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Guardian Sport has been named website of the year at the British Sports Journalists’ Association awards for the second year in a row, with the Guardian and Observer’s chief football writer, Daniel Taylor, winning the football journalist of the year prize. “Taylor’s work is exceptional. It’s deep, it’s well-informed, and it’s easy to read,” said the judges, while Tom Clarke, the chairman of the judges of the writing awards, said:…

Fox Sports 1 relaunched Fox Sports Live tonight in hopes a revamped format might spark the highlight show’s inexplicably bad ratings. What we got instead was hosts Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole in a miniscule studio repeatedly mocking the previous incarnation’s failures with their signature brand of Canadian, um, humour. Not that we expected any differently; after all, this is a show that responded to our piece illustrating FS1’s disastrous…

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Complete news and notes on all 40 drivers from the Daytona 500.    1. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. The dominant car for much of Speedweeks, Hamlin was out front for 95 laps and used a huge last lap surge to clear his teammate Matt Kenseth, edge Martin Truex Jr. to the line and earn his first Daytona 500 victory in 11 tries. Grade: A+   2. Martin Truex Jr., No. 78 Toyota, Furniture Row Racing. Just inches away from…

Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter HOUSTON (AP) – Lindsey Horan felt her breakthrough goal put the United States at ease. Horan scored on a header in the 53rd minute, Tobin Heath tacked on another goal eight minutes later and the United States beat Canada 2-0 Sunday in the final match at the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. “I’m so glad that we got that goal,” Horan said about her big play set up by defender…

In this week’s Trading Shots, retired UFC and WEC fighter Danny Downes joins MMAjunkie columnist Ben Fowlkes to discuss the fallout from Bellator’s big Friday night. * * * * Downes: Ben, Bellator 149 took place this weekend. There were many fights on the card, but the only two people cared about were Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson vs. Dhafir “Dada 5000” Harris and Ken Shamrock vs. Royce Gracie. Those fights…

BABYLON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — One strike and he’s out? A popular high school baseball coach could be stripped of his duties after parents and students said he broke school rules by starting an online fundraiser for the team. As CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported Monday, years of good old-fashioned car washes and raffles were perfectly acceptable, but the online fundraiser set up by Coach Anthony Sparacio at Babylon High School may…

KJ HarrisonOregon State athletics  KJ Harrison had three hits, and Logan Ice belted a home run and a triple as the Oregon State Beavers routed Utah 10-2 in a nonconference baseball game Monday in Surprise, Arizona. Here’s more on the game from the Beavers’ release: SURPRISE, Ariz. — Logan Ice homered and tripled in an eight-run fifth inning as the fifth-ranked Oregon State baseball team defeated Utah, 10-2, Monday in nonconference action at Surprise…

Mitch Gaspard wasn’t lying when he said Keith Holcombe would make a contribution this spring. Holcombe decided to play baseball this spring for the Crimson Tide after not playing in the two years since he graduated from Hillcrest High School and joined Nick Saban’s football program. The 6-foot-3, 230-pound linebacker’s decision to play baseball was met with both fanfare and questions about how he could balance the two sports. Gaspard…

View gallery . (AP Images) For many reasons, the Chicago Cubs rivalry with the St. Louis Cardinals has become one of the best in the game. The Cubs victory over the Cardinals in the playoffs last season may have signaled a changing of the guard in the National League Central, and the banter between the two sides after Jason Heyward left ensures things should remain interesting in 2016. [2016 Yahoo…

It’s good being Trevor Hoffman these days. The former closer got an encouraging 67.3 percent of the vote in his first year on the Hall of Fame ballot. Every morning he buttons up his No. 51 jersey and spends several hours as a spring training instructor for the San Diego Padres, working with veterans and minor leaguers alike. He’ll head back to San Diego for the start of the prep…

Mike O’Donnell carries 13-month old son Shane onto Kean University baseball field during Sunday’s pre-game ceremony(Photo: ~Kean University) Cancer stricken 13-month-old Shane O’Donnell rested comfortably in his father’s arms as the two made their way from the third-base dugout onto Kean University’s baseball field. The Cougars – creating a makeshift path for the duo to walk through by forming two parallel lines – began a rhythmic clap and an accompanying chant…

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(By Nick Wass / AP) The Capitals are the NHL’s best team. It isn’t close. That development has prompted a range of emotions from local sports observers, including this one: We’ve seen this before, regular-season dominance doesn’t much matter, please get back to me in June. And by the way, do you like my fashionable new hairshirt, made with only the coarsest of goat hair? I’d like to congratulate those cynics…

The daily fantasy sports market rose dramatically in the past few years with the rise of DraftKings and FanDuel. But in 2015, regulators closed in, with some declaring the betting on sports outcomes amounted to illegal gambling, rather than legal skill-based wagering as the companies alleged. A total of 29 states are considering legislation related to daily fantasy sports, according to a report by market analyst firm Eilers & Krejcik Gaming….

View photo . Donatas Motiejunas runs up the court during a December 2015 game. (AP) After forward Donatas Motiejunas was unable to get physicians’ clearance for his troublesome back, the Detroit Pistons rescinded their three-team trade with Houston and Philadelphia. The physicians and specialists examining Montiejunas’ back refused to clear him, pushing Pistons executives to kill the deal agreed upon at Thursday’s trade deadline, league sources told The Vertical. Motiejunas…

Archer’s three female lead characters appear on SI.com’s Swim Daily. FX If this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue feels a little more animated than usual, it’s likely because of the characters from FX’s Archer. As part of the marketing campaign for the hit animated comedy’s upcoming seventh season, the network partnered with Sports Illustrated to feature faux swimsuit shots of its female characters in both…

TAMPA, Fla. — FOX Sports Sun, the statewide television home of the Tampa Bay Rays, announced the network will televise five Rays Spring Training games throughout March. The five game slate will provide Rays fans with their first look at the Rays as the they prepare for Opening Day. Full schedule below: Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. More from FoxSports Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs….

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RELATED: Full race results | Updated series standings   DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. possessed a world-beater car in all of Daytona’s Speedweeks, but once the flag flew for the main event, it was a night-to-day difference.   Earnhardt crashed out of Sunday’s Daytona 500 after completing just 169 of the 200 laps, abbreviating his day and shortening the Hendrick Motorsports No. 88 Chevrolet that was the class of the field in…