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Twitter has been dabbling with sports streaming as of late, and the company wants to do more. According to a report from Recode, Twitter is currently talking to a number of major sports leagues and cable networks—including the NBA, Major League Soccer, and Turner Broadcasting—to acquire the rights to broadcast more sporting events on its platform. Turner Broadcasting seems like the odd one out in that list, but not…

View photo . James Harden (AP) Houston Rockets All-Star guard James Harden has agreed to a four-year, $118 million renegotiation that could keep him under contract through 2020, league sources told The Vertical. The deal assures the Rockets of one additional year of Harden under contract in 2018-19 because of a player option that could return him to free agency in 2019, sources said. Rockets owner Leslie Alexander made the…

The day after the baseball’s all-star game is traditionally the slowest in sports, though that’s changing.

<!– For a list of all the completed deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United have agreed to pay Paul Pogba £11m a year and are ready to make a £100m offer to Juventus for the France midfielder, 23. (AS) United manager Jose Mourinho will sell up to eight players to finance the deal for Pogba, with Marcos Rojo, Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger among those at risk at…

UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) has begun an investigation and expressed “grave concern” over claims by two Kenyan doctors they gave banned performance-enhancing drugs to British athletes. The medics were secretly filmed by the Sunday Times, which has investigated allegations of doping in the African country in collaboration with German broadcaster ARD/WRD. Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has also reportedly made arrests in connection with the claims. Ukad has also sent…

In a week filled with tragic and horrific news, Brad Keselowski understands that in the grand scheme a mid-summer NASCAR race is trivial. But the former Sprint Cup champion also recognizes that Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway offers an opportunity to provide a distraction from recent events — even if it’s just for a short period of time. Keselowski views himself as an entertainer in some…

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If you are 80 years old, as I am, and still play baseball, as I do (San Diego Adult Baseball League), and have written a baseball blog five days a week, 24 weeks a year for four years, resulting in more than 384,000 words about baseball, a logical person might conclude, Mitrovich must be serious about baseball. Yes, I am. My adoration of America’s Game began on a May night…

In fact, there are few drinking traditions in America as time honored as sipping a cold one while cheering (or jeering) on the home team. At the stadium, without leaving our seats, we buy oversized cups of frothy beer from old-timey hawkers and have even built into the game a pause, the seventh inning stretch, to refuel at the snack stand.

Welcome to today’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 today’s interesting facts, using DraftKings prices. Five Things to Watch: 1.   Here are the three highest projected over/unders, provided by OddsShark… PHI/COL 11.5 MIN/TEX 11.5 TB/BOS 10.5 2. Weather: Keep any eye on thunderstorms in the Mets game, but we should…

NPR’s Lynn Neary speaks with Andrea Kremer of HBO’s Real Sports, about the European soccer finals happening Sunday, and whether Cristiano Ronaldo can win the trophy for Portugal.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment DALLAS — U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson withdrew from the Rio Games on Friday because of concerns over the Zika virus, costing golf three of the world’s top four players for its return to the Olympics after a 112-year absence. Jordan Spieth is the only player from the top four who has not said whether he is going to Brazil. A decision could come…

For summer baseball players residing in Madison, the Home Talent League is not an option, as no teams are able to draw athletes from the city. But there is another choice for high-level amateur baseball: The Rock River League, where the Madison Rockers are dominating the Southwest Division with a 9-2 record. They lead other area teams like the Janesville Aces and Madison Black Sox by 3.5…

NASCAR’s youth movement his hitting on all eight cylinders right now. Thursday night at Kentucky Speedway, 18-year-old William Byron won his fourth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in just 10 career starts. In the NASCAR XFINITY Series, the current points leader is 24-year-old Daniel Suarez. And at the top of the sport, two rookies and one third-year driver are in championship contention. With nine races left in the NASCAR…

Two years ago, Gabby Douglas moved to Columbus, Ohio to train at Buckeye Gymnastics under the gym’s director, Kittia Carpenter. Carpenter has been by Douglas’ side through every competition since, from the 2015 World Championships last October, where Douglas earned an all-around silver medal, to the P&G Championships in late June. Carpenter has also been heavily featured on Douglas Family Gold, the Oxygen docu-series that has followed Douglas’ journey to the Rio…

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The seemingly endless flow of top golf talent pulling out of the 2016 Rio Olympics has been well-documented here, but it was still a harsh blow for the United States and the sport in general when, late Friday, the No. 2-ranked golfer in the world announced that he would also be withdrawing his name for consideration from his country’s national team. Dustin Johnson, winner of back-to-back tournaments including his first…

NASCAR on Friday announced the dates and locations of the post-season championship banquets for all three of its national touring series. For the eighth consecutive year, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards banquet will take place at the Wynn Las Vegas, with the date set for Dec. 2. The complete lineup of talent and activities for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week will be announced at a later date. “We…

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NASCAR’s youth movement his hitting on all eight cylinders right now. Thursday night at Kentucky Speedway, 18-year-old William Byron won his fourth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in just 10 career starts. In the NASCAR XFINITY Series, the current points leader is 24-year-old Daniel Suarez. And at the top of the sport, two rookies and one third-year driver are in championship contention. With nine races left in the NASCAR…