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On the seventh day of the Games, it seemed, for a brief, bewildering moment, as though a bomb had gone off in the Olympic Park. A thunderclap sounded around the aquatics stadium and echoed across the food court. No one fled. Instead everyone sped towards the scene. It turned out that Brazilian police had detonated a discarded rucksack – they later explained that it had contained a jacket and a…

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Four of college football’s 40 bowl games this year are in MLB stadiums. Most major stadiums are multi-purposed in some fashion or another, but football games in baseball parks is a weird match. It requires fitting a 120-yard-long rectangular peg into a diamond-shaped hole. It doesn’t always look natural. And yet, it works. The four current ballpark bowls — the Miami Beach, Arizona’s Cactus, New York’s Pinstripe, and the St….

We’re a few short days away from 2017 so it’s a good time to look back at the top 25 baseball stories of 2016. Some of them took place on the field, some of them off the field and some of them were creatures of social media, fan chatter and the like. No matter where the story broke, however, these were the stories baseball fans were talking about most this…

Monterey – Nearly 20 years after the Salinas Peppers folded, it appears pro baseball will make its return to Monterey County in 2017. Courtesy Pecos League  If all goes according to plan, the Monterey Amberjacks will join the Bakersfield Train Robbers, the YardBirds, who will be based in Adelanto, and the Arizona-based Tucson Saguaros in a division of the Pecos League. Commissioner Andrew Dunn said he’s also been in discussion…

The winter meetings are over, but there is still plenty of the offseason left. Catch up on all of the big moves that have already been made below. Key links • Bowden: Projected dollars and best fits for top free agents    Bills’ OT loss likely behind timing for Ryan brothers’ firing Competition begins off the field for Alabama and Washington Bills fire Ryan brothers to give Lynn a go…

It doesn’t matter who you are, if you sat down and read a newspaper even once or turned on the nightly news, then there’s really no way you can say 2016 was a good year for humanity. I don’t care where you fall on the political spectrum, who you voted for or anything involving politics, because this was a year we lost so many great people and so much garbage…

As you might expect, each app is meant to aggregate various types of video and make it easier to find. The Sports app lets you set your favorite teams and receive updates when they’re playing. You can get score updates on your TV, but it’ll also point you to the various channels that’ll let you tune in without having to flip all around your cable box. A home screen will…

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We’re a few short days away from 2017 so it’s a good time to look back at the top 25 baseball stories of 2016. Some of them took place on the field, some of them off the field and some of them were creatures of social media, fan chatter and the like. No matter where the story broke, however, these were the stories baseball fans were talking about most this past…

LIHUE — The Garden Island Baseball Clinic opened with more than 50 players under windy and blustery conditions Monday at the Lihue Baseball Park. “We have an awesome staff with some great players from Kauai helping these young players over two days,” said Kirk Correa, coordinator. Chico Edralin, one of the spectators that lined the fences and crowded the grandstand, said this was commitment on the part of both players…

Sports Direct is selling Dunlop, the sportswear brand known for its green flash tennis shoes, to a Japanese buyer in a surprise $137.5m (£112m) deal. Sumitomo Rubber Industries confirmed that it will acquire the trademark rights of the Dunlop brand overseas, as well as its sporting goods and licensing businesses. Sports Direct’s founder and major shareholder, Mike Ashley, acquired Dunlop Slazenger for an estimated £40m in 2004 from Royal Bank…

How can you possibly do a Sports Year in Review and not start—and end—with the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series? I still haven’t sorted out why the fine folks at Sports Illustrated picked LeBron James to be their Sportsperson of the Year for 2016; James is a stellar athlete, and his home state Cleveland Cavaliers did win the NBA title after being down 3-1 to the Golden State Warriors,…

2016 was a tremendous year in the sporting world. From highlight reel plays to history making moments and photo finishes, sports was once again a much-needed alternative to the world around us. It was an especially big year for Latino athletes who rewrote the history books, trended on social media, changed the perception of sports fans and inspired millions of people. Here are the top ten moments for Latino athletes…

This year was another interesting year in sports law, highlighted by the Supreme Court’s rejection of certiorari in O’Bannon v. NCAA — marking an end to six years of litigation over whether the NCAA can prevent colleges from sharing licensing revenues with their athletes. 2017 figures to be just as exciting year, with a series of new lawsuits related to college athletes’ rights, sports gaming, and labor law. Here are the…

Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer installed a game plan designed to take away Jordy Nelson with cornerback Xavier Rhodes shadowing the Packers’ top wideout. Citing a history of having never done what Zimmer instructed against Nelson, Vikings cornerbacks decided to stick with their own plan as Nelson ripped them for seven catches, 145 yards and two touchdowns before halftime. Rhodes followed Zimmer’s orders in the second half and Nelson…

“No technical factor was part of the accident, everything involved human error, added to a management factor in the company’s administration and the management and organization of the flight plans by the authorities in Bolivia,” Colombia’s Secretary for Air Safety Colonel Freddy Bonilla told journalists. Aviation authorities in Bolivia and the airline “accepted conditions for the flight presented in the flight plan that were unacceptable,” Bonilla added. Besides a lack…

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Baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement addresses none of Rob Manfred’s concerns about improving the on-field product, and yet after interviewing the commissioner for an hour in his Manhattan office last week, I came away convinced that major changes are coming. It’s not the first time Manfred has spoken of wanting better pace of play or more “action’’ in games, but seeing and hearing him up close left…

The Detroit Lions have a gripe for a few missed calls in their 42-21 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, just as they did following a playoff loss in this same building two years ago. But that was ancient history, just as Monday’s loss should be by the time the Lions land back in Detroit. They have a second chance this time around. They have to get ready for the massive…