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It’s the final injury report of the long 2016 season (and playoffs). Here are the 10 players who were listed as questionable on Friday and their up-to-date status as of Saturday. If anything changes before kickoff on Sunday (6:30 PM ET, FOX and FOX Sports GO), we’ll have you covered. Otherwise, enjoy Super Bowl LI between the New England Patriots (seven listed players) and Atlanta Falcons (three listed players)….

Houston’s NRG Stadium seats around 72,000 screaming maniacs when it’s hosting a football game, as it will on Super Bowl Sunday. But those with their butts in the seats will account for less than one percent of Americans watching the game, most of whom will be planted somewhere in front of a TV, a bowl of guacamole well within reach. But what if they could be there, too? Or come…

With Super Bowl LI less than 48 hours away, it’s time to start thinking about what kind of snacks you’ll be serving up for your big-game parties. Luckily, your favorite NASCAR drivers have given us some pretty tasty ideas for what they’ll be munching on when the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons face off Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET, following a full day of pre-game coverage on FOX. From…

The Associated Press reported that Kannapolis, N.C.-based Stewart-Haas Racing filed a $31 million breach of contract lawsuit against Nature’s Bakery on Friday, accusing the company of refusing to pay its bills to sponsor driver Danica Patrick this season. The lawsuit filing comes just one day after an SHR spokesman told FOXSports.com that “Nature’s Bakery and Stewart-Haas Racing remain in discussions about how the sponsorship might look in 2017.” But on…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Growing up in New York City, her parents encouraged her to play against the boys in order to be tough. Fast-forward two decades and that’s exactly what Julia Landauer is doing with her racing career booming and off-track accolades, including a recent Forbes feature, helping to form her growing brand. Coming off a fourth-place finish in the standings in NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series West, Landauer, who got…

There can be randomness in whether a player is better or worse than their prior year or career norm. We don’t like that, but it’s true. Pitchers have limited control over where batted balls go after they’re hit (so do hitters for that matter). Players who have been healthy get hurt and vice versa. Latest mocks, tiers, rankings and more We cannot predict everything, obviously. That does not mean we…

Taking the pulse of the industry, Rich Hill checks in 33rd among starting pitchers on FantasyPros.com, behind the likes of Michael Fulmer and Felix Hernandez. It’s not altogether surprising and perhaps even generous considering he threw 110 1/3 innings last year, making him only the 57th-ranked pitcher in Head-to-Head point leagues. But then, in Rotisserie, the format that rewards ratio stats like ERA and WHIP, he ranked 23rd. Why? Well,…

Gabe Kapler would have loved to play for Israel in the World Baseball Classic. He has not played in the major leagues for seven years, but that would not have been a problem. Eric Gagne is playing for Canada, and he hasn’t played in the majors for nine years. But Kapler has a full-time job, as the Dodgers’ director of player development. The Dodgers had minor league staffers to hire, spring…

For those rooting for baseball to speed up the game, Commissioner Rob Manfred says: have patience. Owners and players ratified a new collective bargaining agreement in December, but they’re still negotiating innovations designed to improve the pace of play. Owners discussed the issue during two days of meetings that concluded Friday. “We did review some rule changes largely related to pace of game that are being discussed with the players’…

HOUSTON — As part of his pursuit of becoming a future big-league Met, Tim Tebow has turned to a former Met. Tebow has been training this winter with former Mets and current Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy in Florida in preparation for spring training. Tebow said the two are “next-door neighbors” in Jacksonville, Fla., and Murphy has told him a lot about the Mets and helped him improve. “It’s not…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Growing up in New York City, her parents encouraged her to play against the boys in order to be tough. Fast-forward two decades and that’s exactly what Julia Landauer is doing with her racing career booming and off-track accolades, including a recent Forbes feature, helping to form her growing brand. Coming off a fourth-place finish in the standings in NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series West, Landauer, who got…

A standoff between the NHL and the International Olympic Committee continues with no end in sight, but with each passing day it increasingly threatens the league’s participation in the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. Caught in the middle of the skirmish are players who want to represent their countries on the sport’s biggest stage. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and his deputy, Bill Daly, painted a grim picture of…

Purposely “heading” a soccer ball may lead to concussion symptoms despite research suggesting those issues mainly arise from accidental knocks to the head, according to a new study. While amateur soccer players were at an increased risk of concussion-like symptoms from colliding with each other and objects, they also had an increased risk for those symptoms if they often used their head to hit the ball – an action…

RELATED: Meet the 2016-17 NASCAR Next class There are several traditional routes to stock-car racing’s big leagues. Several stars have emerged from asphalt Late Model circles, others from the sprint cars ranks, either on pavement or dirt. Alon Day has made a path where just five years ago, he says, none existed in his homeland of Israel. “I grew up without any motorsports — nothing,” says Day, who fantasized about…

Finley Stadium (Steven Goff/The Washington Post) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Columbus, Washington, Carson … Chattanooga? The U.S. Soccer Federation broke from standard scheduling practices by placing Friday’s men’s friendly against Jamaica in a city off the sport’s beaten path. The women have played at 20,000-seat Finley Stadium. The men have visited Tennessee in recent years, two hours up the road in Nashville, but never in the southeastern corner of the Volunteer…

8:02 AM ET Close ESPN Staff Writer for ESPN Stats & Information Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer of SweetSpot baseball blog Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Welcome to the Great Baseball Skills Competition, a weeklong breakdown and ranking of baseball’s elite and unique talents. Each day this week, we’re taking an aspect of the game…

Here in the United States, we’re just days away from Super Bowl Sunday. The buzz around the biggest game in America’s biggest sport is, as always, about more than football. It’s also about business and leadership. Does the Patriots’s consistent excellence over the last 15 years offer insights on teamwork that transcend football? Does Bill Belichick’s unrivaled record speak to his skills not just as a coach but also as a leader…

RELATED: Meet the 2016-17 NASCAR Next class There are several traditional routes to stock-car racing’s big leagues. Several stars have emerged from asphalt Late Model circles, others from the sprint cars ranks, either on pavement or dirt. Alon Day has made a path where just five years ago, he says, none existed in his homeland of Israel. “I grew up without any motorsports — nothing,” says Day, who fantasized about…

BUDAPEST Hungary’s bid organizers for the 2024 summer Olympics in Budapest plan to engage the public in dialogue to quell a growing popular movement opposing the campaign to host the Games. Budapest, one of three cities competing to stage the event, is bidding to become the first Eastern European country to host the summer Games in the post-Communist era and is hoping to fulfill the International Olympic Committee’s Agenda 2020…

There are few people who know the Cowboys as well as Skip Bayless. Through highs and lows, he’s seen owner Jerry Jones wrestle between his desire to win and his need to entertain. With a bright future ahead, it appears that struggle is coming to its fateful end. As told to Dieter Kurtenbach… I wrote three books about the Dallas Cowboys. I swear, I couldn’t have written fiction that was…