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Greg Anthony’s second act in sports broadcasting begins on Saturday. Turner Sports will use Anthony as an NBA TV game analyst for NBA Summer League play in Orlando from July 4-10. His first appearance will be Saturday at 9 a.m. ET for the Heat–Pacers game. Turner Sports would not elaborate on whether this meant Anthony is back in the fold for the longterm, but it is clearly an entrée to…

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Late last year, we reviewed BMW’s i3, a range-extended plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) that impressed us despite its high price and limited range. That car is one half of BMW’s i Project, a sub-brand created to showcase the company’s vision of sustainable mobility. The i8 is the other half. It’s a plug-in hybrid sports car made from carbon fiber and aluminum. As such, it looks like very little else on the…

CHICAGO — Andrew Ference was at the beginning of his NHL career when he met Dr. David Suzuki, who hosts a TV show in Canada. The conversation with the award-winning scientist changed the life of the young defenseman. Ference told Suzuki about all the ways he’s environmentally responsible at home. The famous environmentalist responded with a shrug. “I was really patting myself on the back, and he just kind of…

As the Women’s World Cup comes to a close this weekend, we are nearing the end of a cycle of commentary that crops up whenever women’s sports are the center of attention. There are myriad think pieces on the state of women’s sports and whether we should be lamenting or praising them. In part, all of them are right. In many ways, things are good. There is a still a…

By Barbara Liston DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – NASCAR wants to limit the Confederate battle flag’s presence at its tracks after the murder of nine black worshippers in South Carolina, but getting U.S. motor racing fans to comply may prove difficult. On the eve of a big holiday race weekend in Daytona Beach, David Childress was among those who ignored the call and packed a t-shirt festooned with the Civil…

Earlier this week, my colleague Peter Walker wrote in-depth about the recent backlash against cycling, which has ranged from damaging media representations to tacks being left on the road and wires strung across popular cycle paths. The piece received thousands of comments, many of them supportive of the article but many repeating the kind of generalisations and stereotypes it set out to challenge. In fact, it featured the kind of…

Getty Images On Monday night, Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch appeared on Conan O’Brien’s show, where he dropped an “F” bomb and talked about “grabbing my ding-ding.” (And he also grabbed his ding-ding several times.) On Thursday night, teammate Russell Wilson appeared on Jimmy Kimmel’s show. While there was no “ding-ding” talk, Wilson stepped way out of his carefully-manicured character by using a word that had to be bleeped. “I’ve…

The Blues’ curtain-raiser against Swansea on Saturday, August 8 is the first of 24 live matches on Sky Sports from the opening seven rounds of the new 2015/16 season, with Arsenal and Liverpool starring in the first Super Sunday clashes, Manchester City featuring in the return of Monday Night Football and Manchester United in front of the cameras in a one-off Friday night game. Sky Sports will show every team live by the…

As the Women’s World Cup comes to a close this weekend, we are nearing the end of a cycle of commentary that crops up whenever women’s sports are the center of attention. There are myriad think pieces on the state of women’s sports and whether we should be lamenting or praising them. In part, all of them are right. In many ways, things are good. There is a still a…

Starting pitcher projected Game Scores for July 3 2015 Statistics Past 21 Days GS Team Name T Opp W-L ERA WHIP W-L ERA WHIP 79 Clayton Kershaw L NYM 5-6 3.20 1.04 0-3 2.70 0.98 67* Chris Archer R @NYY 9-5 2.31 0.95 2-1 3.81 0.96 67 Masahiro Tanaka R TB 4-3 3.88 1.11 1-2 5.25 1.46 61 Jesse Chavez R Sea 4-7 3.02 1.16 2-1 4.38 1.26 60 Michael…

There are, officially, only two confirmed selling teams as the calendar hit July, the very two who started the year as sellers – yes, the Phillies and Braves. But there are at least 10 more teams with the potential to sell, which could blow the trade market wide open, turning it quickly from a seller’s market into a buyer’s market. Some of those other 10 clubs could of course still…

ST. LOUIS • The St. Louis Cardinals have terminated the contract of their scouting director, Chris Correa, as investigations continue into alleged hacking of a Houston Astros database. A Cardinals’ lawyer, James G. Martin, confirmed the move Thursday, saying Correa already had been on an “imposed leave of absence.” Martin declined to comment on the reason. And he would not say whether any employee has admitted hacking the Astros, citing…

Last SlideNext Slide Former Detroit Tiger Kirk Gibson calling the action for Fox Sports Detroit during the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday, July 2, 2015 at Comerica Park in Detroit.(Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP) Kirk Gibson wasn’t scared. He never has been, from his days as a premier prep athlete at Waterford Kettering to his All-American days at Michigan State to his World Series-winning days with the Detroit…

Architect’s rendering of inside of the planned Sports Kingdome to be built in East Fishkill by Hopewell Sportsdome Ventures Group.(Photo: Courtesy Hopewell Sportsdome Ventures Group) Story Highlights $25 million investment Said to be world’s largest WICCOPEE An eight-acre air-supported dome to be called the Sports Kingdome now has a piece of land on which to build. A 33-acre parcel was bought Wednesday by Hopewell Sportsdome Ventures LLC from a subsidiary of the Linuo Solar Group, owner…

Kenyon Martin, the No. 1 pick of the 2000 NBA draft, told Yahoo Sports he has retired from playing professional basketball. View photo . Kenyon Martin played for five teams over his 15 seasons in the NBA. (AP) Martin scored 9,325 points, grabbed 5,159 rebounds and blocked 864 shots in 757 NBA games over 15 seasons. The athletic 6-foot-9 forward made his lone NBA All-Star appearance in 2004, played in…

As NBC Sports takes over broadcasting duties of the Sprint Cup and Xfinity Series this weekend, analysts Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte received a mandate from executive producer Sam Flood that is to be the fulcrum of the network’s NASCAR coverage. Flood instructed Burton and Letarte, who are broadcast newbies, to emphasize storytelling and not “bells and whistles.” He wants them to continually ask themselves, “Why something is happening?”…

 (AP) NASCAR’s national series tracks announced Thursday that they are asking fans to refrain from displaying the Confederate flag at races following the deadly attack at a South Carolina church two weeks ago. The facilities vowed to have the most “welcoming environments in all of sports and entertainment.” The statement was signed by International Speedway Corp. and Speedway Motorsports Inc. — which own most of the tracks in the Sprint…

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Peasap/Flickr See Also Beating the heat and heading for the swimming pool is one all-American way to celebrate July Fourth. But you might want to think twice before diving in. The Centers for Disease Control released a report on June 26 that warned against the increasing number of outbreaks occurring in pools — and the chemical-resistant bacteria that may be lurking in the chlorinated water. Outbreaks are becoming…