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Wearables are changing our culture, and the sport of golf is not exempt. “How many steps have you walked?” is as common a question as, “Where are you going to eat?” Professional golfers will do anything to gain even the slightest advantage. That’s why they are using wearables to help improve their games in the gym. They measure everything from sleep to what kind of calories they are putting in…

JD Sports reported a more than 80 per cent jump in profit before tax for the year to the end of January, bolstered by its core fashion business and an international expansion drive. The cut-price sports retailer said that profit before tax hit £238.4m, up from £131.6m in the same period the previous year, and that it was in a strong position to weather the market implications of Brexit. “Whilst…

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With the Raiders deciding to leave Oakland for a $1.9-billion football stadium in Las Vegas, the carousel of moves and threats to move by California’s professional sports teams appears to be slowing down. So too does all the action in the state Legislature designed to help build new stadiums. Since 2009, state lawmakers have tried to make it easier to build new football stadiums in the San Gabriel Valley, San…

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Jimmie Johnson’s seventh victory at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday was a reminder of just how good Johnson is at that track. There are now just 11 active drivers in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series who have won at least 10 races their respective careers.   Naturally, each of the 11 drivers are better at some tracks than others. But each of them has at least…

RELATED: Race results | Series standings The days of a newly repaved race track requiring numerous seasons of curing, along with several years of competition on its surface before it lends itself to multiple lanes for racing, appear to be over. The action Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway was not an aberration. It’s more of an evolution. Track officials replaced the aging asphalt earlier this year at the 1.5-mile facility…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson speaks with the Free Press after announcing his retirement Monday, April 10, 2017. Video by George Sipple / DFP Videolicious Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson listens to questions from the media at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on March 16, 2017.(Photo: Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press) Michigan hockey will never be the same. Legendary coach Red Berenson, 77, announced today that…

NEW YORK (April 10, 2017) – CONCACAF member nations the United States, Canada and Mexico today declared their intention to formally submit a unified bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The historic unified bid, which would represent the first time that three nations would jointly host a FIFA competition, was announced by U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati, CONCACAF and Canadian Soccer Association president Victor Montagliani, and…

Danton Cole(Photo: Rena Laverty, USA Hockey) Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis apparently has chosen another alumnus to lead the hockey program. USA Hockey National Team Development Program head coach Danton Cole is returning to his alma mater, according to scout.com. Cole did not immediately respond to calls nor texts from the Free Press. Hollis also has not responded to requests for comment. Scott Monaghan, USA Hockey NTDP senior director of…

Major League Baseball games are too long, attention spans are too short, the fan base is aging and the next generation of fans — kids playing baseball — is down more than 40 percent in the past 15 years . The folks who run MLB are worried. Last year they started enforcing some existing rules — like the batter has to keep a foot in the box between pitches —…

MLS has its eyes set on expanding the league to 28 teams, and with that comes the exciting prospect of new and diverse fan bases. Cities like Detroit, Nashville, Indianapolis, San Antonio, and Cincinnati will emerge, shape the game and  reflect their city’s style and sensibilities like we’ve seen happen in Portland, Orlando, and Atlanta over the past decade.

CLOSE x Embed x Share The owner of Summit Place Mall in Oakland County has until July 15 to get a demolition permit or submit redevelopment plans. JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press A rendering of the proposed youth sports megaplex for the site of the abandoned Summit Place Mall in Waterford Township.(Photo: Prime Design Systems Inc.) A mystery developer is proposing to build a youth sports and entertainment megaplex in…

Inside sports business There were days not long ago when the National Football League feared its players even paying a visit to Las Vegas. And they weren’t alone. The mere thought of Sin City intersecting with operations of any major sports league sent the billable hours of their public-relations machines spiraling out of control. Not any more. The announcement the Oakland Raiders will move to Las Vegas in two years…

If something shocking happens in the top five picks of the 2017 NFL Draft, it very well might involve running back Leonard Fournette. I hear the big back out of LSU is increasingly being viewed as a best-of-breed player in this draft, a true blue chipper, and he is being considered at the highest reaches of the first round. Mock Draft Central How to watch NFL Draft Frankly, it would…

Eastern Outfitters LLC, parent company of Eastern Mountain Sports and Bob’s store, wants to close about half of its store – including 27 of its 51 EMS stores. Two of the stores targeted to close are at Destiny USA and Towne Center in Fayetteville, according to bankruptcy court documents. The Meriden, Conn.-based company filed for bankruptcy protection in February. The plan to close the stores still needs bankruptcy court approval….

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Russell Westbrook celebrates his game-winning 3-pointer on Sunday against the Nuggets. The Thunder guard finished with 50 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists for his 42nd triple-double of 2016-17, breaking Oscar Robertson’s single-season record. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Russell Westbrook had seemingly been building up to this moment the entire season. Triple-double after triple-double, the Oklahoma City point guard inched toward history…

Police in Woodstock, Ga., say that former MLB outfielder Otis Nixon, who was reported missing on Sunday, has been found safe. UPDATE: Otis Nixon has been located and is safe. We appreciate the assistance from the public and media. — Woodstock Police, GA (@WoodstockPD) April 10, 2017 Nixon, 58, was last seen Saturday around 10 a.m. leaving his home in a gray 2011 Range Rover. The former big-leaguer had a…

[GIF: Suntory] You have it easy. You’re just controlling Mario and company as they play sport after sport. They have it hard. Advertisement Remember those Mario Mercedes Benz ads? Now the character and his cohorts are starring in a series of Suntory energy drink commercials. The spot is for Dekavita C, a Japanese energy drink, and it shows Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad as they race around from various Mario Sports…

FORT WORTH, Texas — The first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at the “new” Texas Motor Speedway is in the books. And just what did the competitors think of the newly repaved, reconfigured 1.5-mile track, where the banking was reduced and the track widened in Turns 1 and 2? It depends, really, on who you ask – and where they finished in Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500. But the…