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Varnish has said she is “open to sharing my experiences with both British Cycling and/or UK Sport”. British Cycling will form a independent review following allegations of sexism by cyclist Jess Varnish. The 25-year-old, who was dropped from the GB team after failing to qualify for Rio, said she spoke out against technical director Shane Sutton to change attitudes at the organisation. She alleged Sutton made sexist comments and told…

Photos courtesy of Jeff Gordon‘s Twitter account, @JeffGordonWeb RELATED: Photos of Gordon through the years Christmas arrived in April at Hendrick Motorsports on Tuesday, and it was worth the wait. Four-time champion Jeff Gordon was on hand with team owner Rick Hendrick to distribute some pretty slick hardware. Celebrating Gordon’s career in style, Hendrick and the NASCAR on FOX broadcaster gave out more than 600 rings commemorating the driver of the No. 24’s…

Sports Authority won’t be restructuring and is instead planning to liquidate. The Wall Street Journal reported that Robert Klyman, legal representation for the sportswear retailer, said that the company decided against attempting to reorganize itself. “It has become apparent that the debtors will not reorganize under a plan but instead will pursue a sale,” Klyman said in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday, according to the Journal.

Get all of Richard Deitsch’s columns as soon as they’re published. Download the new Sports Illustrated app (iOS or Android) and personalize your experience by following your favorite teams and SI writers. Skip Bayless personified the worst of ESPN, from the network’s pathological need for self-aggrandizement to its penchant for disagreement as theater. ESPN executives enabled this professional wrestling heel for years because his show—the unctuous First Take with Stephen A….

Next up: Bobby Knight. The long line of celebrities from the sports world to endorse or support Donald Trump’s campaign for President of the United States of America has a new member to add. First, ex-Yankees like Paul O’Neill and Johnny Damon made their opinions known. Then Jets center Nick Mangold introduced Trump at a rally. When the Ohio primary took place, an even more infamous ex-baseball star has joined Team Trump: All-time hit king,…

Ability360 player Nick Springer reacts after scoring during practice April 18 at Ability360 Sports + Fitness Center in Phoenix.(Photo: Ben Moffat, Ben Moffat/ASU) With technology expanding at an exciting pace, it’s not hard to imagine that the world will look much different in 2040. But what will sports look like? Will we have new competitions? Will technology play a bigger role in helping athletes? Will athletes and robots play sports in space? The…

Women in sports media face a uniquely vile mix of aggression and harassment online. The problem is widely known — yet how to stop it is more tricky.  A new online video campaign starring two prominent reporters serves as a call to action and puts the harassment of women in media in stark perspective.  SEE ALSO: Sports Media Misogyny: What Is Fans’ Problem With Female Commentators? The four-minute video, called…

It’s getting more and more crowded on baseball’s bleeding edge. As sabermetrics has expanded to swallow new disciplines and data sets,1 the number of quantitative analysts in MLB front offices has multiplied to keep up, producing an army of number crunchers, modelers and decision scientists who would have seemed out of place at the ballpark even a decade ago. Because we, too, are statheads at heart, we’ve mined the data…

Welcome to today’s daily fantasy post! Remember that you can find our posts on the brand-spanking new DFS home page, as well as the fantasy page. Bookmark those sites now! Let’s get to today’s interesting facts, using DraftKings prices. 5 Things to Watch: 1. Clayton Kershaw ($13,800) is the biggest favorite on the board, and a better bet than fellow aces Max Scherzer ($12,900) and Chris Sale ($12,000). Scherzer against the Phillies…

Note: Don’t whiff on this special FanDuel offer. Win your first contest or get your money back (up to $10) to keep playing. Try FanDuel now! Madison Bumgarner owners have reason to rejoice today. By following up his eight-strikeout performance over seven two-run innings Wednesday with a nine-strikeout performance over 6 2/3 two-run innings Monday, their ace appears to be firmly back on track. Corey Kluber owners had their turn…

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Being an elected official in California has its perks. Want proof? Consider all the free tickets to sporting events that members of the Legislature accepted last year as gifts from utilities, unions, law firms and other firms. Among the top gifts disclosed on annual forms members of the state Assembly and Senate are required to file: Game 5 of the National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets. Senate President Pro Tem Kevin…

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There is little that’s old about Major League Baseball’s old ball game once you get out to the ballparks. Heralded as a sport of grand tradition and unwritten rules, baseball went through a spate of demolition and building within the past few decades that left it with ballparks that are only about as old as Taylor Swift, on average. The…

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NASCAR teams hoping to shave time off pit stops by replacing only four lug nuts on wheels will now face penalties from the sanctioning body, according to a memo sent to organizations Monday.   The memo states that all tires, wheels and all five lug nuts “must be installed in a safe and secure manner at all times during the event.”   Failure to comply can result in penalties ranging…

Earlier this month, U.S. women’s national soccer team midfielder Megan Rapinoe appeared with Hillary Clinton in New York City at an “Equal Pay Day” event. The U.S. women’s team has won three World Cups and four Olympic gold medals since 1990. The men? They failed to qualify for this year’s Olympics and haven’t gotten past the quarterfinals in the World Cup since 1930. “Yet somehow,” Mrs. Clinton said, “the men…

(Photo: The Associated Press) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Racing doesn’t get much better than a bump-and-run on the final lap for the victory. It’s what Carl Edwards did to teammate Kyle Busch at Richmond International Raceway in what NASCAR says was the first last-lap pass for a win in track history. It was dramatic, controversial and likely set the stage for tense team meetings this week at Joe Gibbs Racing….