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Betting tickets could potentially be printed in states other than Nevada depending on what the U.S. Supreme Court does in 2018. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) The U.S. Supreme Court has an important sports-related decision to make in 2018. Should it rule to repeal the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) and put an end to the federal ban on sports betting? If so, the repeal could result in numerous…

NCAA president Mark Emmert called the revelations contained in three federal indictments “deeply disturbing.” The University of Arizona—yes, the entire university (at least according to a statement)—was “appalled” to learn what the FBI has accused one of its assistant basketball coaches of doing. Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino said the details “came as a complete shock to me” and blamed “a few bad actors” when one indictment detailed a scheme…

He has a very good point. And the thing is the days that stick the sports are over. Skip, it started, look this goes back because we had actors. President Reagan was an actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger became governor. Jesse Ventura. We see Al Franken was a writer for Saturday Night Live and now he’s in the Senate. We see and we saw a reality TV star become the most powerful…

At a rally in Alabama, President Donald Trump poured gasoline on the Colin Kaepernick national anthem-kneeling controversy, encouraging NFL owners to fire protesting players and calling them SOBs. Dozens of pro footballers and a few full teams responded last Sunday with linked arms and even more kneeling during the “Star-Spangled Banner” in a show of player solidarity. The loudest criticism of Kaepernick’s silent protest against police brutality and racial bias,…

GREENVILLE, S.C. — NASCAR’s most popular driver is getting a lot of feedback for a tweet in which he supported the right of NFL players to protest during the national anthem — some positive, some negative. After President Donald Trump said if an NFL player protested during the national anthem, the owners should “get that son of a b—- off the field right now” and fire him, several athletes in…

Brad Keselowski is one of NASCAR’s top drivers. He won the Cup Series championship in 2012 and has been a consistent playoff contender for Team Penske over the years. One thing that fans know about Keselowski is that he’s never afraid to speak his mind on social media. Often times it’s jawing with his rival, fellow champion and playoff contender, Kyle Busch. You may even recall the 2012 Daytona 500 when…

A professional cycling team has banned its riders from growing beards and told them to find new employers if they won’t shave. Belgium’s Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise has imposed the crackdown on facial hair to protect “the elegance of cycling”. The Flemish team’s sporting director is Walter Planckaert, a former champion of the Tour of Flanders. He used a regular column in newspaper Het Niewsblad to blast beards as “unhygienic”. “We are…

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Sailors and soldiers will don flannel uniforms and play baseball by century-old rules to recreate the U.S. Army versus Navy games from World War I. The U.S. Naval War College will recognize the centennial of America’s involvement in the war by planning Friday’s game in Newport, Rhode Island. Organizers say it’s a way to teach people more about the war, mark the anniversary and have a little…

Doosan Group, the oldest business organization in South Korea, is looking to raise its profile in the U.S. To do so, the Seoul-based conglomerate is teaming up with ‘America’s Pastime.’ For the next four years, Doosan will advertise throughout the Major League Baseball playoffs, put up signs in MLB stadiums, and sponsor baseball’s live Facebook content. It will also be the presenting sponsor of the American League Divisional Series, the…

The Iowa baseball team got a chance to show its stuff over the weekend, winning its scrimmage on Saturday 17-2 against the Toronto Blue Jays, a U-18 travel team. It was also a chance for the 2017 squad to get its Big Ten Tournament Championship rings. This was Iowa’s first-ever win in the tournament and it’s cool the team got a chance to be celebrated in a ceremony it more…

So today, we have Auburn, Southern California, Oklahoma State and Arizona as the bad apples. They’re the college basketball programs that have assistant coaches who have been indicted by federal authorities because they allegedly accepted bribes to push players toward a slew of potential moneymakers — financial advisers, Adidas, on and on. It would appear, too, from easily connected dots in the documents, that Louisville and Miami are being accused…

So today, we have Auburn, Southern California, Oklahoma State and Arizona as the bad apples. They’re the college basketball programs that have assistant coaches who have been indicted by federal authorities because they allegedly accepted bribes to push players toward a slew of potential moneymakers — financial advisers, Adidas, on and on. It would appear, too, from easily connected dots in the documents, that Louisville and Miami are being accused…

During his tenure as Tigers general manager, Al Avila has called many players to tell them that they had been traded. For one of them, he had a special message. “At the end of the call he was the one guy where I said, “I love you,’” Avila said with a hearty laugh. That’s because the player he had reached on the phone soon after the Tigers had landed in…

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL NEW YORK (AP) In one of the biggest crackdowns on the corrupting role of money in college basketball, 10 men – including a top Adidas executive and four assistant coaches – were charged with using hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to influence star athletes’ choice of schools, shoe sponsors, agents, even tailors. Some of the most explosive allegations appeared to involve Louisville, one of college basketball’s…

During his tenure as Tigers general manager, Al Avila has called many players to tell them that they had been traded. For one of them, he had a special message. “At the end of the call he was the one guy where I said, “I love you,’” Avila said with a hearty laugh. That’s because the player he had reached on the phone soon after the Tigers had landed in…

x Embed x Share CLOSE SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports’ NFL insider Lindsay H. Jones explains why NFL ratings were up in Week 3 despite President Trump’s open criticism of players kneeling for the national anthem. USA TODAY Sports Green Bay Packers fans wave the American flag following the national anthem on Sunday.(Photo: Mark Hoffman, USA TODAY Sports) For decades, Americans have stood for the national anthem and then sat down…

All across America last weekend, professional football players locked arms, took knees, stayed seated, or simply didn’t show up in a national anthem protest that symbolized their unity. In Southern California, a former pro athlete and Vietnam veteran has never felt more estranged. “It disgusts me,” Roy Gleason said. In the wake of a profane insult from President Trump, the NFL made headlines and magazine covers by teaming up to…

Nothing about what transpired in NASCAR over the last few days is surprising to anyone vaguely familiar with the sport. It’s not surprising that more than one NASCAR team owner threatened to fire anyone kneels or protests during the national anthem – or, as Richard Childress put it, we’ll “get you a ride on a Greyhound bus when the national anthem is over.” It’s not surprising that they sided with…