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All square, and all friends come the final whistle – the All Blacks and the Lions pose for a joint picture after a drawn series A long-range penalty three minutes from time from Owen Farrell snatched a draw for the Lions in an epic third Test and with it a share of the series. The All Blacks had led 12-6 at half-time through tries from Ngani Laumape and Jordie Barrett,…

Photo: Seth Wenig/AP In the wake of Fox Sports’ recent decision to lay off most of its writers and editors, and this week’s firing of Jamie Horowitz amid a sexual harassment investigation, there remain a whole lot of unknowns. We know that the grand plan in getting rid of writers was to “pivot to video,” and that even though that was Horowitz’s vision, current executives are reportedly sticking with it….

We discuss the latest news about Wimbledon and Venus Williams, and talk about a nasty crash during the Tour de France and competitive imbalance in the NBA.

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Ngani Laumape seizes a Jordie Barrett knock-back to go over for the All Blacks’ first try A long-range penalty three minutes from time from Owen Farrell snatched a draw for the Lions in an epic third Test and with it a share of the series. The All Blacks had led 12-6 at half-time through tries from Ngani Laumape and Jordie Barrett, and had blown at least two other clear try-scoring…

Which college athletic program had the best season in 2016-17? We here at CBS Sports decided to find out, and an odd season in which no one program truly dominated the collegiate landscape (as has happened in the past) left us with our closest results ever. Florida State (491.25) edged rival Florida (489.75) thanks in large part to its success in women’s basketball. The two Sunshine State programs were followed…

June 29,1941: Joe DiMaggio tops George Sisler’s 41-game hit streak on his way to 56. Sports and streaks go together like bacon and more bacon. Panthers fans surely remember their team’s recent 18-game winning streak in regular season games – an NFC record. Not as many recall Carolina’s streak of 13 consecutive lost coin tosses back in 2012, though it was a big enough deal at the time that fans…

“Chris Christie talks so much BS he may not be bad.” Related links ESPNer who had a memorable night in Philly leaving the booth FOX Sports president Jamie Horowitz out ‘effective immediately’…

Subscription-based streaming sports service FloSports has attracted a growing following of sports fans by putting under-the-radar events online, from amateur wrestling to jiu-jitsu to cheerleading. But the Austin-based startup has also been steadily expanding into more mainstream sports, like basketball, hockey, and—coming soon—football. On Thursday, FloSports announced that it will begin streaming live football games starting in mid-July. The games stem from the company’s new streaming rights deals with outfits…

Bayless is still unleashing unpopular yet irresistible commentary daily. Horowitz’s career — several job changes later — might have collapsed this week when he was abruptly fired amid an investigation into sexual harassment. “Everyone at Fox Sports, no matter what role we play, or what business, function or show we contribute to — should act with respect and adhere to professional conduct at all times,” Eric Shanks, the president of…

A dark mood fell over Wimbledon on Thursday night after Bethanie Mattek-Sands suffered a sickening knee injury that sparked complaints about the state of the courts at the All England Club and the speed with which the American was treated. Tournament organisers swiftly defended the condition of the courts and denied that Mattek-Sands had not been treated quickly enough. Mattek-Sands, 32, could be heard crying and screaming out for help…

Photo credit: Maddie Meyer/Getty I think figure skating has this stereotype as a sport for little girls—that we are these pretty porcelain dolls … That’s how Ashley Wagner’s “in her own words” story in this year’s edition of ESPN The Magazine’s annual Body Issue begins. The 2016 world silver medalist is one of the athletes featured on ESPN’s list of what elite athletes look like naked. Wagner is featured on…

Bayless is still unleashing unpopular yet irresistible commentary daily. Horowitz’s career — several job changes later — might have collapsed this week when he was abruptly fired amid an investigation into sexual harassment. “Everyone at Fox Sports, no matter what role we play, or what business, function or show we contribute to — should act with respect and adhere to professional conduct at all times,” Eric Shanks, the president of…

By contrast, Conley played 18 professional seasons in 12 years. In six consecutive years during which his baseball and basketball careers overlapped, he played 12 professional seasons without taking a break. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Conley played two sports simultaneously longer than dual-sports stars like Dave DeBusschere (basketball and baseball) and Bo Jackson (football and baseball) — indeed, longer than any other two-sport athlete except Deion Sanders, who…

A string of doping and corruption scandals have left one third of British people with even less confidence in sport than they had a year ago, according to a survey. Faith in administrators who run sporting organisations and the athletes themselves has been corroded by further revelations of corruption within Fifa and the doping suspicions that continue to dog Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins. A survey of 2,000 people…

For all the drubbing he took from critics, in person Jamie Horowitz cut a buoyant figure. He wore pocket squares; he had a fratty, cheerfully conspiratorial air; and he was always, always brimming with self-confidence about FS1. As recently as a few weeks ago, his halo glowed so brightly that one powerful sports media person wondered to me if 21st Century Fox would lure Horowitz away from sports TV and…

Mike Ashley, the controversial billionaire founder of Sports Direct, allegedly secretly paid his former chief executive £1m-a-year out of his personal funds in order to keep down the pay of other staff. Ashley, who was exposed for paying warehouse staff effectively less than the minimum wage, is alleged to have paid former Sports Direct boss Dave Forsey £1m a year on top of his “official” £150,000 salary as “a side…

It’s one bet that the house may not allow. DraftKings and FanDuel Ltd., the two biggest names in the world of online daily fantasy sports, are wagering that a merger will create a Golden State Warriors-type superteam, but their proposed combination has been put on hold by the Trump administration. The Federal Trade Commission last month filed a lawsuit to block the combination, citing antitrust concerns that the combined company…

Rachel Christensen knows the signals. She’s seen them often enough over the Past nine years. She and her little girl are waiting for their turn someplace — perhaps in a doctor’s waiting room — and, when someone emerges to call the person who’s next, a look of confusion crosses the person’s face as he or she reads the name. Is this a typo? A misspelling? Is there a letter missing somewhere?…

Rupert Murdoch’s media company has been struggling for nearly a year to contain a sexual harassment scandal that has engulfed its Fox News unit in New York. Now, fresh allegations of a boorish workplace culture are dogging yet another unit — this time in Los Angeles — as Fox Sports announced that it had abruptly fired its controversial head of sports programming. Jamie Horowitz’s dismissal Monday came about a week…