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Sports Direct has elected an employee to attend board meetings, after a series of scandals over the way the company is run and how it treats its staff. But Unite, Britain’s biggest union, warned that the newly appointed worker representative “will face an uphill struggle to have workers’ concerns heard and to resolve the deep-rooted problems across the business”. The appointment of Alex Balacki, 30, follows a tumultuous 2016 for…

A bill legalizing for-profit fantasy sports leagues in Texas has gained some yards in the state Legislature. House Bill 1487, co-authored by state Rep. Richard Pena Raymond, D-Laredo, was approved on a 6-1 vote this week by the House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures, although it remains unclear when or if it will be taken up by the full House for a vote. State Rep. John…

Three explosions went off near the team bus of Borussia Dortmund, one of Germany’s top soccer clubs, as it set off for a Champions League quarterfinal match on Tuesday evening, slightly injuring a player. The police chief for the German city of Dortmund said it’s not clear yet who was behind the explosions. Chief Gregor Lange told reporters late Tuesday that police decided at an early stage that the soccer…

The Borussia Dortmund soccer team bus was damaged by explosion a few miles from the stadium prior to the UEFA Champions League quarter-final football match against Monaco in Dortmund, Germany, on Tuesday. Sascha Schuermann/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sascha Schuermann/AFP/Getty Images The Borussia Dortmund soccer team bus was damaged by explosion a few miles from the stadium prior to the UEFA Champions League quarter-final football match against Monaco in…

Photo credit: Tyler Barrick/Getty Images Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives used a secret off-the-books bank account to buy a $21,000 NASCAR suite at Bristol Motor Speedway and a trip to Las Vegas, among other things, reports the Washington Post. Sadly, it wasn’t to investigate on-track fistfights, or anything else for that matter. Advertisement The night out at Bristol was in a 16-person suite for the…

NASCAR is considering doing what a lot of other auto racing series around the world do: Give its race teams the option of running two different types of tires for each race. The first would be a conventional set, the second a softer compound that is significantly faster than the normal tire, but presumably would wear out much quicker. The sanctioning body will use this year’s 2017 Monster Energy All-Star…

A bus carrying an elite German soccer team to a game was targeted in an attack with “serious explosive devises” that injured at least one player Tuesday, police said. Borussia Dortmund defender Marc BartraAFP/Getty Images Borussia Dortmund — widely considered one of the world’s best teams — was headed to a Champions League quarterfinals match in Dortmund when the blast went off, shattering the vehicle’s windows, Sky News reported. The…

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BUY TICKETS: See the races at Bristol MORE: All-time All-Star Race winners | Recap ‘One Hot Night’ DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — As the engines fired, the lightbulbs buzzed — a first for the annual non-points extravaganza. Never before had an All-Star Race been run under the lights. Dubbed “One Hot Night,” the 1992 race signaled a new era, one that became tradition for the fan-favorite event.   And now, 25 years later,…

BUY TICKETS: Buy tickets for Daytona and all 2017 races Liftoff panels, ride heights and aero ducts will be on the menu today at Daytona International Speedway as NASCAR and Goodyear officials, along with five Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams, begin a two-day test at the 2.5-mile superspeedway.   Erik Jones (Furniture Row Racing Toyota), Alex Bowman (Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet), Joey Logano (Team Penske Ford), Danica Patrick (Stewart-Haas Racing…

After the horrendous videos of a man being physically dragged off a United Airlines plane Sunday evening went viral, the company has been chastised on the internet for how poorly it handled and overbooking situation. There are plenty of issues being debated as the story has made national headlines, but much of it is about how United addressed a problem of its own making because it – like every other…

DORTMUND, Germany — A player for German soccer team Borussia Dortmund was injured following explosions near the team bus ahead of the Champions League quarterfinal match against Monaco, local police say.  North Rhine-Westphalia police spokesman Gunnar Wortmann told The Associated Press Tuesday that there were “three explosions near the team bus as they left the hotel to go to the stadium” and that “there was one player injured inside and…

BUY TICKETS: See the races at Bristol The chatter of a potential rivalry between Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Ryan Blaney can simmer down now. Because the two have made up, Earnhardt says. The duo made amends this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, Earnhardt Jr. mentioned on his weekly Dirty Mo Radio podcast “The Dale Jr. Download” on Tuesday. “Me and Blaney patched things up in the bus lot this weekend,” Junior…

Last year was the first year I didn’t have an A’s season ticket package since 2010. I first signed on for A’s season tickets before year five of the “Geren Years.” I think “2011 A’s season ticket salesperson” was probably in the top 10 toughest jobs, somewhere between the Deadliest Catch guys and Coach Carter. I often wonder how many (few?) people decided to jump in and buy A’s tickets…

Buy Photo Marion Harding’s Kwuave Booker and pitcher Sam Mitchell remove their necklaces prior to their game against Northridge on Monday.(Photo: Matthew Hatcher/ The Marion Star)Buy Photo Story Highlights Harding baseball is 7-1 overall and 2-0 in the MOAC Red. The Presidents play Jonathan Alder Wednesday evening at home in a key MOAC game. MARION – Two years ago, Marion Harding’s baseball team suffered through a 1-24 season. Last year,…

I have long believed that the vast majority of polls aren’t worth the paper their results are printed on (Hillary Clinton, I am sure, would agree). For years polls have said baseball is the most problematic of the major U.S. sports and that the game is declining in popularity. Now, to reality. The average MLB team is worth $1.54 billion, 19% more than one year ago (to see the impact on the Forbes SportsMoney…

Michael Pineda had one of the best starts of the young season on Monday, a dazzling 11-strikeout performance against the Rays that saw him take a perfect game into the seventh inning. He was tremendous, recording a game score of 82, the second-highest in baseball through the first eight days of the season. Pineda also had one of the best starts of the 2015 season, when he struck out 16…

Major League Baseball is as healthy as it’s ever been financially, and the sport’s revenues are only growing. Tuesday morning Mike Ozanian of Forbes released his annual MLB franchise value estimates, and according to his data, the average club saw their value increase a whopping 19 percent in 2016. That is due to the growing MLB Advanced Media juggernaut — MLBAM is league’s digital arm, and all 30 clubs own…

Starting in early 2018, the Luxor Hotel will be home to the very first e-sports arena on the Las Vegas Strip. The joint venture between Allied Esports, Esports Arena, and Luxor-owner MGM Resorts International will see an existing 30,000-square-foot nightclub transformed into a multi-level e-sports venue. It will be equipped with all the staples of a standard sports arena plus an LED video wall, professional streaming video production studios, and…

Match postponed, full details here.