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[This article appears in the Aug. 7, 2017, edition of Sports Illustrated.] With special reporting by Michael Bamberger, Ben Baskin and Pete Madden. Playing golf with the 45th President of the United States offers a revealing character study of him. Donald Trump’s private clubs are where he feels most comfortable, and holding court with members and guests and employees is an important part of the ritual—in the pro shop, at…

After weeks of speculation, it appears that Neymar is indeed on the verge of leaving Barcelona for French club Paris St. Germain. Here’s everything to know: The latest Neymar arrived in Barcelona on Tuesday after a trip to Dubai and had been expected to train with the club after returning from a promotional marketing obligation in China. However, he was excused from practice, as the club announced via Twitter: No…

The Howard Park Community Center in West Palm Beach is offering Jazzercise classes four days a week. Come work out in a pulse-pounding, bass-dropping, calorie-torching, hip-swiveling fitness program with a hot playlist that will distract from the up-to-800 calorie burn in one 60-minute class. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and Saturdays, 9 to 10 a.m. A $25 one-time registration fee plus monthly fee of $38 or $15…

Neymar arrived for training at Barcelona on Wednesday, and told his team-mates he wanted to leave Barcelona have told Paris St-Germain they must pay a world record 222m euro (£198m) fee “in full” before Neymar can join them. The Brazil international arrived at training on Wednesday with his father and representative, and told the Spanish club he wanted to leave. He was then given permission by Barca manager Ernesto Valverde…

COLLEGE SPORTS BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Is Louisiana State University getting its roar back? A Florida tiger could be its next mascot. The university said in a statement that a 9-month-old, 160-pound tiger at a rescue facility in Okeechobee, Florida, could become Mike VII and arrive on campus later this month. LSU says the sanctuary plans to donate the tiger. It would replace a tiger that died in October…

(CNN)He is the undoubted superstar of athletics, a man who has transcended his sport and will be remembered as a great. But eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt has warned that one individual cannot save his sport once he has retired. ‘);$vidEndSlate.removeClass(‘video__end-slate–inactive’).addClass(‘video__end-slate–active’);}};CNN.autoPlayVideoExist = (CNN.autoPlayVideoExist === true) ? true : false;var configObj = {thumb: ‘none’,video: ‘sports/2017/03/17/usain-bolt-summit-davies-pkg.cnn’,width: ‘100%’,height: ‘100%’,section: ‘international’,profile: ‘expansion’,network: ‘cnn’,markupId: ‘body-text_13’,adsection: ‘const-article-inpage’,frameWidth: ‘100%’,frameHeight: ‘100%’,posterImageOverride: {“mini”:{“height”:124,”width”:220,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160815095009-usain-bolt-final-2-small-169.jpg”},”xsmall”:{“height”:173,”width”:307,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160815095009-usain-bolt-final-2-medium-plus-169.jpg”},”small”:{“height”:259,”width”:460,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160815095009-usain-bolt-final-2-large-169.jpg”},”medium”:{“height”:438,”width”:780,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160815095009-usain-bolt-final-2-exlarge-169.jpg”},”large”:{“height”:619,”width”:1100,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160815095009-usain-bolt-final-2-super-169.jpg”},”full16x9″:{“height”:900,”width”:1600,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160815095009-usain-bolt-final-2-full-169.jpg”},”mini1x1″:{“height”:120,”width”:120,”type”:”jpg”,”uri”:”//i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160815095009-usain-bolt-final-2-small-11.jpg”}}},autoStartVideo = false,callbackObj,containerEl,currentVideoCollection = [],currentVideoCollectionId = ”,isLivePlayer…

Usain Bolt has issued a stark warning to his fellow athletes that they must stop doping otherwise track and field will die. The triple Olympic 100m and 200m champion insisted that the sport was on the mend following the staggering revelations of state-sponsored doping in Russia but conceded more needed to be done to tackle the scourge of performance-enhancing drugs. “I don’t think it gets any worse than that,” he…

British Canoeing and its funding agency UK Sport have jointly commissioned an independent investigation into claims the national governing body failed to respond to serious complaints made by athletes against a senior coach. The investigation, which started on Tuesday, is being conducted by the former Metropolitan police service officer Lance Spring, and he will report to a panel comprised of three lawyers – Lawrence Selby, Sara Fenoughty and Jane Aldred…

FOOTBALL FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) – New York Jets rookie safety Jamal Adams says during a forum with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and season-ticket holders that if he had his choice, the football field is “the perfect place to die.” Fans were able to ask questions during the session, which also included Jets running back Matt Forte. One brought up player health and safety, coming off the largest update on…

The wrestling landscape in this country is always changing. At the highest level, that shift is being pushed by Regional Training Centers. Since the end of the NCAA season, it seems like every other week we are running a story on a new RTC coach. In the last few months, guys such as Mark Perry, Eric Guerrero, Kendall Cross, Valentin Kalika, Cory Cooperman, Bryan Medlin, Steve Mocco, and Stephen Abas have all…

FiveThirtyEight is is looking for a fall sports intern. The internship will be a mix of writing, research and contributing to short stories and longer features. You’ll be learning the basics of sports journalism in general and data-based sports coverage in particular. Often, this will mean working with writers and editors to find a particular stat for a particular story, but this is not a research-only internship. You’ll be expected…

FOOTBALL FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets rookie safety Jamal Adams says during a forum with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and season-ticket holders that if he had his choice, the football field is “the perfect place to die.” Fans were able to ask questions during the session, which also included Jets running back Matt Forte. One brought up player health and safety, coming off the largest update on chronic…

FiveThirtyEight is is looking for a fall sports intern. The internship will be a mix of writing, research and contributing to short stories and longer features. You’ll be learning the basics of sports journalism in general and data-based sports coverage in particular. Often, this will mean working with writers and editors to find a particular stat for a particular story, but this is not a research-only internship. You’ll be expected…

FiveThirtyEight is is looking for a fall sports intern. The internship will be a mix of writing, research and contributing to short stories and longer features. You’ll be learning the basics of sports journalism in general and data-based sports coverage in particular. Often, this will mean working with writers and editors to find a particular stat for a particular story, but this is not a research-only internship. You’ll be expected…

FiveThirtyEight is is looking for a fall sports intern. The internship will be a mix of writing, research and contributing to short stories and longer features. You’ll be learning the basics of sports journalism in general and data-based sports coverage in particular. Often, this will mean working with writers and editors to find a particular stat for a particular story, but this is not a research-only internship. You’ll be expected…

Image copyright Sport Wales Image caption Ruby Woods, 26, from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire organises female only bike rides Childcare, careers and a lack of confidence are among barriers faced by women in accessing sport, the governing body Sport Wales has said. Sport Wales undertook a survey which showed 54% of women had done at least one activity in the previous four weeks compared to 63% of men. It has launched…

Something has been bothering me the last few days. I read an article in Sports Illustrated entitled “The Many Layers of Boston’s Beef With Ray Allen” and it got me to thinking about the fact that as die hard sports fans we too often forget that sports are JUST sports. Ray Allen left the Boston Celtics in 2012 for the Miami Heat. The same Miami Heat team that knocked the…

ORLANDO, Fla. — Youth sports travel is scoring big as communities across the United States build multisport complexes crammed with state-of-the-art fields, rinks and courts in hopes of drawing not only tournaments for kids crazy about sports – but also parents who spend big on transportation, hotels, food and family entertainment. All across the country, communities are reinventing themselves as youth sports travel destinations, following a model that Disney helped…