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Instagrammers love soccer. That might be because soccer players love Instagram. Or because soccer is a global sport. Or because soccer is played year-round. But whatever the reason, soccer is the most popular sport on Instagram by a wide margin, according to Brandon Gayle, Instagram’s head of sports partnerships. Gayle says that 146 million of Instagram’s 700 million-plus users are “world football fans,” more than three times the number of…

Instagrammers love soccer. That might be because soccer players love Instagram. Or because soccer is a global sport. Or because soccer is played year-round. But whatever the reason, soccer is the most popular sport on Instagram by a wide margin, according to Brandon Gayle, Instagram’s head of sports partnerships. Gayle says that 146 million of Instagram’s 700 million-plus users are “world football fans,” more than three times the number of…

Instagrammers love soccer. That might be because soccer players love Instagram. Or because soccer is a global sport. Or because soccer is played year-round. But whatever the reason, soccer is the most popular sport on Instagram by a wide margin, according to Brandon Gayle, Instagram’s head of sports partnerships. Gayle says that 146 million of Instagram’s 700 million-plus users are “world football fans,” more than three times the number of…

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British Cycling is on the brink of failing to push through its governance reforms, putting £43m of Sport England and UK Sport funding in serious doubt. It is understood that it will fail to reach the required 75% majority vote in favour of the reforms at an emergency general meeting of British Cycling’s national council on Saturday. The governing body was warned that future funding is dependent on it adopting reforms…

NASCAR XFINITY Series driver Brendan Gaughan and Richard Childress Racing engineer Ryan Isabell share what puts the speed in stock race cars with day campers at Rochester Museum & Science Center.(Photo: Rochester Museum & Science Center) Even though the annual arrival of NASCAR to upstate New York is a turn or two away, driver Brendan Gaughan took a rolling start Tuesday, talking science and racing in Rochester. Gaughan spent part of…

Baseball Hall of Fame players throw the ceremonial first pitch before the MLB baseball All-Star Game in Miami on Tuesday, July 11, 2017. (Wilfredo Lee / AP)   Get The Nation Daily. Independent news is more important than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox every weekday. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe now for as little as $2 a…

Clayton Kershaw pitched seven scoreless innings for his major league-leading 15th victory and the Los Angeles Dodgers edged the Chicago White Sox 1-0 Tuesday night for their 10th straight victory. Kershaw (15-2) made his first start since the All-Star break, scattering seven hits and a walk to post his 11th win in a row. The Dodgers, with the best record in baseball at 65-29, have won 30 of 34. This…

Instagrammers love soccer. That might be because soccer players love Instagram. Or because soccer is a global sport. Or because soccer is played year-round. But whatever the reason, soccer is the most popular sport on Instagram by a wide margin, according to Brandon Gayle, Instagram’s head of sports partnerships. Gayle says that 146 million of Instagram’s 700 million-plus users are “world football fans,” more than three times the number of…

Image by Sam Woolley Every day, it seems, a different Boston sports radio dipshit is delivering a take from a time when segregation was acceptable, getting attention for being five seconds away from challenging a listener to a parking lot fight for Tom Brady’s honor. Although you may not pay attention to these awful stunts, spats, and takes on a day-to-day level, they still happen, and it can be hard…

NASCAR XFINITY Series driver Brendan Gaughan and Richard Childress Racing engineer Ryan Isabell share what puts the speed in stock race cars with day campers at Rochester Museum & Science Center.(Photo: Rochester Museum & Science Center) Even though the annual arrival of NASCAR to upstate New York is a turn or two away, driver Brendan Gaughan took a rolling start Tuesday, talking science and racing in Rochester. Gaughan spent part of…

ROMANS-SUR-ISERE, France – Australian Michael Matthews accused German rival John Degenkolb of being a poor sport after his angry reaction to being beaten in a sprint for the line at the end of a windy 16th stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday. Sunweb rider Matthews won his second stage of the race after his team mates set a scorching pace at the head of the peloton to take…

The executive who oversaw Spain’s rise to dominate world soccer in recent years was arrested Tuesday in an anti-corruption investigation, dealing yet another blow to the sport’s already-tarnished image. Angel Maria Villar, his son, Gorka Villar, and two other soccer officials were detained while raids were conducted at the federation headquarters and other properties, the state prosecutor and Spanish police said. The elder Villar, who has led the Spanish Football…

Hey, remember tag? That game you probably played in grade school? Tag was always cool and fun. But did you know tag is a sport now? Thanks to Reddit, I now know it is. Here are some highlights that popped up this week from an event in London: It’s basically a combination of tag as we know it and Parkour. And that makes it thrilling, between athletes leaping over stuff and…

Baseball Hall of Fame players throw the ceremonial first pitch before the MLB baseball All-Star Game in Miami on Tuesday, July 11, 2017. (Wilfredo Lee / AP)   Get The Nation Daily. Independent news is more important than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox every weekday. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe now for as little as $2 a…

x Embed x Share CLOSE Get to know this year’s El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame inductees. Wochit Buy Photo 2017 El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Rene Quinones graduated from Eastwood High School. The pitcher then played at Hutchinson Junior College and the University of New Mexico. He later signed a free agent contract with the Cincinnati Reds and pitched in the pioneer league for Billings, Winston/Salem and…

7:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Mike Trout is back just in the nick of time. The Angels superstar, who missed six agonizing weeks with a torn ligament in his left thumb, returned to action Friday, getting five hits and a walk during L.A.’s weekend series against Tampa Bay. During Trout’s absence, his bizarrely marginalized place as baseball’s consensus best player was compromised further by…

For those of you scoring at home, one day after newly acquired Jose Quintana struck out 12 and walked none while allowing just three hits in seven scoreless innings in Baltimore, Jon Lester held the Braves to one run in seven innings while also allowing just three hits to go along with six strikeouts and one walk. Pitching six innings while allowing three runs or fewer is called a quality start….

Baseball Hall of Fame players throw the ceremonial first pitch before the MLB baseball All-Star Game in Miami on Tuesday, July 11, 2017. (Wilfredo Lee / AP)   Get The Nation Daily. Independent news is more important than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox every weekday. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe now for as little as $2 a…

7:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Mike Trout is back just in the nick of time. The Angels superstar, who missed six agonizing weeks with a torn ligament in his left thumb, returned to action Friday, getting five hits and a walk during L.A.’s weekend series against Tampa Bay. During Trout’s absence, his bizarrely marginalized place as baseball’s consensus best player was compromised further by…