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“Stick to Sports!” That’s been the loud complaint from some viewers who don’t like the growing intrusion of politics, race and culture into their former sanctuary of sports TV. With the sports media still debating how to cover things such as 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s protest of the U.S. flag/anthem, these fans might have found a new champion: Joe Buck of Fox Sports. Sporting News interviewed the play-by-by announcer about “Undeniable with Joe Buck,” on the…

Kawhi Leonard scored a playoff career-high 37 points, and the Spurs continued their beat-down of the Grizzlies with a 96-82 Game 2 victory that gave them a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Memphis is now essentially finished, because they’re not going to beat this San Antonio team four out of the next five games to somehow salvage the series. But even worse is that the Grizzlies figure to…

BOSTON — The daily fantasy sports industry sharply contracted since the online games offered by companies like FanDuel and DraftKings sparked court and legislative battles across the United States last year. More than two-thirds of companies that existed this time last year have shuttered, changed focus or joined with competitors, according to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, the industry’s lobbying arm. Among the most prominent examples is the proposed merger…

Mal Pugh, who last summer became the youngest U.S. player to score a goal in Olympic soccer competition, is leaving UCLA to turn pro after playing just three spring games for the Bruins. Pugh, 18, who also scored in her international debut last year, enrolled at UCLA in the winter quarter and was due to begin her freshman season next fall. “This decision was certainly not easy for me to…

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Sadly in world soccer, for every heart-warming story there seem to be more horrific ones that make you just question what goes on in people’s minds. The latest comes from Argentina, where a fan is brain dead after he was thrown off a ledge by fellow supporters of Belgrano in a derby match and four people were arrested as a result.  According to reports, 26-year-old Emanuel Ezequiel Balbo was sitting…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Bob Hyland, the owner of Bob Hyland’s Sports Page in White Plains, talks about the bar/restaurant on Feb. 3, 2017, as they get ready to vacate the White Plains Mall very soon. Mark Vergari/lohud Buy Photo Fans watch the game at Bob Hyland’s Sports Page Pub in White Plains.(Photo: File photo by Flores/The Journal News)Buy Photo WHITE PLAINS – The interior contents of Bob Hyland’s…

Game day? Check. Stanley Cup playoffs? Check. Lucky socks? Not so much. Superstition has a long and often inexplicable history with sports, but a study of more than 2,000 pro sports fans by Online Casino suggests that faithful followers of the NHL are less confident in their “rituals” as an influence on team performance than fans of any other sport. Tyler Burchett, on behalf of the study team, provided data…

Editor’s note: Some of material in this column was adapted from the book “This is Your Brain on Sports.” The scene was almost unendurably touching. Cheers washed over Isaiah Thomas as he emerged from the TD Garden tunnel before the Celtics’ first game of this year’s NBA playoffs. This, of course, was a day after Thomas’s 22-year-old sister was killed in a one-car crash. Before the game, there was a…

President Trump has directed much of his anti-media shtick at CNN over the past few months, publicly attacking the network for its coverage of his administration. But the truth is, a lot of the feud between Trump and CNN is theater. CNN has played an important role in mainstreaming and normalizing Trump’s misinformation, thanks in large part to the small army of Trump surrogates the network has hired to defend…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Bob Hyland, the owner of Bob Hyland’s Sports Page in White Plains, talks about the bar/restaurant on Feb. 3, 2017, as they get ready to vacate the White Plains Mall very soon. Mark Vergari/lohud Buy Photo Fans watch the game at Bob Hyland’s Sports Page Pub in White Plains.(Photo: File photo by Flores/The Journal News)Buy Photo WHITE PLAINS – The interior contents of Bob Hyland’s…

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Already headquarters for three major league sports franchises — including America’s Team, the Dallas Cowboys — plus two minor league organizations, Frisco claims a lock on the professional sports market like no other community in the country. The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/2nUEj9D ) reports now Frisco is vying to be the champion in another area — sports innovation. And city officials say…

So far, the Cup teams have raced at a restrictor-plate track, three 1.5-mile tracks, and tracks that are 1 mile, 2 miles and 0.526 miles in length. That’s enough of a sample size to know if your team is having a good year or not. And for teams having disappointing seasons, it’s not too early to think about crew chief changes. Dave Rogers (pictured above) already took a leave…

No games were played in MLS or the NASL on Sunday. That’s too bad, because it would have been an appropriate day to commemorate a significant anniversary for North American soccer. Fifty years ago on Sunday, on 16 April 1967, professional soccer took its first bold steps in the US as the National Professional Soccer League made its debut. Unlike today’s game, fans did not exactly swarm to the stadiums….

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CONOR McGREGOR gave an insight into his relentless workout routine as the UFC star looks to swap MMA with boxing. The Irishman is a firm believer that hardwork beats talent as his intense training regime includes boxing, rowing, cycling, running and hardcore sparring. Conor McGregor denies he has any talent and says it’s all about hard work McGregor shared the video on his Instagram account from his ‘Conor McGregor F.A.S.T. Conditioning‘…

Most football players are tough. Every hockey player is. Sunday night’s game between the Penguins and the Blue Jackets included 19-year-old Columbus defenseman Zach Werenski taking a puck to the face. It wasn’t slapshot but a short-range flip. The incident nevertheless opened a huge gash on Werenski’s face and instantly dumped a chum bucket from his nose onto the ice. It happened in the second period. Werenski returned for the…

You’ve probably seen plenty of broken bat singles in baseball, but have you ever seen a broken aluminum bat single? Behold, in all its glory: It comes from the weekend series between Florida and Vanderbilt, and that’s Gators catcher J.J. Schwarz knocking a single despite the destruction of his metal bat. Not only did Schwarz score the unlikely base hit, he also got two RBIs out of it as a…

By Sam McPherson The Major League Baseball season is two weeks in, and already there have been a ton of players suffering injuries and landing on the new 10-day disabled list. The 2015 American League Most Valuable Player, Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson, was off to a great start before aggravating his calf and landing on the DL. Same for two-time All-Star closer Zach Britton, who was leading…

Editor’s note: Some of material in this column was adapted from the book “This is Your Brain on Sports.” The scene was almost unendurably touching. Cheers washed over Isaiah Thomas as he emerged from the TD Garden tunnel before the Celtics’ first game of this year’s NBA playoffs. This, of course, was a day after Thomas’s 22-year-old sister was killed in a one-car crash. Before the game, there was a…