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Are the Warriors the best regular season pro team in sports history? – Sports Illustrated
The Golden State Warriors are preparing for history. Wednesday night, at home against the Memphis Grizzlies, the defending NBA champions will take its shot at league-record 73 victories, one more than the Chicago Bulls registered in the 1995-96 season. But do 73 victories make Golden State the best regular-season franchise in NBA history? How do the 2015-16 Warriors compare with the top seasons in North America’s other three major sports?…
China’s Blueprint for Reaching Top Ranks of Soccer – International New York Times
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The Women’s National Soccer Team Could Forego the Olympics to Protest Wage Discrimination – GOOD Magazine
Despite being the favorite to repeat as Olympic champions at the games in Rio de Janeiro this summer, the U.S. women’s national soccer team is considering a boycott of the event. And it’s not because of a tyrannical ruling regime in Brazil that inflicts human rights abuses on its citizens. It’s not because playing conditions will be inhumane. It’s because the domestic governing body responsible for handling the team treats…
Are the Warriors the best regular season team in sports history? – Sports Illustrated
The Golden State Warriors are preparing for history. Wednesday night, at home against the Memphis Grizzlies, the defending NBA champions will take its shot at league-record 73 victories, one more than the Chicago Bulls registered in the 1995-96 season. But do 73 victories make Golden State the best regular-season franchise in NBA history? How do the 2015-16 Warriors compare with the top seasons in North America’s other three major sports?…
US Women’s Soccer Salaries: The Economic Justification For Paying The Men More – Forbes
US Women’s Soccer Salaries: The Economic Justification For Paying The Men More – Forbes
Kiszla: Trevor Story turned Colorado into the center of baseball – The Denver Post
Thank you, Trevor Story. Thank you for putting Denver back on the baseball map. I don’t know if the rookie’s home-run magic has reached its expiration date or our city’s 15 minutes of fame and fun are done. But it has been an absolute blast. “We’re not used to getting national attention around here,” Rockies manager Walt Weiss told me Tuesday. “And the attention that Trevor Story is getting not…
Baseball: Angels reliever Joe Smith stuns Stephen Curry in PIG game – Salt Lake Tribune
At the ballpark, Smith was still riding high from his improbable feat. “I mean, I’ll play him again,” he said. Curry made 90 of 100 3-pointers during the practice before playing PIG, so the Angels felt pretty fortunate. Pennington, who gave Curry a ‘P’ in the PIG game with a shot from the right wing just inside the 3-point arc, caught 28 in a row on…
Baseball: Beneath the ground, Cubs’ new clubhouse sparkles – Salt Lake Tribune
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Big Ten announces extension of baseball tournament in Omaha – Big Ten Network
B1G HIGHLIGHT – Indiana, the 2014 tourney champion, had a blast at the home of the College World Series. With the Big Ten Baseball Tournament set to return to Omaha, Nebraska, this season and 2018, the conference announced an extension for TD Ameritrade Park to serve as the host venue from 2019 through 2022, it was announced Tuesday. [ MORE: Watch Chicago Cubs introduce injured Kyle Schwarber ] This year’s…
YSU Baseball adds Jacob Sypert to program – WKBN.com
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – The Youngstown State baseball program announced the addition of a special new teammate on Tuesday as Jacob Sypert, a sixth grader at Roosevelt Elementary in McDonald, became a member of the program. Sypert and the YSU Baseball team have been partnered together as part of the Team IMPACT program, which is a non-profit organization that aims to improve the quality of life for children facing life-threatening and…
US Women’s Soccer Salaries: The Economic Justification For Paying The Men More – Forbes
China Wants to Become a ‘Soccer Superpower’ by 2050 – TIME
The Chinese government has unveiled an ambitious blueprint to get 50 million children and adults playing soccer by the end of this decade, with the broader objective of becoming a “world football superpower” by 2050. Despite boasting the world’s largest population and excelling at many sports, particularly athletics, China woefully underperforms at soccer and has only ever qualified for one World Cup. A statement published Monday also outlines plans to…
FOX Sports reporter Jamie Little to pull two-week NASCAR/Supercross double – FOXSports.com
This extended Q&A marks the seventh in a series with FOX Sports motor sports personalities to be highlighted over the next several months. On a weekly basis, FOX NASCAR reporter Jamie Little covers pit road in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series. However, during the next two weeks, she expands her usual “double duty” to another racing discipline — Monster Energy AMA Supercross. Prior to covering the…
Ron Hornaday returns to his racing roots – Nascar
At KHI, he won two more championships (his four career titles is a series record) and 25 more races between ’05-11. “A.J. was the easiest,” Hornaday said of his various career stops. “He’s always snappy; he sounded like my dad. I’d tell him, ‘A.J., you’d still be driving a car if you could fit in the window so don’t yell at me no more.’ At DEI, founded by seven-time premier…
Big Ten Announces Extension of Baseball Tournament in Omaha – Big Ten Conference
April 12, 2016 Rosemont, Ill. – With the Big Ten Baseball Tournament set to return to Omaha, Neb., in 2016 and 2018, the conference announced an extension for TD Ameritrade Park to serve as the host venue from 2019 through 2022. The 2016 Big Ten Baseball Tournament will be back in the home of the NCAA Division I Men’s College World Series from May 25-29 after setting record attendance numbers…
First-year starters provide spark for UMaine baseball team – Bangor Daily News
It has been a tough spring for the seniors on the University of Maine baseball team. And with the upperclassmen having suffered through a collective slump, the team has of late relied heavily on its freshmen. UMaine (7-22) snapped a 10-game losing streak Saturday with a doubleheader sweep of the New York Institute of Technology. The victories were spearheaded by the first-year players. Freshmen Danny Casals, Colin Ridley and Jeremy…
China Wants to Become a ‘Soccer Superpower’ by 2050 – TIME
The Chinese government has unveiled an ambitious blueprint to get 50 million children and adults playing soccer by the end of this decade, with the broader objective of becoming a “world football superpower” by 2050. Despite boasting the world’s largest population and excelling at many sports, particularly athletics, China woefully underperforms at soccer and has only ever qualified for one World Cup. A statement published Monday also outlines plans to…
Wisconsin girls soccer team targeted by Trump wall chants walks off – CBSSports.com
A girls high school soccer team in Wisconsin walked off the field after they were the target of Donald Trump chants from people on the sideline, according to WISC-TV. It was the Beloit Memorial girls varsity soccer team, which took on Elkhorn Area High last Thusday. Reportedly there were kids on the side of the field yelling “Donald Trump, build that wall,” toward Hispanic and African American players. According to…
Watch live: Dale Jr.’s Darlington paint scheme reveal – Nascar
RELATED: Watch the live stream | 2015 Darlington throwback paint schemes On Wednesday, NASCAR.com will live stream the reveal of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet paint scheme that he’ll wheel at Darlington Raceway during Labor Day weekend (Sept. 2-4, 2016). The reveal will be streamed from 2-2:45 p.m. ET. In line with last season’s highly successful throwback theme, the annual Southern 500 at Darlington will once again feature a retro theme that focuses upon the…