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Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson lift Warriors to brink of championship – Yahoo Sports
CLEVELAND – Stephen Curry slid underneath the basket, watched his layup roll into the hoop, then hopped up. He looked around at the stunned Cleveland Cavaliers bench, a silent crowd at Quicken Loans Arena and calmly slid his mouthpiece into his sock. No showboating or commentary was necessary. Curry and the Golden State Warriors made a loud enough statement with their play Friday night, defeating the Cavaliers 108-97 in Game…
Hockey|Gordie Howe, Mr. Hockey for the Red Wings, Dies at 88 – New York Times
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Brock Turner Banned For Life By USA Swimming – Huffington Post
Former Stanford University student Brock Turner is no longer eligible to compete in events sanctioned by USA Swimming, USA Today confirmed Monday afternoon. The ban, which includes Olympic tryouts, was confirmed by USA Swimming spokesman Scott Leightman in an email to USA Today. The decision was reported four days after Turner was sentenced to six months of county jail and probation for three counts of sexual assault. Turner was convicted in…
Soccer hooligans turn streets into mess of tear gas, broken glass – New York Post
MARSEILLE, France — Police fired tear gas at rowdy fans at Marseille’s Old Port for the second straight day on Friday. The outburst of violence came despite a heavy police presence a day before England is to play Russia at the European Championship in the Mediterranean port city’s Stade Velodrome. There were no immediate reports of injuries. When the tear gas cleared, hundreds of England fans remained in the area,…
Johnston latest on list of suspended crew chiefs – Nascar
RELATED: No. 42 team hit with P3 penalty BROOKLYN, Mich. — Philip Surgen, lead engineer for the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing team and driver Kyle Larson in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series, will serve as interim crew chief for the team this weekend here at Michigan International Speedway. Chad Johnston, crew chief for the No. 42 team, was suspended through June 15 (one race) and fined $20,000 for a lug nut violation following last Sunday’s Axalta ‘We Paint Winners’ 400…
Michael Phelps talks fatherhood, Zika and his fifth Olympics – For The Win
An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated Michael Phelps is swimming in his fourth Olympics. It is his fifth. Michael Phelps is gearing up to swim in his fifth Olympics — but this one is a little more complicated: He’s also balancing fatherhood, as his son Boomer was born a month ago. As part of his new partnership with Krave jerky for National Jerky Day — yes, there’s a…
Good Sports: Challenger Baseball – KFSN-TV
Baseball is often referred to as America’s Pastime and a local league is providing the opportunity for all to enjoy the game. “There’s an awesome feeling when you give a kid a chance to play a game that before he was only able to watch from the other side of the fence,” said California District 10 Little League Administrator Mike Gentry. Mission accomplished for this central valley little league baseball…
Nansemond River wins Group 5A baseball semifinal – Virginian-Pilot
LSU baseball ready for Coastal Carolina in Super Regional – WGNO
BATON ROUGE, La (WGNO) — On Saturday evening, LSU baseball will face Coastal Carolina in the Super Regional at Alex Box Stadium. This will be Coach Paul Mainieri’s 6th Super Regional with the Tigers. Alex Lange is the starting pitcher on Saturday. Coach Mainieri said Lange is rested and is pitching the best baseball he has all year. Coach Mainieri said Lange will be facing a tough lineup in the…
Springfield High cruises into Class 3A baseball state title game – The State Journal-Register
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NCAA baseball Super Regionals: Scores, live updates on road to College World Series – NCAA.com
The 2016 baseball championship is down to 16 teams competing at eight Super Regional sites this weekend for the right to advance to the College World Series in Omaha. Four sites host games for their best-of-three series on Friday and Saturday with an if-necessary Game 3 on Sunday, while the other four sites will play Saturday and Sunday with the possibility of Monday. The College World Series begins…
Sports reporter’s racist insults get her thrown off air – New York Post
From calling Kevin Love “a little bitch” to saying she “didn’t even know that Mexicans were that smart” and the “Chinese guy is always the smartest guy in the class,” a Fox Sports Florida sideline reporter’s derogatory spew likely has cost her a job. Emily Austen appeared on a Barstool Sports video Thursday, and made a series of racist remarks during the 35-minute broadcast. In another segment, Austen was asked whether…
With more sports stars than ever, expect more morbid years ahead – New York Daily News
This has been an especially tough year and you better get used to it. In just the last week, the world lost sports legends Muhammad Ali and Gordie Howe. They were the latest in a too-long list of celebrities who died in 2016, a year that also claimed icons like Prince and David Bowie. Indeed, this has been an especially tough year in terms of…
Queen’s Birthday Honours: Alan Shearer & Alastair Cook made CBEs – BBC Sport
Alan Shearer played for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle in the Premier League Former England footballer Alan Shearer and England cricket captain Alastair Cook have been made CBEs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Formula 1’s Claire Williams and former jockey Hayley Turner become OBEs. Davis Cup captain Leon Smith and player Jamie Murray, Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson and Welsh Rugby Union president Dennis Gethin are made OBEs. There are…
Sports Video Games We Wish Existed – ‘Fight Night Champion 2’ – Forbes
Is beIN Sports the Future of Televised Sports? – Houston Press
The new broadcast partner for Conference USA is known as beIN Sports. Its original owner, Al Jazeera, launched the sports network in 2012. beIN Sports supposedly claims 45 million subscribers in the United States, yet to receive the network, one must subscribe to a premium sports package. It primarily airs soccer, and other European-based sports, and it’s not really known for its involvement with U.S.-based sports. Still, beIN Sports is…
A Hockey Luminary, Gordie Howe Glowed With Modesty – New York Times
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USA Swimming bans Brock Turner for life – CNN
Euro 2016 begins, Forbes’ rich list – Sport quiz of the week – BBC Sport
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Sports reporter’s racist insults get her thrown off air – New York Post
From calling Kevin Love “a little bitch” to saying she “didn’t even know that Mexicans were that smart” and the “Chinese guy is always the smartest guy in the class,” a Fox Sports Florida sideline reporter’s derogatory spew likely has cost her a job. Emily Austen appeared on a Barstool Sports video Thursday, and made a series of racist remarks during the 35-minute broadcast. In another segment, Austen was asked whether…