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Two years ago, Nick Purdy of Wayne downloaded the Rocket League video game. He liked it and so did many others as it became a huge hit, with 1.6 million daily players who kick around soccer balls with souped-up cars. And this Saturday, Purdy and teammate Dylan Fowler, of Dermott, Ark., will take their Rocket League game…

Tennys Sandgren came up short early Friday morning in a two-set loss to fifth-seeded Alexander Zverev. (Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports) Tennys Sandgren lost to fifth-seeded Alexander Zverev early Friday morning at the Citi Open 7-5, 7-5, but took strides in Washington toward making a name for himself on the ATP Tour beyond, well, his name. Tennys — pronounced just like the sport — was named for his Swedish great-grandfather. Both of…

Sports Direct has lost its biggest independent investor as some fund managers fear the crisis-hit retailer is incapable of addressing its corporate governance issues. The Guardian has learned Standard Life, the largest independent investor at last year’s annual meeting, has bailed out of the stock, selling its entire 5.8% holding, and Aviva said it had sold down its stake. Both had been vocal critics of the firm, which on Thursday…

DENVER, Colo. (CBS4) – Score one for motherhood. With an assist from a major hospital network, downtown Denver’s professional sports teams are producing a winning combination for new mothers who are avid sports fans. New nursing suites are being installed at Coors Field, Sports Authority Field at Mile High, and Pepsi Center. UCHealth purchased the new Mamava units for mothers to have a secure, private, and comfortable space to breastfeed or pump…

Breanna Stewart’s little brother plays a lot of video games. For the first time this fall, he will have the opportunity to play basketball as his sister now that the WNBA will be included as part of EA Sports’ “NBA Live 18.” The question is, will he do so? After all, Connor Stewart will have more WNBA rosters to choose from — not just his older sister’s Seattle Sound —…

It’s safe to say NASCAR makes rule changes to improve either the safety of the drivers and teams or the quality of the sport overall. And when it ditched the difference between the start/finish line and the overtime line in an announcement Wednesday – effective immediately – that was definitely to enhance the sport for everyone. Didn’t know you could have overtime on a race track? No worries, just know…

Jeffrey Gildenhorn, a beloved D.C. restaurateur, recreational politician, and full-time man about town for several decades, died earlier this summer after choking on his meal at the Palm, a local power lunch institution. He’d lived a full enough life that none of his many obituaries mentioned his supporting role in a forgotten chapter in the sports history of the nation’s capital, when Donald Trump told everybody he was going to…

Michael Fulmer hopes a stint on the 10-day disabled list will provide him with the rest he needs to recover from a quirky, persistent elbow injury. Fulmer, the 2016 AL rookie of the year, was placed on the DL by the Detroit Tigers on Thursday — mostly as a precaution. An MRI revealed fluid around the elbow, but manager Brad Ausmus says there’s no ligament damage. The Tigers are describing…

Now that the MLB trade deadline has passed and the dust has settled from a flurry of last-minute wheeling and dealing, fantasy baseball owners can sift through the rubble, decide which teams and players were winners and losers and plan their attack for the rest of the season. The bullpen re-shuffling has left some questions to be answered, but two moves which were lauded both in fantasy and reality and…

It’s safe to say NASCAR makes rule changes to improve either the safety of the drivers and teams or the quality of the sport overall. And when it ditched the difference between the start/finish line and the overtime line in an announcement Wednesday – effective immediately – that was definitely to enhance the sport for everyone. Didn’t know you could have overtime on a race track? No worries, just know…

The big question hanging over NASCAR for the past month and a half was this: When will Kyle Busch finally win? He answered that question with a resounding charge to the checkered flag at Pocono Raceway on Sunday. As impressive as that performance was, it also revealed there are a lot more questions hanging over this 2017 Cup season. Expect some answers to come this weekend at Watkins Glen, the…

Talk about great timing: Four days after NBC airs Super Bowl LII on February 4, the network will launch its coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics from PyeongChang, South Korea. The last time one of the Big Four broadcast networks aired both events was CBS in 1992, but there was a three-week break between them. But as NBC spoke at TCA today about the opportunities for enhancing the viewing experience…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 3, 2017) – Today, at the NASCAR Fuel For Business meetings in New York City, NASCAR® and ExxonMobil announced the renewal of a long-standing partnership that will continue to designate the Mobil 1™ brand as the “Official Motor Oil of NASCAR®.” The newly signed agreement will extend the successful partnership to 20 years, which has been highlighted by marketing and technological innovation that has catalyzed growth…

Jeffrey Gildenhorn, a beloved D.C. restaurateur, recreational politician, and full-time man about town for several decades, died earlier this summer after choking on his meal at the Palm, a local power lunch institution. He’d lived a full enough life that none of his many obituaries mentioned his supporting role in a forgotten chapter in the sports history of the nation’s capital, when Donald Trump told everybody he was going to…

Breanna Stewart’s little brother plays a lot of video games. For the first time this fall, he will have the opportunity to play basketball as his sister now that the WNBA will be included as part of EA Sports’ “NBA Live 18.” The question is, will he do so? After all, Connor Stewart will have more WNBA rosters to choose from — not just his older sister’s Seattle Sound —…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 3, 2017) – Today, at the NASCAR Fuel For Business meetings in New York City, NASCAR® and ExxonMobil announced the renewal of a long-standing partnership that will continue to designate the Mobil 1™ brand as the “Official Motor Oil of NASCAR®.” The newly signed agreement will extend the successful partnership to 20 years, which has been highlighted by marketing and technological innovation that has catalyzed growth…

Sports Direct has lost its biggest independent investor as some fund managers fear the crisis-hit retailer is incapable of addressing its corporate governance issues. The Guardian has learned Standard Life, the largest independent investor at last year’s annual meeting, has bailed out of the stock, selling its entire 5.8% holding, and Aviva said it had sold down its stake. Both had been vocal critics of the firm, which on Thursday…

Herculez Gomez explains why MLS and European leagues shouldn’t be compared following Bastian Schweinsteiger’s recent comments. Miami FC is taking its battle to require the U.S. Soccer Federation to introduce promotion and relegation to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The club won this year’s spring season title in the NASL, designated by the USSF as a second-tier league, though it has no hope of being promoted to the top flight…

By that time, Tiger Woods, “the Chosen One,” had replaced Arnold Palmer, “the King,” as the TV presence who would make golf great again. In the 1950s and 1960s, Palmer, the handsome, charming son of a Pennsylvania golf club groundskeeper, was the leading man in the process of making golf spectatorship, if not actual participation, a national phenomenon. Palmer, who died last September, was present in 2015, along with The…

Welcome to Inefficiency Week. Over the next five days, we’re going to take a look at what we lose when we get lost in the chase for efficiency. We’ll explore the ways it’s changing the games we love to watch. We’ll remember its failures across the pop culture spectrum. And we’ll report on what it’s doing to our lives — romantic, physical, and otherwise. When I was a little kid, my family…