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The British Olympian Greg Rutherford has frozen a sample of his sperm before attending the Olympic Games in Rio because of his concerns over the Zika virus. Rutherford’s partner, Susie Verrill, said the couple, who have a son called Milo, decided to freeze his sperm because they wanted to have more children in the future and were worried about the risks of the disease. Zika infections in pregnant women have…

The U.S. Women’s national soccer team has won three World Cups. The men’s team has won zero. And the women are still paid less. But that pay gap is more complicated than it sounds. In March, five of the best-known players on the team filed an official complaint accusing U.S. Soccer of wage discrimination. The complaint garnered much discussion and debate, as every story about gender pay gap does—but this…

Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we’re covering Ali, pasta, vomiting, youth sports, and more. Your letters! Matthew: Advertisement Why do baseball players have to wear caps? In pretty much every sport I can think of, required head gear is there for legitimate protection (football, lacrosse, and hockey helmets; head gear for wrestlers) or to offer a strategic…

There seems to be something hard-wired in fantasy baseball owners’ DNA that makes them suddenly start thinking about trading once the calendar flips to June. It must be something about the season reaching the one-third mark that makes us think what’s happened already is no longer just a product of small sample sizes. Mookie Betts has scored more than 50 runs and is on pace for 153. That would be…

N.C. State’s baseball team talked a lot this season about putting last year’s painful NCAA tournament loss to TCU behind them. Coastal Carolina twisted the knife and added to the Wolfpack’s NCAA frustrations on Tuesday with a ninth-inning to win 7-5 and take the Raleigh regional. The Chanticleers (47-16) rallied for four runs in the ninth — in a game delayed three different times by rain, including for 14 hours…

Photo: AP The Rockies’ AA affiliate Hartford Yard Goats are performing well enough in their first season, and sit in third place in the Eastern League, but the Connecticut club’s stadium situation is a different story. To make matters worse, the mayor and developers are blaming each other for the fiasco. Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin announced Monday that the city had fired developers DoNo Hartford LLC and Centerplan for falling…

BOSTON (CBS) — Just over two months into the 2016 baseball season, we have a pretty good feel for who is having a great year, who is struggling, and a whole bunch of players in between. CBS Sports’ Dayn Perry ranked the 100 best players just prior to the season, and has now updated that list based on players’ output over the first 55+ games of the season. After four…

Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct is facing a multimillion-pound bill in fines and back pay after the billionaire admitted his company had broken the law by failing to pay staff the national minimum wage. The concession, which was made as Ashley appeared in front of MPs investigating his firm’s treatment of its workers, confirmed the findings of a Guardian investigation last year in which undercover reporters exposed how the company was…

The world athletics task force that holds the fate of Russia’s track and field athletes in its hands ahead of the Rio Olympics has said new doping allegations that implicate the sports minister Vitaly Mutko are a “grave concern” and will be investigated as a “matter of urgency”. As the Russian authorities continue to try to prove they are serious about tackling the systemic doping issues outlined by an independent…

View photo . Kimbo Slice (Getty Images) In the beginning, it was almost as if Kimbo Slice was a caricature of a fighter. The story was almost too good to be true: A bodyguard for porn stars turned backyard brawler turned pro mixed martial arts fighter. Slice, whose birth name was Kevin Ferguson, died tragically on Tuesday at the way-too-young age of 42. Police said no foul play is suspected,…

Goalie Larry Singerman, 67, plays hockey two days a week, while his teammate John Guylas, 68, plays three to four times weekly. “It’s the best exercise you can get,” Guylas said. That might be true as their league organizer Paul LaGloire, who’s going strong, just turned 88. He started playing when he was 5 in Canada, played through high school, then amateur hockey. While it’s his passion, he didn’t have…

Media playback is not supported on this device Koeman to Everton is a huge gamble – Le Tissier Everton have agreed a deal with Premier League rivals Southampton that paves the way for Ronald Koeman to become their new manager. The Toffees will pay about £5m compensation for the 53-year-old Dutchman, who leaves Saints after two years in charge. Everton have been without a manager since they sacked Roberto Martinez…

CHICAGO New research attempting to calculate the risk of the Zika virus at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro may reassure organizers and many of the more than 500,000 athletes and fans expected to travel to the epicenter of the epidemic. Controversy about the global gathering in August has grown as more about the disease becomes known. The mosquito-borne virus can cause crippling birth defects and, in adults, has been…

By Joe Minihane, for CNN Updated 5:09 AM ET, Tue June 7, 2016

BOSTON (CBS) — Just over two months into the 2016 baseball season, we have a pretty good feel for who is having a great year, who is struggling, and a whole bunch of players in between. CBS Sports’ Dayn Perry ranked the 100 best players just prior to the season, and has now updated that list based on players’ output over the first 55+ games of the season. After four…

Mike Ashley has admitted that Sports Direct effectively paid staff less than the national minimum wage and is in talks about compensating warehouse employees after a Guardian investigation last year that revealed the company was paying less than the legal minimum. Ashley admitted that at a “specific time” Sports Direct effectively paid workers less than the minimum wage because they were held back at the end of their shift and…

Now that the NBA Finals have begun, TNT is no longer broadcasting any games. That means Charles Barkley has all the time in the world to do something else other than make fun of Shaq or throw shade at the Golden State Warriors. Sure, he can use his leisurely time to play golf, but we’ve all seen his swing. Why not try baseball instead? Barkley got the chance…

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Today’s main man will be Iain Wright, MP for Hartlepool and chairman of the business, innovation and skills committee. He’ll be giving a warm welcome, no doubt, to Mr Ashley, who wrote to the MP in March saying he was “disgusted to learn that you have adopted a stance that is deliberately antagonistic”. Mr Ashley then went on to accuse the committee chairman of “abusing Parliamentary procedure in an attempt…

ACROSS the world, team-sport competitions tend to be organised around one of two principles. Either teams play one another in a round-robin league, or they lock horns in a knockout competition that leaves only the winner standing. (Or, sometimes, a combination of the two.) At the end of it all, there is an easily identifiable winner. But not all follow this route. Some sports hold a number of one-off bilateral…