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BEND, OREGON — It may sound odd to speak of water sports in Oregon’s high desert region. But the Deschutes River flows from the Cascade Mountains to the south through the center of Bend, whose very name pays homage to a significant bend in the river. More than a dozen lakes dot the mountains to the west. And whether you’re seeking a zenlike calm, an adrenaline rush or something in the middle,…

BEND, OREGON — It may sound odd to speak of water sports in Oregon’s high desert region. But the Deschutes River flows from the Cascade Mountains to the south through the center of Bend, whose very name pays homage to a significant bend in the river. More than a dozen lakes dot the mountains to the west. And whether you’re seeking a zenlike calm, an adrenaline rush or something in the middle,…

If you are reading this, you know I like to pick things apart. Drafts, situational coaching and players — you name it. But somehow, as I did the grades for this year’s NFL Draft, I had to stop for a second because I think many teams did a good job handling their board. I didn’t give out one “F” this year. I handed out five “A” grades. What is wrong…

NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France paid a surprise visit to the Richmond International Raceway Sunday, just one hour before the start of the Toyota Owners 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. During the session, France was joined by his son Luke, 6.  That was an early tipoff that there would be no blockbuster announcement, no major new initiatives to be rolled out. Instead, France began the…

Bleacher Report CEO Dave Finocchio wants to build the next MTV — just without the whole TV part. It’s been just over a year since Turner, which bought Bleacher Report for a reported $175 million back in 2012, laid out a plan to inject $100 million into turning the sports property into a video juggernaut. In that time Finocchio has launched a number of original online series, a feature length…

Anthony Joshua stamped himself as a true boxing great Satuday with a commanding performance in an 11th-round technical knockout of ex-champion Wladimir Klitschko in front of an insane scene at Wembley Stadium in London, where a record crowd of 90,000 roared its approval from beginning to end. Joshua (19-0, 19 KOs) retained his IBF heavyweight title and added the WBA belt in arguably the most compelling heavyweight title fight since…

Matt Kenseth will be the first to tell you that he’s not known for his great qualifying, but Friday at Richmond International Raceway, Kenseth earned his 19th career pole when he put his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the No. 1 spot for Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. Ryan Blaney will start on the outside of Row 1 in his Wood Brothers Racing Ford,…

If there’s one thing that’s come through loud and clear from Dale Earnhardt Jr. this week, it’s how much relationships matter to him. And when you spend two decades in the racing business, you build a huge base of relationships — with other drivers, crewmembers, NASCAR officials, sponsors and race fans. Those relationships have been — and will continue to be — critically important to Earnhardt as he transitions from…

Jerry Seinfeld with famed guest star Keith Hernandez at Shea Stadium in 2005.(Photo: Jim McIsaac, Getty Images) Comedian Jerry Seinfeld turns 63 on Saturday, and while he bashed birthdays on his show in an attempt to be dark and disturbed – “nevitably, irrevocably: Happy birthday? No such thing” – we wanted to mark the occasion with the top 10 sports moments from Seinfeld. Giddyup. 10. “This is America!” Sitting in the owner’s box at Yankee Stadium…

The Bulls need to burn this whole thing to the ground. That’s why we’re letting Wade go, trading Butler and firing the front office, obviously. And from those ashes, a championship contender can rise. If I were Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, and I wanted to win basketball games and not just turn a profit to invest in the White Sox, I’d hire Sam Hinkie to oversee that rebuild —…

RIO DE JANEIRO –  Brazil and superstar Neymar were the first to qualify for next year’s World Cup, save for Russia which gets an automatic berth as the host. Winning a record sixth World Cup might help some forget the humiliating 7-1 loss to Germany three years ago in the World Cup semifinals. But as the soccer team soars, more details are emerging in Supreme Court documents describing…

As Head Coach John Harbaugh said Thursday night, first-round cornerback Marlon Humphrey “has all the tools you want in a top corner.” Speed is one of the major tools, and it’s in Humphrey’s DNA. Humphrey’s father, Bobby, was a star running back at Alabama and first-round supplemental pick of the Denver Broncos in 1989. Humphrey’s mother, Barbara, still holds the school record in the 400-meter dash at the University of…

One of America’s most enduring economies of nonsense is the grading of the NFL Draft. How can we hand out A’s or F’s if we literally have no idea how the player will perform? This is akin to predicting whether you will have a good day three years from tomorrow. “April 29, 2020? You know, looking at my past April 29ths, and knowing it falls at a time of year…

NFL DRAFT PHILADELPHIA (AP) With defensive studs everywhere in this draft, NFL teams turned offensive. With an emphasis on quarterbacks. Hardly stunning in a pass-happy league, except that no quarterbacks in this crop have been highly touted. Yet three went in the first dozen, with two whopping trades putting the Bears and Chiefs in position to grab QBs. Chicago paid a whopping price to move up one spot to second…

Carolina Panthers select: Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford I like his skill set with the way the game is played, but again, it’s a back in the top 10. Hate that.

NFL DRAFT PHILADELPHIA (AP) With defensive studs everywhere in this draft, NFL teams turned offensive. With an emphasis on quarterbacks. Hardly stunning in a pass-happy league, except that no quarterbacks in this crop have been highly touted. Yet three went in the first dozen, with two whopping trades putting the Bears and Chiefs in position to grab QBs. Chicago paid a whopping price to move up one spot to second…

Milwaukee Brewers slugger Eric Thames is off to a ridiculous start in his return from three stellar seasons in Korea. Heading into Thursday, Thames is hitting .370/.489/.904 with 11 homers, 19 RBI and 27 runs. He leads the majors in runs, home runs, slugging and OPS.  Given that Thames was a career .250/.296/.431 hitter in the majors before departing for his Korean hiatus, it was all too predictable to see…

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