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Five years after he was turned down by Arsenal, Nigerian billionaire industrialist Aliko Dangote said he still wants to buy the storied English Premier League soccer team—for the right price. Dangote—who lost some $10 billion in net worth in 2014 due to a crash in the Nigerian stock market and value of the Nigerian naira but is still Africa’s richest person—told Bloomberg that he is interested in taking control of the club, of which…

Larry Bird played baseball for Indiana State University in 1979.(Photo: Photo provided by Indiana State University) There is the Larry Bird people know, the Boston Celtics legend, the hick from French Lick, the Indiana State University basketball king. And then there is a lesser known Bird, the college baseball player who finished the sport with one of the best career batting averages — .500 — of any player to ever…

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Jameis Winston said he is good enough to play two sports professionally. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft will have to be content quarterbacking the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the next four or five years. TheMMQB.com reported Monday that Winston’s four-year, $24.4 million deal contains a clause the prevents him from playing professional baseball. A relief pitcher at Florida State, where he was 26-1 on the…

Tuesday night features the fullest slate of daily fantasy baseball, which makes it one of our favorite nights of the week to play. Forget Cinco de Mayo, there should be a lot of “fish” in the sea at DraftKings, too. We help you rake with our best MLB pitcher picks for May 5.   Premium Ace Plays Zack Greinke, Los Angeles Dodgers ($9,800) The Milwaukee Brewers might have won in…

By Michael Salfino Touted rookie Addison Russell of the Chicago Cubs is starting to live up to his scouting reports and is one of our daily fantasy plays for Tuesday. Getty Images The Methodology: As hard as it is to project a player’s performance in any given season, projecting his performance on any single day is even more difficult. Daily fantasy baseball is all about trying to maximize each day’s matchups…

One week before Marcus Mariota reports to Tennessee for his first minicamp as a professional, he’s already earned the cover of Sports Illustrated wearing Titans blue. Mariota, the former Oregon Duck quarterback and 2014 Heisman Trophy winner, was drafted No. 2 overall in the 2015 NFL draft April 30. He flew to Nashville the next day before returning to Eugene to attend the Ducks’ spring game. The SI cover is Mariota’s…

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On April, 30, 1987, Lou Lamoriello was named the third general manager in New Jersey Devils history. Just over 28 years later, they have a fourth.  In the span between Lamoriello taking over the Devils and relinquishing his job to former Pittsburgh Penguins GM Ray Shero, New Jersey has experienced (in particular order): – Three Stanley Cups, won in the span of eight seasons. – Five conference championships. – Nine…

•   Rico Abreu (23, Rutherford, Calif., Twitter: @Rico_Abreu) – A 2014 USAC national champion and winner of the 2015 Chili Bowl, he has two top-10 finishes in three K&N Pro Series East starts, his first season racing in stock cars.•   Nicole Behar (17, Otis Orchards, Wash., @NicoleBehar33) – Tied the series record for highest finish by a female driver in just her fifth K&N West start with her second-place mark at Irwindale Event…

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Five years after he was turned down by Arsenal, Nigerian billionaire industrialist Aliko Dangote said he still wants to buy the storied English Premier League soccer team—for the right price. Dangote—who lost some $10 billion in net worth in 2014 due to a crash in the Nigerian stock market and value of the Nigerian naira but is still Africa’s richest person—told Bloomberg that he is interested in taking control of the club, of which…

Larry Bird played baseball for Indiana State University in 1979.(Photo: Photo provided by Indiana State University) There is the Larry Bird people know, the Boston Celtics legend, the hick from French Lick, the Indiana State University basketball king. And then there is a lesser known Bird, the college baseball player who finished the sport with one of the best career batting averages — .500 — of any player to ever…

(Photo: slobdell) MIDDLETOWN – A massive new indoor-outdoor sports complex on the south side of Middletown would be a natural complement to the hotels and eateries blossoming on the town’s rapidly growing west side. The 170-acre Delaware Sports Complex would contain 15 full-size fields for soccer, lacrosse or field hockey, all reducible depending on the sport and age group, and 16 baseball diamonds. Also, there would be a 160,000-square-foot indoor…

“I’ve gotten letters asking me why I’m always picking on ‘Our Team.’ I write back asking how come you’re picking on a writer from ‘Our Newspaper?’ Do you root for General Motors? Well, the ball club is a business enterprise as is General Motors. And if the ball club has lousy teams, it’s my responsibility to criticize the ball club. I regard myself as a consumer advocate for the sports…

Stephen Curry won the NBA MVP award on Monday, which was pleasing not only to people who care about efficiency in basketball but also about aesthetics in basketball. Simply: Curry plays the game beautifully. I know discussing beauty in sports is a thing that makes a lot of people (men, especially) uncomfortable, because sports are about battle and domination or whatever. When we do talk about beauty in sports, it tends to…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Chelsea are willing to pay £30m and offer defender Filipe Luis, 29 as part of a deal to sign Spain midfielder Koke, 23, from Atletico Madrid. (Daily Express)  Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is lining up Liverpool striker Rickie Lambert, 33, as a potential replacement for Didier Drogba, 37,…

The Apple TV has gained two new channels today in CBS Sports and USA NOW, bringing on-demand sports, drama, comedy, sitcoms and more programming to the set-top box in the United States. The new channels should be appearing on the Apple TV for all users today as an over-the-air update, with CBS Sports offering free sports clips for all users and USA NOW requiring a cable subscription to access most…

Larry Bird played baseball for Indiana State University in 1979.(Photo: Photo provided by Indiana State University) There is the Larry Bird people know, the Boston Celtics legend, the hick from French Lick, the Indiana State University basketball king. And then there is a lesser known Bird, the college baseball player who finished the sport with one of the best career batting averages — .500 — of any player to ever…

Larry Bird played baseball for Indiana State University in 1979.(Photo: Photo provided by Indiana State University) There is the Larry Bird people know, the Boston Celtics legend, the hick from French Lick, the Indiana State University basketball king. And then there is a lesser known Bird, the college baseball player who finished the sport with one of the best career batting averages — .500 — of any player to ever…