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9:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment On the second Tuesday of July, the stars will sparkle in the San Diego sky. But enough about astronomy. It’s the stars sparkling below, on the glimmering grass of Petco Park, that we’re here to talk about. If the All-Star Game is a time to celebrate star power, let’s just come out and say it. You know where you find the…

It’s the MLB All-Star break, and one story that continues to resonate across the sport of baseball is the play of both the Washington Nationals and their star Bryce Harper. The Nats entered the break with a six-game lead in the NL East and the second-best record in the NL, and Harper has continued to rip the cover off the ball with 19 home runs and 52 RBI heading into…

SAN DIEGO —€” Even before Monday’s Home Run Derby began, Marlins reliever A.J. Ramos was extolling the legend of Giancarlo Stanton and warning anyone who dared sit near the left-field bleachers to reconsider. Every one of Stanton’s Marlins teammates has a favorite story about the 26-year-old outfielder. They speak of him as if he’s a Greek god sent down from baseball’s Mount Olympus to hit towering homers. In 2016, Bunyan-esque…

Amazon Prime Day is here! The magical time of the year where already ludicrously cheap prices get even cheaper. Wading through the hundreds upon hundreds of deals can be a real chore — so we’ve assembled the 12 best items you should consider today. Not all sports fans are created equal. We know that some of you want to just sit on the couch and watch the game, while other…

PRO BASKETBALL SAN ANTONIO (AP) San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan is finally calling it a career. Duncan announced his retirement after 19 seasons, five championships, two MVP awards and 15 All-Star appearances. It marks the end of an era for the Spurs and the NBA. Duncan was the No. 1 overall pick out of Wake Forest in 1997 and teamed with Gregg Popovich, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili to…

Fifteen years ago, mixed martial arts league Ultimate Fighting Championship sold for $2 million. Back then, the sport featured bone-crushing, blood-smearing action that was dismissed as “human cockfighting” by Sen. John McCain. Now, the UFC is changing hands for $4 billion. Hollywood mega-talent agency WME/IMG’s acquisition of the league is a major bet on the power of live sporting events in an increasingly fragmented media landscape. And the deal is viewed by sports business experts…

Paul Christesen, Dartmouth College “The Olympic Games in Rio are an unnatural disaster,” The New York Times recently declared. As someone who has spent two decades studying and writing about the ancient and modern Olympics, I’m not surprised by the pronouncement. It simply fulfills a prophecy many foretold in the months (and years) leading up to the 2016 Olympic Games. While Rio has its own particular challenges, such as the…

Russia’s only athlete allowed to participate in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics has been branded a traitor on social media and told to compete for Ukraine instead. The country’s track and field athletes were banned from competing in the upcoming Olympics in Brazil over allegations of mass doping. Long jumper Darya Klishina was granted permission by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to compete, as they announced she met…

BERGISCH-GLADBACH, Germany (AP) — In the retro-looking gym that serves as the talent-honing center for Germany’s potential Olympian gymnasts, girls aged six and seven in leotards execute their somersaults and back flips under watchful trainers. From a distance, it is difficult to distinguish Oksana Chusovitina from the kids. However, she has a son who is about three times the age of the young aspiring gymnasts. Only when she approaches, do…

Every year, MLB’s All-Star game brings together the best players from each league to form two superteams. For one game, we get to see Jose Fernandez as a reliever against lineups in which Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera hit back to back. But unlike the NBA’s fantasy rosters made real, we never get to glimpse how dominant such a talent-laden squad would be against normal MLB competition. So with a…

It’s the MLB All-Star break, and one story that continues to resonate across the sport of baseball is the play of both the Washington Nationals and their star Bryce Harper. The Nats entered the break with a six-game lead in the NL East and the second-best record in the NL, and Harper has continued to rip the cover off the ball with 19 home runs and 52 RBI heading into…

Fifteen years ago, mixed martial arts league Ultimate Fighting Championship sold for $2 million. Back then, the sport featured bone-crushing, blood-smearing action that was dismissed as “human cockfighting” by Sen. John McCain. Now, the UFC is changing hands for $4 billion. Hollywood mega-talent agency WME/IMG’s acquisition of the league is a major bet on the power of live sporting events in an increasingly fragmented media landscape. And the deal is viewed by sports business experts…

PRO BASKETBALL SAN ANTONIO (AP) San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan is finally calling it a career. Duncan announced his retirement after 19 seasons, five championships, two MVP awards and 15 All-Star appearances. It marks the end of an era for the Spurs and the NBA. Duncan was the No. 1 overall pick out of Wake Forest in 1997 and teamed with Gregg Popovich, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili to…

Your teams on the go or at home. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS or Android. A new service academy policy will allow athletes who graduate from Army, Navy and Air Force to pursue professional sports immediately after graduation, the Air Force confirmed Monday. The Colorado Springs Gazette first reported the new policy. The academies made the change in its policy in May. Previously, athletes who graduated…

Russia’s only athlete allowed to participate in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics has been branded a traitor on social media and told to compete for Ukraine instead. The country’s track and field athletes were banned from competing in the upcoming Olympics in Brazil over allegations of mass doping. Long jumper Darya Klishina was granted permission by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to compete, as they announced she met…

NEW YORK – Olympics fans hoping that a Games in the Americas would convince NBC to finally broadcast the Opening Ceremonies live have been left disappointed again. Even though Rio de Janeiro’s time zone is just one hour ahead of the east coast of the United States, the much-watched spectacle will be televised and streamed online on…

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It’s the MLB All-Star break, and one story that continues to resonate across the sport of baseball is the play of both the Washington Nationals and their star Bryce Harper. The Nats entered the break with a six-game lead in the NL East and the second-best record in the NL, and Harper has continued to rip the cover off the ball with 19 home runs and 52 RBI heading into…

Every year, MLB’s All-Star game brings together the best players from each league to form two superteams. For one game, we get to see Jose Fernandez as a reliever against lineups in which Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera hit back to back. But unlike the NBA’s fantasy rosters made real, we never get to glimpse how dominant such a talent-laden squad would be against normal MLB competition. So with a…

Fifteen years ago, mixed martial arts league Ultimate Fighting Championship sold for $2 million. Back then, the sport featured bone-crushing, blood-smearing action that was dismissed as “human cockfighting” by Sen. John McCain. Now, the UFC is changing hands for $4 billion. Hollywood mega-talent agency WME/IMG’s acquisition of the league is a major bet on the power of live sporting events in an increasingly fragmented media landscape. And the deal is viewed by sports business experts…