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A rendering of the planned Baylor Scott & White Sports Therapy & Research at The Star. (Courtesy Perkins + Will) The new sports medicine facility being planned in Frisco can trace its beginnings back decades to the shoulder injury of a high school quarterback from Arkansas named Stephen Jones. Baylor Scott & White teams with Cowboys on Frisco sports medicine center Cowboys’ new ‘The Star’ in Frisco on track for…

While British hooligans are famous for their drinking, the Russians are in training, literally. “Now many people are boxers or into mixed martial arts, and Russian hooligans often follow a very healthy way of life, avoiding alcohol, which used to be part of the subculture,” journalist Andrei Malosolov, co-founder of Russia’s Fans’ Union, told the BBC.

The Christ the Redeemer statue is shown in this aerial view of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which will host the 2016 Olympic Games.(Photo: David J. Phillip, AP) The largest country on the planet has been accused of conducting the biggest sports doping scandal in decades, including rampant cheating at the most expensive Olympics ever. At least three insiders who blew the whistle on it fled the country in fear. Two of…

Apparently, there’s an explanation for that too. And it’s a familiar one: The league compensates men and women differently. For instance, women receive a higher base salary than men—around $72,000 annually. But women only receive a per game bonus if they win during the 20 “friendly” matches played outside of competitive tournaments. Men receive a bonus just for playing, and they get a larger bonus for winning. And when it…

The pregame “March to the Match,” a tradition among fans of Seattle’s MLS team, will be adopted for the U.S. national team for Thursday’s Copa America quarterfinal. (Ted S. Warren / Associated Press) SEATTLE — The U.S. men’s national team visited several cities before and during Copa America Centenario’s group stage and, if good fortune continues, new destinations lie ahead. This week, though, the Americans landed in not just any…

It’s Fantasy Baseball Trade Season Getty Images We’re deep in June, and it’s time to strategize how to make your fantasy baseball team better. Ringer deputy editor Mallory Rubin and baseball writer Michael Baumann offer a few suggestions on whom to buy and whom to sell on the latest episode of The Ringer MLB Show. Read below for an excerpt from the conversation, and listen to the full episode for…

MIAMI – The FIU baseball team is looking for a new coach following the resignation of former coach Turtle Thomas, who spent nine seasons at the helm of the Panthers’ baseball program. FIU Executive Director of Sports and Entertainment Pete Garcia released the following statement on Wednesday; “For the past nine years, Turtle Thomas has been a valuable member of the FIU family.  During his time here, he has had a…

Ichiro vs. Pete Rose, it’s the hottest baseball debate of the week. And it got even hotter Wednesday as Ichiro knocked two more hits for the Miami Marlins, bringing his career total to 4,257. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] If you know baseball numbers well, you already know the implication: Ichiro “passed” Pete Rose in career hits. Rose’s 4,256 hits are the MLB record. There’s a big asterisk…

Rainy weather struck the Appleton area a little after 5 p.m. Wednesday, forcing a postponement in the start of the WIAA Division 2 state baseball tournament semifinal between second-ranked Lodi and top-ranked Milwaukee Lutheran. The tarpaulin was pulled onto the field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute shortly after the second Division 3 semifinal ended, a little after 5 p.m. Heavy rains followed, perhaps lasting a…

BANGOR, Maine — The Old Town baseball team capped off a historic day for the school’s athletic program in riveting fashion Wednesday evening. Just hours after the Old Town softball team won its Class B North championship, the top-ranked Coyotes scratched out two fifth-inning runs to back the two-hit pitching of Kaleb Gifford and claim their first title since 1993 with a 2-0 victory over No. 3 Hermon in their…

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A rumor that began during the spring came to fruition on Wednesday when Summerville High School baseball coach Banks Faulkner announced to his players that he would be stepping down as head coach effective immediately. Speculation is that Faulkner, who led Summerville to the Class AAAA state championship in May, will be approved as the new head coach at Blythewood High School on Thursday night. Faulkner declined comment…

3:52 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Oh, to be young. Through 10 weeks of the season, seven individuals who have yet to celebrate their 25th birthdays find themselves included among the top 42 starting pitchers on our Player Rater. One of them, a 23-year-old, currently ranks fourth, and another, also 23, recently set a major league record with four consecutive starts of at least six scoreless innings…

DON’T WORRY – THIS IS NOT A LONG READ … TCU’s return to the College World Series will first include a re-match with Big 12 regular season champion the Texas Tech Red Raiders – an ideal time to revisit one of the more popularly absurd stories from both teams this season. Back in late April, TCU hosted Texas Tech in a baseball series at Lupton Stadium in Fort Worth during…

Russian athletes have been banned from competing in international competitions since November 2015 Anti-doping officials in Russia are being stopped from testing athletes and threatened by security services, says a World Anti-Doping Agency report. The report was published two days before athletics’ governing body rules on whether Russian competitors can take part in the Rio Olympics this summer. In November, Russia’s athletes were banned after a Wada report highlighted widespread…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment In April, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova was quietly instructed by the NBA to stop wearing a device called a Whoop on his wrist because the league bans the use of wearable technology during games. Why the NBA slapped the wrist of Matthew Dellavedova ESPN’s Tom Haberstroh explores the coming collective bargaining fight over wearable technology in the NBA. Report: MLB approves players to…

Russia’s soccer team could be disqualified from the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer tournament in France because of its fans’ involvement in fighting. The European soccer competition involving 24 teams started last week, but the fighting off the field has received a lot of attention. People are talking about the fights between fans from Russia and England in the French city of Marseille on Saturday. The two teams finished the game…

On June 14, the World Health Organization reiterated that the Zika outbreak did not pose enough risk to warrant moving, postponing, or cancelling the summer Olympics in Rio. “The risk is already low. There is very low risk of further international spread from the Olympics,” said David Heymann, chair of the WHO’s emergency committee on Zika. The decision comes after more than 200 academics, many of them ethicists, signed an open…

When March Madness came along, Facebook added a little easter egg that lets you send a basketball emoji and start a mini-game straight inside Messenger. Given its popularity, it’s no surprise that it’s released a new game for the #Euro2016 season – this time with the soccer (or football, depending where you’re from) emoji instead. To start, you’ll want to use the same instructions as the Messenger Basketball game. Send the soccer…

Why Does Everyone Want to Bring Sports to Las Vegas? Getty Images/Ringer Illustration By the end of the month, Las Vegas will almost certainly have an NHL team. Hockey! In Vegas! The city may also get an NFL team, with the Raiders pledging $500 million toward a stadium there and earning the tacit approval of Roger Goodell. There has also been discussion of an NBA team in the future, and…