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Michael Phelps has a long-term sponsorship deal with Under Armour, a non-official Olympic sponsor. Getty Images The International Olympic Committee (IOC) shook up the rules for advertising for Rio 2016 when it announced changes that opened the door for more brands to benefit from their ties to the games, even if they aren’t official Olympic sponsors. While the new rules come with restrictions, they’ve helped…

Photo illustration: Jim Cooke, Photo: Getty Many words have been used to describe the upcoming Games of the XXXI Olympiad—words such as “hell,” “nightmare,” and “state of public calamity,” to name a few. But is Rio really going to be all that bad? To put it simply: Oh my god yes. Advertisement But why are this year’s Summer Olympics so fucked? And will you die if you attend? For myriad…

Noted ball-hawk Zack Hample caused a firestorm Sunday when he began tweeting from a Marlins-Braves game held at Fort Bragg (N.C.). Now, he finds himself in a he-said-he-said argument with another of baseball’s superfans over the circumstances of his attendance. Hample attended the game looking to add to his collection of more than 9,000 baseballs caught at major league stadiums. The only problem was the game was supposed to be closed…

Richard Ray reports. Posted:Jul 05 2016 09:43PM CDT Updated:Jul 06 2016 07:23AM CDT Affidavit: Plano baseball player told 5-year-old to keep sex acts ‘a secret’ \n \n News Affidavit: Plano baseball player told 5-year-old to keep sex acts ‘a secret’ An arrest affidavit spells out what a little girl says a highly recruited baseball player from Plano High School allegedly did to her. Much of what she says happened at…

Welcome to today’s daily fantasy post! Remember that you can find our posts on the new DFS home page, as well as the fantasy page. Bookmark those sites now! Also, please scroll to the bottom of this article to see the latest tweets from Ryan Fowler (@FOXSportsFowler), D.J. Foster (@FOXSportsFoster), Adam Meyer (@FOXSportsMeyer) and me (@jhalpin37). That way, if information surfaces for any last-minute changes, you can see our thoughts instantly….

On Monday, June 27, Kris Bryant had a day for the ages against the Cincinnati Reds, going 5-for-5 with three home runs and two doubles. As this had never happened before in baseball history, tributes to his achievement poured in from all over the baseball landscape. (Except for one Boston hack who sniffed that Bryant was overrated for crushing homers off the likes of Dan Straily and Ross Ohlendorf while…

Looking for daily fantasy baseball picks, strategy and advice? This is the DFS MLB Playbook for Wednesday, July 6, featuring all the MLB DFS picks you need to know from Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. This Playbook is for use with any of the three DFS slates: All Day, Early and Late. We have really only two weather concerns, and both are in Chicago with Reds-Cubs in the afternoon and Yankees-White Sox tonight. There are thunderstorms that will be in the…

Which school had the best season in college sports? We here at CBS Sports decided to find out. The National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has been ranking athletic programs for years by weighing every sport equally, meaning a football national title is worth the same number of points (100) as a women’s water polo title. We tweaked the formula and weighed it more heavily toward sports that…

That said, the quality of the stream looks good, as several Twitter users have observed (a frame grab is shown above). For now, though, it’s just a basic feed accompanied by the #Wimbledon Twitter stream. While Twitter intends to sell ads for its NFL livestreams, there are no signs of them for Wimbledon, either in the video or feed beside it. The stream doesn’t appear to be geolocked for now,…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Brendon de Jonge of Zimbabwe withdrew from the Summer Olympics on Tuesday because he didn’t want to miss two tournaments in his bid to keep his PGA Tour card. De Jonge is the 12th player to pull out of the Rio de Janeiro Games, where golf will make its return after a 112-year absence. He is the first player to specifically cite the PGA…

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It was the night Detroit City FC opened its new home stadium in Hamtramck, and some 7,400 soccer fans packed the place. They sung. They chanted. They swore. Then swore some more. They wore scarves emblazoned with Detroit City’s insignia and clothing dyed in the team’s maroon and gold color scheme. Some even wore gas masks, as symbols of their own rabid enthusiasm, and to defend against the smoke plumes set off at…

Soccer is exploding in Buffalo, but places to play haven’t kept pace. Outdoor fields are overextended, and there are no indoor venues in the city to use in fall and winter. That could change after last week’s announcement that a soccer facility will be part of a redevelopment to replace Women & Children’s Hospital. The plan by Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. calls for indoor fields for younger children…

Storied Italian soccer club AC Milan has been sold to a Chinese consortium, says the club’s owner, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Berlusconi, who served four terms as Prime Minister but was later convicted of tax fraud and bribery, told an Italian newspaper Tuesday that the deal would bring in around $830 million after the club’s debt had been settled, reports the BBC. “Milan has now embarked on this…

Richard Ray reports. Posted:Jul 05 2016 09:43PM CDT Updated:Jul 05 2016 10:08PM CDT Affidavit: Plano baseball player told 5-year-old to keep sex acts ‘a secret’ \n \n News Affidavit: Plano baseball player told 5-year-old to keep sex acts ‘a secret’ An arrest affidavit spells out what a little girl says a highly recruited baseball player from Plano High School allegedly did to her. Much of what she says happened at…

After topping the major leagues during the first half of the season as they seek their first Worold Series title in more than a century, the Chicago Cubs dominated the rosters for next week’s All-Star Game. In the process, they equaled a distinction achieved by the 1963 Cardinals. The Cubs’ entire infield was voted to start the contest, on Tuesday in San Diego — first baseman Anthony…

Zack Cozart and Jay Bruce homered to help visiting Cincinnati beat Chicago 9-5 on Tuesday to gain just its second victory over the Cubs in 12 games this season. “Everybody wants to beat the Cubs,” said Reds outfielder Billy Hamilton, who had two hits and scored two runs. “They’re the best team in baseball. We know we can beat those guys. This was a big day for…

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