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No preseason poll is as inclusive or expansive as the CBS Sports 130, the only longtime weekly college football rankings you will find with all 130 FBS teams represented and sorted in order against their peers.  Just because the CBS Sports 130 has 105 more places than your normal rankings doesn’t mean we’ve got wildly different opinions on the No. 1 team in college football entering 2017. Just like the…

Les Moonves. Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Just days after its ad sales unit announced it had landed a former Facebook exec to oversee its digital inventory, CBS Corp. on Monday made it known that its ambitions would continue to take it further beyond the realm of traditional TV with a teaser about plans to develop a new streaming sports service. Speaking to investors during the company’s second-quarter earnings call, CBS…

<!– –> VISIT CNBC.COM VISIT CNBC.COM Home Entrepreneurs Leadership Careers Money Specials PRIMETIME Careers Careers 6 Hours AgoCNBC.com Everyone wants to do what they love, but what if you love is watching the game from your couch? If this sounds like you, you might be in luck. Job search site FlexJobs combed through 148 remote sports-related jobs to find 13 golden opportunities for people who love sports and want to…

CBS continues to keep its options open when it comes to buying assets — including CNN, if AT&T decides to sell after it acquires Time Warner. “We feel strategically complete…we don’t need any M&A,” COO Joseph Ianniello told analysts in the company’s quarterly earnings call when asked about potential acquisitions. Still, he added — without citing specifics — that “we look at everything in the marketplace.” CBS chief Les Moonves…

<!– –> VISIT CNBC.COM VISIT CNBC.COM Home Entrepreneurs Leadership Careers Money Specials PRIMETIME Careers Careers 1 Hour AgoCNBC.com Everyone wants to do what they love, but what if you love is watching the game from your couch? If this sounds like you, you might be in luck. Job search site FlexJobs combed through 148 remote sports-related jobs to find 13 golden opportunities for people who love sports and want to…

Mark Horbinski, founder and adviser to Won80 Club at Necedah High School, gives a presentation to student-athletes, parents and coaches at New Lisbon School District July 27. Horbinski will travel to other schools in the area to educate others about the importance of positive sportsmanship.

x Embed x Share CLOSE USA Today Sports released its projections for all 130 FBS Teams and here are some highlights. USA TODAY Sports Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback J.T. Barrett.(Photo: Greg Bartram, USA TODAY Sports) There are only two factors preventing an individual team from finishing undefeated in the Football Bowl Subdivision. One is statistics: The odds of perfection decrease as more games get added to the road to the…

Employment law experts last night warned that it could see them facing a raft of claims for indirect discrimination.  The dictat first emerged in a store in Bangor, where workers pointed out that it effectively banned them communicating in their own language in their own country.   The Welsh Language Commissioner has launched an investigation into the policy, which was described by critics as “discriminatory and offensive”. Sport’s Direct, which…

It wasn’t enough for Lauren Henkel to run fast, she wanted to make sure others followed. Henkel, an accomplished two-sport athlete during her days at NYU, transitioned from athlete to coach with a wild enthusiasm for those she taught. Henkel, born and raised in Rockville Centre, died on July 29, only a few weeks after being named head coach of the Molloy women’s cross country and track and field teams….

Media playback is not supported on this device Highlights: Arsenal beat Chelsea after penalty shootout Arsene Wenger hopes Arsenal can take confidence from their Community Shield win over Chelsea and avoid another bad start to their Premier League season against Leicester on Friday. The Gunners have lost on the opening day in three of the last four seasons. They face Leicester at Emirates Stadium on the back of a penalty…

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Pete Rose has been an unexpected surprise as a postseason MLB studio analyst for Fox Sports. Partnered with Alex Rodriguez, Frank Thomas and host Kevin Burkhardt, Rose found his voice as part-baseball wonk, part-crazy grandpa, and a full-time polarizing figure. The mixing of Rodriguez and Rose—two of the most polarizing forces in baseball but both baseball wonks—created authenticity in the studio and the free form of the show gave Fox…

They were odd but poignant affairs with their empty steps on the podiums and their specter of missed opportunities. Sebastian Coe, the president of the I.A.A.F., the sport’s global governing body, pushed for these ceremonies, a first at a major global championships. In total, 11 individual athletes and five relay teams were awarded new medals in the wake of bans generated by the retesting of samples from past championships. There…

Pete Rose has been an unexpected surprise as a postseason MLB studio analyst for Fox Sports. Partnered with Alex Rodriguez, Frank Thomas and host Kevin Burkhardt, Rose found his voice as part-baseball wonk, part-crazy grandpa, and a full-time polarizing figure. The mixing of Rodriguez and Rose—two of the most polarizing forces in baseball but both baseball wonks—created authenticity in the studio and the free form of the show gave Fox…

Tom Fornelli of CBS Sports writes that one reason why Michigan is ranked so high in the coaches preseason poll is because of its coach, Jim Harbaugh (pictured).(Photo: David Guralnick / Detroit News) A panel of college football coaches believe, collectively, that Michigan is the No. 9 team in the country with less than a month to go before the start of the season. Tom Fornelli, a writer with CBS…

It was supposed to be a moment of unbridled celebration, a glittering farewell to the man who has been a totem for all that is good about athletics amid a miserable chain of corruption and doping scandals. But boos rang out inside the London Stadium as Justin Gatlin, a twice-convicted drugs cheat, stood atop the podium where most expected Usain Bolt would be. The reaction of the crowd was not…

Police say four people were shot and wounded at a sports complex in Lakewood, New Jersey. It happened during a party around 9:35 p.m. Saturday at the municipal owned Frank Bartolf Sports Complex on Brook Road. One of the victims drove himself to the hospital, while ambulances took the other three to the hospital for treatment. So far there are no fatalities, though several of the victims were shot in…

Huge anticipation surrounded Usain Bolt’s last individual race in the 100 metres final at the IAAF World Championships on Saturday, but instead of a huge roar greeting him when he crossed the line there was an awkward silence. Everyone knew the greatest sprinter of all time had failed to sign off with a win, and combined with Justin Gatlin taking gold, the crowd inside London Stadium were unsure how to…

Image caption The notice was apparently put up in the Bangor Store last week An apparent ban on staff speaking any language but English in a Sports Direct store in Bangor is to be investigated by the Welsh language commissioner. It is understood a notice was posted on a wall telling staff to only speak English for health and safety reasons. The move has also drawn criticism from Plaid Cymru…