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x Embed x Share CLOSE Cincinnati State Technical and Community College will field two teams instead of six this year due to financial challenges and a restructuring of the athletic department. Kate Murphy The men’s and women’s soccer teams at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College will be the only athletic teams playing this year.(Photo: Provided/Cincinnati State) Cincinnati State Technical and Community College will be fielding two teams instead of…

Dick’s Sporting Goods’ stock plunged Tuesday after the retailer missed expectations and lowered its earnings forecast. The stock price plummeted 18% after a quarter-to-quarter gain still fell short of expectations. It’s the worst day of trading in company history and executives painted a bleak picture going forward. ‘; var storytext = document.getElementById(‘storytext’); var heightToSkip = 0; function resetValues() { totalHeight = 0; targetChildElement = null; } // Check…

Oct. 29 could be a big day for Max Scherzer, the Nationals and D.C. sports fans. (Nick Wass/AP) While millions of Americans eagerly await the temporary darkness of next week’s total solar eclipse, an even more rare phenomenon looming on the horizon began to come into focus on Monday. D.C. sports fans might need more than special sunglasses to enjoy it should it come to pass. On Oct. 30, 2016, there was at…

When the 2017 NFL season kicks off in September, CBS will feature five new broadcast crews, including the new lead announcing team of Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson. The trio will work the marquee games every Sunday as well as call the “Thursday Night Football” games on CBS and NFL Network. CBS has also added play-by-play announcer Beth Mowins, who will become the first woman to ever call…

The most decorated athlete in all of Kazakhstan is a five-year-old Mongolian horse named Lazer. Born wild on the steppe, he lacks the lean grace of a thoroughbred or an Arabian. Except for his large head and broad front haunches, he is small enough to be mistaken for a pony. His coat is a dusty black, tinged with rust, and his unkempt mane hangs punkishly over his eyes. Short-legged, small-eared,…

Carlos Gomez was driving in the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan with a U.S. Army convoy in 2011 when it came under attack by the Taliban. In a flash, a bomb exploded. The IED left him gravely injured and killed his friend. Two months later, he woke up from a coma in a military hospital in San Antonio. A sergeant piled on the bad news: Gomez had a fractured neck…

If you want to see what’s wrong with big-time college sports, cast your eyes toward Gainesville. There you have a football player who has no interest in being in college, and a college that is keeping him around against all of its best interest. All except one, of course: Winning football games. Neither party wants to be in their current positions, but this is how the system operates. And it’s…

The most decorated athlete in all of Kazakhstan is a five-year-old Mongolian horse named Lazer. Born wild on the steppe, he lacks the lean grace of a thoroughbred or an Arabian. Except for his large head and broad front haunches, he is small enough to be mistaken for a pony. His coat is a dusty black, tinged with rust, and his unkempt mane hangs punkishly over his eyes. Short-legged, small-eared,…

Photo courtesy of Polyphony Digital Features such as 4K, HDR and Wide Color take GT Sport to a whole new level of gaming. Gran Turismo Sport is quite simply a revolution in driving games. What it will bring to gaming when it hits stores in mid-October, is not just a new, brushed up version of the world’s biggest selling driving simulator game. Compared to its competitors, GT Sport is like…

Photo courtesy of Polyphony Digital Features such as 4K, HDR and Wide Color take GT Sport to a whole new level of gaming. Gran Turismo Sport is quite simply a revolution in driving games. What it will bring to gaming when it hits stores in mid-October, is not just a new, brushed up version of the world’s biggest selling driving simulator game. Boasting technology years ahead of anything in Hollywood,…

Ostensibly, it’s about men in skin-tight suits racing on ice. But it has the potential to cripple the power of organizations that run many of the world’s top sports. The European Commission is nearing the finish line in an antitrust investigation into a complaint by two Dutch speed skaters, whose governing body banned them from taking part in a lucrative and glamorous race planned for the rolling sands of Dubai….

The most decorated athlete in all of Kazakhstan is a five-year-old Mongolian horse named Lazer. Born wild on the steppe, he lacks the lean grace of a thoroughbred or an Arabian. Except for his large head and broad front haunches, he is small enough to be mistaken for a pony. His coat is a dusty black, tinged with rust, and his unkempt mane hangs punkishly over his eyes. Short-legged, small-eared,…

By 1977, Lisa Lindahl was fed up with running in her regular underwire bra. The University of Vermont employee, then in her late 20s, was frustrated that her male jogging partner could take off his shirt to cool down, while she was stuck in a bra that slipped off her shoulders and dug into her back as she ran. Why, Lindahl vented to friend and costume designer Polly Smith, wasn’t…

NBC brings e-sports to Bay Area as entertainment landscape shifts By Benny Evangelista August 14, 2017 Updated: August 14, 2017 3:59pm Caption Close ‘); } Jacob McDowell’s cowboy-hat-wearing purple car soared high into the air to punch a giant electronic ball into the net for the game-winning goal. Play-by-play announcer Caleb Simmons called the moment as if Stephen Curry had just nailed a big three pointer. “Oh, Jacob is there…

Tony Blair is closing his sports foundation after 10 years, saying it has “reached the end of its natural life”. The former prime minister, who set up the body after leaving Downing Street, said his focus was now on his new non-profit institute on globalisation. The sports charity’s latest accounts show that its income dropped from £203,972 in 2015 to £82,471 last year, which a spokesman said was “because it was…

1:47 PM PT — Flair is out of surgery and resting, a rep for WWE tells TMZ Sports.  Unclear how the surgery went but we’re told Ric’s family is by his side and they’re waiting to meet with doctors.  Ric Flair is in a medically induced coma and is preparing for surgery … a rep for the WWE tells TMZ Sports.  The 68-year-old wrestling icon was admitted to the hospital…

In 2013, indie developer the Fullbright Co. set a new standard for interactive storytelling with its debut game, Gone Home, which used environmental cues to take players on an emotional journey whose focus on underrepresented parties distinguished it from the male-dominated, heteronormative narratives endemic to the industry. For its follow-up effort, the highly anticipated Tacoma, the Portland, Oregon–based company could have contented itself with refining the formula from the first…

We need to talk about the Olympics. Again. A year ago, Rio was popping. The Summer Games were entering their second week, and despite anxieties about preparation, environmental hazards, security and Zika, the Olympics did that thing the Olympics tend to do, which is to push back against all the bad press with a stirring wave of athletic greatness. There was plenty of it last August: Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky,…