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An L.A. home owned by LeBron James was the target of a hate crime — someone spray painted the n-word on the front gate and detectives are now investigating, cops tell TMZ Sports. Here’s what we know … multiple LAPD units and a neighborhood patrol vehicle responded to the home early Wednesday morning. We’re told the word was scrawled on the outer gate. We’re told investigators are looking for security footage…

x Embed x Share CLOSE While the Predators are out of town, the Smashville fan base has descended on the Nashville bar scene. Autumn Allison/USA TODAY NETWORK-Tennessee Buy Photo Billy Ray Cyrus sings to the Stanley Cup during its visit to the Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, May 31, 2017.(Photo: Lacy Atkins / The Tennessean)Buy Photo Country music, catfish, craft beer, slapshots, moonshine. Nashville’s bar scene, like the…

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s national soccer team is due to play its first game on home soil in years on Thursday — taking to the field in a city that suffered some of the worst violence after Saddam Hussein. But the match against neighboring Jordan is about much more than sports. It is widely seen as a sign the country is moving beyond the conflict and bloodshed that has plagued it…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment sports + biz + culture + lifeGet REDEF delivered to your inbox rantnrave:// Did you see LeBron James’ monologue Wednesday? Let me give you a moment. It’s remarkable. James is honest and vulnerable. The most famous athlete in the U.S. using his podium to speak about racism after his Los Angeles home was vandalized with a racial epithet. James used the platform…

Quito fall ball The Quito Little League is holding fall ball registration for boys and girls ages 5-14. There are no boundary restrictions, for all players are eligible. The cost of $150 includes a cap and jersey. Practices begin the week of Aug. 28 and games will run from Sept. 10 through Nov. 12 (dates are approximate). For more information, visit https://leagueathletics.com/Default.asp?org=quitoll. Hoop games Collin Hill and Dylan Johnston of…

x Embed x Share CLOSE The NBA Finals is finally here and the Cavs vs. Warriors is already a series of historic proportions. Just look at the numbers. USA TODAY Sports Ben Wallace raises the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy after the Pistons clinched the NBA title with a 100-87 win over the Lakers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 15, 2004 at the Palace.(Photo: David P. Gilkey,…

SANDUSKY, Ohio – Just a month after the grand opening of its new outdoor sports park, Cedar Point is pitching a major expansion: an indoor sports complex that could bring amateur athletes to Sandusky year-round. Cedar Point executives outlined their proposal to Erie County officials last week: a 185,000-square-foot complex with 10 basketball courts (convertible to 20 volleyball courts), an arena with retractable seats, a sports-medicine facility, a community recreation center…

The world’s most popular e-sport plans to soften a controversial rule banishing bad teams and to add a new panel made up of professional gamers. The “League of Legends” North American league replaces its two worst performing teams with a pair of upstarts at the end of each year. Under a new plan announced Thursday, the practice of relegating teams while promoting others would be relaxed. Starting next year, “League…

Twitter There’s one site that exists in the underbelly of the internet that calls itself a “sports” site, but it seems to be a site where “meninist” dude bros and trolls love to converge to bash women. But the site, Barstool, picked the wrong one this time. Earlier this week, the site posted a photo and article about Rihanna and decided to poke fun at her recent weight gain, because…

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s national soccer team is due to play its first game on home soil in years on Thursday — taking to the field in a city that suffered some of the worst violence after Saddam Hussein. But the match against neighboring Jordan is about much more than sports. It is widely seen as a sign the country is moving beyond the conflict and bloodshed that has plagued it…

That sound? It’s the approaching hoofbeats of June, and June, it so happens, is a big month for baseball on any number of levels. “Why is June a big month for baseball?” you’re presently not asking. Fortunately for you, this scribe’s stock in trade is answering the questions no one is asking.  So here, people of baseball, is why the sport that binds is of central importance in June … …

Timothy D. Easley/Associated Press The 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament begins on Friday with regionals featuring 64 teams at 16 different locations around the country.  Oregon State is the No. 1 overall seed after going 49-4 and winning the Pac-12 conference title during the regular season.  Regionals are a double-elimination format, giving teams more than one opportunity to make their presence felt. The winners of the regionals will then…

7:30 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Most of the time, Joe Kelly doesn’t have to peek at the radar gun. No, the burn of a baseball’s stitches against the tips of his fingers — “That tug out of your hand when everything is going right,” Kelly says — usually tells him whatever he needs to know about how hard he’s throwing. When it doesn’t? When…

Washington Nationals star outfielder Bryce Harper agreed to drop his appeal of a four-game suspension and in turn had one game shaved from the punishment. He reached the agreement Wednesday with Major League Baseball and began serving the suspension immediately. The punishment stemmed from a bench-clearing brawl Monday after Harper was hit by a 98 mph fastball from Giants reliever Hunter Strickland. There was no word…

GOLF 6 a.m.: Golf Channel, European PGA Tour, Nordea Masters, continuation of coverage of first round, part I, at Malmo, Sweden 9 a.m.: Golf Channel, European PGA Tour, Nordea Masters, first round, part II, at Malmo, Sweden 2:30 p.m.: Golf Channel, PGA Tour, The Memorial Tournament, first round, at Dublin, Ohio 5 a.m. (Friday): Golf Channel, European PGA Tour, Nordea Masters, second round, at Malmo, Sweden…

Baseball is in the air, literally and figuratively. Island Little League fields are packed with eager players and loyal fans, their shouts carrying…

TIGER WOODS JUPITER, Fla. — Tiger Woods can’t follow simple instructions during a dazed and disoriented encounter with police in dash-cam footage that Jupiter released Wednesday night. During a field sobriety test, Woods swayed as he straddled the white line and could not take a step in the heel-to-toe method. When asked to raise his right hand, he started to raise his left hand when the officer corrected him. Eventually,…

Tennis legend Margaret Court has added fuel to her anti-gay controversy by claiming “tennis is full of lesbians” and transgender children are the work of “the devil.” The 74-year-old Court, who won 24 Grand Slam events in her amazing career, made the comments on 20Twenty Vision Christian Radio. “I mean, tennis is full of lesbians, because even when I was playing there was only a couple there, but those couple…

Atletico Madrid said the decision to uphold the transfer ban will cause “irreparable damage” to the club Atletico Madrid will not be able to sign new players this summer as their transfer ban has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The Spanish side were banned in July 2016 from registering players for two transfer windows for breaching Fifa rules over the signing of minors. “This ruling is…