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(Beirut) – Saudi Arabia’s reversal of its longstanding ban on sports for women and girls in public schools is a vital step forward, Human Rights Watch said today. But serious hurdles, including the country’s male guardianship system, remain in place, preventing women from fully accessing the education and health benefits of sports exercise. The announcement, published on the Education Ministry’s website on July 11, 2017, states that Saudi girls’ schools…

Skip Bayless’ hot takes on LeBron James and the Cowboys might have to be frozen. A week after Jamie Horowitz, the president of Fox Sports National Networks, was fired amid sexual harassment claims, Fox Sports 1 reportedly is trying to change the subjects that its studio debate shows fight about, with less focus on the NBA and NFL and more on the sports the network actually broadcasts. The Sporting News,…

When Rob Manfred became Major League Baseball commissioner in August 2014, he didn’t just talk about focusing on youth participation. He put his words into action, investing money and time in several initiatives to increase the number of kids playing the sport. Three years later, the numbers aren’t necessarily booming, but leaders in youth baseball are optimistic about the strides being made, and pointed to the Commissioner’s Office as a…

Three All-Stars. Can you name them? (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Baseball’s All-Star game once marked a peak in the summer sports calendar. This All-Star game finished second in the overnight Nielsens to “America’s Got Talent.” Its 6.5 rating was a tick above from last year’s all-time low of 6.4. This after a highly hyped Home Run Derby won by Aaron Judge, a fresh face who plays in New York. This after…

That didn’t last long. A day after basking in the glow of the most watched All-Star Home Run Derby in nearly a decade, reality intruded on baseball. Though fans still seems to dig the long ball, they don’t seem too keen about the game itself. That’s a real problem for the sport, though it’s hard to blame fans for not tuning in for the All-Star Game. Those in Miami were…

The cutoff to qualify among the world’s most valuable sports franchises is higher than ever, up 18% this year to $1.75 billion. There are 36 franchises worth at least $1 billion that did not make the top 50. Credit soaring TV contracts for the rising franchise values, as well as labor deals with players that almost ensure profitability barring outrageous spending on payroll by an owner. Only the Dallas Cowboys…

By Charles Curtis July 12, 2017 2:20 pm Follow @bycharlescurtis

RELATED: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series standings | Owner points standings NASCAR handed out an L1-level penalty to the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing team of Kyle Larson following Saturday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway. The penalty was for rear brake cooling assembly that didn’t meet standards, and Larson’s second-place finish was ruled encumbered. In addition, crew chief Chad Johnston was fined $75,000 and suspended for…

NASHVILLE—Saturday afternoon in Nashville, and the smell of smoking meats wafted above a frying-pan hot pavement in a parking lot near Nissan Stadium. Flags – both the Stars and Stripes and those of other various regional and tribal allegiances – flapped slowly in an only intermittent breeze. A nearby Shoney’s offered a “Welcome Soccer Fans” message above a line about their ribs.  But all around the stadium, its western edge…

To weigh in on the present and future of baseball, The Post organized an All-Star panel of players past and present, an MLB competition committee member and two Hall of Fame voters. Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson, Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, YES broadcaster David Cone and Mets general manager Sandy Alderson joined The Post’s Joel Sherman and Ken Davidoff to discuss all things baseball: Pace of play JOEL SHERMAN: Pace of…

“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” — Marcel Proust David Wright avoids cliché and groupthink. He listens to a question and provides an answer, and the question I asked in spring was essentially this: If you were the czar of baseball and could change anything about the game — pace of play, travel, fan experience, etc. — with just a decree, no…

Three All-Stars. Can you name them? (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Baseball’s All-Star game once marked a peak in the summer sports calendar. This All-Star game finished second in the overnight Nielsens to “America’s Got Talent.” Its 6.5 rating was a tick above from last year’s all-time low of 6.4. This after a highly hyped Home Run Derby won by Aaron Judge, a fresh face who plays in New York. This after…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Major League Baseball’s best players were in Miami for the All-Star Game this week, just a two-hour drive away from Port St. Lucie, where a former NFL quarterback is trying to make his way through the minors. What do All-Stars think of Tim Tebow’s baseball journey? We asked a few for their thoughts on what he has to do to keep moving…

This baseball season, like most, has been full of surprises. Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees has burst on to the scene as one of the league’s best sluggers, becoming the first player since 2013 to hit 30 home runs during the first half of the season. Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer is following up his 2016 Cy Young campaign with an even better season, striking out a career-high…

The Dallas Cowboys are the world’s most valuable sports franchise for the second year in a row, according to Forbes. Valued at $4.2 billion, Jerry Jones’ team posted $700 million in revenue in 2015, and after a wildly successful 2016 season, the franchise’s value likely has only increased since then. The New York Yankees were second on the list with a worth of $3.7 billion, followed by soccer clubs Manchester United…

By Charles Curtis July 12, 2017 2:20 pm Follow @bycharlescurtis

Skip Bayless’ hot takes on LeBron James and the Cowboys might have to be frozen. A week after Jamie Horowitz, the president of Fox Sports National Networks, was fired amid sexual harassment claims, Fox Sports 1 reportedly is trying to change the subjects that its studio debate shows fight about, with less focus on the NBA and NFL and more on the sports the network actually broadcasts. The Sporting News,…

The Professional Fighters League, which is trying to land a bigger punch in the mixed-martial arts world, has hired veteran TV sports executive George Greenberg to oversee broadcast production. Greenberg spent 23 years at Fox Sports and Fox Broadcasting. Most recently he was executive VP of content integration and presentation, overseeing content integration flow within all Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2 programs, and supervising UFC production efforts, Fox…

Buy Photo Detroit sports-radio talk show host Mike Valenti (pictured) is scheduled to host a show on WFAN on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, as the New York City radio behemoth continues its long, meticulous search for a replacement for the retiring Mike Francesa.(Photo: David Guralnick / The Detroit News)Buy Photo The threat of Mike Valenti moving up and out of the Detroit sports-radio market appears about to get serious. Valenti…

This baseball season, like most, has been full of surprises. Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees has burst on to the scene as one of the league’s best sluggers, becoming the first player since 2013 to hit 30 home runs during the first half of the season. Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer is following up his 2016 Cy Young campaign with an even better season, striking out a career-high…