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FanDuel is fantasy sports on steroids: bigger, stronger, faster. The New York City-based startup benches the familiar season-long league model embraced by millions of fantasy enthusiasts in favor of more lucrative daily and weekly competitions—a model perfectly attuned to the ADD-addled sensibilities of the Millennial generation.   Here’s how FanDuel works: Like with fantasy football, baseball and basketball games hosted by ESPN, Yahoo and other brands, players assemble virtual teams…

Bournemouth have signed Poland goalkeeper Artur Boruc on a one-year deal from Southampton, ahead of their first season in the Premier League. The 35-year-old played 39 times on loan with Eddie Howe’s side in 2014-15 and helped them to the Championship title. Boruc initially joined the Cherries on a short-term basis, but that deal was extended until the end of the season. Boruc, who…

i Gabriel Ramirez, a 25-year-old full-time college student, cheers on the U.S. national soccer teams in his spare time. His family is from Mexico City and still roots for El Tri, the Mexican national team. Shereen Marisol Meraji/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Shereen Marisol Meraji/NPR Gabriel Ramirez, a 25-year-old full-time college student, cheers on the U.S. national soccer teams in his spare time. His family is from Mexico City and…

The 15-year-old, Zacharie Schaubhut, died later Sunday at a Fargo hospital, according to his grandfather, Steven Schaubhut. Soon after he collapsed, the Bemidji Ambulance Service arrived on scene and took over medical care, the release said, and transported Schaubhut to Sanford Bemidji Medical Center. He was later flown to a Fargo hospital, his grandfather said. The family is unsure what directly led to Zacharie’s death, whether it was being hit…

i Gabriel Ramirez, a 25-year-old full-time college student, cheers on the U.S. national soccer teams in his spare time. His family is from Mexico City and still roots for El Tri, the Mexican national team. Shereen Marisol Meraji/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Shereen Marisol Meraji/NPR Gabriel Ramirez, a 25-year-old full-time college student, cheers on the U.S. national soccer teams in his spare time. His family is from Mexico City and…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Outgoing Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp, 47, is planning a six-month sabbatical, ruling him out of taking over at Liverpool. (Bild)  But Liverpool insist Brendan Rodgers’ position is not under immediate threat as the club prepare to launch a review into their disastrous end of season. (Liverpool…

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Lacrosse is traditionally known as an East Coast sport, one played in prep schools in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and in colleges mostly up and down the East Coast. But in recent years, it’s become a sport that’s quickly spreading, starting with Northwestern women’s team taking the first championship away from the traditional powerhouses a decade ago. And now, for the first time in NCAA history,…

Taya Kyle was honored Sunday before the Coca-Cola 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, where she became the first woman to receive the racetrack’s annual Stonewall Jackson Award (awarded to “those individuals who demonstrate the highest standards of patriotism”). Before the race, Taya spoke about her late husband, Chris Kyle’s love for NASCAR, and how it got started. Initially, she says, when she met Chris, he…

That Brandon Saad’s journey to the NHL began with ball hockey games in the cul-de-sac in front of his childhood home in Gibsonia, Pa., is telling. Family is entwined through the fabric of Saad’s progression from natural athlete growing up in the community about 25 miles north of Pittsburgh to Blackhawks left wing with a future as bright as any young player in the NHL. At 22, he has already…

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Lacrosse is traditionally known as an East Coast sport, one played in prep schools in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and in colleges mostly up and down the East Coast. But in recent years, it’s become a sport that’s quickly spreading, starting with Northwestern women’s team taking the first championship away from the traditional powerhouses a decade ago. And now, for the first time in NCAA history,…

i Gabriel Ramirez, a 25-year-old full-time college student, cheers on the U.S. national soccer teams in his spare time. His family is from Mexico City and still roots for El Tri, the Mexican national team. Shereen Marisol Meraji/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Shereen Marisol Meraji/NPR Gabriel Ramirez, a 25-year-old full-time college student, cheers on the U.S. national soccer teams in his spare time. His family is from Mexico City and…

Last SlideNext Slide Arizona State baseball will open NCAA Tournament play against Clemson on Friday at the Cal State Fullerton regional.(Photo: Jessie Wardarski /Arizona Republic) Arizona State baseball will make another postseason appearance at Cal State Fullerton as the No. 2 in a NCAA Tournament regional beginning Friday. ASU (34-21) is the No. 2 seed in the double-elimination regional and opens against Clemson (32-27) at 3 p.m. Friday. No. 1…

Michigan players sing their school’s fight song after receiving the Big Ten championship trophy on Sunday, May 24, 2015, at Target Field in Minneapolis. Third-seeded Michigan beat fourth-seeded Maryland 4-3 in the championship game of the Big Ten baseball tournament.(Photo: Jeff Wheeler/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS) Erik Bakich planted the seeds a year ago. At the end of Michigan’s 30-29-1 baseball season in 2014, U-M’s coach had the Wolverines wrap up their…

Auburn is regional bound for the first time since 2010. The Tigers will travel to Florida State for the Tallahassee Regional starting Friday. Auburn is the No. 3 seed in the regional, which also features the Seminoles, two-seed College of Charleston and four-seed Mercer. Auburn will open regional play against College of Charleston at 11 a.m. CT Friday. Auburn (35-24) was helped tremendously by its schedule, which is ranked the second-toughest…

Even as the Florida Gators captured the 2015 SEC Baseball Tournament Championship with a 7-3 victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium on Sunday, officials from the city of Hoover and the Southeastern Conference had yet to begin negotiations about the future of the event. But they will start soon.   The league’s current contract to hold the tournament at Hoover Met expires in 2016.  The scoreboard tells the story after…

Michigan State pitcher Anthony Misiewicz (18) awaits his manager Jake Boss (23) to pull him from the game against Illinois as catcher Chad Roskelly, right, stands by in the third inning of a third-round NCAA Big Ten tournament college baseball game Friday, May 22, 2015, in Minneapolis.(Photo: Bruce Kluckhohn, AP) The Big Ten received a record number of berths to the NCAA baseball tournament today. Michigan State wasn’t one of…

Carlo Ancelotti has been sacked as manager of Real Madrid after two seasons in charge of the Spanish club. The Italian, 55, led Real to victory in the Spanish Cup before claiming the club’s 10th European Cup last season. But this year they were knocked out by Juventus in the Champions League semi-finals, while Barcelona won La Liga. Ancelotti’s side finished second in Spain’s…

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Lacrosse is traditionally known as an East Coast sport, one played in prep schools in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and in colleges mostly up and down the East Coast. But in recent years, it’s become a sport that’s quickly spreading, starting with Northwestern women’s team taking the first championship away from the traditional powerhouses a decade ago. And now, for the first time in NCAA history,…

Whenever Apple puts out a new product, it’s going to draw headlines. There’s no better example than the Apple Watch – its first offering into the fitness market, which has a potential to be a 22 million unit market in the U.S., according to Market Strategies International. But how will Apple Watch Sport do with runners, many who already run with something on their wrist? It’s too soon, of course,…

INDIANAPOLIS — Brian Campe’s route to an Indianapolis 500 victory was circuitous. But so was Juan Pablo Montoya’s, or at least his second. So as Campe, an Alabama native and former NASCAR Xfinity Series crew chief, celebrated on bent knees with the Colombian former open wheel/NASCAR/open wheel again driver, it just made sense. Juan Pablo Montoya celebrates with his No. 2 Chevrolet team after winning the 99th running of the Indianpolis…