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Often, when I’m asked to give a speech on strategy at some company event or conference, I find that one of the other speakers is a former professional sports player. In that capacity, I’ve happily attended the talks – with much interest – of a famous ice-hockey and a famous table tennis player, some rowers, and a freeskier; I’ve listened to the fascinating tales of a professional BASE jumper whose…

RELATED: All points penalties for 2016   Three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams have been issued P3 penalties coming out of the Charlotte race weekend, which resulted in their respective crew chiefs being suspended for at least one race, according to the NASCAR penalty report released Wednesday evening. Additionally, a P2 penalty was handed down to Tony Stewart .   The Roush Fenway Racing No. 16 (Greg Biffle), Stewart-Haas Racing No. 41 (Kurt Busch) and JTG Daugherty Racing No….

Since five members of the U.S. women’s soccer team filed a complaint earlier this year alleging pay discrimination, the U.S. Soccer Federation has disputed their claims in media interviews and statements.  On Tuesday, the governing body issued its most comprehensive rebuke in a 20-page letter filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency responsible for investigating the players’ allegations.  The letter insists that those claims are “false,” and…

8:15 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment NASCAR suspended three crew chiefs Wednesday for violations at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Greg Biffle crew chief Brian Pattie was suspended for two races for illegal body measurements, and one-race suspensions were given to Kurt Busch crew chief Tony Gibson and AJ Allmendinger crew chief Randall Burnett after their cars didn’t have five secure lug nuts on each wheel following Sunday’s Coca-Cola…

9:51 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment In theory, the idea of professional boxers competing in the Olympics sounds fun and interesting. Who wouldn’t want to watch national dream teams of fighters going for gold in Rio de Janeiro this summer? For years it has always been just fantasy. But on Wednesday, AIBA, the organization that overseas amateur boxing, voted overwhelmingly to allow professionals to compete in the…

Campbell head coach Greg Goff encourages his players during an NCAA college baseball regional tournament game against South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., Sunday, June 1, 2014.(Photo: RICHARD SHIRO, AP) LEXINGTON, Ky. – Following the resignation of UK baseball coach Gary Henderson, athletic director Mitch Barnhart is faced with an intriguing coaching search. Any Southeastern Conference baseball job will attract no shortage of interest, but there are also several factors working…

Hello, and welcome to my annual column, “Grant looks at monthly splits and points out the players and teams that were good or bad in May.” That’s really all it is, and I’m sorry to ruin the illusion, but this is one of the easier columns of the year. It’s not without its purpose, though. When baseball starts in April, we’ve had five months of imaginary baseball. The Boston…

Hello, and welcome to my annual column, “Grant looks at monthly splits and points out the players and teams that were good or bad in May.” That’s really all it is, and I’m sorry to ruin the illusion, but this is one of the easier columns of the year. It’s not without its purpose, though. When baseball starts in April, we’ve had five months of imaginary baseball. The Boston…

Baseball and softball are on schedule to make their return to the Olympics in 2020 after a 12-year absence. The International Olympic Committee’s executive board recommended Wednesday that the sports be added to the Tokyo 2020 program along with surfing, skateboarding, karate and sports climbing. The full IOC membership must approve the recommendation at its August meeting in Rio for the additions to become official. MORE: Tokyo Olympics unveil new logo | Rio…

A Detroit baseball player said the Zika virus left him sick for weeks and warns others to reconsider going to areas with ongoing transmission, including the Olympic Games in Rio De Janiero. Francisco Rodriguez, 34, a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, told ESPN today that he contracted the virus in the off-season, when he was in Venezuela. “It wasn’t a cold, trust me,” he told ESPN. “It wasn’t a cold….

facebook Share twitter Share The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today supported the proposal to add the package of five new sports to the programme of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. If approved at the 129th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro in August, the change would be the most comprehensive evolution of the Olympic…

Kentucky manager Gary Henderson, left, talks with pitcher Zack Brown, right, on the mound during the Southeastern Conference NCAA college baseball tournament on Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Hoover, Ala.(Photo: Hal Yeager AP) LEXINGTON, Ky. – UK baseball coach Gary Henderson has resigned after missing the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season. “I am deeply appreciative of the contributions Gary Henderson made during his time here,” UK athletic director…

Looking for daily fantasy baseball picks, strategy and advice? This is the DFS MLB Playbook for Wednesday, featuring all the MLB DFS info you need to know from Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. Weather really screwed us yesterday as we were super high on many of the Rockies bats, but had to fade them across the board because of serious rain and weather concerns. Obviously, after 17 runs and 19 hits that was a pretty…

Hall of Fame baseball writer Bob Elliott is retiring after 50 years as one of Canada’s most respected sportswriters. News of Elliott’s departure from the Toronto Sun was on the front of the newspaper’s sports section Wednesday, his final day. Elliott began his sportswriting career in 1966 in his native Kingston, Ont., and later covered the Montreal Expos for the Ottawa Citizen. Elliott moved to Toronto and became the Sun’s…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland Five sports, including baseball, skateboarding and surfing, are on track to feature at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after the IOC on Wednesday recommended them to attract a younger audience. The International Olympic Committee now needs to rubber stamp the inclusion of skateboarding, surfing, sports climbing and karate plus the joint baseball/softball bid at its session in Rio de Janeiro in August. The IOC Executive Board voted unanimously in…

Our daily fantasy baseball picks continue with starting pitcher rankings, strategy, and advice for Wednesday’s MLB slate. This is a very top-heavy day for pitching. There are several aces on the hill, including Max Scherzer and Felix Hernandez in great matchups, but the rankings fall off a cliff around Aaron Sanchez. Sure, some of these mid-tier guys have been pitching well lately, but they feel more like land mines than potential value…

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Stephen Curry and LeBron James may not be able to save Under Armour and Nike from the financial air ball thrown up by one of their retail partners. Under Armour said late Tuesday that it was lowering its sales and profit outlook for the year due to the bankruptcy and liquidation of Sports Authority. ‘; for (i = $allParagraphs.length-1; i > 0; i–) { if (i > 4) { afterParagraphFour…

A man in his 40s called Graham was cycling up a mountain in Mallorca this spring when he heard a strange whirring noise. It became immediately clear what it was when another rider breezed past, apparently without much effort. She had a tiny, performance-enhancing motor hidden in the frame of her bike. “I was livid!” Graham recalls. “She might as well have been riding a moped.” Related: David Millar: Cycling…

Frampton has relinquished his IBF super-bantamweight title Former world champion Carl Frampton and a number of other high-profile fighters have hit out at the decision to allow professionals to box at the Olympics. International boxing federations voted in the rule change just weeks before the Rio Games start on 5 August. Northern Irishman Frampton says amateur and pro boxing are “two different sports”, claiming: “It’s like a badminton player playing…