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Chicherova also won gold at the 2012 Games in London Olympic medallist Anna Chicherova has vowed to clear her name after learning she is one of 14 Russian athletes to have failed a doping retest. The high jumper won bronze in 2008 but that result is now in doubt after 454 samples from those Games were retested. “It’s the most complete shock,” said Chicherova, who went on to win gold…

Two seemingly contradictory pieces of information came out of Sony’s recent unveiling of Gran Turismo Sport at a lavish event in London. First, this definitely isn’t Gran Turismo 7. In a similar vein to the ‘offshoot’ Prologue series it’s an update, adding new vehicles and tracks to a framework that is, essentially, 2013’s Gran Turismo 6. However, one key addition – the new Sport Mode – could well make this…

If you’ve been waiting for that next big sale to pick up that new bike, camping supplies for the summer or the trampoline you’ve been promising the kids, you are in luck.  Sports Authority is starting to hang “Closing Sale” signs outside its stores this week, advertising the fire sale of its remaining stock, according to bankruptcy documents filed in Delaware court Tuesday.  The going-out-of-business sale was approved to run through the end of August.  The…

A judge has cleared the way for Sports Authority to start going-out-of business sales at all of its stores, including the SportsCastle, 1000 Broadway in Denver. A federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday afternoon signed off on Sports Authority’s plan to have liquidators start going-out-of business sales at all of the Englewood-based retailer’s more than 460 stores. The store-closing sales will start Thursday, the trio of liquidators said in a statement released following the filing of the order in…

Russia has cleaned up its act ahead of a decision by the international anti-doping body next month on whether to lift a ban on Russian track and field athletes in time for the Rio Olympics, the Russian Sports Minister said Tuesday. “I don’t see any strong reason to keep our sportsmen from competing in the Olympic Games,” Vitaly Mutko told reporters at the palatial Ministry of Sports in central Moscow….

Wednesday night the NASCAR Hall of Fame is going to announce five new members who will be joining the Hall as the class of 2017. Every single one of these 20 names that were nominated are truly worthy. There are several on that list that I have worked for and worked with, so I can speak from first-hand experience as to why they deserve NASCAR’s highest honor. I’ll admit I…

MOSCOW – Ten medalists from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, including 2012 high jump champion Anna Chicherova, were among 14 Russians that tested positive in the reanalysis of their doping samples, state television reported Tuesday. Match TV said 11 of the 14 athletes on its retest list are from track and field, including 4×100-meter relay gold medalist Yulia Chermoshanskaya. The others are two weightlifters and a rower. CBS Evening News New…

Oh, to be Kris Bryant. He’s handsome, hits the ball a mile and has his face plastered around Chicago as a brand ambassador for Express. And if the Cubs can finally win a World Series — just 108 years and counting — he’ll be part of history. We caught up with him in the backroom of an Express store, where he was busy helping hype the store’s latest line of…

This is an opinion column, but this next sentence is not an opinion. It’s a four-seam, dead-red fact. The SEC Baseball Tournament in Hoover has been a smashing success. In hardball terms, it’s become an annual walk-off, tape-measure grand slam. It’s the best baseball event this side of the College World Series played by the best teams in the best conference in the country, part celebration, part proving ground. If…

Last week we endorsed Zack Grienke as a big-time daily fantasy baseball value, and all he did was pull down two wins with a 14 K/1 BB ratio and just four earned runs in 15 innings. It’s safe to say Greinke is back on track and his salary will once again return to high-end status. Strategy-wise, it’s time to adjust. Ben Zobrist was good, but not worth his high salary as predicted,…

Buy Photo Defibrillators are not required at Little League fields. Shown here is a New Albany Little League game in 2014.(Photo: IndyStar file photo)Buy Photo The baseball hit with a thud to his lower chest, right by his heart. The second baseman for the Carmel Hounds youth travel team — who didn’t see the catcher’s throw coming his way — collapsed on the field Sunday at Grand Park in Westfield. As he lay motionless on the ground,…

Our daily fantasy baseball picks continue with starting pitcher rankings, strategy, and advice for Tuesday’s MLB slate (minus the early game). Chris Sale goes for his 10th straight win to start the season and is obviously the top choice on the mound today. If you choose to fade him, however, there are still plenty of aces, namely Stephen Strasburg (vs. NYM) and Jeff Samardzija (vs. SD), who are in great position to match…

Media playback is not supported on this device Dan Roan reports on the scandal that has engulfed Russian The Russian Olympic Committee has said 14 of its athletes at the 2008 Beijing Olympics tested positive for doping during re-tests of their samples. Sports minister Vitaly Mutko said the news of the positive tests “certainly doesn’t look good”. But speaking to BBC sports editor Dan Roan in Moscow, Mr Mutko said…

Golf waited 112 years to make it back to the Olympics. With Rory McIlroy suggesting the Zika virus may keep him from making the trip to Rio to compete in the summer games, it can surely wait another four. McIlroy, following Sunday’s Irish Open victory, conceded that what experts are predicting could be a “full-blown global health disaster” due to the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil have him “monitoring”…

British Cycling’s interim performance manager, Andy Harrison, was forced to issue a swift apology and ‘clarification’ to his riders after appearing to suggest that their places at this summer’s Olympics might be in jeopardy if they spoke negatively to the media about their experiences on the programme. In an email at 5.05pm on April 29, at the end of the week in which technical director Shane Sutton resigned amid claims…

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Fourteen of the 31 athletes found to have doped at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing are Russian, according to the country’s state media. A report by Tass suggests that the majority of those 14 individuals compete in track and field events, putting Russia’s athletics participation at Rio 2016 in further doubt. An International Association of Athletics Federations taskforce has already been set up to decide whether Russia’s athletes will be…

Buy Photo Christian Brothers Academy, led by standout senior right-handed pitcher Luca Dalatri, remains ranked No. 1 in the Asbury Park Press Baseball Top 10..(Photo: MARK R. SULLIVAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAP)Buy Photo On Tuesday the annual Gatorade State Baseball Players of the Year were unveiled and the list of 50 honorees featured CBA’s Luca Dalatri. The senior right-hander is no stranger to being recognized among the nation’s best, as Dalatri also represented…

Caption Close There’s been plenty written about what has gone wrong this season for the Houston Astros. Here’s a short synopsis: It’s the awful hitting. It’s the awful pitching. It’s the overly aggressive base-running. It’s the sloppy defense in the outfield. Anyone who has watched games this year, knows that –at times, at least – it’s been every single one of those things. Somehow, a team that was supposed to…

The 2016 SEC Baseball Tournament gets underway today at the Hoover Met. Today’s format is single elimination. The top four seeds (Mississippi State, Texas A&M, South Carolina and Florida) have byes today. Four teams will go home. Every game will be televised on the SEC Network, and on WatchESPN. Here is a look at the times, matchups and projected starting pitchers for Day 1 of the SEC Baseball Tournament. Tuesday:…