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Zipperface #OilersHalloween pic.twitter.com/XRlVVdaNNY — Taylor Hall (@hallsy04) October 20, 2015 Most hockey players have strong funny bones when it comes to Halloween costumes.  Social media has enhanced their ability to show this off, which is great for hockey fans since they get to see their heroes in a more human light.  This season has not disappointed from a costume perspective as players have taken to Instagram, Twitter and other mediums…

View photo . San Diego Chargers‘ Josh Lambo, right, prepares to kick the game-winning field goal against the Arizona Cardinals … Josh Lambo was always a football player, even if the San Diego Chargers kicker never put on pads and a helmet before he was in college. The one-time professional goalkeeper was once in MLS until his soccer career took a sudden and unexpected turn. A turn that led him to…

By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada has already decided daily fantasy sports are gambling and that people can’t put their dollars down on DraftKings and FanDuel until those sites obtain a license in the state. State gambling regulators haven’t been as clear about paid season-long fantasy games offered by such longtime operators as CBS Sports and Yahoo Sports, which make a profit and pay cash prizes….

i Founded in 2011, ESPN’s popular sports and culture website, Grantland, was suddenly shut down on Friday. Jun Tsuboike/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Jun Tsuboike/NPR Founded in 2011, ESPN’s popular sports and culture website, Grantland, was suddenly shut down on Friday. Jun Tsuboike/NPR Known for its talented writers and in-depth reporting, ESPN’s sports and culture website, Grantland, was suddenly shut down early Friday afternoon. The sports media giant released a…

Still, for a century, the widely beloved game remained a prisoner of its hierarchical origins. In the 1970s and 1980s, all-white Union rugby teams broke the anti-apartheid boycott and toured South Africa, where in 1974 their brawlers left their opponents looking “as if they had been in a road accident,” according to Collins. In the 1980s in England, class divisions still ran deep. The forwards had day jobs as grocers…

i Founded in 2011, ESPN’s popular sports and culture website, Grantland, was suddenly shut down on Friday. Jun Tsuboike/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Jun Tsuboike/NPR Founded in 2011, ESPN’s popular sports and culture website, Grantland, was suddenly shut down on Friday. Jun Tsuboike/NPR Known for its talented writers and in-depth reporting, ESPN’s sports and culture website, Grantland, was suddenly shut down early Friday afternoon. The sports media giant released a…

Joey Logano’s torrid streak carried over to qualifying Friday, as he captured the pole for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway. The winner of three consecutive races and a series-best six on the year, Logano’s 98.548 mph lap around the half-mile Virginia track edged Martin Truex Jr. (98.487 mph) for the No. 1 starting position, his sixth of the season. If Logano can win Sunday he will…

Danica Patrick says growing recklessness by some IndyCar drivers on ovals — her strength and favored form of racing — concerned her and helped spur her move to NASCAR.(Photo: Kevin D. Liles, USA TODAY Sports) MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Adjust your wikis and biography material accordingly: Danica Patrick is no longer an open wheel driver making a mid-career shift to NASCAR. She’s fully vested. In making her 115th Sprint Cup start this…

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AMSTERDAM — There was no joy in Mudville. Coach Loek Loevendie pointed to the rain washing over the fields surrounding the Amsterdam Pirates’ Baseball Café. “On a day like this,” he said, “there is nothing much you can do. But we’re very strong players…” And somehow that made things worse. The pride of Dutch baseball had failed, this year, to make it into the World Series. No, there was not a…

Regular season baseball is not football. It is not subject to seismic narrative shifts on a game-by-game basis. Postseason baseball, however, transforms to resemble the sport which supplanted it as America’s pastime. The equilibrium of a six-month, 162-game season gives way to a topography full of peaks and valleys. When baseball comes to the forefront of sports-talk discussion every October, the conversation is full of voices that, whether intentional or…

i Founded in 2011, ESPN’s popular sports and culture website, Grantland, was suddenly shut down on Friday. Jun Tsuboike/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Jun Tsuboike/NPR Founded in 2011, ESPN’s popular sports and culture website, Grantland, was suddenly shut down on Friday. Jun Tsuboike/NPR Known for its talented writers and in-depth reporting, ESPN’s sports and culture website, Grantland, was suddenly shut down early Friday afternoon. The sports media giant released a…

When it comes to making odds on NFL games, Las Vegas sports books are facing a new, high-tech challenger. The Crowd’s Line — a New York-based startup — sources its football forecasts from thousands of online participants, it said in a recent interview. In fact, the company claims its spreads this season have been noticeably more accurate than those coming out of Vegas. How much better? Anywhere from 10 to…

The great sports writer Jimmy Cannon once nailed his colleague Howard Cosell as “a guy who changed his name, put on a toupee and tried to convince the world that he tells it like it is”. For all his faults, Cosell, ABC’s top sports commentator in the 70s and early 80s, knew how to pick and hit his targets. He described himself as “pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a show-off”….

Danica Patrick says growing recklessness by some IndyCar drivers on ovals — her strength and favored form of racing — concerned her and helped spur her move to NASCAR.(Photo: Kevin D. Liles, USA TODAY Sports) MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Adjust your wikis and biography material accordingly: Danica Patrick is no longer an open wheel driver making a mid-career shift to NASCAR. She’s fully vested. In making her 115th Sprint Cup start this…

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NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup shifts to the Eliminator Round with Sunday’s Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 at Martinsville. Only eight of the initial 16 Chase drivers are alive in the championship hunt, and heated tensions are assured to carry over to the half-mile paperclip—the final short track remaining.  Points leader Joey Logano will go for his fourth straight win from the pole after turning in an average speed…

Jose Mourinho insists he is not concerned about his future as Chelsea manager as he looks to revive their season. The defending Premier League champions are 15th in the table and have won three league games this season. “I am not worried about my job. I am not worried about my future,” Mourinho said ahead of Saturday’s…