weekends in the stands watching your athlete? Wait. Before you sign your child up for intense practices, body slams and end zone victory dances, you should know how contact sports can affect your child’s future. We’re not talking just about college scholarships or pro contracts, but potential brain damage….

1) They are in Rio Doping scandals have dominated the headlines, the construction of the athletes’ village still isn’t finished, there are fears over the Zika virus and Brazilians are yet to embrace the Olympic spirit. Related: Rio 2016: ten things you need to know – from bugs to Bolt | Barry Glendenning We could go on. But we’re looking for reasons to be get excited about a fortnight of…

In July 2005, a few days after London was awarded the 2012 Olympic Games, I took the Docklands Light Railway to Pudding Mill Lane. It was a journey I have repeated at intervals ever since, before and after the Olympics – but not during, when the authorities deemed it helpful to shut the station most convenient for the main stadium. Eleven years ago this was an ugly, forgotten area full…