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The Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks is hosting its first National Girls and Women Sports Day Celebration on Sunday, April 9, from noon to 4 p.m. Mothers and daughters in grades one through eight will be able to join with professional athletes and trainers for an afternoon of playing sports. Registration is free and open to the first 150 mothers and daughters. Here’s the link to register. For the record:…

PRO FOOTBALL PHOENIX (AP) Invoking his father Al’s name, and copying what the Hall of Fame owner did with the Raiders, Mark Davis is moving the franchise out of Oakland. NFL owners approved the Raiders’ move to Las Vegas 31-1 at the league meetings Monday. Miami was the lone dissenter. ”My father used to say the greatness of the Raiders is in the future,” Davis said. ”This gives us the…

Last summer, the web video company OneUp Sports was riding high at the Cannes advertising festival on the French Riviera, with plans to deliver sports videos to a new generation of fans obsessed with social media and their mobile devices. OneUp said distribution deals were lined up with more than 2,000 newspapers and sports sites for its hyperlocal sports videos, like clips of reporters breaking down the Philadelphia Eagles’ draft…

Domonique Foxworth and Will Cain say it’s all an egotistical act for LaVar Ball to say his kids are better set up for success than LeBron James’. NEXT VIDEO Lavar Ball makes Stephen A. apoplectic LaVar Ball’s appearance on First Take brings plenty of fireworks and somehow ends with an invitation for pancakes. As someone immersed in the sports-parenting dynamic, I am fascinated by LaVar Ball. And bemused. And outraged….

PRO FOOTBALL PHOENIX (AP) Invoking his father Al’s name, and copying what the Hall of Fame owner did with the Raiders, Mark Davis is moving the franchise out of Oakland. NFL owners approved the Raiders’ move to Las Vegas 31-1 at the league meetings Monday. Miami was the lone dissenter. ”My father used to say the greatness of the Raiders is in the future,” Davis said. ”This gives us the…

The elite funding agency UK Sport has told British Cycling’s board it has “serious concerns” about its handling of allegations against their former technical director Shane Sutton and has still not received key information about the case. Last April, the former Great Britain rider Jess Varnish claimed Sutton used sexist language towards her, and in October an internal British Cycling investigation led by board member Alex Russell upheld that complaint….

How much and in what ways will technology change sports in the foreseeable future? Those are the questions Ken Aagaard, executive vice president, innovation and new technology at CBS Sports, is tasked with waking up and answering every morning. Aagaard is responsible for bringing Swing Vision to golf broadcasts as well as introducing the ProTracer technology we all fawn over as Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy are pounding 340-yard power…

PHOENIX — The Dolphins had a rewarding 2016 season, but their success extended beyond the playing field and their ability to bounce back from a 1-4 start to earn a playoff spot in Adam Gase’s first year as head coach. The Dolphins did a lot of good things off the field as well, and their efforts were recognized when the nominees for the 2017 Sports Business Awards were unveiled. The…

Scores of Sports Direct workers who were found to have been paid less than the minimum wage are yet to receive the back pay owed for their shifts. Steve Turner, the assistant general secretary of the Unite union, told MPs on the business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) select committee on Tuesday that Transline, one of the employment agencies exposed during an undercover Guardian investigation, had refused to honour part…

PRO FOOTBALL PHOENIX (AP) Invoking his father Al’s name, and copying what the Hall of Fame owner did with the Raiders, Mark Davis is moving the franchise out of Oakland. NFL owners approved the Raiders’ move to Las Vegas 31-1 at the league meetings Monday. Miami was the lone dissenter. ”My father used to say the greatness of the Raiders is in the future,” Davis said. ”This gives us the…

How much and in what ways will technology change sports in the foreseeable future? Those are the questions Ken Aagaard, executive vice president, innovation and new technology at CBS Sports, is tasked with waking up and answering every morning. Aagaard is responsible for bringing Swing Vision to golf broadcasts as well as introducing the ProTracer technology we all fawn over as Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy are pounding 340-yard power…

Domonique Foxworth and Will Cain say it’s all an egotistical act for LaVar Ball to say his kids are better set up for success than LeBron James’. NEXT VIDEO Lavar Ball makes Stephen A. apoplectic LaVar Ball’s appearance on First Take brings plenty of fireworks and somehow ends with an invitation for pancakes. As someone immersed in the sports-parenting dynamic, I am fascinated by LaVar Ball. And bemused. And outraged….

The Raiders are on the move — again — after NFL owners approved the franchise’s relocation from Oakland to Las Vegas. CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora reports the NFL owners approved the Raiders move to Las Vegas with a whopping 31-1 vote, with the Miami Dolphins being the only team that voted against the Raiders move. The Raiders needed 24 of 32 votes and easily cleared the hurdle….

By: Luke Kerr-Dineen | March 27, 2017 1:50 pm Follow @LukeKerrDineen

  The Chargers are leaving San Diego. In their wake, a fascination with spectator sports persists among powerful locals. Three plans have surfaced for east Mission Valley. All three tout a sports stadium. Football, soccer, or soccer-football venues are proposed for within the some 215 acres in east Mission Valley. In the spirit of competition, Mayor Kevin Faulconer ought to broaden the field. Give San Diegans something else to chew…

Domonique Foxworth and Will Cain say it’s all an egotistical act for LaVar Ball to say his kids are better set up for success than LeBron James’. NEXT VIDEO Lavar Ball makes Stephen A. apoplectic LaVar Ball’s appearance on First Take brings plenty of fireworks and somehow ends with an invitation for pancakes. As someone immersed in the sports-parenting dynamic, I am fascinated by LaVar Ball. And bemused. And outraged….

Inside sports business The United States finally winning the World Baseball Classic might be just what this country needs when it comes to that tournament taking priority among those at the sport’s top levels here. Up until now, the WBC has been viewed largely as a nuisance by Major League Baseball teams. We’ve become accustomed to debating whether teams such as the Mariners will even allow staff ace Felix Hernandez…

Domonique Foxworth and Will Cain say it’s all an egotistical act for LaVar Ball to say his kids are better set up for success than LeBron James’. NEXT VIDEO Lavar Ball makes Stephen A. apoplectic LaVar Ball’s appearance on First Take brings plenty of fireworks and somehow ends with an invitation for pancakes. As someone immersed in the sports-parenting dynamic, I am fascinated by LaVar Ball. And bemused. And outraged….

Advocates for legal sports betting are optimistic that the NFL’s decision to relocate its Raiders franchise to Las Vegas signals a tide shift on the divisive issue. Continue Reading Below The league’s 32 owners overwhelmingly voted on Monday to approve the Raiders’ proposed move from Oakland to Las Vegas. Without a viable plan for a new stadium in the team’s current market, league officials opted to sign off on…

With WrestleMania 33 just a few days away, Brock Lesnar’s humble advocate Paul Heyman joins the Fight Society podcast for a special episode to look ahead at the event this weekend. Heyman has been a fixture of the professional wrestling industry for more than three decades, but his latest endeavor has been working alongside the former UFC heavyweight champion as he prepares for his main event match against Goldberg at…