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Bryce Harper claimed the NL MVP in 2015 and arguably became the sport’s most important player. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post) As 2015 draws to a close, The Washington Post reflects on the figures that commanded the spotlight. These are the names that most impacted their sport and the sports world as a whole … for better and for worse. His year began, essentially, when he plopped himself down on the…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Valencia coach Gary Neville, 40, says he is committed to the club and will not be England or Manchester United manager in six months’ time. (Daily Telegraph) The Daily Mirror back page Arsenal and Liverpool will have to wait until the summer if they want to sign Paris St-Germain winger Ezequiel Lavezzi as the 30-year-old is unlikely…

SANTA CLARA — Just days before the city would hand over its soccer park for Super Bowl 50, a youth sports league filed suit Wednesday to stop the NFL from turning the fields next to Levi’s Stadium into a media camp and displacing 1,500 kids — the latest blow in the city’s high-profile feud between futbol and football. “We’re not trying to ruin the Super Bowl,” said Gautam Dutta, a…

Sporting associations in Victoria will lose funding unless 40% of their board positions are filled by women, in a proposal being considered by the state government. If adopted, the proposal could have implications for government support for major sporting events if associations like Football Federation Australia, which oversees both A-League and Socceroos matches, do not appoint additional female directors. Related: Women guaranteed at least 50% of jobs on Victorian government…

Our good friend Isaac Newton once explained that an object in motion will stay in motion until something makes it change its speed or route. We’re paraphrasing here, but the idea is clear; objects don’t just shift directions without something happening to them — without something moving them this way or that, stopping them in their tracks or giving them a little added momentum. But don’t tell that to the…

Buy Photo High school ice hockey officials are cracking down on the unnecessary contact.(Photo: The Journal News)Buy Photo Over the last two seasons, the rule book in play for high school ice hockey has been carefully altered to reduce needless contact. Guess what? Demanding accountability from the players along the boards has not destroyed the game. Taking out those hits from behind that make hockey moms cringe has not spoiled…

We’re a few short days away from 2016 so it’s a good time to look back at the top 25 baseball stories of 2015. Some of them took place on the field, some of them off the field and some of them were creatures of social media, fan chatter and the like. No matter where the story broke, however, these were the stories baseball fans were talking about most this past…

One recent trend in prep athletics has been for athletes to focus on one sport. Munster’s Logan Armagast is an exception to this trend. Armagast played three positions for the football team in the fall, and he pitches for the baseball team in the spring. But during the winter, he is focused on helping the Seahorses win their 31st consecutive sectional title. “It’s a neat little dynamic, especially with swimmers,”…

Bryce Harper claimed the NL MVP in 2015 and arguably became the sport’s most important player. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post) As 2015 draws to a close, The Washington Post reflects on the figures that commanded the spotlight. These are the names that most impacted their sport and the sports world as a whole … for better and for worse. His year began, essentially, when he plopped himself down on the…

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Buy Photo High school ice hockey officials are cracking down on the unnecessary contact.(Photo: The Journal News)Buy Photo Over the last two seasons, the rule book in play for high school ice hockey has been carefully altered to reduce needless contact. Guess what? Demanding accountability from the players along the boards has not destroyed the game. Taking out those hits from behind that make hockey moms cringe has not spoiled…

SANTA CLARA — Just days before the city would hand over its soccer park for Super Bowl 50, a youth sports league filed suit Wednesday to stop the NFL from turning the fields next to Levi’s Stadium into a media camp and displacing 1,500 kids — the latest blow in the city’s high-profile feud between futbol and football. “We’re not trying to ruin the Super Bowl,” said Gautam Dutta, a…

The Minnesota Wild got a first taste of outdoor hockey Tuesday, holding practice outside at a rink in Edina, Minn. The Wild will face the Chicago Blackhawks on Feb. 21 in the 2016 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. About 1,000 fans watched practice through a light snowfall on a 20-degree day. “That was fun. It was a neat atmosphere,” defenseman Ryan…

View gallery . As you know, Puck Daddy has been running top 10 lists that chronicle anything and everything in the world of hockey in 2015.  But some things can’t be categorized. Or, in some cases, there are multiple candidates for year-end awards. Thus, we bring you the Alternative Year in Hockey Awards. You can check out 2014’s here. We begin, as we always do, with the REAL team of…

Soccer never stops. Even now, when most of the world’s leagues are dormant at New Year’s, the English Premier League is powering through one of its busiest stretches of the season. Soccer’s continuously spinning wheel is one thing that makes the sport great, but the end of the calendar year is always a good time to look back and look forward.   I’ll have my predictions for 2016 later in…

I have four adult daughters who participate in sports as triathletes, and a granddaughter who plays in a junior football team. We have been angered by the virtual invisibility of women in the sports section of the Guardian. Reading the letters about the list of the world’s top 100 footballers (Letters, 26 December) I did a quick random survey of eight sport sections (mostly Saturdays) that had escaped being used…

When Hockey Night in Canada leaked the news earlier this month that Les Canadiennes of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League would play the Boston Pride of the National Women’s Hockey League on December 31 at the NHL’s Winter Classic, fans of both leagues were ecstatic. Women’s hockey has a firm foothold in the northeastern corner of the U.S., as well as parts of Canada and Minnesota, but the sport is…

Photos via Getty Images In 2015, a chase for sports history captivated us across three continents and four countries. Football’s biggest win came not in the Super Bowl, but in a New York court room. A president was brought low, and a king’s rule ended. On the diamond, a phenom touted since his teens delivered on his promise in emphatic fashion. And on the ice, a criminal investigation forced a reconsideration of…

We’re a few short days away from 2016 so it’s a good time to look back at the top 25 baseball stories of 2015. Some of them took place on the field, some of them off the field and some of them were creatures of social media, fan chatter and the like. No matter where the story broke, however, these were the stories baseball fans were talking about most this past…