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Ready for a new sports network, distributed via broadcast TV and digital streams? That’s what Sinclair Broadcast Group has in mind after forging an equity alliance with digital sports media company Silver Chalice and sports commentary provider 120 Sports. When it launches later this year, Sinclair’s American Sports Network will be “rebranded and improved,” the companies say. Programming will include live collegiate games from ASN and Silver Chalice’s Campus Insiders,…

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Sports Illustrated’s Rookie of the Year says immersing herself in Thailand’s combat sport is the secret behind her swimsuit-ready shape. “By throwing myself into this sport,” I learned to love my body and respect my body,” explained Mia Kang to PEOPLE Magazine. “I learned how to nourish it and to treat it with respect.” According to Kang, she started practicing Muay Thai four years ago and has even…

Las Vegas is a world class destination for boxing, concerts, restaurants, hotels, and gambling. But it’s now trying to become the leading venue for the emerging e-sports industry. MGM Resorts (NYSE:MGM) has announced a partnership with Allied Esports to build a dedicated e-sports venue in the Luxor Hotel and Casino, which will bring dozens of events each year from the growing industry. And this could help boost the fortunes of…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment “Hey, ESPN: Stick to sports.” I’ve read thousands of social media posts and reader emails about ESPN over the past 15 months. If there’s one phrase that tends to surface most frequently, it’s that chestnut suggesting the network’s only proper place is in the athletics lane. Yes, when it comes to ESPN — the self-proclaimed “Worldwide Leader in Sports” — the concern…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment “Hey, ESPN: Stick to sports.” I’ve read thousands of social media posts and reader emails about ESPN over the past 15 months. If there’s one phrase that tends to surface most frequently, it’s that chestnut suggesting the network’s only proper place is in the athletics lane. Yes, when it comes to ESPN — the self-proclaimed “Worldwide Leader in Sports” — the concern…

Some parents won’t let their kids play sports due to concussion risks. A new survey found that parents are also limiting their children only to certain sports because of head injury concerns. When more than 1,000 parents were asked if they’d let their kids play sports given the risk of concussions, 16 percent said no to all sports, a new Harris Poll conducted on behalf of the American Osteopathic Association…

By Scott DeCamp | sdecamp1@mlive.com It’s tough to see our legends die. Same goes for legendary sports venues. Neither the Pontiac Silverdome nor Joe Louis Arena qualify for “legendary” status in terms of aesthetics, but they’ve been home to some spectacular moments for sports fans in Michigan through the years. And Tiger Stadium, despite its quirks, will always hold a special place in our hearts. The Palace of Auburn Hills…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment “Hey, ESPN: Stick to sports.” I’ve read thousands of social media posts and reader emails about ESPN over the past 15 months. If there’s one phrase that tends to surface most frequently, it’s that chestnut suggesting the network’s only proper place is in the athletics lane. Yes, when it comes to ESPN — the self-proclaimed “Worldwide Leader in Sports” — the concern…

Some parents won’t let their kids play sports due to concussion risks. A new survey found that parents are also limiting their children only to certain sports because of head injury concerns. When more than 1,000 parents were asked if they’d let their kids play sports given the risk of concussions, 16 percent said no to all sports, a new Harris Poll conducted on behalf of the American Osteopathic Association…

By Scott DeCamp | sdecamp1@mlive.com It’s tough to see our legends die. Same goes for legendary sports venues. Neither the Pontiac Silverdome nor Joe Louis Arena qualify for “legendary” status in terms of aesthetics, but they’ve been home to some spectacular moments for sports fans in Michigan through the years. And Tiger Stadium, despite its quirks, will always hold a special place in our hearts. The Palace of Auburn Hills…

Drones can survive lightning strikes and pollinate flowers, but have you ever seen one that can bowl or slam-dunk a basketball? Popular YouTubers Devin Supertramp and Cinechopper joined forces to film a drone doing some rather athletic stunts. In a video that’s gone viral since its Tuesday posting, a drone carries and drops a bowling ball to make a perfect strike (and drops a bowling ball onto an innocent snowman,…

Professional gambler David Oancea, who goes by the nickname “Vegas Dave,” came up short Wednesday when a federal grand jury indicted him on charges that he used phony Social Security numbers to open player accounts at area casinos and sportsbooks. The well-known sports bettor has amassed hundreds of thousands of social media followers by promoting his ability to win big on long-shot bets — or, as his website describes it,…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment “Hey, ESPN: Stick to sports.” I’ve read thousands of social media posts and reader emails about ESPN over the past 15 months. If there’s one phrase that tends to surface most frequently, it’s that chestnut suggesting the network’s only proper place is in the athletics lane. Yes, when it comes to ESPN — the self-proclaimed “Worldwide Leader in Sports” — the concern…

By Scott DeCamp | sdecamp1@mlive.com It’s tough to see our legends die. Same goes for legendary sports venues. Neither the Pontiac Silverdome nor Joe Louis Arena qualify for “legendary” status in terms of aesthetics, but they’ve been home to some spectacular moments for sports fans in Michigan through the years. And Tiger Stadium, despite its quirks, will always hold a special place in our hearts. The Palace of Auburn Hills…

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – Famed long-time head athletic trainer Steve “Greek” Antonopulos has been promoted to director of sports medicine for the Denver Broncos, the team announced on Wednesday. The team also announced assistant athletic trainer Vince Garcia was named head athletic trainer to take over for Antonopulos. In four decades, almost everything about us has changed. Except for “Greek.” 📰 » https://t.co/9B7We8icnl pic.twitter.com/X6kgzBcEYr — Denver Broncos (@Broncos) April 12,…

7:30 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment George Steinbrenner was fuming. At his Seinfeld caricature best, his legendary red-hot anger could’ve melted the phone line. It was a spring day in 1997 and The Boss was demanding to speak with Jean Afterman. Afterman was the vice president of KDN Sports, a Japanese-owned sports management firm based in San Francisco. She and Don Nomura represented the New…

Now this is a loaded position.  Right field in Major League Baseball in 2017 is loaded with perennial MVP candidates, homer mashers, defensive aces, mercurial superstars, up-and-coming sluggers, and steady hands.  It’s one of the strongest positions in baseball, and here’s the strongest of the strong: 

Sports Direct has elected an employee to attend its board meetings, after a series of scandals over the way the company is run and treats its staff. The appointment of Alex Balacki, 30, follows a tumultuous 16 months for the retailer. This included its billionaire founder, Mike Ashley, being hauled before MPs to be questioned over “Victorian” working conditions at the company’s warehouse, following a Guardian investigation that exposed how…