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Can golf’s young guns help Fox Sports attract a new audience, compete with … – The Seattle Times

Monday, June 22, 2015

Inside sports business The past week officially launched a billion-dollar gamble by Fox Sports to unearth an undervalued sports property. Yeah, it’s tough to call something a bargain when you sign a 12-year, $1.2 billion deal that’s roughly double what anybody expected. But given skyrocketing prices for live sports — think nine years, $24 billion for the NBA — what Fox paid to partner with the United States…

The joy of coaching kids’ sports, even if you can’t play – Boston Globe

Monday, June 22, 2015

Q. My daughter is a kindergartner and she wants to join rec league soccer with her friends. She wants me to coach, but I’ve never even played the game. Help! JEFF: I’m not sure if this will make you feel better or worse, but I played on my high school soccer team, then spent a season on the BU team . . . and none of that experience helped me, not even…

Review: ‘Great Men Die Twice,’ a Collection of Sports Reporting by Mark Kram – New York Times

Monday, June 22, 2015

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Women’s World Cup 2015: Cultural Victories to Go With On-the-Field Ones – New York Times

Monday, June 22, 2015

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An Athlete Felled by Concussions, Despite Playing a ‘Safer’ Sport – New York Times

Monday, June 22, 2015

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Schmuck: Time for baseball to rethink All-Star balloting with World Series at … – Baltimore Sun

Monday, June 22, 2015

It really doesn’t matter whether one of baseball’s tiniest markets has decided to totally rock the Internet-based All-Star vote or some brilliant miscreants have simply hacked it to monopolize the American League lineup with Kansas City Royals. What matters is that Major League Baseball has left the integrity of the World Series to dangle in the middle of this latest ballot controversy. Of course, fans and teams have gone to…

US women’s soccer team saving its posturing for field, Columbia – New Haven Register

Monday, June 22, 2015

EDMONTON, Alberta >> Never mind the infamous punch and the trash talk: The U.S. women’s team says the only motivation it needs for defeating Colombia is the opportunity to move on at the Women’s World Cup. When the teams met nearly three years ago in the London Olympics, Colombia striker Lady Andrade sucker-punched U.S. star Abby Wambach in the eye, drawing…

An Athlete Felled by Concussions, Despite Playing a ‘Safer’ Sport – New York Times

Monday, June 22, 2015

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Can golf’s young guns help Fox Sports attract a new audience, compete with … – The Seattle Times

Monday, June 22, 2015

Inside sports business The past week officially launched a billion-dollar gamble by Fox Sports to unearth an undervalued sports property. Yeah, it’s tough to call something a bargain when you sign a 12-year, $1.2 billion deal that’s roughly double what anybody expected. But given skyrocketing prices for live sports — think nine years, $24 billion for the NBA — what Fox paid to partner with the United States…

Dozens in hospital after chemical leak at Norfolk holiday park swimming pool – The Guardian

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Around 40 adults and children have been treated in hospital for breathing difficulties following a chemical leak in a swimming pool at a holiday park in Norfolk. Emergency services were called to Wild Duck holiday park in Belton, near Great Yarmouth, at 2.31pm on Sunday after a suspected leak was detected. Medics from the East of England ambulance service (EEAS) assessed 38 patients at the park, of which 29 were…

NASCAR Xfinity Series Allicat 300 postponed until Sunday by rain – Fox News

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Dark clouds move across the sky before the NASCAR Xfinity series auto race at Chicagoland Speedway, Saturday, June 20, 2015, in Joliet, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (The Associated Press) Austin Dillon holds the pole flag after qualifying first for the NASCAR Xfinity series auto race at Chicagoland Speedway, Saturday, June 20, 2015, in Joliet, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (The Associated Press) JOLIET, Ill. –  The start of the NASCAR Xfinity…

Brazil vs. Australia: Score, Twitter Reaction for 2015 Women’s Soccer World Cup – Bleacher Report

Sunday, June 21, 2015

It took 350 minutes of play for Brazil to finally concede a goal in the 2015 Women’s World Cup, but one good strike was all it took to send them packing from this year’s tournament in Canada. Australia super-sub Kyah Simon knocked in an 80th-minute rebound shot off a strong Lisa De Vanna attempt to spur her side to a historic, shocking 1-0 victory over Brazil on Sunday from…

Watch: Norway’s national soccer team deftly and hilariously dismantles sexist … – Quartz

Sunday, June 21, 2015

A group of Norwegian soccer players has deftly dismantled two daft but enduring clichés: one, that women don’t “get” football (or soccer, as the US stubbornly insists on calling it); and two, that they can’t be funny about it. In a short video made with Norwegian sports journalist Nickolay Ramm, four elite female players, three of them members of the country’s national team, joke sarcastically about how hard it is…

An Athlete Felled by Concussions, Despite Playing a ‘Safer’ Sport – New York Times

Sunday, June 21, 2015

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NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Chicagoland postponed by rain – ESPN

Sunday, June 21, 2015

0 Shares Print JOLIET, Ill. — The NASCAR Xfinity Series Allicat 300 was postponed by a thunderstorm Saturday night at Chicagoland Speedway. The race was rescheduled for 11 a.m. CDT Sunday. A storm hit the track about 50 minutes before the green flag. The rain stopped about 25 minutes later, but the second wave of rain was about an hour away, so NASCAR officials, with a city-imposed midnight curfew for…

Watch: Norway’s national soccer team deftly and hilariously dismantles sexist … – Quartz

Sunday, June 21, 2015

A group of Norwegian soccer players has deftly dismantled two daft but enduring clichés: one, that women don’t “get” football (or soccer, as the US stubbornly insists on calling it); and two, that they can’t be funny about it. In a short video made with Norwegian sports journalist Nickolay Ramm, four elite female players, three of them members of the country’s national team, joke sarcastically about how hard it is…

Daily Fantasy Baseball 2015: MLB DraftKings Pitcher Studs and Duds for June 21 – Bleacher Report

Sunday, June 21, 2015

As a Father’s Day present, give Dad the gift of strong pitching performances for his DraftKings lineup. Corny introduction aside, pitching is the foundation of a winning daily fantasy baseball entry. Two strong hurlers leading the way makes it much easier to combat the unpredictability of day-to-day offensive production. After selecting Sunday’s pitchers, gamers should have plenty of money to spend on hitting. All things considered, the day’s…

Week Twelve Fantasy Baseball Report – Athletics Nation

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Week twelve of the Fantasy baseball season begins Monday June 22nd 2015. We have plenty here to get you started as you prepare for your weekly matchups…..so let’s get started! Week 12 Interleague Matchups Only two Interleague matchups for week twelve and they are as follows; Philadelphia Phillies at the New York Yankees (3 games Monday through Wednesday Minnesota Twins at the Milwaukee Brewers (3…

LSU baseball look-ahead: Rebuild job looms to replenish the every-day lineup – NOLA.com

Sunday, June 21, 2015

PART 1 | Position players Most coaches find some way or another to indicate that the cupboard isn’t bare when they finish one season and start looking to next. LSU coach Paul Mainieri can certainly tell half his team that in all honesty. The other half? Well, there’s some work to do there. The cupboard for the Tigers is technically not bare — nowhere close to it actually — but there is…

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Norwood wins first state baseball title since 1943 – Boston Herald

Sunday, June 21, 2015

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