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How to watch Wednesday’s Champions League quarterfinal matches – FOXSports.com

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

The Champions League quarterfinals roll on on Wednesday, with a rare three-match slate on the docket. Borussia Dortmund and Monaco get Wednesday’s action started early, while Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Atletico and Leicester all kick off the first legs of their quarterfinal tilts later in the day. Here are all the details you need to know to ensure you don’t miss a moment of the action. Fans can…

How to take a perfect sports photograph: plan, stay calm and fight for your spot – The Guardian

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Shortly after Philippe Gilbert’s win at the 2017 Tour of Flanders, one image of his walk to victory, bike aloft, was retweeted more than any other. It’s a shot by Karen M. Edwards, an Irish photographer who has been making us sit up and take notice of her unique eye since she moved from fashion shoots to the grime of professional cycling. The photographer’s life on a major race is…

Fantasy sports bill advances in Texas Legislature – MyStatesman.com – MyStatesman.com

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

A bill legalizing for-profit fantasy sports leagues in Texas has gained some yards in the state Legislature. House Bill 1487, co-authored by state Rep. Richard Pena Raymond, D-Laredo, was approved on a 6-1 vote this week by the House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures, although it remains unclear when or if it will be taken up by the full House for a vote. State Rep. John…

Can Cricket Finally Crack America’s Sports Market? – Newsweek

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

“I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God created on Earth,” the English playwright Harold Pinter once said, adding that it was better than sex—although intercourse, he noted, “isn’t bad either.” Perhaps it would do his clairvoyance a disservice, but it seems unlikely that the great dramatist could ever have predicted the United States as a testing ground for his theory. Cricket in America, based on…

WBZ Cares: Good Sports Helps Boston Area Children Be Active – CBS Boston / WBZ

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

BOSTON (CBS) – Each month, WBZ Cares highlights a worthy non-profit organization, and tells the story of what that organization does for the community. This month’s organization, “Good Sports,” a Quincy-based organization that gives all kids the lifelong benefits of sports and physical activity by providing sporting equipment to those most in need. Since its inception in 2003, two local groups in Boston have benefited from the program. For decades, Greg Davis…

Sports Direct workers’ rep faces ‘uphill struggle’, union warns – The Guardian

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Sports Direct has elected an employee to attend board meetings, after a series of scandals over the way the company is run and how it treats its staff. But Unite, Britain’s biggest union, warned that the newly appointed worker representative “will face an uphill struggle to have workers’ concerns heard and to resolve the deep-rooted problems across the business”. The appointment of Alex Balacki, 30, follows a tumultuous 2016 for…

Fantasy sports bill advances in Texas Legislature – MyStatesman.com

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

A bill legalizing for-profit fantasy sports leagues in Texas has gained some yards in the state Legislature. House Bill 1487, co-authored by state Rep. Richard Pena Raymond, D-Laredo, was approved on a 6-1 vote this week by the House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures, although it remains unclear when or if it will be taken up by the full House for a vote. State Rep. John…

Forbes most valuable teams: Yankees top MLB, second American sports franchise – CBSSports.com

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Major League Baseball is as healthy as it’s ever been financially, and the sport’s revenues are only growing. Tuesday morning Mike Ozanian of Forbes released his annual MLB franchise value estimates, and according to his data, the average club saw their value increase a whopping 19 percent in 2016. That is due to the growing MLB Advanced Media juggernaut — MLBAM is league’s digital arm, and all 30 clubs own…

A Las Vegas nightclub is getting turned into an e-sports arena – The Verge

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Starting in early 2018, the Luxor Hotel will be home to the very first e-sports arena on the Las Vegas Strip. The joint venture between Allied Esports, Esports Arena, and Luxor-owner MGM Resorts International will see an existing 30,000-square-foot nightclub transformed into a multi-level e-sports venue. It will be equipped with all the staples of a standard sports arena plus an LED video wall, professional streaming video production studios, and…

Borussia Dortmund v Monaco – BBC Sport

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Match postponed, full details here.

WATCH: How wearables are affecting the sport, culture of golf on the course – CBSSports.com

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Wearables are changing our culture, and the sport of golf is not exempt. “How many steps have you walked?” is as common a question as, “Where are you going to eat?” Professional golfers will do anything to gain even the slightest advantage. That’s why they are using wearables to help improve their games in the gym. They measure everything from sleep to what kind of calories they are putting in…

JD Sports shrugs off Brexit to report a more than 80% jump in profit – The Independent

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

JD Sports reported a more than 80 per cent jump in profit before tax for the year to the end of January, bolstered by its core fashion business and an international expansion drive. The cut-price sports retailer said that profit before tax hit £238.4m, up from £131.6m in the same period the previous year, and that it was in a strong position to weather the market implications of Brexit. “Whilst…

State lawmakers have spent a lot of time on professional sports stadiums — and they have little to show for it – Los Angeles Times

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

With the Raiders deciding to leave Oakland for a $1.9-billion football stadium in Las Vegas, the carousel of moves and threats to move by California’s professional sports teams appears to be slowing down. So too does all the action in the state Legislature designed to help build new stadiums. Since 2009, state lawmakers have tried to make it easier to build new football stadiums in the San Gabriel Valley, San…

How California lawmakers tried to get sports stadiums built – Los Angeles Times

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

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5 hopes for a North American World Cup in 2026 – FOXSports.com

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

MLS has its eyes set on expanding the league to 28 teams, and with that comes the exciting prospect of new and diverse fan bases. Cities like Detroit, Nashville, Indianapolis, San Antonio, and Cincinnati will emerge, shape the game and  reflect their city’s style and sensibilities like we’ve seen happen in Portland, Orlando, and Atlanta over the past decade.

Youth sports megaplex proposed for Summit Place Mall site – Detroit Free Press

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

CLOSE x Embed x Share The owner of Summit Place Mall in Oakland County has until July 15 to get a demolition permit or submit redevelopment plans. JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press A rendering of the proposed youth sports megaplex for the site of the abandoned Summit Place Mall in Waterford Township.(Photo: Prime Design Systems Inc.) A mystery developer is proposing to build a youth sports and entertainment megaplex in…

Barriers between pro sports and gambling appear to be falling – Seattle Times

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Inside sports business There were days not long ago when the National Football League feared its players even paying a visit to Las Vegas. And they weren’t alone. The mere thought of Sin City intersecting with operations of any major sports league sent the billable hours of their public-relations machines spiraling out of control. Not any more. The announcement the Oakland Raiders will move to Las Vegas in two years…

2017 NFL Draft rumors: Why Fournette will go in top five, McCaffrey before Cook – CBSSports.com

Monday, April 10, 2017

If something shocking happens in the top five picks of the 2017 NFL Draft, it very well might involve running back Leonard Fournette. I hear the big back out of LSU is increasingly being viewed as a best-of-breed player in this draft, a true blue chipper, and he is being considered at the highest reaches of the first round. Mock Draft Central How to watch NFL Draft Frankly, it would…

27 Eastern Mountain Sports stores slated to close; 2 in Syracuse area (see the full list) – Syracuse.com

Monday, April 10, 2017

Eastern Outfitters LLC, parent company of Eastern Mountain Sports and Bob’s store, wants to close about half of its store – including 27 of its 51 EMS stores. Two of the stores targeted to close are at Destiny USA and Towne Center in Fayetteville, according to bankruptcy court documents. The Meriden, Conn.-based company filed for bankruptcy protection in February. The plan to close the stores still needs bankruptcy court approval….

Sports world reacts to Russell Westbrook’s record-setting performance – ESPN

Monday, April 10, 2017

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Russell Westbrook celebrates his game-winning 3-pointer on Sunday against the Nuggets. The Thunder guard finished with 50 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists for his 42nd triple-double of 2016-17, breaking Oscar Robertson’s single-season record. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Russell Westbrook had seemingly been building up to this moment the entire season. Triple-double after triple-double, the Oklahoma City point guard inched toward history…