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Plans for Girls in the Game camp in Chicago’s Douglas Park called for outdoor basketball Thursday, but with temperatures predicted near triple digits, counselors got a little creative. They came up with a sports mash-up of beach volleyball and kickball to replace basketball. Then they tossed in a few water balloons and the day ran smoothly, said Meghan Morgan, chief operating officer of the Chicago nonprofit that uses sports to…

BRASILIA Brazil arrested 10 people on Thursday suspected of belonging to a poorly organized group supporting Islamic State (IS) and discussing terrorist acts during the next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The group, described as “absolutely amateur” by Justice Minister Alexandre Moraes, were all Brazilian citizens and in contact via messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram. They did not know each other personally, the minister said. The…

Imagine the most stereotypically Russian way an Olympic doping scandal could play out. Are you thinking sketchy FSB agents? Passing urine samples back and forth through a hole in a wall … hidden behind a cabinet in a laboratory? And everything kinda sorta maybe ties back to Putin? Because then you’d be absolutely right. This morning, the Court of Arbitration for Sport made a ruling on Russia’s cartoonish state-sponsored skullduggery,…

x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Gluck looks ahead to the Brickyard 400 and the story lines that fans should keep an eye on leading up to this weekend’s race. USA TODAY Sports Tony Stewart will say goodbye to NASCAR Sprint Cup racing at the end of this season.(Photo: Jerome Miron, USA TODAY Sports) INDIANAPOLIS — Camera crews from the local television affiliates were mingling by the elevators,…

The list of blue-chip brands involved in NASCAR continues to grow. According to a recent internal analysis, the number of FORTUNE 100 companies investing in NASCAR has increased 5 percent year-over-year. Also, the number of FORTUNE 500 companies investing in the sport has either grown or sustained year-over-year since 2012. Overall, more than one in four FORTUNE 500 companies integrate NASCAR into their marketing strategies. A charter agreement with race…

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This weekend, thousands of baseball fans will descend on Cooperstown, New York, for the Hall of Fame inductions of Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza, two of the best and most popular players of the 1990s. Griffey was basically the second coming of Willie Mays, and Piazza was the best hitting catcher ever, with a defensive reputation that’s been rehabilitated in recent years thanks to new data. And yet something…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland/MOSCOW Sport’s highest tribunal rejected on Thursday Russia’s appeal against a doping ban for its entire athletics team from the Rio Olympics starting in 15 days’ time, drawing swift and angry condemnation from Moscow. The decision by the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) increases the possibility that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will now exclude Russia from all sports, not just track and field, in Rio de…

Top Rank Boxing CEO Bob Arum recently took a handful of swipes at the UFC, claiming not only that the promotion is paying off lobbyists to avoid added government regulation but also that drug use in the sport far outweighed that of boxing. As you can imagine, fiery UFC President Dana White didn’t take too kindly to the digs. “Does anyone give a (expletive) about Bob Arum or what he…

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The billionaire retailer Mike Ashley has been running Sports Direct like a Victorian workhouse, building his success on a business model that treats workers “without dignity or respect”, a scathing parliamentary inquiry has found. Related: Sports Direct boss had plenty of warning a crisis was looming The report by the business, innovation and skills (BIS) select committee, which was triggered by a Guardian investigation last year, said Ashley had used…

BRASILIA Brazil arrested 10 people on Thursday suspected of belonging to a poorly organized group supporting Islamic State (IS) and discussing terrorist acts during the next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The group, described as “absolutely amateur” by Justice Minister Alexandre Moraes, were all Brazilian citizens and in contact via messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram. They did not know each other personally, the minister said. The…

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil arrested 10 people on Thursday suspected of belonging to a poorly organized group supporting Islamic State (IS) and discussing terrorist acts during the next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The group, described as “absolutely amateur” by Justice Minister Alexandre Moraes, were all Brazilian citizens and in contact via messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram. They did not…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland/MOSCOW Sport’s highest tribunal rejected on Thursday Russia’s appeal against a doping ban for its entire athletics team from the Rio Olympics starting in 15 days’ time, drawing swift and angry condemnation from Moscow. The decision by the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) increases the possibility that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will now exclude Russia from all sports, not just track and field, in Rio de…

This weekend, thousands of baseball fans will descend on Cooperstown, New York, for the Hall of Fame inductions of Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza, two of the best and most popular players of the 1990s. Griffey was basically the second coming of Willie Mays, and Piazza was the best hitting catcher ever, with a defensive reputation that’s been rehabilitated in recent years thanks to new data. And yet something…

Your teams on the go or at home. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS or Android. There have been a few pretty solid baseball brawls this season, but none that kicked off like this.  During a Can-Am League game against the Rockland Boulders last week, New Jersey Jackals pitcher Fernando Cruz ran out of the dugout and zipped right behind the plate during live play so that…

A youth baseball team headed for a game in St. Louis was among the hundreds of passengers left stranded at LAX Thursday morning amid a growing number of Southwest Airlines flight delays and cancellations. About 45 people, including coaches and parents, were traveling with the West Covina team of players 8 years old and under. The team was traveling from Los Angeles International Airport to St. Louis to take part in…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland/MOSCOW Sport’s highest tribunal rejected on Thursday Russia’s appeal against a doping ban for its entire athletics team from the Rio Olympics starting in 15 days’ time, drawing swift and angry condemnation from Moscow. The decision by the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) increases the possibility that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will now exclude Russia from all sports, not just track and field, in Rio de…