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Sports teams are ditching Trump hotels – New York Post

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Professional teams across four major sports leagues that sometimes stayed in Trump hotels are apparently now finding different lodging while on the road, according to a report Thursday. An investigation by the Washington Post found that none of the 105 teams that responded from the total of 123 franchises from the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, the National Hockey League or Major League Baseball would confirm that it…

Samsung’s Gear Sport and Gear IconX earbuds will be available for … – The Verge

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Samsung has announced that the Gear Sport and its second-generation Gear IconX earbuds (also known as Gear IconX 2018) will be available for preorder starting October 13th. Priced at $299.99, the Gear Sport comes in blue and black and will be available nationwide from October 27th through Samsung.com, Amazon, Best Buy, Macy’s, and U.S. Cellular. The Gear IconX 2018 will come in black, gray, and pink, for $199.99 and will…

Thursday’s Hot Clicks: Shelbi Buchholz; Diddy Wants to Buy the NFL, Everyone Mocks Him – Sports Illustrated

Thursday, October 12, 2017

In Thursday’s Hot Clicks, we mock Diddy’s plan to buy the NFL, plus a look at the lovely Shelbi Buchholz. Stay in your lane, Diddy If you can’t beat them, buy them. That seems to be Sean Combs Puffy P. Diddy Diddy‘s philosophy in response to the NFL’s National Anthem controversy. The rapper suggested as much in a series of tweets on Wednesday. Only one problem: His net worth is $800 million…

Olympic Sports – ESPN

Thursday, October 12, 2017

6:53 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment The numbers in the refugee crisis are continually astounding. Not only the number of refugees, which is always growing, but the number who are being turned away. In the United States, President Trump has already cut refugee resettlement to 50,000 people per year — less than half of the 110,000-per-year ceiling imposed by the Obama administration. According to a…

11 college sports mega-rivalries that may have slipped under your radar – NCAA.com

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Rivalries bring out some of the most exciting, intense and (sometimes) heartbreaking moments in college sports. Duke-North Carolina in basketball. Auburn-Alabama in football. Countless others — from the Apple Cup in Washington to the Crosstown Shootout in Cincinnati, from the Little Brown Jug in the North to any number of Lone Star Showdowns — help make college athletics what they are.   But rivalries, and the history…

Pro sports teams were once reliable patrons of Trump’s hotels. Not anymore. – Washington Post

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Until recently, the Trump SoHo hotel served as a kind of luxe clubhouse for NBA teams visiting New York. At least 12 teams — more than a third of the league — had stayed there since it opened in 2010. The players loved it so much they became walking ads for the Trump brand: Superstar Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder praised the hotel in the press. Toronto Raptors…

Samsung’s Gear Sport and Gear IconX earbuds will be available for preorder starting tomorrow – The Verge

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Samsung has announced that the Gear Sport and its second-generation Gear IconX earbuds (also known as Gear IconX 2018) will be available for preorder starting October 13th. Priced at $299.99, the Gear Sport comes in blue and black and will be available nationwide from October 27th through Samsung.com, Amazon, Best Buy, Macy’s, and U.S. Cellular. The Gear IconX 2018 will come in black, gray, and pink, for $199.99 and will…

Pro sports teams were once reliable patrons of Trump’s hotels. Not anymore. – Washington Post

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Until recently, the Trump SoHo hotel served as a kind of luxe clubhouse for NBA teams visiting New York. At least 12 teams — more than a third of the league — had stayed there since it opened in 2010. The players loved it so much they became walking ads for the Trump brand: Superstar Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder praised the hotel in the press. Toronto Raptors…

The dumbest streak in sports might actually end tonight – Washington Post

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Michael A. Taylor, right, celebrates with Matt Wieters, Anthony Rendon and Daniel Murphy, who scored on Taylor’s grand slam in the eighth inning Wednesday night. (Tannen Maury/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) Maybe this isn’t the year the Nats win the World Series. Maybe the Redskins will go another 25 years without a Super Bowl. Maybe the Capitals will never, ever win a Stanley Cup. Okay, probably they won’t. But eventually, one of these teams will…

Barstool Sports Asked Potential Employee To Sign Away Her Right To Be Offended – Deadspin

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

This afternoon, former Fox Sports college football host Elika Sadeghi told a story about how she recently walked away from a job offer from a sports media company because it asked her to sign an agreement acknowledging that she would willingly work in an environment where she might be exposed to “nudity, sexual scenarios, racial epithets, suggestive gestures, profanity and references to stereotypes.” Though Sadeghi redacted the name of the…

Isaiah Thomas: ‘Best Year of My Career, Worst Year of My Life’ – Sports Illustrated

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

A green-and-gray mini basketball sits on a bed of sand-colored rocks next to the pool in the backyard. The ball belongs to five-year-old Jaiden Thomas, son of Isaiah Thomas, whose name and image grace the side of it. Jaiden brought the ball from Boston to Cleveland, a reminder that his father used to play for the Celtics and played so well they sold souvenirs with his picture on them. Jaiden’s…

Facebook plans “Venues” for watching concerts, sports, movies in VR – TechCrunch

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Facebook plans to launch a virtual reality “Venues” app next year that Mark Zuckerberg says will allow people to “watch live concerts, and live sports, and premieres of movies and TV shows, all around the world with friends” and other people. The announcement came at Oculus’ Connect conference in San Jose, where Zuckerberg also announced the new $199 Oculus Go standalone mobile VR headset, that developers would get inside-out tracking-equipped Santa…

Climber who killed himself after girlfriend’s death was haunted by sport’s ‘painful reality’ – New York Post

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

The accomplished mountain climber who killed himself after his girlfriend died in an avalanche in Montana had seemingly been at a breaking point prior to her death, writing weeks before on a climbing blog that the sport is “either a beautiful gift or a curse.” Hayden Kennedy, of Carbondale, Colo., was found dead Sunday at a residence in Bozeman, Mont., one day after his girlfriend, 23-year-old Inge Perkins of Bozeman,…

Wednesday’s Hot Clicks: Camille Ringoir; US Soccer in the Crapper after Trinidad and Tobago Loss – Sports Illustrated

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Bummer The 2018 World Cup just got a lot less interesting. The U.S. won’t participate for the first time since 1986 after last night’s loss to Trinidad and Tobago. The reaction was fierce from former USMNT members. Grant Wahl breaks down what this means for U.S. soccer, while Taylor Twellman cut a WWE-level promo on the team. I’ve decided to jump on the Trinidad and Tobago bandwagon. I just hope they set some alarm clocks*….

Fox Sports Assures It Still Cares About World Cup Despite Team USA’s Epic Fail – Deadline

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Team USA’s 2-1 loss at Trinidad & Tobago last night left the Americans standing outside the door of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It also left Fox, which holds English-speaking rights to the world’s most popular sports event, in full facepalm mode. The shock defeat — the U.S. gave up two early goals and never recovered — coupled with an unlikely win by Honduras at Mexico and Panama beating Costa…

Protests edge into other sports as NFL looks at tamping them – Washington Post

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Tampa Bay Lightning right wing J.T. Brown raises his fist in the air during the singing of the “The Star Spangled Banner” on Saturday in Sunrise, Fla. (Wilfredo Lee/AP) One of America’s fiercest culture warriors right now is President Trump, and one of his pet conflicts at the moment is with NFL players protesting racial inequality by kneeling during the national anthem. But while he appears to be winning some battles in that war, it’s not over —…

Isaiah Thomas: ‘Best Year of My Career, Worst Year of My Life’ – Sports Illustrated

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

A green-and-gray mini basketball sits on a bed of sand-colored rocks next to the pool in the backyard. The ball belongs to five-year-old Jaiden Thomas, son of Isaiah Thomas, whose name and image grace the side of it. Jaiden brought the ball from Boston to Cleveland, a reminder that his father used to play for the Celtics and played so well they sold souvenirs with his picture on them. Jaiden’s…

Climber who killed himself after girlfriend’s death was haunted by sport’s ‘painful reality’ – New York Post

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

The accomplished mountain climber who killed himself after his girlfriend died in an avalanche in Montana had seemingly been at a breaking point prior to her death, writing weeks before on a climbing blog that the sport is “either a beautiful gift or a curse.” Hayden Kennedy, of Carbondale, Colo., was found dead Sunday at a residence in Bozeman, Mont., one day after his girlfriend, 23-year-old Inge Perkins of Bozeman,…

Nissan made a DualShock-controlled car to promote ‘GT Sport’ – Engadget

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

That micro-computer is responsible for interpreting the joystick and button signals and transmitting those signals to the car’s onboard systems. Aboard the helicopter, Mardenborough got help from a sensor and a display on the cockpit that showed the GT-R /C’s speed. On his fastest lap that lasted one minute 17.47 seconds, the vehicle reached 131 mph and averaged 76 mph. Mardenborough described the event as “once-in-a-lifetime, truly epic stuff.” Damn…

We Want Your Questions On Activism In Sports – NPR

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem in a game against the Dallas Cowboys on October 2, 2016. Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem in a game against the Dallas Cowboys on October 2, 2016. Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images More than a year ago, Colin Kaepernick, then a quarterback…