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Venus Williams is far more than a legendary tennis champion. The 7-time Grand Slam singles title holder spent years in her sport rallying for equal pay among both the men and women. And guess what, Williams, through her collaboration with the Women’s Tennis Association, a 2006 Op-Ed titled “Venus Williams On Equal Pay at Wimbledon,” and her famed play on the court, she got tennis’ biggest tournament to erase the…

A general view as competitors in heat 4 dive into the pool for the start of the men’s 400 freestyle June 26.(Photo: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports) OMAHA — It is one of the most agonizing rituals not just in the Olympic world, but in all of sports. Time and again this week at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, in race after race, someone will touch the wall first, securing a spot…

RELATED: Results | Standings | Chase Grid SONOMA, Calif. — An hour after all the Victory Lane photographs, congratulatory pats on the back from competitors, all the smiles and toasts, Tony Stewart conceded that while leading the field with eight laps remaining in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350, he also did get a little emotional while steering his Chevrolet around the twisting Sonoma Raceway road course. “With about eight to go it was…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State’s men’s soccer coach says one of his players drowned while swimming with some of his teammates at a lake outside Columbus. Nineteen-year-old Fikayo Idowu died Friday. He was from Madison, Mississippi, and had been on the Ohio State soccer team since 2014. He was a defender and majoring in health and rehabilitation sciences, He wanted to attend medical school. He also was a two-time Ohio…

After a lifetime pursuing the world’s greatest swimmer day after day, Chase Kalisz no longer stood behind anyone Sunday evening at Olympic Trials. Using a dominant breaststroke leg, Kalisz won the 400-meter individual medley to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic team and make good on his quest to succeed his friend and training partner, Michael Phelps. “Honestly, the whole thing went by so fast, and I feel like…

  It has been said that one of the greatest things about baseball in comparison to other major team sports is that there is no clock. You can’t take a knee, dribble out the clock or chip the puck down the ice to preserve a lead. You need 27 outs, and until you get them the team that is trailing still has hope. This is a beautiful aspect of baseball…

The book was called “How Dogs are Better than Cats.” The reasoning was sound — dogs will save you from a fire, or alert you to burglars in your home. Cats will cower under a couch. And in the dream weeks that followed this month’s Major League Baseball draft, the author’s proud father has shown it to a few close friends as he accepted their congratulations. He flipped to the…

A weed-infested golf course at Fort Bragg has bloomed into a major league-quality baseball field on the vast U.S. Army post. The finishing touches are being put on the ballpark where the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins will play on July 3. The salute-the-troops game will cap an ambitious four-month project to create the temporary ballpark from scratch. “I couldn’t be happier with the progress that the team has made,”…

Indians 9, Tigers 3 Box Score Indians improve to 44-30 — It’s getting difficult to write actual, solid analysis about this baseball team. I’m sure that a better human would be able to sit down and string together some coherent thoughts. Maybe the Indians did something in the third inning that could have gone a little bit better. Maybe we could sit here and pick the…

Your teams. Your favorite writers. Wherever you want them. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS or Android. NBC Sports reporter Michele Tafoya is an anomaly among high-profile sports TV people—her social media feeds are very politically oriented. Tafoya has been openly critical of Hillary Clinton and GOP debate moderators. She discusses many other politically related topics on Twitter. She classifies herself publicly as a “a pro-choice conservative.” In an interview last…

x Embed x Share The legendary University of Tennessee coach stepped down as the Volunteers’ head coach after being diagnosed with dementia. Video provided by Newsy Newslook Former Tennessee coach Pat Summitt with her team during a December 2010 game vs. Baylor.(Photo: Matthew Emmons, USA TODAY Sports) Pat Summitt’s family, friends and former players have convened in Knoxville over concerns about the former University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach’s health….

The book was called “How Dogs are Better than Cats.” The reasoning was sound — dogs will save you from a fire, or alert you to burglars in your home. Cats will cower under a couch. And in the dream weeks that followed this month’s Major League Baseball draft, the author’s proud father has shown it to a few close friends as he accepted their congratulations. He flipped to the…

Tyson Fury’s promoters say they are “baffled” by claims the world heavyweight champion is embroiled in a doping investigation. A report by the Sunday Mirror alleged traces of a banned substance were discovered in a sample taken last year. But Fury’s promoter Hennessy Sports has denied the allegations in a statement released on Sunday afternoon. The statement read: “We are baffled by today’s story in the Sunday Mirror. Tyson Fury absolutely denies…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Pat Summitt’s family said Sunday that the last few days have been difficult for the former Tennessee women’s basketball coach as her Alzheimer’s disease progresses. Amid reports of Summitt’s failing health, her family issued a statement asking for prayers and saying that the 64-year-old Summitt is surrounded by the people who mean the most to her. It also asked for privacy. The statement was posted on…

Update: June 26 – 11 a.m. ET Texas has added yet another former Baylor signee. This one shouldn’t be much of a surprise.  According to multiple outlets, Donovan Duvernay committed to the Longhorns on Saturday night. Donovan, a three-star athlete, is the twin brother of Devin Duvernay, who signed with UT earlier in the week.  Great way to finish off a big day in ATX! #LetsRide — Charlie Strong (@Strong_TexasFB)…

USA Swimming needs to determine who will represent the United States in the upcoming 2016 Rio Olympics, and they’ll do that with the Olympic swimming trials, running from June 26 through July 3 in Omaha, Neb. That means the trials will get underway proper on Sunday, the same day that USA Diving will wrap up its own trials. Michael Phelps is obviously the biggest name in the sport of…

Will today’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 produce an 11th different winner in the last 12 races at Sonoma Raceway? If you look at the starting lineup, it’s a strong probability. Pole-sitter Carl Edwards won here in 2014, but second qualifier and Northern California native AJ Allmendinger has never won at the 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course, nor has Martin Truex Jr., who will roll off third in the No. 78 Furniture Row…