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Cape Town – Civil rights organisation AfriForum on Tuesday called for the dismissal of the media and communications manager of the department of sport and recreation over a racist social media post. Esethu Hasane took to Twitter to comment on the current water crisis in the Western Cape, and called on God to find another way to “punish white people”. The Western Cape is currently experiencing a water crisis with…

Four Hollywood studios are teaming up with the city of Los Angeles to promote its bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Disney, Fox, NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. will bring their combined star power and media savvy to boost L.A.’s chances of bringing the Games back to the city for the first time in more than 30 years. L.A. is going head to head with Paris for the 2024 Olympic and…

NASCAR Twitter has no chill today. This has been the most polarizing day in stock-car social media since Jeff Gordon was added as the 13th driver in the 12-driver Chase for the Championship back in 2013. The Daytona 500 was a crashfest with an unpopular winner in Kurt Busch. That’s the cause for much of the uproar right there. But the social media subset of NASCAR fandom is…

Childers wrote that her team is scattered all over India, where the women arrived as refugees from Tibet. The autonomous region of China — known as “the roof of the world” for its mountain ranges — has a volatile history with the government in Beijing. When the women came out of the embassy without visas last week, they looked at their coach for answers, Childers wrote. They had carried folders with their passports,…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Another city dropped their bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The IOC will make their final selection on September 13th. USA TODAY Sports In this Aug. 1972, file photo, Olga Korbut, of Russia, throws up her arms in joy at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, Aug. 1972.(Photo: AP) While the Russian media reported that Olympic gold medalist Olga Korbut sold several of her medals…

A mysterious wave of deaths recently struck Big Major Cay, the uninhabited Bahamas island famous for its tourist-friendly swimming pigs. Up to half of the pig colony died and the bodies were tossed into the sea, according to reports from over the weekend. Early investigations could not identify an explicit cause of death. Wayde Nixon, a Bahamas man who brought the pigs to the island decades ago, suggested that tourists killed the animals with a lethal…

The NCAA has suspended five University of Richmond baseball players because they took part in Fantasy football. As John O’Connor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports, two of the suspended players — junior right-hander Keenan Bartlett and senior INF/DH Kurtis Brown — are among the Spiders’ most valuable contributors this season. The five players will remain suspended until the NCAA completes the reinstatement process.  Here’s the full statement originally released by…

It’s going to be quite a day for the Alvarado family. Former Kennedy baseball Coach Manny Alvarado celebrates his 63rd birthday on Tuesday. He’s now an assistant coach at Sierra Canyon. Sierra Canyon hosts Kennedy in a baseball game at 3 p.m. Kennedy is coached by Alvarado’s son, Marcus. Good luck on which team the Alvarado family members are rooting for. At least everybody should be able to share cake….

It’s going to be quite a day for the Alvarado family. Former Kennedy baseball Coach Manny Alvarado celebrates his 63rd birthday on Tuesday. He’s now an assistant coach at Sierra Canyon. Sierra Canyon hosts Kennedy in a baseball game at 3 p.m. Kennedy is coached by Alvarado’s son, Marcus. Good luck on which team the Alvarado family members are rooting for. At least everybody should be able to share cake….

This story appears in the March 6, 2017, issue of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. To subscribe, click here. James Harden stepped gingerly off the bus at the Kimpton Epic Hotel in downtown Miami, punchy after a two-hour flight from Houston following a 20-point loss to Golden State, and was greeted by a phalanx of photographers along Biscayne Bay. They were not interested in Dwight Howard or Patrick Beverley, Clint Capela or Trevor…

All three experiences are good, but can feel a little dated. VR Sports, for instance, does an excellent job of simulating physics; both its tennis and ping-pong modes feel remarkably like playing the actual sport, accurately simulating ball spin and bounce. It feels natural and fun, but the simplistic gameplay reminds me of an early room-scale SteamVR demo. Similarly, Front Defense is a competent room-scale war shooter, tasking players with…

Michael Phelps led an Olympic contingent that testified at a congressional hearing Tuesday, with the famed swimmer talking about his frustration at the cloud of doping that continues to hover over sports. The most-decorated Olympian of all time — now retired — Phelps was joined by shot putter Adam Nelson and officials from the International Olympic Committee, World Anti-Doping Agency and U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. “I can’t adequately describe how frustrating it…

When a stranger asked Genie Bouchard on a date via Twitter, she said “sure.” The date came right around when the 23-year-old tennis pro posed for some racy Sports Illustrated swimsuit pics. We spoke to Bouchard about posing for SI and her bold decision to go on a date with 20-year-old Missouri-based college student John Goehrke. KATE UPTON LANDS SI COVER FOR THE THIRD TIME Fox News: You’re…

Cape Town – Civil rights organisation AfriForum on Tuesday called for the dismissal of the media and communications manager of the department of sport and recreation over a racist social media post. Esethu Hasane took to Twitter to comment on the current water crisis in the Western Cape, and called on God to find another way to “punish white people”. The Western Cape is currently experiencing a water crisis with…

Caption Close DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Daytona 500 was sold out, the grid packed with celebrities, the fan area full of activities including a motorcycle “Ball of Death.” Owen “Lightning McQueen” Wilson was on hand, and so was Waka Flocka Flame, Gronk and nearly two dozen women scantily clad in Monster Energy outfits. One thing NASCAR had for its season opener was a much-needed spark and an atmosphere worthy…

Arsenal supporters face the daunting prospect of attempting to travel back from Middlesbrough late on a Monday night after their Premier League fixture was moved to 17 April so it can be shown live on Sky Sports. The fixture is one of four Arsenal matches that will be shown live on television during April, but the 500-mile round trip journey will pose supporters planning to travel to the Riverside for…

CLOSE x Embed x Share Kansas supplanted Gonzaga at No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll. USA TODAY Sports Baylor Bears forward Nuni Omot (21) blocks a shot by West Virginia Mountaineers guard Jevon Carter (2) in the first half at Ferrell Center.(Photo: Sean Pokorny, USA TODAY Sports) Baylor’s back-to-back losses to Texas Tech and Kansas in mid-February pushed the Bears out of the No. 1 seed conversation….

Paul Hayward was crowned Sports Writer of the Year for the second year running as The Telegraph scooped four honours at the Sports Journalism Awards on Monday night.  The Telegraph’s Investigations Team won the Investigative Reporter category with its Football for Sale expose which led to the departure of England manager Sam Allardyce and the story was also highly commended in the Scoop of the Year award. Oliver Brown was…

PRO FOOTBALL PITTSBURGH (AP) Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert stressed earlier this month one of the team’s biggest goals during the offseason was to make wide receiver Antonio Brown and running back Le’Veon Bell vital parts of the organization ”for life.” Done and well, on its way to being done. The Steelers signed Brown to a new five-year contract, following through on a promise the club made last summer…

Remember the Huawei Watch? It was one of the best Android Wear watches, with a simple and minimalist dress watch appeal. The Huawei Watch 2 (and Watch 2 Classic) are nothing like it. The Watch 2 is big, bulky, and plasticky. I was reminded of the LG Watch Sport I recently reviewed. Huawei’s sport watch has similar features, including NFC, GPS, and a heart rate monitor, and a similar big,…