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Forgive me if the following comes across as naively euphoric. But we’ll only know it’s a truly watershed summer for women’s sport if we get through it without being overwhelmed by commentary on what men’s football could learn from it all. They’re poorer but they’re a million times more dignified! They’re less watched but their crowds don’t have any hooligans in them! They may not have supercars but they have…

Miami Swim Week is always a hot ticket. But this year’s swimwear showcase was especially steamy. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit topped the annual event’s Saturday show with the debut of its body-inclusive Sports Illustrated Swim and Active apparel line, shown on a stunning cast of curvy, real-women models. The bathing beauties, all finalists in a contest that will culminate with a winner being photographed for the February Swimsuit Issue…

7:30 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment A few weeks before the trade deadline a year ago, the Cubs acquired Aroldis Chapman, a star reliever who would spend one-third of a regular season and one full postseason in Chicago before hitting free agency. Earlier this month, the Diamondbacks acquired J.D. Martinez, a star outfielder who will spend one-third of a regular season and (most likely) one…

PRO FOOTBALL CHICAGO (AP) Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease linked to repeated head blows in nearly all of them, from athletes in the National Football League, college and even high school. It’s the largest update on chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a debilitating brain disease that can cause a range of symptoms including memory loss. The report doesn’t confirm that the condition is…

Image copyright PA Image caption Mike Ashley was described in court as a “power drinker” Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has won a High Court battle with an investment banker over a £15m deal allegedly made in a pub. Jeffrey Blue told the court Newcastle United’s owner reneged on a promise to pay him a multimillion-pound sum if he increased the firm’s share price. The court heard about “drink-fuelled” meetings…

Forgive me if the following comes across as naively euphoric. But we’ll only know it’s a truly watershed summer for women’s sport if we get through it without being overwhelmed by commentary on what men’s football could learn from it all. They’re poorer but they’re a million times more dignified! They’re less watched but their crowds don’t have any hooligans in them! They may not have supercars but they have…

NASCAR’s rising stars traded in their helmets and firesuits for pencils and pens Tuesday as they took part in an interactive “Professional Development 101” business skills workshop. The nine members of the 2017 NASCAR Next Class, which spotlights the top upcoming drivers in the sport, participated in lectures conducted by Johnson & Wales University professors Jeff Longo and Patrick Stack. The drivers – many of whom are still in high…

The council’s president, José Ramon Lete, said the 14-member board voted unanimously to suspend Villar and the federation’s vice president for economic affairs, Juan Padron. Photo Katie Ledecky competing in the 1,500-meter freestyle final, which she won easily. She also had the fastest time in the 200 free semifinals. Credit Francois-Xavier Marit/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images SWIMMING Ledecky Earns Third Gold at Worlds Katie Ledecky breezed to her third gold…

Last year, Michael Franchimone went to scout a Trinity Classical Academy baseball game as a Santa Clarita Christian assistant coach. “I actually sat in the stands at Trinity last year, scouting a game, and the families were talking to me and at that moment … they made me feel welcomed,” Franchimone said. “(I thought), is this something I could see myself doing in the future?”…

SI Swimsuit hopeful models the upcoming line, which will come in sizes 2 to 20.Getty Images for SWIMMIAMI Miami Swim Week is always a hot ticket. But this year’s swim wear showcase was especially steamy. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit topped the annual event’s Saturday show with the debut of its body-inclusive Sports Illustrated Swim and Active apparel line, shown on a stunning cast of curvy, real-women models. The bathing beauties, all…

Kansas City’s 610 Sports Radio will no longer be the home of Kansas men’s basketball and football games, the station announced on its website Tuesday. This ends a previous 18-year agreement between Entercom, which owns 610 Sports, and KU Athletics. “We greatly appreciate all the years we had with them (at KU). They’re good people down there,” said Dave Alpert, vice president and general manager of Entercom Kansas City. “We…

Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick speaks with reporters before the first half of an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, in Atlanta.

With anti-Semitism on the rise in Germany — she recalled signs in shops declaring, “No dogs or Jews allowed” — she left home at 19 and moved to England, where she won the British high-jump championship in 1935. But when the Nazis pressured her father to bring her home, she returned to Germany to seek a position on the Olympic team. Shortly after winning that June meet, held at Adolf…

Katie Ledecky breezed to her third gold medal of the world championships, backing off a bit on her most grueling night of the meet. It was left to Lilly King, Kylie Masse and Adam Peaty to take down the swimming record book — and King to claim another impressive triumph over her Russian rival. Ledecky captured the 1,500-meter freestyle by more than half the length of the pool on Tuesday,…

Decades before last week’s unveiling of a proposed Major League Soccer stadium near Salisbury and Peace streets, professional baseball was played at a wooden grandstand ballpark not very far away. Nearly every summer beginning in 1945, the Raleigh minor league baseball team played near what is now Capital Boulevard near Peace Street in downtown Raleigh. Pro ball left Raleigh for good following the 1971 season, but the park left a…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — For the next three weeks, Kids Drive NASCAR will celebrate the next generation of NASCAR® fans by engaging children and their families with fun and interactive social content, kids’ takeovers and at-track events and activities, NASCAR announced today. Beginning today, kids will go head-to-head with some of the sport’s top drivers in Kids vs. Drivers, a series of timed activity challenges on social media. Monster Energy NASCAR…

Minnesota United’s new soccer stadium in St. Paul will be called Allianz Field, the team announced Tuesday morning. The naming rights had leaked out Monday when the Allianz Life Twitter feed briefly featured this tweet, which was deleted after several minutes: “Soccer fans? You betcha! Allianz Field is the new home of Minnesota United FC soccer! #MNFUC,’’ followed by a link that took Twitter users to a video tour of…

Kyrie Irving supposedly wants out of Cleveland. Some reports say the guard is unhappy being in LeBron’s shadow and other reports say that he doesn’t want to stick around if James is going to bolt via free agency after next season. Things have already gotten ugly, with LeBron having to deny a report that he would “kick Irving’s ass” if he saw him. No matter what happens with this situation,…

The shadow sports minister has criticised the Rugby Football Union’s decision not to renew the contracts of England women’s 15-a-side players and urged the governing body to reconsider. In a letter to the RFU chief executive, Ian Ritchie, Dr Rosena Allin-Khan said the organisation was showing it was “far less than fully committed” to the women’s game. The contracts of the England players looking to defend their World Cup crown…