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For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United will make a £40m bid for Tottenham striker Harry Kane, 21, as they switch their attention to the England international after Real Madrid insist they will not sell Gareth Bale, 25. (Daily Mirror)  But Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has told manager Mauricio Pochettino that…

ROUND ROCK — Cypress Ranch’s football and volleyball teams started the “Year of the Mustangs.”The baseball team finished it in grand fashion. Capping a year in which the Mustangs saw programs win their first-ever postseason games and others make deep playoff runs, Cy Ranch baseball took the baton and outdid them all. The Mustangs worked the same small-ball magic that won their Class 6A state semifinal, took advantage of…

0 Shares Print Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr proved Thursday that honesty is not necessarily the best policy — at least when it comes to sports. A few hours after telling reporters he wouldn’t change his lineup in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, he inserted Andre Iguodala into Golden State’s starting five for the first time in 101 games this season. Two hours and 37 minutes later, the Warriors walked off…

High and low, amateur and pro, this has been a lush spring for athletic scandal. Lucky us. Most everyone savors a sports scandal – as long as it doesn’t involve their favorite team or player. Seeing the mighty or well-connected, the conceited or privileged, the rich or successful taken down a peg has an almost-irresistible charm. So does having our suspicions confirmed that what goes on behind the scenes is…

Saturday’s batch of daily fantasy baseball picks are devoted entirely to hitters, but DraftKings participants should all build around an ace. Two young aces leaping to superstardom take the hill on Saturday. The red-hot Chris Archer gets a great matchup in the Chicago White Sox, and the surging Gerrit Cole receives baseball’s worst offense in the Philadelphia Phillies. Fading both puts gamers in the—well, Chris’s long-lost brother Sterling can…

More than 8,000 fans attended the UIL Baseball 5A state title game between Georgetown and Prosper at the Dell Diamond on Friday.

Watching from the dugout as the Blue Jays strung together hit after hit left Joe Kelly with a surreal feeling. When he came out of the game in the sixth inning, the Sox had a four-run cushion. It wasn’t as big as the seven-run lead they had piled up through three innings, but it felt like enough. Continue reading below The Sox offense had done as many things right as…

The LSU baseball team will play in the 2015 College World Series at 2 p.m. Sunday against TCU. The game will be televised by ESPN and streamed live at WatchESPN.com, and at the WatchESPN app. To view games through the WatchESPN website, you must select a TV provider when prompted, and enter your TV username and password. Get more information about WatchESPN.com and apps here. If LSU wins Sunday, it will play 7 p.m….

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A Friday soccer match between the Italian and Croatian national teams was marred by an unusual sight on the field: a swastika. Journalists at the match in Split, Croatia, and those following along on Twitter noticed the swastika, which appeared to have been carved or mowed into the pitch. Swastika on Croatia’s pitch #EURO2016 pic.twitter.com/mtjUbrdRKu — Bookie InsidersTM (@Bookieinsiders) June 12, 2015 Stadium workers reportedly tried to cover the symbol…

Ice hockey fans who are also fans of Ice Hockey got an old-school surprise during the Stanley Cup finals earlier this month. During an intermission, an animation driven by 12 different high-powered projectors made it look as if the classic Nintendo Entertainment System game Ice Hockey was playing out right on the real-life ice, in gargantuan size. This wasn’t even the first time that the Tampa Bay Lightning had debuted…

Though regarded as one of NASCAR’s best qualifiers, it had been some time before Kasey Kahne had last won a pole-position prior to capturing the No. 1 position in Sprint Cup qualifying Friday at Michigan International Speedway. Kahne posted a lap of 201.992 mph to edge second-place Kevin Harvick and capture the top position for Sunday’s Quicken Loans 400. The pole was Kahne’s first since October 2012 at Kansas…

NASCAR has proposed a lower downforce package for the July 11 race. BROOKLYN, Mich. — NASCAR had a teleconference with Sprint Cup teams earlier this week to discuss a lower downforce aero package which could possibly debut as soon as at Kentucky Speedway on July 11th.  Teams would have an open test date on Thursday July 11 to shake down the cars.  Several sources told motorsport.com that the…

The United States, long the country of the free and the home of the brave, has had one mission since its inception: to be better than everyone else at everything. It’s why we perfected the fried potato and automobile and put a man on the moon. That, my fellow Americans, is the root of who we are, and what we strive to be: fry-eating astronauts who own fancy Mustangs. Annoyed…

Team owner Jack Roush questions the consistency of NASCAR’s laser platform, raising issues with an inspection process noteworthy for the numerous warnings issued teams this season. Cars must go through NASCAR’s laser platform for inspection at the start of the weekend, before qualifying and before the race. The laser platform logs measurements of various parts, including front and rear wheel camber, wheel base and rear axle location. The laser platform…

The United States will look to maintain their winning start to the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup on Friday when they face off against Sweden in a potential group decider. Jill Ellis’ side beat Australia 3-1 in their opening fixture and were pleased to see the Swedes stumble to a 3-3 draw against Nigeria after they conceded an 87th-minute equaliser to Francisca Ordega. Victory against the side mentored by former…

Team USA plays Sweden Friday night in its second World Cup match, but there off-the-field distractions are still stirring controversy, reports CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan. Team USA is looking to ride the momentum from their first game Monday, thanks largely to inspired playing by goalkeeper Hope Solo. Her three saves in the first half helped keep Australia at bay. She hardly seemed distracted, despite renewed attention to her past….

Patrick Sharp is known as a finisher. But this season, his struggles to score have led to speculation as to the cause, ranging from the mundane to the ridiculous. Many have suggested Sharp, 33, is aging and just doesn’t have “it” anymore. This explanation fails to hit the target because aging in the NHL usually leads to a gradual decline in production and performance over time, not the sudden, precipitous…

At a certain point you wonder if Joe Hockey has been planted in the government by the ALP. Within 12 months the treasurer has told everyone that “the poorest people either don’t have cars or actually don’t drive very far in many cases”, and that half the people in “higher-income households pay half their income in tax”. And now he has informed us that “if housing were unaffordable in Sydney,…