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Adam Hunger-USA TODAY Sports NEW YORK – Attending a soccer game at Yankee Stadium is an exercise in bizarre juxtapositions. On a gorgeous Thursday night in April, fans chanted “olé olé olé olé” under banners of Babe Ruth on the concourse outside. Young men in bright blue scarves animatedly discussed Mix Diskerud’s latest performance while going through security into the House that Jeter Built. Walking through the gate into the…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TOP GOSSIP The front page of Thursday’s Sun Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish, 19, has become the third Premier League player photographed taking the legal high known as ‘hippy crack’, the growing craze that anti-drug campaigners warn can kill. The picture was reportedly taken in a hotel room…

BEIJING—In a quiet technology park near the Chinese capital’s airport, a former Beijing Jeep executive is completing a plan to create China’s first homegrown electric sports car. Lu Qun’s idea: design and build a battery-powered sports car that is cheaper than imported European gasoline-engine roadsters. If successful, Mr. Lu’s first car would go into production in late 2016 and challenge similar models from much bigger foreign…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TOP GOSSIP The front page of Thursday’s Sun Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish, 19, has become the third Premier League player photographed taking the legal high known as ‘hippy crack’, the growing craze that anti-drug campaigners warn can kill. The picture was reportedly taken in a hotel room…

NBA legend Gary Payton has been suspended from his job at Fox Sports 1 amid allegations he beat up a woman during a trip to Seattle back in January.  TMZ Sports broke the story … Payton was sued by Trishtan Williams … who claims she went to Seattle as Gary’s date to an award show — but things turned violent and he attacked her multiple times.  Payton denies the allegations…

BEIJING—In a quiet technology park near the Chinese capital’s airport, a former Beijing Jeep executive is completing a plan to create China’s first homegrown electric sports car. Lu Qun’s idea: design and build a battery-powered sports car that is cheaper than imported European gasoline-engine roadsters. If successful, Mr. Lu’s first car would go into production in late 2016 and challenge similar models from much bigger foreign…

E-sports is making the big leap to mainstream cable. Publisher Blizzard has announced that the Grand Finals of its collegiate tournament for online multiplayer arena battler Heroes of the Storm will air live on ESPN2. At 6:30 p.m. Pacific (9:30 p.m. Eastern) on Sunday, the final two teams in the “Heroes of the Dorm” tournament will face off against one another to win the top prize. This is an example of…

(Author’s disclosure:  The author consults for a fantasy sports provider that is in current litigation against DraftKings, a company mentioned in this article). In what could be extremely exciting news for the daily fantasy sports marketplace, Yahoo Yahoo announced today its planned entry into daily fantasy sports. Yahoo’s planned entry into the daily fantasy sports marketplace is good news for consumers in that it restores a third major player to the market….

Warning: the video below contains a bit of strong language. Though not particularly strong for Chris Rock. Just an F-bomb or two.  The latest entry in the Baseball is Dying, You Guys pantheon comes from Chris Rock, in the video below, from Bryant Gumbel’s HBO show. In it he actually says “Baseball is dying,” so it’s particularly spot-on! The video is more of a mixed bag than you tend to…

(Author’s disclosure:  The author consults for a fantasy sports provider that is in current litigation against DraftKings, a company mentioned in this article). In what could be extremely exciting news for the daily fantasy sports marketplace, Yahoo Yahoo announced today its planned entry into daily fantasy sports. Yahoo’s planned entry into the daily fantasy sports marketplace is good news for consumers in that it restores a third major player to the market….

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Gary Payton (YouTube) Fox Sports 1 has suspended former NBA star Gary Payton from his role as NBA analyst, according to Awful Announcing. A report from TMZ earlier this week said Payton was being sued by a woman who claims he assaulted her three times at an event in January. Payton has denied the claims. Though Fox Sports 1 confirmed the suspension, they did not…

BEIJING—In a quiet technology park near the Chinese capital’s airport, a former Beijing Jeep executive is completing a plan to create China’s first homegrown electric sports car. Lu Qun’s idea: design and build a battery-powered sports car that is cheaper than imported European gasoline-engine roadsters. If successful, Mr. Lu’s first car would go into production in late 2016 and challenge similar models from much bigger foreign…

NASCAR confirmed Wednesday that John Darby, who formerly oversaw the Sprint Cup garage, will be leaving the series soon. No reason was given. Darby had been working on special projects most recently for NASCAR. He served as the Sprint Cup Series director from 2002-13 before Richard Buck took over in 2014. NASCAR initially announced that Darby was leaving his position as Cup director in 2010, but it took four years…

(Author’s disclosure:  The author consults for a fantasy sports provider that is in current litigation against DraftKings, a company mentioned in this article). In what could be extremely exciting news for the daily fantasy sports marketplace, Yahoo Yahoo announced today its planned entry into daily fantasy sports. Yahoo’s planned entry into the daily fantasy sports marketplace is good news for consumers in that it restores a third major player to the market….

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TOP GOSSIP Manchester City’s Ivory Coast international Yaya Toure, 31, says no amount of money will make him stay at a club if he is not wanted and adds that he will always go where he is offered new challenges. (FootMercato)  Wednesday’s Daily Mirror back page …

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Update: Congratulations to local sports radio producer Matt “not his real name” Valdez, who scored a massive payday by optimistically betting on all three D.C. pro teams to win Tuesday night. See the original story below. Washington’s sports extravaganza Tuesday night is virtually unique in world history. It’s only the sixth time the Caps and Wizards/Bullets have played playoff games on the same date, and only the third time that’s…

(Author’s disclosure:  The author consults for a fantasy sports provider that is in current litigation against DraftKings, a company mentioned in this article). In what could be extremely exciting news for the daily fantasy sports marketplace, Yahoo Yahoo announced today its planned entry into daily fantasy sports. Yahoo’s planned entry into the daily fantasy sports marketplace is good news for consumers in that it restores a third major player to the market….