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ASU has just won a national championship in a sport you may have never heard of, e-sports. Posted:Apr 14 2016 06:30PM MST Updated:Apr 14 2016 06:40PM MST ASU’s e-sports team wins competition \n \n Arizona News ASU’s e-sports team wins competition ASU has just won a national championship in a sport you may have never heard of, e-sports. TEMPE, Ariz. (KSAZ) – ASU has just won a national championship in…

By Jennifer Graham, Deseret News Although football gets all the bad press, it’s not the cause of most concussions in the United States. Horseback riding is. In its April edition, the journal Neurosurgical Focus reported that horseback-riding accidents were the chief cause of emergency-room visits for sports-related traumatic brain injuries. Researchers analyzed ER visits between 2003 and 2012 in six categories: contact sports (such as football or soccer), roller sports,…

Media playback is not supported on this device Liverpool comeback was emotional – Klopp Liverpool won a game that will be talked about for generations – a Europa League quarter-final against Borussia Dortmund that will live forever in the memory of all at Anfield. Emotion. Drama. Excitement. Brilliant football. Noise. Colour. And all this even before Liverpool’s Dejan Lovren rose high at the far post in front of The Kop…

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Is drone racing the next NASCAR? ESPN announced a deal this week that will bring competitive drone racing to the network starting in August in hopes of tapping into the sport’s small but growing following. “Drone racing is currently seeing an unprecedented rise in popularity and is poised to become the next behemoth racing sport alongside NASCAR and Formula 1,” the company said in a statement. The first televised event,…

At a time when attention spans are short and as NASCAR deals with a generational gulf that sees it struggle to reach a younger audience, a possible solution comes to the forefront in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. In a concept unveiled in January, Bristol is the first of four races in NASCAR’s second-tier series that will feature a pair of heats preceding the main event….

SAN MATEO — Julian Nash measured his opening tee shot and ripped the ball down the fairway. The ball veered off course toward a eucalyptus tree, sending a pair of geese flapping madly for safety. “Pretend the hole’s over there,” Nash said with a laugh. “Birdie!” a man shouted. Nash is an avid golfer, but he was not playing golf on this windy spring afternoon. He was playing footgolf, an…

RELATED: See Junior’s Darlington paint scheme | BUY TICKETS: Kansas SHOP: No. 88 gear Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s No. 88 Axalta/Carstar Chevrolet has a fresh look for GoBowling 400 on May 7 at Kansas Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).  The Hendrick Motorsports team revealed the paint scheme Thursday, a day after pulling the cover back on Junior’s thowback paint scheme honoring the “Gray Ghost” for Labor Day weekend’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway (Sept. 4,…

Carli Lloyd kisses her gold medal after defeating Japan to win the women’s soccer gold-medal match at the London 2012 Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium on Aug. 9, 2012 in London. The U.S. women’s national soccer team is seeking its fourth straight Olympic gold medal this summer…

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x Embed x Share Basha High seniors completed a class project that changed their lives. Richard Obert/azcentral sports Basha baseball player Ryan Tierney, center, and his teammates, from left, Tyler Riddle, Jack Schneider, Johnny Morell, Casey Legumina, Jordan Bentivenga and Corey Stuart donated used and new baseball equipment to kids that are less fortunate as part of their senior project.(Photo: Cheryl Evans/azcentral sports) The class project was born out of trip…

Carli Lloyd kisses her gold medal after defeating Japan to win the women’s soccer gold-medal match at the London 2012 Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium on Aug. 9, 2012 in London. The U.S. women’s national soccer team is seeking its fourth straight Olympic gold medal this summer…

When plans for a $4 million sports complex on The Fly fell apart last month, activists claimed it as a victory for people power. Armed with little more than social media and bumper stickers, Save The Fly managed to stop a project backed by Saints owner Tom Benson and his star quarterback, Drew Brees. At least that’s how it probably appeared to the public. Behind the scenes, a power struggle…

The draw for this summer’s men’s Olympic soccer tournament took place on Thursday, with host Brazil getting an easy draw. The favorites, who will be led by Neymar, are in Group A with South Africa, Iraq and Denmark. Here’s the draw. 2016 Olympic football Group Stage Draw. #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/ebbrat4iLj — Arsène’s Son (@hughwizzy) April 14, 2016 Mexico, the reigning gold medal winners, should have no trouble with Fiji and South…

Hundreds of people turned out Wednesday night to show their support for the family of a 12-year-old boy who died after playing soccer Tuesday at an elementary school in Colton. Dominick Gallegos is seen in a photo provided by family members. Joel Gallegos said his son Dominick was taking part in a physical education class on a field at Ulysses S. Grant Elementary School just before the end of the school day…

Media captionDrone races will soon be broadcast on ESPN’s TV network At Wembley last night I experienced what could be the sport of the future. Tiny drones raced out of the players’ tunnel and did three laps of the stadium, weaving their way through a slalom course. The races were hard fought and – according to the commentators – full of thrills and spills. The stadium was empty, apart from…

JD Sports has revealed a 45% jump in annual profits after a surge in demand for women’s sports clothing. Sales at the group’s sports fashion stores, which include JD Sports, Size? and Scotts, rose by 11.6% in the year to 30 January as the company said it had also benefited from being the “dominant” retailer for top brands’ new product launches. “Because we are the aspirational retailer we get first…

The Washington Post declares that Ted Cruz “is close to ensuring that Donald Trump cannot win the GOP nomination on a second ballot.”  Which, if true, would mean Donald Trump’s only shot would be to win it on the first try. But wait! RNC rules committee member Randy Evans told “Morning Joe” yesterday that Trump will be the nominee if he manages to win 1,100 delegates—in short, that 1,100…

LOS ANGELES – Midnight had passed, and Kobe Bryant didn’t want to leave the Staples Center court. Come on, one more photo. Everyone push closer. Smile now. The black suit he wore into the night was gone, replaced with a pullover Los Angeles Lakers sweatshirt. All around him, his wife and daughters, there were confetti and purple and gold balloons. Everyone pushed closer, the flashes flickering, and soon Bryant’s eyes…

Kevin Barrows is a New Jersey man who brought down mobsters in the late 1990s and early 2000s working as an FBI agent in New York. Now a private investigator, Barrows’ new quest will be searching with sports reporter Lauren Gardner for sports treasures in a new six-episode reality TV show on “Sports Detectives,” which will debut April 24 on the Smithsonian Channel, Barrows go on the hunt for priceless…