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Europe|Child Sexual Abuse Scandal Rocks UK Soccer – New York Times
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Soccer Team Chapecoense Fined for Forfeiting Final Match – snopes.com
Claim: Chapecoense, the soccer team which lost 19 players in a plane crash, was fined for forfeiting their final match. FALSE Origin:On 12 December 2016, several media outlets reported that Chapecoense, the soccer team that lost 19 players in a plane crash, was fined 100,000 reals (USD $29,847) by the Brazilian Football Confederation for forfeiting their final game: Soccer teams are routinely fined up to R$100,000 for forfeiting a match…
Soccer|Pep Guardiola: A Continental Success and English Soccer’s Measuring Stick – New York Times
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Car number revealed for Buescher’s JTG ride in 2017 – Nascar
JTG Daugherty Racing revealed the car number Monday for its new team and incoming driver Chris Buescher — No. 37. The expanding operation — owned by Jodi and Tad Geschickter with former NBA star Brad Daugherty — tweeted out an image of the numerals Monday afternoon. The team had previously announced its two-car effort in NASCAR’s premier series for 2017, with Buescher named as the second driver Nov. 29 through an arrangement with…
Baseball Outlaws Hazing Ritual That Forces Rookies to Dress as Women – New York Times
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Cuba: Island of Baseball: Documentary focuses on risk, reward of Cuban defectors – USA TODAY
Jose Abreu defected from Cuba in 2013.(Photo: Rick Osentoski, USA TODAY Sports) The trickle of Cuban baseball players filtering into the majors has grown into a torrent, with their numbers increasing to an all-time high of 30 last season. Yet despite their rising levels of success and skyrocketing salaries, Cuban players across generations share the heartache of leaving behind their country, family and way of life, experiencing a longing for…
CBS Sports 2016 College Football All-America Team: Alabama, Big Ten lead way – CBS sports.com (blog)
A panel of college football writers, analysts and experts across CBS Sports convened following the end of the regular season and now presents the CBS Sports 2016 College Football All-America team. Below are the first and second teams along with notes and breakdowns by conference. Be sure to tune in to “Inside College Football: 2016 All-America Team” at 9 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network [channel finder] for a complete…
Phil Mickelson has second sports hernia surgery of offseason – CBSSports.com
Phil Mickelson’s first sports hernia surgery of the 2016 offseason came back at the end of October. Mickelson underwent a second sports hernia surgery recently, according to a statement from his management team Monday evening. This surgery was to repair an apparent recurrence of the original sports hernia injury. Mickelson has undergone a 2nd sports hernia surgery, per statement. Sounds like he may be at CareerBuilder only as the tournament…
Sports Illustrated ignores Gordie Howe, Penguins’ Cup in 2016 video – Yahoo Sports
Hockey’s relationship with Sports Illustrated, the still-venerable icon of American sports journalism, has always been complicated. We’re still trying to figure out how the Chicago Blackhawks “saved hockey” in 2013. Here we thought it was a salary cap, new rules and outdoor games. Although we guess without the Blackhawks there are no outdoor games, so… SI did put the Pittsburgh Penguins on the national cover when they won the Stanley Cup…
NFL Power Rankings: After second loss, it’s time for the Cowboys to go with Tony Romo – CBSSports.com
Dallas was rolling, so why upset the chemistry and the winning? Now that’s changed somewhat. The Cowboys lost to the Giants, which came after a struggle at Minnesota. In those two games, the Cowboys were 2-for-24 on third down. That’s on the quarterback. Against the Giants, Prescott was 17 of 37 for 168 yards and two interceptions, with a passer rating of 45.4. That’s awful. Give credit to the Giants…
Hedge fund managers who drive sports cars don’t deliver their alpha, a study suggests – CNBC
Fade the fund manager with the brand-new Maserati, put your faith in the one who just bought a Honda Odyssey. At least, that’s what a recent research paper from a trio of finance professors, entitled “Sensation Seeking, Sports Cars, and Hedge Funds,” suggests. “We find that hedge fund managers who own powerful sports cars take on more investment risk,” wrote Yan Lu of the University of Central Florida, Sugata Ray…
Europe|Player’s Harrowing Tale of Sexual Abuse Rocks Soccer in Britain – New York Times
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Observer Sport writers recommend their favourite books of 2016 – The Guardian
VIC MARKS The ghosted autobiography seldom excites much attention or enthusiasm in these sorts of columns but there have been two published this year that are much better than most. Absolutely Foxed (Simon & Schuster) tells us of Graeme Fowler’s cricketing life, which encompasses growing up in Accrington, playing cricket for Lancashire then England, mixing with knights – Sir Ian and Sir Elton – coaching a succession of cricketers from…
Europe|Soccer Player’s Harrowing Tale of Sexual Abuse Rocks Sport in Britain – New York Times
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Pep Guardiola: An Continental Success and English Soccer’s Measuring Stick – New York Times
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Baseball Bans Dressing Rookies Up as Women – New York Times
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Survivors of Brazil soccer plane crash reportedly fined $30G for missing game – Fox News
The surviving members of the Brazilian soccer team that lost most of its players when its plane crashed in Colombia have been fined $30,000 for missing their final match of the season, according to a report. Nineteen players from the Chapecoense team were among the 71 of 77 people who perished when LaMia’s Avro RJ85 crashed Nov. 28 near Medellin en route to the Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico…
Pep Guardiola: An Continental Success and English Soccer’s Measuring Stick – New York Times
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Reliever Anthony Varvaro retired from baseball to become a police officer – Yahoo Sports
As we’ve talked about before, former major league baseball players go on to do all sorts of things. Broadcasting, managing, coaching, politics, and so on. But this is a true rarity: Anthony Varvaro, a 32-year-old former relief pitcher who played parts of six years for the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, and Seattle Mariners, is about to start a brand new career as a Port Authority police officer. He didn’t…
Time for Orioles to trade baseball’s best closer – ESPN (blog)
9:30 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Back in October, the Baltimore Orioles made headlines for not using baseball’s best closer in a do-or-die situation that begged for him to be used. A couple of months later, it could be happening again. To be clear, the purpose is now entirely different. In October, Zach Britton could’ve helped the O’s win the wild-card game. Here in December, Britton could…
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