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A sneak peek inside the most THINKFLUENTIAL conference to have ever hit the Eastern Seaboard. Sports fans, it’s your favorite time of year! Time for the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference! The one with all the math! Happening in Boston, the city with all those schools! If you like watching THOUGHT LEADERS kiss each other’s asses, you’re in luck! Thankfully, we got a hold of the agenda for this year’s…

And in his remarks welcoming the Prime Minister earlier Thursday, Obama teased the Canadian about hockey, noting the NHL’s top prize of the Stanley Cup currently resides in his home town, with the Chicago Blackhawks. The two leaders also spoke of more weighty matters at the news conference, with Obama hailing an agreement on cutting methane emissions and joint efforts to combat ISIS as evidence of a renewed partnership between…

When Brian France endorsed Donald Trump for president, the chairman and chief executive of NASCAR thought of it as nothing more than a “routine endorsement.” He’s been dealing with the fallout ever since. France’s decision to personally back the front-runner for the Republican nomination has roiled a sport his family built from the ground up. It’s threatened a decade of work to broaden NASCAR’s appeal among minorities, upset…

print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR: Turn 1: Who is in bigger trouble after three races, Richard Childress Racing, Roush Fenway Racing or Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: If you study the catalyst for each organization going forward — Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Austin Dillon and Kyle Larson — it’s Larson who concerns me most, perhaps because I…

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Scottish football performed no tests in the last three documented months Only eight drugs tests have been conducted in Scottish football during the last nine months with none in the last three, BBC Sport has learned. Former Partick Thistle player Jordan McMillan is the only British footballer currently banned, for taking cocaine. But the Scottish Football Association, which does not fund any testing, says football in Scotland is “clean”. UK…

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11:41 AM ET print Numbers speak to me. All my life, I’ve been fascinated by numbers, especially baseball statistics. Just like the written word, stats spin their own baseball tales, and as I grew up increasingly mesmerized by our great game, it was the numbers that had me most captivated. Even as I began my career an art student, baseball always lurked beneath. For more than 10 years, I told…

This article was published in the March 11, 1995 edition of the Chicago Tribune. One piece of the Michael Jordan puzzle was put into place Friday when he announced he was abandoning his quest of playing major-league baseball. But for Chicagoans anxiously awaiting the insertion of the final puzzle piece-the sight of Jordan wearing his old No. 23 for the Bulls again-the wait will go on. Unlike his famous goodbye kiss to the Chicago Stadium, Jordan said farewell to…

HE WANTS TO change the game. He wants to change the perception of baseball players, to become a single-name icon like LeBron and Beckham and Cam. “I don’t know much about Bryce,” says his new manager, Dusty Baker, “but I know he’s one of the hippest kids around.” Harper wants to elevate his sport’s profile through his play, through his fashion, through the charisma of his personality, maybe even through…

TAMPA, Fla. — Hall of Fame reliever Goose Gossage called Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista a “disgrace to the game” and blasted “nerds” for turning baseball into a “joke” during a 10-minute interview Thursday. “Bautista is a f—ing disgrace to the game,” Gossage told ESPN. “He’s embarrassing to all the Latin players, whoever played before him. Throwing his bat and acting like a fool, like all those guys in…

Love him or hate him, Nationals wunderkind Bryce Harper is unquestionably one of the best players in baseball. He just had one of the greatest seasons by a 22-year-old ever, hitting .330/.460/.649 (195 OPS+) with 42 home runs. That earned him the NL MVP unanimously. And yet, it seems the majority of baseball fans don’t like Harper. He’s brash, he’s arrogant, and he’s been in the public eye since high…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When Brian France endorsed Donald Trump for president, the chairman and chief executive of NASCAR thought of it as nothing more than a “routine endorsement.” He’s been dealing with the fallout ever since. France’s decision to personally back the front-runner for the Republican nomination has roiled a sport his family built from the ground up. It’s threatened a decade of work to broaden NASCAR’s appeal among minorities,…

In the aftermath of the Rams’ departure for Los Angeles in January, the Blues and Cardinals came together for a show of solidarity to the city’s fans. On Jan. 15, three days after the NFL approved the Rams’ relocation, Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III and Blues owner Tom Stillman dropped a ceremonial puck before a game at Scottrade Center. In a strong sign of support, the two…

One thing South Carolina struggled with last season was winning games when it didn’t play its best. It’s safe to say it found a way Wednesday night without its best effort. John Jones and Alex Destino hit first-inning home runs and Reed Scott and Josh Reagan pitched an efficient final four innings to lead South Carolina to a 5-4 victory over Furman at Founders Park. “You’re not going to play…

NFL HOUSTON — The Houston Texans filled their biggest need, starting free agency with a splash by snagging Brock Osweiler from Denver. The quarterback arrived in Houston in the evening after agreeing to a four-year contract reportedly worth $72 million and will be introduced in Houston on Thursday. The Broncos hoped to keep Osweiler in the wake of Peyton Manning’s retirement on Monday. Instead he’s joining the Texans who were…

Bolton Wanderers have announced that the Sports Shield consortium has completed its takeover of the club. Sports Shield, fronted by former the Bolton striker Dean Holdsworth, and Inner Circle, owned by Ken Anderson, have taken control of Eddie Davies’ 94.5% controlling share of Burnden Leisure. The remaining 5.5% of the shares will remain with individual shareholders. Related: Neil Lennon: I wouldn’t want other managers to experience what I have A…

There was something essentially pure about being back at the Irish Schools Cross Country Championships last Saturday. The setting at Sligo racecourse was perfectly in tune. The bright spring sunshine. The clean crisp air. And the majestic backdrop of Benbulbin  It’s always interesting to see how the sport is evolving down through the years, where the next generation of athletes are starting from and launching their dreams for a successful…

Replay Technologies uses high-res cameras and advanced graphics to show sports fans 3D perspectives of the games they watch on TV. Photo via Replay/Intel. Intel is re-upping its investment in sports tech with the acquisition of Replay Technologies, a Israel-based startup that develops 3D video broadcasting software. Intel announced the deal today. The tech giant previously partnered with Replay Technologies at the NBA All-Star Game last month, utilizing 28 ultrahigh-definition cameras…