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Cheryl Tiegs Blasts Sports Illustrated for Putting ‘Full-Figured’ Model on Cover – TheWrap
“Your waist should be smaller than 35 (inches),” says former swimsuit issue model Former Sports Illustrated cover model Cheryl Tiegs isn’t happy with the magazine’s decision to run plus-size model Ashley Graham on one of three covers for this year’s swimsuit issue. “I don’t like that we’re talking about full-figured women because it’s glamorizing them, and your waist should be smaller than 35 [inches],” the 68-year-old told E! Tiegs was featured on…
World Soccer Leaders Electing New FIFA President – ABC News
Soccer leaders are meeting Friday to elect a new FIFA president, with Asian confederation head Sheikh Salman of Bahrain the favorite to succeed Sepp Blatter. Voting was scheduled to begin at about 1300 GMT following speeches by the five candidates. No candidate is expected to win in the first round, where 138 votes from the 207 eligible voters are needed for victory. Sheikh Salman, backed by most voters in Asia…
New Baseball Rules Take On Rolling Slides and ‘Neighborhood Plays’ – New York Times
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Savannah’s new baseball team: The Bananas – Savannah Morning News
The name “Bananas” apparently has a lot of appeal. And Savannah is the only town where the name fits, said Jared Orton, president of Savannah’s newest baseball team, the Savannah Bananas. “There’s no other brand,” Orton said. “It’s a perfect fit. No other city could be the Bananas.” The Bananas, the newest member of the Coastal Plain League, officially announced their name during a ceremony Thursday at Grayson Stadium. The…
New Baseball Rules Take On Rolling Slides and ‘Neighborhood Plays’ – New York Times
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How We Play Hockey in America – The Players Tribune
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were the currency. When I first started playing squirt hockey, I was obsessed with the Turtles. We’d go to Toys”R”Us and I’d be bugging my parents to get me a new action figure. So my dad got smart about it. “Alright, Ryan, you want a Ninja Turtle?” “Yeah! Michelangelo! With the nunchucks!” “You know the deal. Remember what we talked about. If you do what I…
Where does SHR manufacturer switch rank in NASCAR history? – FOXSports.com
Stewart-Haas Racing shocked the NASCAR world on Wednesday when team officials announced they would change manufacturers from Chevrolet to Ford, starting in 2017. It was a blockbuster announcement, one that surely will affect the balance of power among Chevy, Ford and Toyota in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It’s not the first time that a championship-caliber team as switched manufacturers, but it ranks up there among the biggest. Following are…
Totino-Grace’s hockey iron man hits boards during junior game, is paralyzed – Minneapolis Star Tribune
A onetime standout Twin Cities high school hockey player was left paralyzed below the shoulders after falling at full speed and flying headfirst into the boards during a junior game in suburban Chicago while chasing his dream of a spot on a college roster. Defenseman Matt Olson, 20, who led Totino-Grace High School of Fridley to the state tournament in 2014 and graduated as the program’s iron man, was hurt…
Soccer Star Gives Jersey to Afghan Boy Whose Plastic ‘Messi’ Shirt Made Him Internet Famous – ABC News
Meet Murtaza Ahmadi, a 5-year-old boy from Ghazni, Afghnistan, who just may be Argentine soccer player Leo Messi‘s biggest fan. Murtaza stole the hearts of millions on social media this past January, when photos of him wearing a blue and white plastic bag with “Messi” and “10” written in marker went viral. Today, the 5-year-old’s dreams have come true. UNICEF Afghanistan surprised Murtaza with two new signed Messi soccer jerseys…
Wladimir Klitschko’s stance on Rio Olympics unchanged – NBCSports.com
More: Gymnastics McKayla Maroney earns vault silver at London Olympics (video) McKayla Maroney’s near-perfect Olympic team final vault (video) Jonathan Horton to miss Rio Olympics McKayla Maroney‘s first thought when she fell in the 2012 Olympic vault final was that she must go to the next Olympics to grab gold in her trademark event. But Maroney won’t compete in Rio in August, announcing she’s moving on following a series of health problems that began before the London Games….
New Baseball Rules Take On Rolling Slides and Neighborhood Plays – New York Times
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Are overbearing parents ruining the Westlake baseball program? – Los Angeles Times
In Westlake Village, where the median home price is $930,400, there has been a saga taking place at the local high school that has lasted seemingly as long as some TV soap operas. It keeps producing story lines that make outsiders cringe in disbelief and laugh in amusement. It was 1985 when Mike McCurdy resigned after one season as baseball coach at Westlake High. He says administrative disagreement was a…
Major League Baseball, MLB Players Association adopt new slide rule, pace-of-game changes – Dallas Morning News
“Our goal in amending the slide rule was to enhance player safety, reduce incidents of injury and to do it in a way that respects and preserves the bona fide hustle plays that are integral to our game,” MLBPA executive director Tony Clark said in a statement. “I am optimistic that this new rule will accomplish those goals.” Additions to the pace of game program consist of timed 30-second mound visits…
The sports highlight show is dead – Awful Announcing
On last night’s Fox Sports Live, Dan O’Toole opened by saying “Many of you have wondered, what happened to all the highlights?” When Fox Sports Live relaunched on Monday night as a late night comedy-sports show, it confirmed a reality that’s been hovering over televised sports for a long time, but one that we’ve been reluctant to admit is true. The sports highlight show is dead. The show that you grew up…
Why Sports Teams Are Not Being Sold – Forbes
In Mix of Russian Sports, Politics and Business, a Bobsled Leader in Exile – New York Times
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Passing down traditional sports in a replay – Phys.Org
Wednesday’s Sports In Brief (Feb 25, 2016) – FOXSports.com
NFL NEW YORK (AP) Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul filed a lawsuit against ESPN and reporter Adam Schefter for posting his medical records last summer. The lawsuit, filed in Miami Dade County in Florida, alleges that Pierre-Paul’s privacy was violated – as was the state’s medical records statute – by the report after the player severely injured his right hand in a fireworks accident on July 4. The lawsuit doesn’t…
Totino-Grace’s hockey iron man hits boards during junior game, is paralyzed – Minneapolis Star Tribune
A onetime standout Twin Cities high school hockey player was left paralyzed below the shoulders after falling at full speed and flying headfirst into the boards during a junior game in suburban Chicago while chasing his dream of a spot on a college roster. Defenseman Matt Olson, 20, who led Totino-Grace High School of Fridley to the state tournament in 2014 and graduated as the program’s iron man, was hurt…
What Business Should NOT Learn From Sport – Forbes
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