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I had just turned seven when Tribe’s first album, People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, dropped. I had no clue how innovative they were being at the time, all I knew was the “Bonita Applebum” video that played constantly on MTV, Video Music Box, BET, and the Box. My uncle and the rest of the block played that record on loop that summer. That was my first taste of…

Sky has won exclusive rights to show Formula One racing from 2019, the first time that the vast majority of races will only be available to pay-TV subscribers. Sky already broadcasts all 21 grands prix live, but Channel 4 also has rights to show 10 races a year after striking a three-year deal thought to be worth as much as £35m a year. Channel 4 had picked up the rights…

The first time I ever went to Cambridge, I stood at a bar waiting to be served and realised that the man in front of me was Mark Cox, the UK’s top-ranked tennis player at the time. As an undergraduate at the University of Oxford, I shared some philosophy tutorials with a man called Ray Weedon. I knew that he played tennis and represented South Africa in the Davis Cup,…

(Noel Vasquez/Getty Images) Mandi Koba, the woman who has accused former Phoenix Suns star Kevin Johnson of molesting her when she was 16, spoke for the first time on camera in an episode of HBO’s “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel” that premiered Tuesday night. Koba repeated the allegations that have been aired by numerous outlets over the past years: That Johnson took her clothes off, fondled her and showered with…

RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil’s Sports Minister George Hilton has been pushed out of his job just five months before the country hosts the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Presidential Chief of Staff Jaques Wagner said on Wednesday. Hilton will likely be replaced by Ricardo Leyser, a senior official in the sports ministry who has been managing Olympic preparations, Wagner said in a wide-ranging news briefing with foreign media in…

The debate has raged for decades: Will Notre Dame join the Big Ten? The answer is yes, but there’s a catch. Notre Dame announced its men’s hockey team will join the Big Ten as a sport affiliate member, and will begin conference play in the 2017-18 season. “While we have enjoyed our affiliation with Hockey East, the opportunity to participate in Big Ten hockey is a compelling one from the…

Kyle Busch and Danica Patrick likely will find themselves poorer on Wednesday for their actions last weekend. Both broke NASCAR rules; both will pay. There’s a good argument that emotional response is to blame for both drivers’ actions. That won’t wash. MORE: Fontana radio rants | Truex-Logano run-in | Auto Club 400 results Danica Patrick and Kyle Busch (Getty Images) Busch, a man among boys when he drives in the Xfinity…

Kyle Larson said Wednesday that he is still sore from his hard crash Sunday at Auto Club Speedway and that he has placed some of his extracurricular racing on hold. Larson was scheduled to drive in the Short Track Outlaw Showdown sprint-car race Wednesday night at Placerville (Calif.) Speedway. But the 23-year-old driver indicated through Twitter that he was still feeling the effects from a heavy, nose-first impact during Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series…

American soccer legend Abby Wambach may have retired from “the beautiful game,” but she still gets a kick out of playing as herself in FIFA 16. These days, she spends a lot of time playing video games, including Sega and Nintendo’s new Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for Nintendo 3DS (which includes soccer, of course). Wambach remains the all-time women’s leading goal scorer in international play….

Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Chris Archer shakes hands with Barack Obama before the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national team in Havana, Cuba on March 22, 2016. (Will Vragovic / The Tampa Bay Times via AP) A historic baseball game. A Havana backdrop. Sports media members role-playing—like kids flopping around in their daddy’s suits—as fulminating Cold Warriors. Yet amidst the bloviations from a bunch of wannabe…

Fidel Castro once famously extolled Cuban baseball players to be the standards bearers of the revolution, “playing for the love of people, not money”. But when Barack Obama winds up his trip to Havana by attending a game between the Cuban national team and Tampa Bay Rays, he will see sport on the island all but ready to be engulfed by a tsunami of Major League dollars. Related: Obama’s visit…

Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels (Photo by Rob Tringali/Getty Images) Opening day is almost here, which means your fantasy baseball draft is close at hand. But fear not! Here is what a perfect fantasy baseball snake draft looks like in a 12-team, standard, 5×5 mixed, roto league with the following categories for batters: runs scored, home runs, RBI, stolen bases and batting average. For pitchers the categories are wins, saves, strikeouts,…

Drivers want a ‘clear masterplan’ for the future of Formula 1 Formula 1 drivers have demanded change at the top of the sport, saying its decision-making process is “obsolete and ill-structured”. Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) directors Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel and Alex Wurz have written a letter on behalf of the drivers. It “urges the owners and stakeholders of F1 to restructure its governance”. Many issues can be traced…

(Noel Vasquez/Getty Images) Mandi Koba, the woman who has accused former Phoenix Suns star Kevin Johnson of molesting her when she was 16, spoke for the first time on camera in an episode of HBO’s “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel” that premiered Tuesday night. Koba repeated the allegations that have been aired by numerous outlets over the past years: That Johnson took her clothes off, fondled her and showered with…

Hyundai has executed a winning game plan to score mind- and market share in America by utilizing its sports marketing campaigns. Continue Reading Below Hyundai Motor America, the U.S. subsidiary of the South Korean automaker, has aggressively moved in to sponsor and associate itself (in order of spend) with some of the most mainstream American brands: the National Football League, the PGA TOUR, and NCAA College Football. “Sports…

Acura today unveiled the restyled and refreshed 2017 MDX luxury SUV featuring bold new styling, added luxury features and available Sport Hybrid Super Handling-All Wheel Drive™ (SH-AWD®) powertrain technology. The 2017 Acura MDX will be equipped with AcuraWatch™ on all grades, making MDX the first luxury SUV in its class to offer these advanced safety and driver-assistive technologies, including automatic emergency braking, as standard features. The 2017 MDX is slated…

Phife Dawg died on Wednesday. It was horrible news to wake up to for a lot of people; A Tribe Called Quest isn’t just one of the most important acts in the history of hip-hop — they were one of the best. Now, that’s past tense. The hope was always that the three of them would eventually figure stuff out enough to record more, and that Phife would be healthy enough to…

Wednesday is penalty day in NASCAR and late Wednesday afternoon the sanctioning body is expected to announce any infractions or warnings incurred in last weekend’s races at Auto Club Speedway in Southern California. There are at least three situations that occurred last weekend that could potentially — the key word being “potentially” — merit NASCAR action. The first occurred in Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race, when Kyle Busch blew a…

Fidel Castro once famously extolled Cuban baseball players to be the standards bearers of the revolution, “playing for the love of people, not money”. But when Barack Obama winds up his trip to Havana by attending a game between the Cuban national team and Tampa Bay Rays, he will see sport on the island all but ready to be engulfed by a tsunami of Major League dollars. Related: Obama’s visit…