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A NASCAR-themed update to the popular app Real Racing 3 was unveiled Monday.(Photo: Amber Searls, USA TODAY Sports) Electronic Arts’ wildly popular Real Racing 3 app has been downloaded more than 180 million times on phones and tablets worldwide. The game, so established that it’s included in the “Essentials” section of the App Store, is a worldwide hit featuring a variety of different forms of racing. But users have never…

Sports broadcasts — long viewed by the entertainment industry as a way to lure viewers and ad dollars — are losing some luster. American media companies including Walt Disney Inc., Time Warner Inc. and 21st Century Fox could see their profits shrink due to the surging cost of broadcasting professional sports at a time when subscriber numbers are falling and viewership is hitting a plateau. TV networks including Disney’s ESPN,…

Those darned Twins, they’re making fools of us all. They started the season by getting swept in Detroit by a combined score of 22-1, then fell to 1-6 faster than you can say, “Sano.” They rebounded to lead the Royals-dominated AL Central as late as June 8, with statistical analysts hissing “regression,” the unkindest sabermetric cut of all. Then, the cute little Twinkies fell to 59-61 after getting swept at…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page and follow Sportsday live on Monday. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is considering a third bid of £22m for West Brom striker Saido Berahino, 22. (Daily Mirror)  Levy could also make a late move to bring Newcastle forward Ayoze Perez, 22, to White Hart Lane in a £15m deal….

“This is Your Brain on Sports” is a new podcast from Sports Illustrated in which SI executive editor Jon Wertheim and Tufts University psychology professor Sam Sommers explore the intersection of sports and human nature—what the world of sports has to teach us about who we are, what we care about, and the forces that shape our behavior. In this week’s episode we discuss action bias in sports organizations. In this week’s…

CHICAGO – Sports and the law have mixed a little bit more than fans in Chicago would like this summer. There is the rape investigation going on with Patrick Kane in New York. There is a recently filed lawsuit against Derrick Rose. Each have been debated among fans and pundits since the news of each broke. One man who knows all about the legal side of things is Chicago attorney…

A NASCAR-themed update to the popular app Real Racing 3 was unveiled Monday.(Photo: Amber Searls, USA TODAY Sports) Electronic Arts’ wildly popular Real Racing 3 app has been downloaded more than 180 million times on phones and tablets worldwide. The game, so established that it’s included in the “Essentials” section of the App Store, is a worldwide hit featuring a variety of different forms of racing. But users have never…

Here’s a strange one: A Cuban baseball player named Loah Linares has been sleeping outside Dodger Stadium for weeks in the hopes of landing a tryout with the Los Angeles club. ABC 7 in L.A. has the details: “If I didn’t know how great a baseball player I know I am, I wouldn’t be here trying to show off my skills to somebody,” Linares said. He’s determined to stay outside…

It’s Monday, which means our regularly scheduled programming of This Week in (Dumb) Baseball is ready for consumption. As regular readers already know, this feature has the title, sure, but it’s mostly for fun— a fact that eludes the masses but remains the case. For example, if you tell me to “quit whining,” you are missing the point. I’m mostly chuckling to myself as I write these things (with some…

For everything he’s seen, for everywhere he’s been and for everyone he’s met, Vin Scully is, without question, baseball’s version of Forrest Gump. A self-described ordinary man who’s seen and done extraordinary things and often finds himself at an intersection with history. That’s Vincent Edward Scully. MORE: Classic photos of Vin Scully | Rare photos of Ebbets Field from the SN archives Think of a big moment in baseball history since…

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There never, ever will be another baseball trade as one sided as the one between the Yankees and Red Sox in January 1920 … Babe Ruth to New York for $125,000 plus a $300,000 loan. A half-century later the Mets made a trade that turned out terrible for them when they dealt Nolan Ryan to the California Angels for Jim Fregosi in December 1971. ALSO: 5 Phillies things to know Monday: John Middleton…

EAST LANSING – Many high school football and soccer teams share the same field and play under the same lights. It might come as a surprise which sport generates more ejections and sportsmanship concerns. According to the Michigan High School Athletic Association Officials Report Summary for the 2014-15 school year, boys varsity soccer led all sports in player ejections with 223 and officials’ concerns with 280. Varsity football was second…

Sports broadcasts — long viewed by the entertainment industry as a way to lure viewers and ad dollars — are losing some luster. American media companies including Walt Disney Inc., Time Warner Inc. and 21st Century Fox could see their profits shrink due to the surging cost of broadcasting professional sports at a time when subscriber numbers are falling and viewership is hitting a plateau. TV networks including Disney’s ESPN,…

A NASCAR-themed update to the popular app Real Racing 3 was unveiled Monday.(Photo: Amber Searls, USA TODAY Sports) Electronic Arts’ wildly popular Real Racing 3 app has been downloaded more than 180 million times on phones and tablets worldwide. The game, so established that it’s included in the “Essentials” section of the App Store, is a worldwide hit featuring a variety of different forms of racing. But users have never…

i Carlos Alfaro, 19, practices with a soccer ball before a match in New York City. Some members of his youth soccer team are set to meet with Pope Francis in September. Hansi Lo Wang/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Hansi Lo Wang/NPR Carlos Alfaro, 19, practices with a soccer ball before a match in New York City. Some members of his youth soccer team are set to meet with Pope…

A week off before the final two weeks of the regular season seemingly only adds to the intrigue of who qualifies for the Chase for the Sprint Cup and who misses NASCAR’s playoffs altogether. The drama becomes muted, though, with a glance at the current standings. With 11 winners through 24 races this season the five remaining spots will go to those ranked highest in the standings, currently held…

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0 Shares Print Walk-up music — the unofficial soundtrack of the baseball season — didn’t begin with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1994. But longtime Philadelphia publicity director John Brazer’s “Lenny Dykstra” moment is an interesting marker on MLB’s musical timeline. Brazer was responsible for the music played during games at Veterans Stadium. He simply played the music he liked, such as the Allman Brothers, Warren Zevon, the Rolling Stones and…

It’s a lesson in sheer determination. A baseball player from Cuba has been sleeping on the sidewalk outside Dodger Stadium for 17 days, waiting and dreaming about one thing: baseball. Loah Linares wants to follow in the footsteps of other Major League Baseball players from Cuba and just wants a chance to show the Los Angeles Dodgers what he’s got. “If I didn’t know how great a baseball player I…