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Rob Brydon has boarded new comedy Swimming With Men, which HanWay Films will be shopping to buyers at the American Film Market this week. The film, based on the acclaimed documentary Men Who Swim, is directed by Johnny English Reborn helmer Oliver Parker from a screenplay by Aschlin Ditta. Story sees Brydon’s character, Eric, search for a way to win back wife Heather by diving into a world of male…

Southampton, the Premier League football club based on the south coast of England, is in exclusive talks to be taken over by Lander Sports Development Co. of China, according to people familiar with the situation. Katharina Liebherr, the club’s Swiss owner, has been engaged in the talks for several weeks, said the people, who declined to be identified because an agreement has yet to be completed. The price could be as…

As if the 2016 Rio Olympics weren’t bad enough on their own (you know, what with the city’s massive corruption problem, its infested water, and its unpaid cops), the event is still terrible over two months after the competition ended. Why? Because the organizers still haven’t paid hundreds of people who worked their asses off to make the Olympics possible. Now, said workers are ready to sue. According to the…

When Auston Matthews, the 18-year-old phenom taken No. 1 overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in this year’s NHL draft, introduced himself to the league by scoring four goals in the first game of the season, the feat had hockey fans wracking their brains for the last time a teenager notched such a prolific performance. It turns out they didn’t…

Three Harford County field hockey teams played for region titles Wednesday and two, Bel Air and Patterson Mill, both won, while Fallston fell short. At Patterson Mill, the Huskies squared off with Perryville for a second straight year in the region final setting. And for the second consecutive time, the Huskies beat the Panthers. This year, the Huskies overcame an early deficit en route to a 3-1 Class 1A North…

The concept evolved over the past year in the midst of one doping scandal after another. In the latest chapter, Rita Jeptoo, a Kenyan who was a two-time Chicago and Boston marathon champion, had her titles stripped and was given a four-year suspension for testing positive for EPO. Also within the past week, a World Anti-Doping Agency report highlighted the failings and shortcomings of drug testing at the Rio Olympics,…

Each Wednesday SB Nation’s NASCAR reporter Jordan Bianchi answers your questions about the latest news and happenings within the sport. If you have a mailbag question email jordanmbianchi@gmail.com. Seeing how Martinsville is such a great track and even its bad races are usually better than good races at most other tracks, doesn’t it make sense that it should host an elimination race over other tracks? No offense to Dover…

The concept evolved over the past year in the midst of one doping scandal after another. In the latest chapter, Rita Jeptoo, a Kenyan who was a two-time Chicago and Boston marathon champion, had her titles stripped and was given a four-year suspension for testing positive for EPO. Also within the past week, a World Anti-Doping Agency report highlighted the failings and shortcomings of drug testing at the Rio Olympics,…

Southampton, the Premier League football club based on the south coast of England, is in exclusive talks to be taken over by Lander Sports Development Co. of China, according to people familiar with the situation. Katharina Liebherr, the club’s Swiss owner, has been engaged in the talks for several weeks, said the people, who declined to be identified because an agreement has yet to be completed. The price could be as…

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As if the 2016 Rio Olympics weren’t bad enough on their own (you know, what with the city’s massive corruption problem, its infested water, and its unpaid cops), the event is still terrible over two months after the competition ended. Why? Because the organizers still haven’t paid hundreds of people who worked their asses off to make the Olympics possible. Now, said workers are ready to sue. According to the…

Southampton, the Premier League football club based on the south coast of England, is in exclusive talks to be taken over by Lander Sports Development Co. of China, according to people familiar with the situation. Katharina Liebherr, the club’s Swiss owner, has been engaged in the talks for several weeks, said the people, who declined to be identified because an agreement has yet to be completed. The price could be as…

The concept evolved over the past year in the midst of one doping scandal after another. In the latest chapter, Rita Jeptoo, a Kenyan who was a two-time Chicago and Boston marathon champion, had her titles stripped and was given a four-year suspension for testing positive for EPO. Also within the past week, a World Anti-Doping Agency report highlighted the failings and shortcomings of drug testing at the Rio Olympics,…

The concept evolved over the past year in the midst of one doping scandal after another. In the latest chapter, Rita Jeptoo, a Kenyan who was a two-time Chicago and Boston marathon champion, had her titles stripped and was given a four-year suspension for testing positive for EPO. Also within the past week, a World Anti-Doping Agency report highlighted the failings and shortcomings of drug testing at the Rio Olympics,…

LONDON –  British Prime Minister Theresa May has condemned International soccer organization FIFA for its ban on players wearing Britain’s remembrance poppy, a symbol of the nation’s annual tribute to its war dead. She told Parliament Wednesday that the FIFA decision was “utterly outrageous.” England will play Scotland in a 2018 World Cup qualifier on Armistice Day, Nov. 11, and players had hoped to wear commemorative shirts with…

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment RIO DE JANEIRO — Nearly 2-plus months after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, hundreds of workers still haven’t been paid and are planning to sue the local organizing committee to get their money. Among those late getting paid are about 100 freelance contractors who worked as stadium announcers, show producers and DJs, and several hundred others who worked for the Olympic News Service, which…

Harvard President Drew Faust has asked the university’s Office of the General Counsel to “conduct an immediate review” of the 2012 men’s soccer team’s sexually explicit “scouting report” of freshmen women soccer players. The report, which assigned ‘ratings’ to recruits based on their physical appearance and sexual appeal, has ‘no place at Harvard,” Faust wrote in a statement Tuesday to the Harvard Crimson that was also provided to the Globe….

Harvard President Drew Faust has asked the university’s Office of the General Counsel to “conduct an immediate review” of the 2012 men’s soccer team’s sexually explicit “scouting report” of freshmen women soccer players. The report, which assigned ‘ratings’ to recruits based on their physical appearance and sexual appeal, has ‘no place at Harvard,” Faust wrote in a statement Tuesday to the Harvard Crimson that was also provided to the Globe….

Brian Webster Staff Writer @briweb69 Steven Albers struck the blow Tuesday night that soccer fans in Jacksonville waited decades for: the winning goal in a supersectional contest. The Crimsons’ senior swooped in on a loose ball, broke away with his quarry and drove it past Springfield High goalkeeper Evan Wright to give Jacksonville a 3-2 lead with six minutes and six seconds left in the second…