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Seattle pro sports teams unite to promote LGBT inclusion | The … – Seattle Times

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

As prominent fixtures in the Seattle community, five major professional sports teams have united to support LGBT inclusion and equality. The Seahawks, Mariners, Sounders, Storm and Reign have come together to promote inclusiveness and equality, and organizers on Tuesday said this is the first time a city’s professional teams have joined together for this cause. “Sports has so many eyes on it, all the time anyways in this country,” said…

Jonah Keri’s ultimate sports celebrations bracket: Vote for the best of all-time – CBSSports.com

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

The NFL recently announced it will allow group celebrations and prop celebrations after touchdowns, moving half a step closer to become a league that almost kind of tolerates fun! In honor of this sort of momentous occasion, we’re trotting out the best sports celebrations of all time — or at least the ones we can think of, after many emails exchanged with CBS Sports staffers. Also, huge hat-tip to Sagar…

Here’s Wednesday’s Sports on TV Lineup – The Courier-Journal

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

WEDNESDAY ON TV COLLEGE BASEBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — NCAA College World Series, Game 9, Florida St. vs. LSU, at Omaha, Neb. GOLF 7 p.m. GOLF — PGA Professional Championship, final round, at Sunriver, Ore. HORSE RACING 8:30 a.m. NBCSN — Royal Ascot, at Ascot, England MLB BASEBALL 2:20 p.m. MLB — San Diego at Chicago Cubs 7:05 p.m. MLB — Cleveland at Baltimore 10:10 p.m. ESPN — N.Y. Mets…

Twitch reaches 2-year streaming rights deal for Blizzard e-sports events – Los Angeles Times

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Video streaming service Twitch announced Tuesday a two-year deal with Blizzard Entertainment to become the exclusive third-party home for many of the Irvine game-maker’s e-sports events. Blizzard Entertainment can continue to stream video game competitions on its own services, including MLG.TV and Blizzard.com. But the global exclusivity deals a blow to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, ESPN and other apps competing for streaming rights to the growing form of entertainment. Blizzard Entertainment…

Tammy Abraham: Swansea City to sign Chelsea striker on loan – BBC Sport

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Tammy Abraham is understood to have a future at Stamford Bridge, which is why Chelsea want only to loan him out Swansea City have agreed to sign striker Tammy Abraham on loan from Chelsea for the 2017-18 season. The Swans have fought off competition from Newcastle and Brighton for the 19-year-old, who scored 23 goals in 40 appearances on loan at Championship side Bristol City in 2016-17. Paperwork for the…

Jonah Keri’s ultimate sports celebrations bracket: Vote for the best of all-time – CBSSports.com

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

The NFL recently announced it will allow group celebrations and prop celebrations after touchdowns, moving half a step closer to become a league that almost kind of tolerates fun! In honor of this sort of momentous occasion, we’re trotting out the best sports celebrations of all time — or at least the ones we can think of, after many emails exchanged with CBS Sports staffers. Also, huge hat-tip to Sagar…

Here’s Wednesday’s Sports on TV Lineup – The Courier-Journal

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

WEDNESDAY ON TV COLLEGE BASEBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — NCAA College World Series, Game 9, Florida St. vs. LSU, at Omaha, Neb. GOLF 7 p.m. GOLF — PGA Professional Championship, final round, at Sunriver, Ore. HORSE RACING 8:30 a.m. NBCSN — Royal Ascot, at Ascot, England MLB BASEBALL 2:20 p.m. MLB — San Diego at Chicago Cubs 7:05 p.m. MLB — Cleveland at Baltimore 10:10 p.m. ESPN — N.Y. Mets…

NBA’s Warriors envy turns offseason into fantasy sports for teams playing catch-up – Sporting News

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

The NBA offseason has become even more enthralling than the actual games. Monotony and predictability are two things that can easily describe the NBA regular season, but the offseason is vastly different. During the offseason, teams have a chance to be good. And Thursday’s NBA Draft has already sparked some interesting rumors to match an early trade that moved Philadelphia up to the No. 1 overall pick. Every indication points…

World’s oldest gymnast still impresses at 91 years of age – FOXSports.com

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Gymnastics may be known as a sport for women in their teens, but Johanna Quaas is still going impressively strong in the sport at the ripe young age of 91. Check out this routine the nonagenarian performed recently in Berlin: Quaas, who was born in Germany on Nov. 20, 1925, was introduced to gymnastics as a little girl. The former physical education teacher now competes in her country’s amateur Landes-Seniorenspiele competition. She made it…

Jonah Keri’s ultimate sports celebrations bracket: Vote for the best of all-time – CBSSports.com

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

The NFL recently announced it will allow group celebrations and prop celebrations after touchdowns, moving half a step closer to become a league that almost kind of tolerates fun! In honor of this sort of momentous occasion, we’re trotting out the best sports celebrations of all time — or at least the ones we can think of, after many emails exchanged with CBS Sports staffers. Also, huge hat-tip to Sagar…

Brooks Koepka earns cover of Sports Illustrated following US Open victory – Golf.com

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

After tying a record for the lowest score in relation to par at the U.S. Open, Brooks Koepka will grace this week’s cover of Sports Illustrated. The 27-year-old Florida native shot 16 under at Erin Hills last weekend to win his first career major, vaulting him into the top 10 in the world. Koepka is the second golfer featured on the cover of SI this year, following Sergio Garcia’s breakthrough…

End of an era? Plan would redevelop Abbott Sports Complex into industrial park – Lincoln Journal Star

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

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Anatomy of a combat sports tragedy: Who killed Tim Hague? – MMAjunkie.com

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

The first time Tim Hague went down against Adam Braidwood was a little over a minute into the first round. Backed into the corner, he took a pair of right hands and ended up kneeling on the canvas, rising to his feet as the referee’s count hit seven. Roughly a minute after that Hague went down again. Then shortly after he took a few more hard shots and went lunging…

Driver blasts FOX Sports for skipping over him to interview Brad Keselowski instead – For The Win

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Despite finishing third in the Irish Hills 250 on Saturday, NASCAR XFINITY Series driver Elliott Sadler was furious after the race at Michigan International Speedway. Sadler – a former full-time Cup Series driver who now competes full-time in the lower series for Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s team, JR Motorsports – finished third to winner and Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin and rookie William Byron. FOX Sports obviously interviewed Hamlin afterward but…

5 things that could derail the Warriors’ dynasty – FOXSports.com

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

“If you can’t beat them, join them,” doesn’t necessarily apply to this period of NBA history. Instead, that idiom should go, “If you can’t beat them, join together.” The Warriors’ superteam was a reaction to LeBron’s success in Cleveland, which grew out of his squad in Miami, which follows in a long tradition of NBA superteams — so really, a few superstars deciding to come together to try to take…

The epidemic that’s ruining youth sports – New York Post

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Tiffany Lin’s Osgood-Schlatter disease diagnosis may stem from overuse of her body for sports.Tamara Beckwith During a soccer game early last year, Tiffany Lin began experiencing a sharp pain in her right knee. Then a freshman at Manhattan’s Beacon School, Lin tried to play through the pain but sought out a doctor when it wouldn’t subside. The diagnosis? She had Osgood-Schlatter disease, which is the inflammation of the area just…

The epidemic that’s ruining youth sports – New York Post

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Tiffany Lin’s Osgood-Schlatter disease diagnosis may stem from overuse of her body for sports.Tamara Beckwith During a soccer game early last year, Tiffany Lin began experiencing a sharp pain in her right knee. Then a freshman at Manhattan’s Beacon School, Lin tried to play through the pain but sought out a doctor when it wouldn’t subside. The diagnosis? She had Osgood-Schlatter disease, which is the inflammation of the area just…

5 things that could derail the Warriors’ dynasty – FOXSports.com

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

“If you can’t beat them, join them,” doesn’t necessarily apply to this period of NBA history. Instead, that idiom should go, “If you can’t beat them, join together.” The Warriors’ superteam was a reaction to LeBron’s success in Cleveland, which grew out of his squad in Miami, which follows in a long tradition of NBA superteams — so really, a few superstars deciding to come together to try to take…

Women’s Sport Week: Athletes can face ‘minefield’ returning after childbirth – BBC Sport

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Media playback is not supported on this device Women’s Sport Week: How easy is it to return to sport after pregnancy? Athletes can face a “minefield” when they return to elite sport after having a baby, Dame Sarah Storey says. As part of Women’s Sports Week, Storey, who is expecting her second child, has called for clearer guidelines from governing bodies. UK Sport, which funds elite sport, implemented a maternity…