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Nevada Says It Will Treat Daily Fantasy Sports Sites as Gambling – New York Times

Friday, October 16, 2015

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Nevada Regulators Order Daily Fantasy Sports Sites To Shut Down – Huffington Post

Friday, October 16, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada regulators ordered daily fantasy sports sites like DraftKings and FanDuel to shut down Thursday, saying the hard-to-miss sites that have flooded the marketplace with TV and Internet ads cannot operate in the state without a gambling license. The decision comes amid growing backlash by regulators and investigators, including New York’s attorney general, after it was revealed employees often played on competing sites, raising questions about…

MLB playoffs turn up the pressure better than any other sport – Washington Post

Friday, October 16, 2015

Every pro sport gets better in the playoffs. The intensity may jump most in the NBA, where defense morphs from optional to mandatory. In the NFL, adrenaline turns everyone’s speed-off-the-ball up a click. In the NHL, shots blocked by diving bodies go from admired to expected. But baseball is transformed. Why? First, the facts. For 10 days — with comebacks, tape-measure home runs, leg-breaking slides, bench-clearing feuds, smart unorthodox managing…

Changing teams has paid big dividends for NASCAR stars – FOXSports.com

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Sometimes, the best thing a driver can do is simply start over. In 2014, his inaugural year with Stewart-Haas Racing, Kevin Harvick won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. This after spending 13 seasons unsuccessfully chasing a title with Richard Childress Racing. The driver who replaced Harvick at RCR, Ryan Newman, finished second in last year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Not only was it the best result…

Baseball Reaches a Flipping Point – New York Times

Thursday, October 15, 2015

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The wild 7th inning of Blue Jays-Rangers is everything that’s wonderful about … – For The Win

Thursday, October 15, 2015

OK, look: If you write about baseball professionally and you make a statement like the one I am about to make, someone inevitably crawls out of the woodwork to question your baseball-writing credentials and tell you why you are wrong and stupid. And I’m here to say, before I get on with this, that I just don’t care. I am 34 years old, and by my own conservative estimate, I…

Washington Huskies’ Dante Pettis grew up watching dad Gary’s high-profile … – The Seattle Times

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Washington’s sophomore wide receiver, Dante Pettis, was understandably nervous Wednesday morning about the big game coming up. No, not the Huskies’ showdown with Oregon on Saturday, though that will soon become his total focus. Of more immediate concern was the Houston Astros’ American League Division Series elimination game with the Kansas City Royals, which would prove to be a season-ending defeat for the Astros. As the son of Astros third-base…

God likes baseball better than football, and so should we. – Patheos (blog)

Thursday, October 15, 2015

I’m Jonathan, and I write about worship in the church. Except today, although I tied the title in as best I could. I’ve been trying to write a post about worship for the better part of two weeks now, but the the baseball playoffs are in full swing and my beloved Astros are a win away from the ALCS, and, well, it’s hard to concentrate on anything else. Of course,…

Royals top Astros in ALDS Game 5: Five things to know – CBSSports.com

Thursday, October 15, 2015

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Cash Drops and Keystrokes: The Dark Reality of Sports Betting and Daily … – New York Times

Thursday, October 15, 2015

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Competitive Bridge Is Not a Sport, a British Court Rules – New York Times

Thursday, October 15, 2015

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Jimmy Fallon Designs Sports Apparel With Logos in the Armpits: ‘That’s Prime … – PEOPLE StyleWatch

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Jimmy Fallon might be one of the most high-profile sports fans in Hollywood. (Don’t forget, he loves the Red Sox so much, he made a romantic comedy about how his love for the team almost ruined his relationship.) So when he came up with an out-of-the-box idea for sports fan apparel, you better believe people listened. Jimmy Fallon Hands High

Washington Huskies’ Dante Pettis grew up watching dad Gary’s high-profile … – The Seattle Times

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Washington’s sophomore wide receiver, Dante Pettis, was understandably nervous Wednesday morning about the big game coming up. No, not the Huskies’ showdown with Oregon on Saturday, though that will soon become his total focus. Of more immediate concern was the Houston Astros’ American League Division Series elimination game with the Kansas City Royals, which would prove to be a season-ending defeat for the Astros. As the son of Astros third-base…

Fantasy Sports Said to Attract FBI Scrutiny – New York Times

Thursday, October 15, 2015

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UK court endorses view that bridge is not a sport – U.S. News & World Report

Thursday, October 15, 2015

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Washington Huskies’ Dante Pettis grew up watching dad Gary’s high-profile … – The Seattle Times

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Washington’s sophomore wide receiver, Dante Pettis, was understandably nervous Wednesday morning about the big game coming up. No, not the Huskies’ showdown with Oregon on Saturday, though that will soon become his total focus. Of more immediate concern was the Houston Astros’ American League Division Series elimination game with the Kansas City Royals, which would prove to be a season-ending defeat for the Astros. As the son of Astros third-base…

The Cubs are the team that can make October belong to baseball again – Yahoo Sports

Thursday, October 15, 2015

CHICAGO – October used to be baseball’s domain, the time when the rest of the sporting world understood its second-fiddle status. Football owns the month now, the vise grip of the NFL and the allure of college unrelenting, unbreakable save for the one trump card baseball can play. “If the Chicago Cubs are participating in the playoffs, football can wait,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “With what we’ve been able…