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Wake up. Brush teeth. Eat breakfast. Watch sports. All. Day. Untended lawns and incomplete errands may be the rule of the day this weekend as a different type of to-do list takes shape for area sports fans. From morning until night, a jampacked Saturday of high-profile events offers a convenient distraction from house projects and homework. The most anticipated boxing bout in years and the Kentucky Derby lead the way,…

By Roger Fingas Friday, May 01, 2015, 08:17 am PT (11:17 am ET) Apple’s online store in the U.S. — alongside storefronts in Europe and Asia — is now showing July shipping estimates for 42-millimeter stainless steel and aluminum Watch models, checks on Friday revealed. AppleInsider observed identical delays at Apple’s websites for regions like Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and the United Kingdom. The Australian website is still…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Jeff Gordon’s retirement as a NASCAR driver at the end of the 2015 season will leave the four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion with plenty of free time on his hands.  Will Gordon fill that void by joining Fox Sports’ NASCAR Sprint Cup broadcast booth? According to NBC Sports, Gordon says he might get some news on his possible future in NASCAR broadcasting within the next few weeks….

(CNN)Grab some buddies. Stock up on the beer and pizza. And put fresh batteries in the remote. This Saturday is a sports fan’s dream — an all-you-can-watch TV buffet of big sporting events, from the NFL Draft to Red Sox-Yankees to the NBA and NHL playoffs to the Kentucky Derby to the long-anticipated Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight. Whew! It’s the greatest sports day of 2015 and arguably the most action-packed…

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For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Christian Benteke has scored nine goals in his past eight games for Aston Villa Liverpool could sign Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke, 24, PSV Eindhoven forward Memphis Depay, 21, and Manchester City midfielder James Milner, 29, if 20-year-old forward Raheem Sterling goes to Manchester City. (Daily Mirror)  …

Rob Carr/Getty Images (left)—Alex Menendez/Getty Images (right) (left) American Pharoah goes over the track during morning training for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on April 29, 2015 in Louisville, Kentucky. (right) WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. works out at the Mayweather Boxing Club on April 14, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather Jr. will face WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in a unification bout on May 2, 2015…

If you’re looking for a bar to view the epic fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, take note. Nationwide, many sports taverns and restaurants are throwing in the towel – declining to pay steep pay-per-view fees tied to the much-hyped Las Vegas showdown. The Saturday night fight is expected to generate a record-breaking $300 million in revenue – tied mostly to pay-per-view fees. Restaurants pay fees tied…

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(CNN)Grab some buddies. Stock up on the beer and pizza. And put fresh batteries in the remote. This Saturday is a sports fan’s dream — an all-you-can-watch TV buffet of big sporting events, from the NFL Draft to Red Sox-Yankees to the NBA and NHL playoffs to the Kentucky Derby to the long-anticipated Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight. Whew! It’s the greatest sports day of 2015 and arguably the most action-packed…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Jeff Gordon’s retirement as a NASCAR driver at the end of the 2015 season will leave the four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion with plenty of free time on his hands.  Will Gordon fill that void by joining Fox Sports’ NASCAR Sprint Cup broadcast booth? According to NBC Sports, Gordon says he might get some news on his possible future in NASCAR broadcasting within the next few weeks….

The Apple Watch Sport costs $84 to build — just a quarter of the suggested retail price for the newly introduced device — according to IHS Technology’s analysis of the cost of materials and manufacturing.  The research firm said the components inside the Apple Watch add up to the lowest combined cost relative to its retail price of any Apple product it has ever examined. IHS routinely conducts teardown studies…

(CNN)Grab some buddies. Stock up on the beer and pizza. And put fresh batteries in the remote. This Saturday is a sports fan’s dream — an all-you-can-watch TV buffet of big sporting events, from the NFL Draft to Red Sox-Yankees to the NBA and NHL playoffs to the Kentucky Derby to the long-anticipated Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight. Whew! It’s the greatest sports day of 2015 and arguably the most action-packed…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United are preparing a £100m deal to sign Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale, 25. The ex-Tottenham player cost Real £85.3m when he moved in September 2013. (Telegraph)  Liverpool are closing in on a £22m deal for Real Madrid’s Russia midfielder Denis Cheryshev, 24, who is currently on…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Jeff Gordon’s retirement as a NASCAR driver at the end of the 2015 season will leave the four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion with plenty of free time on his hands.  Will Gordon fill that void by joining Fox Sports’ NASCAR Sprint Cup broadcast booth? According to NBC Sports, Gordon says he might get some news on his possible future in NASCAR broadcasting within the next few weeks….

Yesterday the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox played the first game in MLB history without fans, who were barred from attending. It was an odd two hours and three minutes of mostly silent sports, as though the contest was part of a videogame instead of, y’know, part of multibillion dollar league. The athletes for the most part kept straight faces, though there was no denying that the weirdness…

(CNN)Grab some buddies. Stock up on the beer and pizza. And put fresh batteries in the remote. This Saturday is a sports fan’s dream — an all-you-can-watch TV buffet of big sporting events, from the NFL Draft to Red Sox-Yankees to the NBA and NHL playoffs to the Kentucky Derby to the long-anticipated Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight. Whew! It’s the greatest sports day of 2015 and arguably the most action-packed…

This first weekend of May this year overflows with major sporting events. The NBA and NHL playoffs are in full swing and the NFL draft begins Thursday. In baseball, the New York Yankees visit the Boston Red Sox for a three-game series beginning Friday night. Saturday brings the Kentucky Derby and, in Las Vegas, the “Fight of the Century” between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. According to a Harris Poll…