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The topic of resting players once again came to the forefront of the NBA’s news cycle recently, after the Warriors and Cavaliers each sat healthy stars in nationally televised Saturday games in consecutive weeks. The league’s broadcast rights holders obviously weren’t happy with this turn of events, and Adam Silver stepped in, issuing a warning to team owners that there would be “significant penalties” if franchises continued the practice without…

At Fox Sports 1, Horowitz is essentially building the entire plane out of the First Take black box. While ESPN fills its schedule with a mix of game broadcasts, opinion, highlights, news, analysis, documentaries, and investigative journalism, FS1 is increasingly all-in on opinion. (Although it does have the rights to major-conference college football and basketball, Major League Baseball games, and NASCAR races, FS1 is still way behind ESPN in the…

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A GRIP ON SPORTS • Was Saturday the biggest day in Spokane sports history? There are a lot of contenders, sure, but the small university by the river reaching the final weekend of the NCAA basketball tournament has to be a contender. Read on. •••••••••• • We’re not going to delve deeply here, mainly because there is so much to pass along from other sources, you probably don’t want to…

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel beat Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes in a straight fight as Formula 1’s new era started at the Australian Grand Prix. Vettel’s first win since the Singapore GP in September 2015 was final proof Mercedes’ domination is over after the introduction of faster cars. Hamilton started in pole but Vettel had an advantage on pace and tyre wear. The German pressured Mercedes into an early pit stop and benefited…

Bill Murray has had an incredible year of sports — from his minor league team clinching its first playoff berth in over a decade in June to  the Cubs winning the World Series in November to Xavier’s March Madness run to the Elite Eight. “The power of Bill Murray,” as NBA star Dwyane Wade called it, was magical. The power of Bill Murray… This is his year in sports….. As a fan ofcourse —…

If I may name-drop for moment, a number of years ago I was chatting with Tom Farrey, ESPN reporter and executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Sports & Society program, about youth sports issues, which he has covered well, in particular with his essential book of How We Got Here in Youth Sports, “Game On.” I’m 47, and he’s a few years older than I am but essentially of the…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Gonzaga had great players go through Spokane, great teams that won year after year, laying the foundation for the program’s big breakthrough this season. Now the bar will be raised. No more questions about when the Zags will reach college basketball’s final weekend. Their Final Four jinx over, a national championship becomes the next goal. ”They’ve been pretty phenomenal all year,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said…

Mia Kang, of Hong Kong, appeared in Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit edition Kang was formerly a commodities trader and is a Muay Thai fighter Gained knowledge of the combat sport while on holiday in Thailand Holds master’s degrees in finance and financial law from University of London By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 20:40 EDT, 25 March 2017 | Updated: 21:05 EDT, 25 March 2017 e-mail 77 View comments One of Sports Illustrated’s…

If I may name-drop for moment, a number of years ago I was chatting with Tom Farrey, ESPN reporter and executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Sports & Society program, about youth sports issues, which he has covered well, in particular with his essential book of How We Got Here in Youth Sports, “Game On.” I’m 47, and he’s a few years older than I am but essentially of the…

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel beat Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes in a straight fight as Formula 1’s new era started at the Australian Grand Prix. Vettel’s first win since the Singapore GP in September 2015 was final proof Mercedes’ domination is over after the introduction of faster cars. Hamilton started in pole but Vettel had an advantage on pace and tyre wear. The German pressured Mercedes into an early pit stop and benefited…

Bill Murray has had an incredible year of sports — from his minor league team clinching its first playoff berth in over a decade in June to  the Cubs winning the World Series in November to Xavier’s March Madness run to the Elite Eight. “The power of Bill Murray,” as NBA star Dwyane Wade called it, was magical. The power of Bill Murray… This is his year in sports….. As a fan ofcourse —…

If I may name-drop for moment, a number of years ago I was chatting with Tom Farrey, ESPN reporter and executive director of the Aspen Institute’s Sports & Society program, about youth sports issues, which he has covered well, in particular with his essential book of How We Got Here in Youth Sports, “Game On.” I’m 47, and he’s a few years older than I am but essentially of the…

NCAA TOURNAMENT SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Trevon Bluiett scored 25 points, Sean O’Mara scored inside with 40 seconds left and No. 11 seed Xavier upset No. 2 Arizona 73-71 in the West Region. Xavier (30-13) stayed with the second-seeded Wildcats behind Bluiett’s 18 first-half points and tracked down the Wildcats after they tried to pull away in the second half. O’Mara scored on a power move inside, but missed a…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Like a top soccer team, Gonzaga built a title contender by dipping into the transfer market. Point guard Nigel Williams-Goss arrived from Washington, forward Johnathan Williams from Missouri and guard Jordan Matthews from California. Add in 300-pound, 7-foot-1 Polish center Przemek Karnowski and guard Josh Perkins, both granted extra seasons because of injuries, and the Zags’ starters made some of the most interesting journeys to the…

Franchise quarterbacks remain a precious commodity in the NFL, which explains why potential answers at the position are evaluated so extensively. No wonder what’s valued in the process of appraising passers was such an often-discussed subject at the NFL Scouting Combine: Bill O’Brien, head coach, Houston Texans: “When you’re able to talk to these guys in the room, you’re able to really get; you have 15 minutes, 15 minutes is…

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: And it’s time for sports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SIMON: The women’s ice hockey world championship kicks off next week. The Czech Republic faces Switzerland on Friday. The U.S. women’s team are the reigning world champs. They won the last two tournaments, but they might boycott this year’s games. We’re joined now by Howard Bryant of ESPN and ESPN The Magazine. Howard, thanks for being with us. HOWARD…

Zak Showalter and Ethan Happ walked quietly down the middle of the court, arm in arm, away from Florida’s celebration of a last-second victory. This NCAA Tournament loss is going to sting for a while for the Wisconsin Badgers. Decorated four-year careers for Showalter and his fellow seniors ended with an 84-83 loss in overtime to the Gators in the Sweet 16. Happ, a sophomore, will carry the memory with…