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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…

Popular mixed martial arts fighter Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson has died. He was 42.  Slice was stricken at his South Florida home and taken Monday afternoon to the Northwest Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, a spokeswoman for the Coral Springs, Fla., Police told Yahoo Sports on Monday. He later died. Bellator president Scott Coker confirmed Slice’s death in a statement: “We are all shocked and saddened by the devastating and…

MOSCOW Russia will roll out an educational campaign to promote fair play in sport as it cleans up after a series of doping scandals, the sports ministry said on Monday. Russia was suspended from world athletics in November after an international investigation uncovered damning evidence of widespread doping and corruption. It is trying to convince sports authorities it is serious about rooting out cheats as it waits to hear on…

Bankrupt Sports Authority wants to shed its sponsorship agreements with nine professional sports teams — including the Denver Broncos and the Colorado Rockies. The Englewood-based sporting goods retailer is in the process of liquidating and late Friday asked a federal bankruptcy court to let it reject — court language for “get out of” — the nine agreements. The deals include benefits such as ticket-back advertisements, rotational signs, logo rights and mascot appearances. Related…

The tire-swallowing potholes are fixed. A few new luxurious hotels dot the skyline. Flowers and trees seem to have sprouted through cement, brightening downtown and making it almost unrecognizable to even the locals. Cleveland, rising once again after decades of decline, is ready to host a party — the Republicans. But before Donald Trump’s expected nomination at the national convention in July, when red, white and blue balloons — and…

Dear keepers of college football: Why do you keep making it so hard to love your sport? More to the point, why do you find it so hard to just do the right thing? I’ve been covering this sport for a decade-and-a-half, during which time I’ve seen more than my share of stupefying leadership. Remember the BCS? What a perennial train wreck that was. And conference realignment? Only you guys…

SOCHI, Russia — In under two weeks Russia will learn whether it will be allowed to compete at this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. On June 17, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will vote on whether to lift a suspension on Russian athletes, which was imposed last November after a years-long cover-up of widespread doping by the country was uncovered. Russia has been rushing to prove…

Chinese retail giant Suning has taken a controlling stake in iconic Italian soccer club Inter Milan — the latest high-profile overseas acquisition by Chinese investors increasingly dabbling in the so-called beautiful game. Suning, a household name in China comparable to America’s Best Buy, has secured a 69% stake in the 108-year-old club — officially called Internazionale Milano, but nicknamed I Nerazzurri (the Black and Blues) — for $307 million. “Football…

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry will not participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, and he might not be the only one from the team to opt out. Various sources told Marcus Thompson of Bay Area News Group that Curry “has already told USA Basketball that he will not be playing for a gold medal. He will let his right knee heal.” Curry has played through…

KIEV Ukraine’s state security service said on Monday a French citizen detained in late May on the border with Poland had been planning attacks in France to coincide with the Euro 2016 soccer championship it is hosting. The Ukrainian border guard service reported on Saturday that the unnamed 25-year-old had been arrested with an arsenal of weapons and explosives including rocket launchers and Kalashnikov assault rifles in his vehicle. SBU…

GIF via Fox Sports Brad Keselowski’s car was held in the pits longer than it’s crew would have hoped at Pocono Raceway this afternoon thanks to a fender slam by one of his crew members that got caught by NASCAR officials. NASCAR told them to put the fender back, and the crew was just like, “What? No.” Dents on the side of the car increase aerodynamic sideforce and improve handling…

On a recent vacation in Tokyo, my wife and I had the opportunity catch a Yakult Swallows game. The vibe in the stadium on a weekday night felt like a cross between watching live college football and European soccer, mixing the volume of the former with the chants of the latter. While American baseball columnists endlessly debate the unspoken rules of the sport, drawing lines on just how much fun…

June 6, 2016 2:04 p.m. ET On the Pearland Little League team in Texas just about every 12- and 13-year-old takes his turn on the pitcher’s mound. This is one strategy coach Andrew Solomon, whose team placed second in the country in the 2015 Little League World Series, has taken to avoid the increasingly common elbow and shoulder injuries that plague youth baseball players. Mr. Solomon’s rigidity with adhering to…

Andre Jernigan’s solo home run in the first inning of Sunday’s win over Washington marked his 14th of the season, moving him into a tie for third in the XU single-season record books with Matt Watson (1999).(Photo: David Wegiel / Xavier Athletics) With a 7-5 win over Washington late Sunday in Nashville, Xavier’s baseball team clinched a spot in an NCAA tournament regional championship for the first time in program history….

Kyle Muller is the 2015-16 Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year (Photo: Trent Musho, Gatorade) The Jesuit College Prep (Dallas) baseball team photo Monday became even more of a memorable souvenir for senior pitcher Kyle Muller when Texas Rangers ace Cole Hamels ducked into the frame and handed Muller the 2015-16 Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year trophy. “This is overwhelming,” said Muller, 18, a Texas signee who is projected…

Baseball’s 2016 First-Year Player Draft, in which some of the best college and high school talents around will be selected by major-league organizations, is scheduled for June 9-11. To set the scene for all of that, CBS Sports recently chatted with Baseball Prospectus draft expert Chris Crawford. Needless to say, this time of year is an ideal one to give Crawford a follow on Twitter (@CrawfordChrisV) or check out his…

Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley is to be questioned by MPs on Tuesday over the treatment of staff at his retail group, with pay and working conditions among the issues expected to come under scrutiny. Last year, the Guardian placed two undercover reporters inside Sports Direct’s warehouse in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. They found that temporary workers there were receiving an effective hourly pay rate below the minimum wage, after being subjected…