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Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. plans to award $1 million over the next year to top players of its latest “Madden NFL” title. The prize money is a selling point for a new, four-tournament series beginning this fall, marking the first e-sports initiative from the nation’s second-most-profitable gamemaker since it launched a competitive gaming division in December. The “Madden NFL 17” Championship Series, announced Sunday, comes two days before the…

 Golden State Warriors All-Star Draymond Green has been suspended for Game 5 of the NBA Finals after collecting his fourth flagrant foul point of the 2016 playoffs in an altercation with LeBron James late in Game 4. The NBA announced the decision on Sunday to level a flagrant-1 after Green struck James in the groin with 2:48 left in the Warriors’ 108-97 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night….

The sports world reacted strongly Sunday to the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. Baseball teams across the country held moments of silence after a gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday. At least 50 people were killed and the gunman died in a gunfight with SWAT officers, according to police. “We begin with our thoughts and…

PARIS – UEFA opened disciplinary proceedings against Russia on Sunday for crowd disturbances and racist behavior by its fans during a European Championship game against England. The governing body of European soccer also said it would strengthen security at stadiums in France in response to the disorder. The English Football Association, whose fans fled the stadium in Marseille after being attacked by a large group of Russian fans, has not…

x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Gluck previews the top story lines for NASCAR’s upcoming “FireKeepers Casino 400” at Michigan International Speedway. Joey Logano is among a group of drivers in the top 16 in points still searching for their first win of 2016.(Photo: Matthew O’Haren, USA TODAY Sports) BROOKLYN, Mich. – It is NASCAR race day at Michigan International Speedway, and we’ve got all the information you…

International soccer can get a bit messy. Teams don’t have much time to train together, so games usually end up looking quite a bit sloppier than their elite club counterparts. Games where both teams play the same style can get a bit messy too, and that’s what happened between Croatia and Turkey on Sunday. Both teams wanted to pressure and win the ball high up the pitch, then counter…

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha Tate has briefly traded in her gloves for a NASCAR headset this weekend as she serves as the Grand Marshal of the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Managed by Kevin Harvick‘s management team Kevin Harvick Inc., Tate is no stranger to the track. But that wasn’t always the case: The UFC star considered herself a novice when she was first introduced to the racing world. RECAP: Miesha’s big UFC…

RELATED: Race results | Drivers react to Suarez’s win DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 11, 2016) — Daniel Suárez earned his first career NASCAR XFINITY Series win on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, becoming the first Mexican-born driver to capture a NASCAR national series victory. With the victory, Suárez clinches a spot in the NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase. Suárez, a graduate of both the NASCAR Drive for Diversity and NASCAR…

Texas A&M would cruise to a 7-1 win over TCU in Game 2 of the Super Regional in College Station, TX to force a Game 3. The Aggies were helped by the home run tonight as the team finished with four.

Down by three runs before its first turn at bat and trailing most of the evening, Providence had Mundelein just where the Celtics wanted it. Playing from behind is nothing unusual for Providence baseball. Neither are state championships. The Celtics became the first baseball team in the 77-year history of the IHSA state tournament to win three consecutive championships Saturday night, when they scored five runs in the bottom of…

For most people, what Jay Johnson has accomplished in his first year at Arizona doesn’t happen in a lifetime. Maybe the Wildcats didn’t win a Pac-12 Championship. But they’ve done better. They’re going to the College World Series. “I’m speechless,” Johnson said after winning Saturday night’s game 6-5 to advance to Omaha. “I’m so proud of these guys, their teammates that I can’t really put it into words….

PARIS—The European soccer body UEFA said Sunday it opened disciplinary proceedings against the Russian Football Union after Russian fans wreaked havoc during a Euro 2016 match against England in Marseille. UEFA’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary body will look into crowd disturbances, alleged racist conduct and fireworks inside the stadium…

Texas A&M would cruise to a 7-1 win over TCU in Game 2 of the Super Regional in College Station, TX to force a Game 3. The Aggies were helped by the home run tonight as the team finished with four.

Media playback is not supported on this device Euro 2016: England 1-1 Russia highlights England’s latest failure to start a European Championship with victory will be overshadowed by two days of violence and ugly scenes that brought shame to the opening exchanges of Euro 2016. Manager Roy Hodgson’s concerns will be sporting ones as England’s carelessness in front of goal and his decision to substitute man-of-the-match Wayne Rooney in a…

Texas A&M would cruise to a 7-1 win over TCU in Game 2 of the Super Regional in College Station, TX to force a Game 3. The Aggies were helped by the home run tonight as the team finished with four.

Any statement that follows, “I’m not trying to be racist,” is always racist.  “I didn’t even know Mexicans were that smart,” says now-former Fox Sports Florida sideline reporter Emily Austen in a since deleted Barstool Sports’ Rundown broadcast Thursday evening. SEE ALSO: Gun stores banning Muslims prompts calls for Dept. of Justice investigation While the sports website usually prerecords its episodes, this week’s iteration, unfortunately for Austen, was broadcast on Facebook Live. Throughout the broadcast,…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment BROOKLYN, Mich. — Daniel Suarez became the first Mexican-born driver to win a NASCAR national race, passing Kyle Busch and holding off one of the sport’s big stars at the Xfinity Series race at Michigan. `”To be able to be an example to bring more people is great,” said Suarez, who moved to the U.S. five years ago. Busch led 88 of the 125…

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For all practical purposes, Dallas Jesuit needed just two innings to win its first state baseball championship. With junior pitcher Jacob Palisch — a Stanford pledge — on the hill, a 6-0 lead after two innings proved to be insurmountable. Jesuit would coast from there, beating San Antonio Johnson 6-2 in the Class 6A title game Saturday afternoon at Dell Diamond. Jessalyn Tamez The Jesuit baseball team became just the…