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ESPN’s new “SportsCenter AM,” meet Fox Sports’ “First Things First,” airing 30 minutes earlier and only 100 miles from the headquarters of the Worldwide Leader. With its debut Tuesday morning, a week after ESPN welcomed Sage Steele back to Bristol, Conn. for the start of a morning “SportsCenter” edition, FS1’s first-ever New York City-based show marks the network’s next step toward gaining traction on its competition. “This is really the…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment NEW YORK — At age 36, Roger Federer is defying all tennis odds. When injuries sidelined him for a good chunk of 2016, fans and experts alike predicted that he would never be the same Federer again. But he has proved them wrong this year, winning the Australian Open — after a vintage Federer-Rafael Nadal final — and Wimbledon. On Monday, Federer…

Sports Direct has failed to meet a pledge to offer guaranteed hours to shopworkerss and transfer some warehouse staff to permanent contracts a year after promising widespread changes in working practices. The retail group controlled by the Newcastle United owner, Mike Ashley, promised to ensure that all staff were treated with dignity and respect in a report on its working practices published on 6 September last year. Key pledges included…

x Embed x Share CLOSE According to a TD Ameritrade study, nearly two out of 10 families are spending $1,000 per month on elite youth sports. USA TODAY Sports Judy Carter Davis, with her son Ian and husband, Dwight.(Photo: Handout) Judy Carter Davis and her husband, Dwight, recently got back from a trip to Scotland — the “Home of Golf” — with its tourist must-sees like Edinburgh and the Old Course in St. Andrews….

In the old days, there was the talk-show apology tour, a trip to Oprah’s couch or The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Then came the reality era, with fare like Dancing With The Stars geared toward rehabbing reputations. These days, you might as well become a television analyst for Fox and FS1 if you are looking to change your image with the public. Last month, the network added to its…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment NEW YORK — At age 36, Roger Federer is defying all tennis odds. When injuries sidelined him for a good chunk of 2016, fans and experts alike predicted that he would never be the same Federer again. But he has proved them wrong this year, winning the Australian Open — after a vintage Federer-Rafael Nadal final — and Wimbledon. On Monday, Federer…

They methodically began to remove padded sections of the outfield wall. Less than two hours later, the wall had vanished from left-center to right-center. So had the pitcher’s mound and both bullpen mounds. Sit down, baseball. Time for football. Here in 2017 — a time when stadiums with retractable roofs are common and sparkling sports palaces dot the landscape, coast to coast — the Coliseum counts as a relic. It’s…

The first full week of the 2017 college football season ends tonight when No. 25 Tennessee plays Georgia Tech in Atlanta at 8 on ESPN, and if this is an indication of things to come, then it’s going to be a wild season. …

College football returned to our lives this weekend, and it gave us just about everything we could have hoped for in just its first few days. There were close games between great teams, miraculous comebacks, ridiculous highlights, and — given the point spread — the biggest upset in college football history. It’s very easy to get excited about everything that you saw this weekend, but even as I was taking…

In the old days, there was the talk-show apology tour, a trip to Oprah’s couch or The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Then came the reality era, with fare like Dancing With The Stars geared toward rehabbing reputations. These days, you might as well become a television analyst for Fox and FS1 if you are looking to change your image with the public. Last month, the network added to its…

In the old days, there was the talk-show apology tour, a trip to Oprah’s couch or The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Then came the reality era, with fare like Dancing With The Stars geared toward rehabbing reputations. These days, you might as well become a television analyst for Fox and FS1 if you are looking to change your image with the public. Last month, the network added to its…

They methodically began to remove padded sections of the outfield wall. Less than two hours later, the wall had vanished from left-center to right-center. So had the pitcher’s mound and both bullpen mounds. Sit down, baseball. Time for football. Here in 2017 — a time when stadiums with retractable roofs are common and sparkling sports palaces dot the landscape, coast to coast — the Coliseum counts as a relic. It’s…

Sky Sports News presenter Kirsty Gallacher arrives at Slough Magistrates’ Court Sky Sports presenter Kirsty Gallacher has been banned from driving for two years as she blames the ‘stress of divorce’ on being three times the drink-drive limit. The 41-year-old, from Virginia Water in Surrey, admitted driving a vehicle while above the legal limit, at Slough Magistrates’ Court. She was also ordered to carry out 100 hours of community service and…

John Bradshaw Layfield, who is known in the WWE as JBL, publicly announced his departure from his current role as a SmackDown Live television commentator this past Friday evening. Layfield stated on social media that he will now be entirely focused on working with at-risk youth for his Bermuda-based charity, but will remain part of the WWE family. Sources close to the situation informed Sports Illustrated that the decision for…

Striker Wilfried Bony’s only two Premier League goals for Stoke City came against Swansea last season Swansea striker Wilfried Bony will be the focus of a High Court case after the Swans were accused of paying £8m in “secret commissions”. Bony claims that two football agents who used to represent him received under-the-table cash between 2013-2015. The agents, Gilbert Kacou and Czech Dalibor Lacina, are now being sued alongside the…

Sky Sports News presenter Kirsty Gallacher arrives at Slough Magistrates’ Court Sky Sports presenter Kirsty Gallacher has been banned from driving for two years as she blames the ‘stress of divorce’ on being three times the drink-drive limit. The 41-year-old, from Virginia Water in Surrey, admitted driving a vehicle while above the legal limit, at Slough Magistrates’ Court. She was also ordered to carry out 100 hours of community service and…

After Emperor Augustus defeated Antony and Cleopatra to bring Egypt under Roman rule in 27 BC, the Senate decided a suitable honor was renaming things after him. So the calendar’s eighth month became Augustus, later shortened to August in English. It was given 31 days instead of 30 because the previous month named after Julius Caesar (July) had 31 and the Senate didn’t want to shortchange the man who conquered…

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Imagine waking up to a world of forgetfulness and confusion. Walking into a room and forgetting why you went into that room in the first place. Realizing you are both ‘on’ and ‘off’ at the same time. All the time. Welcome to the world of an ex-athlete. Or at least this ex-athlete. I turn 32 this month. From the age of 5 until I was 23, there wasn’t a year…

By now you have heard that Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is suing the NFL for suspending him six games after he was accused of domestic violence. The thrust of his complaint is that his suspension was based on non-credible evidence, and evidence supporting his case was suppressed in what his attorney describes as a conspiracy. From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: “Elliott and the Union were subjected to an…