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Jack Warner, a former vice president of soccer’s world governing body, was banned from the sport for life on Tuesday for “many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official,” FIFA’s ethics committee said. “In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments, as well as other moneymaking…

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson thinks NASCAR fans should be allowed to fly Confederate flags on private property, he said at an event with racing legend Richard Petty on Monday. The controversy surrounding the flag and NASCAR reached a peak this summer when racing fans continued to fly the flag in the wake of a racially motivated killing in Charleston, S.C., when nine black churchgoers were murdered by a white…

An Army vet may never walk again after he was shot in the back while leaving a St. Louis Cardinals home game on Friday. Christopher Sanna, 43, was struck in his liver, spine and lungs, according to KMOV. His mother, Candis Sanna, posted on a GoFundMe page on Sunday that “surgeons have confirmed that his spinal injury cannot be repaired.” “They said he could eventually get a little feeling back,…

Erik Roner overlooks the Las Vegas strip as he prepares for base jumping off The Signature at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino on Wednesday June 1, 2011 in Las Vegas. (Jeff Bottari/AP Images for Nitro Circus Live) SQUAW VALLEY, Calif. –  An extreme sports and MTV star skydiving for the opening ceremony of a golf event in Northern California died when he struck a tree Monday, authorities said. Placer…

0 Shares Print Forbes released its annual list of 400 Richest Americans, and not surprisingly, many prominent figures in sports made the cut. Nike co-founder Phil Knight made his way into the top 20 for the first time in 18 years, thanks to the meteoric rise in the company’s stock. With a real-time net worth of $26 billion on Tuesday morning, Knight is the 15th richest American, according to the…

CBS Sports 128: 1-25 | 26-128 The top of the CBS Sports 128 did not see much change over the weekend. Ohio State retained the lead spot with Ole Miss still at No. 2; Notre Dame, Michigan State, Georgia, UCLA and Baylor did a five-team shuffle from spots 3-8, and TCU still sits a step back from what our voting panel sees as the top tier of teams in the…

More than 100 people watched in horror as MTV star and extreme sports athlete Erik Roner was killed when hitting a tree while skydiving in California. The 39-year-old was part of a three-man parachute team performing at a charity golf tournament in Olympic Valley, near Lake Tahoe, on Monday morning. Witnesses said he was off-target on his descent, according to a statement from Nitro Circus, the extreme sports company and…

Tony Stewart could end his NASCAR career following the 2016 season.(Photo: Amber Searls, USA TODAY Sports) CHARLOTTE — The day many NASCAR fans have dreaded is set to arrive Wednesday. Two people familiar with Tony Stewart’s plans confirmed to USA TODAY Sports the three-time champion’s intentions to step away from NASCAR after the 2016 season, with Clint Bowyer likely to take over the seat of the No. 14 Chevrolet beginning…

Editor’s Note: The following contains offensive, vulgar language used to address an important but sensitive subject matter. Reader discretion is advised. The first time I was ever called a “cunt,” at least to my “face,” was on a sports blog in 2006. The comment that evoked the slur had nothing to do with the guy who aimed it at me. I had disagreed—politely—with something he had said about the Cubs’…

Surfing and skateboarding look set to be Olympic events at the Tokyo 2020 Games after they were included on a list of five extra sports put forward by organisers. The other three sports proposed by Tokyo were baseball/softball, karate, and sports climbing. If the IOC gives the go-ahead it will mean an extra 18 events involving an additional 474 athletes. The IOC has changed its rules to allow Games hosts…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tony Stewart will announce he’s retiring following the 2016 season at a news conference Wednesday, numerous reports say. Stewart-Haas Racing said Sunday night that Stewart and team co-owner Gene Haas will hold a news conference at the organization’s headquarters in Kannapolis, North Carolina Wednesday. The topic was not disclosed, but sources familiar with Stewart’s plans told various media outlets the three-time NASCAR champion will announce his planned…

The third race in the 10-race Chase will take place at Dover International Speedway on Sunday with the running of the AAA 400. Jeff Gordon is the defending champion. The AAA 400 comes on the heels of the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which Matt Kenseth won, and myAFibRisk400.com at Chicagoland Speedway, which Denny Hamlin won. Kenseth and Hamlin have automatically advanced to the next round of the…

Sunday’s second race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup was shaping up nicely for Brad Keselowski when NASCAR penalized the Team Penske driver for jumping the restart on Lap 242 of the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Keselowski lined up alongside leader Greg Biffle but appeared to accelerate a bit early, prompting NASCAR to throw the black flag. After coming in under green flag conditions to serve a…

0 Shares Print LOUDON, N.H. — Oh, by the way, Matt Kenseth won the Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He now has an impressive five victories in 2015 and a ticket to the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. But the storylines of the Sylvania 300 focused on the losers, the ones who didn’t take advantage of opportunities — the ones whose…

i Baseball, surfing and skateboarding could be in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, under a proposal announced by Organizing Comittee President Yoshiko Mori on Monday. Koji Sasahara/AP hide caption itoggle caption Koji Sasahara/AP Baseball, surfing and skateboarding could be in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, under a proposal announced by Organizing Comittee President Yoshiko Mori on Monday. Koji Sasahara/AP Ousted from the London 2012 Games by the International Olympic Committee, baseball and…

Assuming Zack Greinke misses his start Monday night due to injury, for the first time in my daily fantasy career I selected the two highest-priced pitchers. Give me a second, I might shed a tear because this is a big deal. It’s a strategy I rarely employ because it often cripples the remaining roster. However, there’s enough value on this small-ish 10-game slate for me to still slip in a…

Randolph High School graduates Andrew Hafner (left) and Brandon Lopez are organizing a Halloween costume baseball game to raise money for a scholarship fund and the families of two Randolph students who died in a car accident in 2014.(Photo: Bob Karp/Staff photographer) RANDOLPH – A Halloween-themed baseball game fundraiser to honor two Randolph High School student athletes who died in 2014 will return next month. The second annual Verduga-Timmerman Halloween…