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SPRINGFIELD — Red and yellow signs advertise the sale in all caps. “GOING OUT OF BUSINESS,” blares one. “EVERYTHING MUST GO,” yells another. Sports Authority’s Springfield store is playing up the going-out-of-business sale that began this week at 21 company locations in New Jersey. The sports retailer has said its 463 stores across the country will close by the end of August.  In a news release, Sports Authority touted the “unprecedented values” it would sell its merchandise at before…

We all know the NCAA system is broken when it comes to college football. The sport is a billion-dollar industry, but the employees of the companies that make up that industry aren’t fairly compensated for their work. That should change in the future, but for the past few decades, that’s been the reality, and it’s starkest in the Power Five conferences. In this flawed system, the incentive to cheat is…

Children play in a water fountain next to Olympic rings at Madureira Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in July 2015. (AP/Silvia Izquierdo) More than 100 prominent physicians, bioethicists and scientists from around the world posted a letter Friday urging WHO Director-General Margaret Chan to exert pressure on Olympic authorities to move the Olympics from Rio de Janeiro or delay the games because of public health concerns over the Zika virus….

Greg Rutherford, who won long-jump gold on Super Saturday at London 2012, added: “It’s all well and good getting caught years later, as we’ve seen from Beijing and London. But we have to see people receive a punishment. “Obviously, they lose their medals but they’ve been able to enjoy the plaudits and money that comes from winning Olympic medals. “There has to be a stronger stance towards those people. Because…

It’s not cricket! Whenever England and Australia meet it’s normally for The Ashes! But this time, the Socceroos are heading to the Stadium of Light on May 27 to face off against the Three Lions in what should be an entertaining encounter full of goals. Catch the international friendly with us right here at 2:45 p.m. EST! England and Australia don’t usually meet in the world of soccer too often,…

Friday is a dark day at Charlotte Motor Speedway and we don’t mean that in a bad way. There is no on-track activity today, as the Friday before the Coca-Cola 600 is traditionally a day teams use for fan events, shop open houses, sponsor meetings and other activities. With that in mind, here are five things we’ve learned about this weekend so far as we approach NASCAR’s longest race, which…

All eight teams that will compete in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey are announcing their complete, 23-man rosters today, featuring their final seven selections. We’ll update this page as the selections are announced. So far, Russia, Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic have revealed their selections. Here’s the schedule for remaining teams (all times Eastern): Team Europe: 6:09 p.m. Team USA: 6:13 p.m. Team North America: 6:16 p.m. Team…

SPRINGFIELD — Red and yellow signs advertise the sale in all caps. “GOING OUT OF BUSINESS,” blares one. “EVERYTHING MUST GO,” yells another. Sports Authority’s Springfield store is playing up the going-out-of-business sale that began this week at 21 company locations in New Jersey. The sports retailer has said its 463 stores across the country will close by the end of August.  In a news release, Sports Authority touted the “unprecedented values” it would sell its merchandise at before…

Twenty-three athletes at the London 2012 Olympic Games, from five different sports and of six different nationalities, tested positive for banned drugs after samples were reanalysed, the International Olympic Committee has announced. The results, taken from 265 selected doping samples and focused on athletes who could potentially take part at the Rio Games this summer, were all based on intelligence-gathering that began in August 2015, and the IOC said that…

(Photo: The Associated Press) CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. put himself in good position for another strong showing at the Coca-Cola 600, a race he thought he should have won last year. Truex turned a lap of 192.328 to grab the pole away from Joey Logano on his final lap of qualifying Thursday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Logano, who had the top time in the first two…

REUTERS/Ints KalninsEstonian Olympic team female marathon runners Lily, Liina, and Leila Luik at a training session in Tartu, Estonia, on Thursday. Leila, Liina, and Lily Luik are not expected to medal when they compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. But the three Estonian marathon runners will make history as the first set of triplets to compete together. The triplets, now 30, will race in their first Olympics…

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Cousins Rachel Friedmann, left, and Kennedy Arens, of Dyersville take photos of the “Commissioners Trophy” at the “Field of Dreams” movie site in Dyersville on Thursday.(Photo: Mike Burley/Dubuque Telegraph Herald) DYERSVILLE, Ia. — The Baseball Hall of Fame is hitting the road with a traveling exhibit this summer and the first stop is in Iowa. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred traveled to the “Field of Dreams” movie site in eastern…

You want splits to incorporate into your daily fantasy baseball strategy for Friday? We have splits. We have a lot of splits. There are 13 — yes, 13 — lefthanded pitchers scheduled to start, plus several righties with pronounced differences against lefthanded and righthanded batters. That means there are sleepers, values, and fades galore for today’s FanDuel and DraftKings contests. Obviously, with that many lefties — none of which are Clayton…

LSU stayed unbeaten in the SEC Tournament with a 6-2 win over the first-place Mississippi State Bulldogs. Jared Poche got the win for LSU and Parker Bugg picked up the save. Dakota Hudson took the loss for MSU. See how the game unfolded. LSU advances to Saturday’s semis and Mississippi State plays Florida at 6:30 p.m. in an elimination game on Friday. FINAL SCORE: LSU 6, Mississippi State 2 NINTH INNING * Bugg gets…

Caption Close Troy One run allowed in the 2015 Section II Class AA final meant the first career loss for Shenendehowa pitcher Ian Anderson. Thursday night, Anderson did not allow a runner from Christian Brothers Academy to cross the plate. Senior standouts Nik Malachowski and Joe Fraser drove in runs in the third inning to stake Anderson to the lead and the 6-foot-3 senior right-hander scattered seven hits and struck…

SPRINGFIELD — Red and yellow signs advertise the sale in all caps. “GOING OUT OF BUSINESS,” blares one. “EVERYTHING MUST GO,” yells another. Sports Authority’s Springfield store is playing up the going-out-of-business sale that began this week at 21 company locations in New Jersey. The sports retailer has said its 463 stores across the country will close by the end of August.  In a news release, Sports Authority touted the “unprecedented values” it would sell its merchandise at before…

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CLEVELAND, Ohio – We compare the Toronto and Cleveland metro areas for sports and others things of interest as the NBA playoff series between the Toronto Raptors and the Cleveland Cavaliers moves back to Toronto for Game 6. Which city has the tallest building? How much bigger is Toronto’s population. What about fun things like comedy or trivial things about the longest streets? On the following slides, we compare the…

(Photo: The Associated Press) CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. put himself in good position for another strong showing at the Coca-Cola 600, a race he thought he should have won last year. Truex turned a lap of 192.328 to grab the pole away from Joey Logano on his final lap of qualifying Thursday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Logano, who had the top time in the first two…