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E-sports betting startup Unikrn has raised roughly $31 million in an initial coin offering. The firm collected 112,720 ethers – an amount worth approximately $31.4 million at press time – in a token sale that took place in two phases, including 56,000 ETH (roughly $15.6 million) in a presale backed by celebrity investor Mark Cuban. In an email, Rahul Sood, chief executive of Unikrn, said that the company had sourced contributions from 112…

Gran Turismo has always skewed more towards the realistic simulation end of the spectrum in order to provide an accurate experience for virtual racers. This year’s version adds another layer to that, in the form of a certification and enforcement of proper “sportsmanship.” Most of Gran Turismo Sport’s content is dependent on online access, but before you can hop into a lobby and race people around the world, you’ll have to watch…

Max Verstappen has accused Formula One’s rulemakers of “killing the sport” and called on fans to boycott next year’s United States grand prix after he was stripped of the final spot on the podium. Verstappen, who started 16th following an engine penalty, appeared to have completed a remarkable comeback by passing Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen on the final lap. But the Red Bull driver was handed a five-second time penalty after…

With a minimum of four games left in the season, our writers make their final predictions of the postseason. While only one writer picked the Astros and Dodgers to meet in the World Series in their original postseason predictions, six writers still have a chance at picking the champion correctly. It will either be the first championship in franchise history (Astros) or first since 1988 (Dodgers).  Tom Verducci  Dodgers in…

Max Verstappen has accused Formula One’s rulemakers of “killing the sport” and called on fans to boycott next year’s United States grand prix after he was stripped of the final spot on the podium. Verstappen, who started 16th following an engine penalty, appeared to have completed a remarkable comeback by passing Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen on the final lap. But the Red Bull driver was handed a five-second time penalty after…

It’s probably easier to save the following line than to type it again this season, since it’s almost certain we’ll see it again: Martin Truex Jr. won another NASCAR race on Sunday, and he’s still the favorite to win the championship in November at Homestead. The only difference between this race, Truex’s league-leading seventh win this season, and the other wins is that Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 was the second…

RELATED: Race results | Updated Playoffs standings KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Raise your hand if prior to the season you had Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series sophomore Ryan Blaney advancing further in his first NASCAR Playoffs appearance than former champions Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch, or even Kyle Larson, who set the world on fire in 2017. Blaney, himself, might not even be among that crowd, but the Wood Brothers…

LOS ANGELES — You don’t know Puig. For all his bat-flipping, chest-thumping, tongue-wagging antics there is another side to Dodgers star outfielder Yasiel Puig, a player who has grown up under the watchful eye of manager Dave Roberts, who has not been afraid to discipline Puig when needed. Puig, who owns a .414/.533/1.250 slash line this postseason, is ready to take his show to the World Series — the biggest…

9:42 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment BOSTON — Alex Cora’s stress level is about to skyrocket. And it isn’t because he will coach the Houston Astros in the World Series. To no one’s surprise, Cora was hired Sunday to be the next manager of the Boston Red Sox. Good luck. As high-pressure gigs go, this ranks somewhere between air-traffic controller and White House chief of…

On the player front, C. C. Sabathia’s contract is up, Masahiro Tanaka can opt out of his and, because of new rules governing the signing of international players, the chase for the Japanese two-way talent Shohei Otani — who could fill a spot in the rotation and a gaping hole at designated hitter — will not simply be a matter of emptying the treasure chest. While Cashman seems unlikely to…

A 90 percent blockage in the axillary artery in his shoulder essentially ended his career. McCullers Sr. was 26 years old and had pitched 301 games for San Diego, the Yankees and Detroit. He would pitch just five more, all before his first son was born. He was out of the game by 1996, when the Yankees opened a spring training ballpark near the family’s home in Tampa, Fla. McCullers…

Sunday night was quiet around the baseball world in anticipation of the World Series, but it was also quietly the end of a small era connected to the sport’s history. Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, which was previously home to the Nationals and the second iteration of the Washington Senators, bid farewell to its last tenant, Major League Soccer’s D.C. United club. We’re not crying, you’re crying. #LastCallatRFK | #DCU pic.twitter.com/ttsnFxQ071…

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has gone to great lengths in recent weeks to ensure his voice was heard publicly about his displeasure over any NFL player not standing for the national anthem, and while he slipped out of last week’s owner’s meetings in New York without speaking to the media, league sources said he was quite vocal during Wednesday’s session. Jones was the only owner to rail against the handful…

Apparently the Astros are immune to the Sports Illustrated curse. Three years before Houston won the AL pennant with a Game 7 win over the Yankees, SI predicted it would win the World Series in 2017. Sports Illustrated The cover story was on the Astros’ innovative front office, led by GM Jeff Luhnow, which had been stacking championship pieces like George Springer, Collin McHugh and Dallas Keuchel. At the time,…

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The Furniture Row Racing team will be mourning the loss of a team member at Kansas Speedway Sunday. The team announced Sunday morning that James “Jim” Watson, a road-crew fabricator for Furniture Row Racing’s NASCAR Cup Series teams, passed away Saturday night at the age of 55 after suffering a heart attack. In the press release announcing the passing, the team said that Watson, a native of Greenfield,…

When Dale Earnhardt Jr. straps into his No. 88 Hendrick Chevrolet for the 627th time of his career on Sunday, it will be his last start at Kansas Speedway. Before the season Earnhardt announced his plans to retire from Cup racing at the conclusion of the 2017 season ending his 19-year career in NASCAR’s top series. While he has never won a Monster Energy Series Cup championship over his career,…

A 90 percent blockage in the axillary artery in his shoulder essentially ended his career. McCullers Sr. was 26 years old and had pitched 301 games for San Diego, the Yankees and Detroit. He would pitch just five more, all before his first son was born. He was out of the game by 1996, when the Yankees opened a spring training ballpark near the family’s home in Tampa, Fla. McCullers…

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has gone to great lengths in recent weeks to ensure his voice was heard publicly about his displeasure over any NFL player not standing for the national anthem, and while he slipped out of last week’s owner’s meetings in New York without speaking to the media, league sources said he was quite vocal during Wednesday’s session. Jones was the only owner to rail against the handful…