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The best sports video games of all-time – CBC.ca
We’ve come a long way from Pong, everybody. This is how you market a sports video game in 2015: In honour of the Madden franchise releasing their latest ridiculous commercial on Friday, we thought it was a good time to take a (totally biased) look at the best sports video games of all time, as categorized by sport. Sport: Hockey Video game: NHL ’94 (1993) Why it’s the best: One-timers….
World Championships: Why villains are good for sport – BBC Sport
Sonny Liston got the game. Or at least he got the business. “A boxing match is like a cowboy movie – there’s got to be the good guys and there’s got to be the bad guys. And that’s what people pay for – to see the bad guys get beat.” Liston was one of the bad guys. A…
Today’s Sports News Would Boggle the Mind of a 1965 Sportswriter – The Nation.
Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Jeff Haynes) Imagine with me. You are a sportswriter who for reasons entirely unclear entered a hermetically sealed chamber in 1965 only to wake up in 2015. After shaking off the cobwebs, taking a much-needed shower, and having a stiff drink, you are immediately confronted with two stories fighting for space in the sports pages. One involves…
MLB and Youth Baseball Face Challenges for Future of Sport, From Sports … – The Big Lead
This is the first of a two-part series on Youth Baseball and MLB’s challenges in growing the sport. Part I deals with broader challenges of maintaining interest in the sport, while also providing information that helps the next generation in the current climate of sports specialization. Part II will deal with racial and socio-economic issues that MLB is seeking to address, to make sure the sport remains diverse and available as…
Ex-Ravens cheerleader sentenced to 48 weekends in jail for rape of minor – CBSSports.com
Ex-Ravens cheerleader will serve every other weekend in jail for two years. (YouTube) A Delaware judge on Friday ordered Molly Shattuck, an ex-Baltimore Ravens cheerleader, to serve every other weekend in jail for the next two years. Shattuck was facing up to 15 years in prison after she pled guilty to one count of fourth degree rape back in June. Just over a year prior, Shattuck began a physical relationship…
Uncertainty Looms Over The Undefeated, ESPN’s Site on Sports and Race – New York Times
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ESPN: Detroit is the 8th-best dressed sports city – Detroit Free Press
Buy Photo Detroit ranked No. 8 in ESPN’s “Uni Watch” rankings for the best-dressed sports cities.(Photo: Free Press news service photos)Buy Photo If only the Detroit Lions didn’t drag everything down with that black trim. ESPN’s “Uni Watch” ranked the best-dressed sports cities this week – the 20 cities with at least three major pro sports teams – and placed Detroit at No. 8, just behind Toronto and the New York…
Auston Matthews embarking on grand hockey experiment – ESPN
0 Shares Print Marc Crawford has dozed through some of the early-morning bus trip from Zurich through the Swiss Alps but is looking forward to new scenery as the Zurich Lions’ team bus heads into the French Alps near Grenoble. It is, he reports later, “spectacular.” The Swiss Elite League is just nicely getting underway. There is a Champions League that involves the winning teams in other European elite leagues…
Cycling rank and file’s salad days with Sky soon to be over – The Guardian (blog)
When Chris Froome sets off from Puerto Banús on Saturday on his attempt to win a second Grand Tour in a row, he will do so wearing the colours of Sky, the satellite TV network which has backed Britain’s flagship professional team since their launch in 2009. But now the broadcaster has announced its decision to reduce its cycling activity, in terms that place a question mark against the nature…
Daniel Carcillo striving to prepare himself, others for life after hockey – Chicago Tribune
It wasn’t long ago when Daniel Carcillo would spend the latter part of his summers focused almost entirely on preparing to play another NHL season. Things are different these days because with training camps set to open next month, Carcillo hasn’t laced up a pair of skates since helping the Blackhawks win the 2015 Stanley Cup. Despite being an unrestricted free agent, he isn’t even in contact with his agent….
Bear and Cubs Found in New Jersey Family’s Swimming Pool – TIME
Party animals! Tim Basso of Rockaway, New Jersey, found a mama bear and her five clubs taking a dip in his family’s swimming pool Tuesday. He told News 12 New Jersey that when he first noticed the bears, “My first thought was really, where is the dog? And where are the kids?” The animals wrestled while exploring his kids’ backyard swing, toys, water slide, floaties and caused some damaged some…
David Denson, Gay Baseball Prospect, Achieves a Key Victory: Being Himself – New York Times
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Baseball’s Last Cuban Escapees – New York Times
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They’re baseball crazy in Korea – NBCSports.com
Korean baseball has been on the rise for years. Even with recent gambling scandals, it has surged to the top of Korean sports fans’ list and is the most-watched sport in the country. Today there’s a good story in the Christian Science Monitor exploring the popularity of the KBO: Cho cites two factors behind his judgment: One is that Korean parks hold no more than about 30,000 seats, so everyone…
Baseball the constant throughout Dave Dombrowski’s life – Boston Globe
New Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski knew back in college that he wanted to work in the front office of a baseball organization. Dombrowski grew up in Illinois and he attended Richards High School in Oak Lawn. Upon graduation, he enrolled at Cornell, where he played first base on the baseball team and defensive tackle on the football team as a freshman. He later transferred to Western…
Explorers find over $1 million in baseball cards in Detroit warehouse – SI.com
An abandoned warehouse in Detroit has turned into a treasure trove for a group of urban explorers after they discovered crates filled with untouched sports cards. The Daily Mail reports that the entire collection of cards from the MLB, NHL and NASCAR could be worth over $1 million. One of the explorers, who identified himself as Slanks, claims that selling valuable cards he finds in the boxes is his primary…
Uncertainty Looms Over The Undefeated, ESPN’s Site on Sports and Race – New York Times
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Local ‘Hockey Moms’ reality TV show still searching for stars – Minneapolis Star Tribune
If you have ever been to a youth hockey game, it’s impossible to miss the hockey moms. Some scream when their player shoots and scores, while others cower and cringe as their goalie is pummeled with a barrage of pucks. And they’re definitely not shy about giving the ref a piece of their minds. Now, local producer John McCally wants to give some hockey moms their own shot at stardom….
David Denson, Baseball Prospect, Achieves a Key Victory: Being Himself – New York Times
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