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For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United are set to meet Barcelona and Brazil forward Neymar’s £140m release clause after the 23-year-old’s contract talks stalled. (Le Sport10, via Daily Star) United will let will let midfielder Nick Powell, 21, go out on loan to a Championship club for the rest of the season. (Sun) Southampton will not sell Senegal forward Sadio Mane,…

Taelor and Sydni Scott partnered with Dear World to write a letter to their late father and ESPN anchor Stuart Scott on the one-year anniversary of his death. Scott died from cancer at the age of 49. “You lived your life with a fierce sense of authenticity, passion and competitiveness, giving it your all and reaching for the best in everything you did,” they wrote in the letter. “When you were diagnosed…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United are set to meet Barcelona and Brazil forward Neymar’s £140m release clause after the 23-year-old’s contract talks stalled. (Le Sport10, via Daily Star) United will let will let midfielder Nick Powell, 21, go out on loan to a Championship club for the rest of the season. (Sun) Southampton will not sell Senegal forward Sadio Mane,…

Introduction Visitors at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images When the 2016 inductees to the National Baseball Hall of Fame are announced on Tuesday, three of the greatest players of all time will be left out. Pete Rose, who had more hits than any other player, has been banned from baseball since 1989 for betting on his team’s games when he managed the…

For many ball players, Philadelphia becomes merely a second home. What we aim to do with the “Philadelphia Baseball Ghosts” series is take a look at those who are born within Philadelphia city limits before they set off on their grand baseball adventure somewhere else in the vast, horrible world. Past entries: William “Yank” Robinson Harry “Socks” Seibold John Francis “Phenomenal” Smith Alan Strange …

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United are set to meet Barcelona and Brazil forward Neymar’s £140m release clause after the 23-year-old’s contract talks stalled. (Le Sport10, via Daily Star) United will let will let midfielder Nick Powell, 21, go out on loan to a Championship club for the rest of the season. (Sun) Southampton will not sell Senegal forward Sadio Mane,…

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Three University of Nebraska-Omaha students are getting traction with a new start-up company by combining the popularity of extreme sports with local ingenuity. For Callen Hedglen and Matt Holtmeyer, the library on UNO’s campus doubles as a place to study and an office. The duo are working on their start-up site CUSO Sports Network in between classes and part-time jobs. [Video: UNO students team up with extreme sports start-up] “Lunch breaks…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United are set to meet Barcelona and Brazil forward Neymar’s £140m release clause after the 23-year-old’s contract talks stalled. (Le Sport10, via Daily Star) United will let will let midfielder Nick Powell, 21, go out on loan to a Championship club for the rest of the season. (Sun) Southampton will not sell Senegal forward Sadio Mane,…

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KABUL — Sport echoed life on Sunday as Afghans watched their national soccer team self-destruct and lose the South Asian Football Federation Cup to bitter rival and host India 2-1 in extra time. A win would have been a rare moment of joy for Afghanistan, a soccer-crazy nation that has suffered four straight decades of fighting but had been on the upswing in soccer. Instead, the surprise defeat seemed like…

Hockey Wilson enjoys coaching juniors After his 18-season NHL coaching career ended tumultuously, Ron Wilson needed time to decompress and fall back in love with hockey before he would consider coaching again. Almost four years after the Toronto Maple Leafs fired him, Wilson is back behind the bench — and this time he is having fun. Wilson, 60, is coaching the United States team at the International Ice Hockey Federation’s…

The State of U.S. Swimming: Thumbs Up! New swimming facilities in the United States are keeping pace with the country’s growing number of competitive swimmers. Author Chuck Warner discusses the growth of competitive swimming facilities, as well as the independence many coaches have taken in owning their own pools in the first half of the article, while fellow author Annie Grevers draws upon the knowledge and experience of Pat Hogan, USA Swimming’s…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United are set to meet Barcelona and Brazil forward Neymar’s £140m release clause after the 23-year-old’s contract talks stalled. (Le Sport10, via Daily Star) United will let will let midfielder Nick Powell, 21, go out on loan to a Championship club for the rest of the season. (Sun) Southampton will not sell Senegal forward Sadio Mane,…

Gary Kubiak wouldn’t say after Sunday’s win if Brock Osweiler or Peyton Manning will be his starting quarterback in two weeks when the Denver Broncos open the playoffs. That sums up the Broncos’ quarterback craziness well. The No. 1 seed in the AFC doesn’t know who will start at quarterback in the playoffs. Honestly, Kubiak likely knows who will start. Kubiak has had more than a month to consider every…