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Floyd Mayweather is ready to come out of retirement to face Conor McGregor as early as June if he can reach an agreement to fight the UFC lightweight champion. Mayweather has been touring the United Kingdom over the past week and due to his close proximity to McGregor’s home in Ireland, it’s no wonder his name has come up a lot during appearances. Mayweather has said a lot about McGregor…

Could no NFL team win the Tony Romo sweepstakes? The (for now) Cowboys quarterback intrigues seemingly everyone, which includes entities outside the league. Fox Sports is after the 36-year-old to be an analyst, ESPN reported Friday night. Romo has had multiple back and collarbone surgeries and has appeared in just five games the past two seasons, last year getting bumped from his longtime starter role by Dak Prescott. Now, as reports…

CLOSE x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Nicole Auerbach gives out her awards for player, coach and freshman of the year. USA TODAY Sports Arizona center Chance Comanche (21) reacts to a call during a Pac-12 Conference Tournament game against the UCLA Bruins at T-Mobile Arena.(Photo: Stephen R. Sylvanie, USA TODAY Sports) Are we having fun yet? Another great day of hoops and some teams really helped themselves, especially…

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – During his two-decade career representing Kobe Bryant and other prominent NBA players, Rob Pelinka developed an enormous respect for the Los Angeles Lakers, both as a team and a global phenomenon. Pelinka is getting the chance to restore that tarnished brand as the Lakers’ new general manager, and he is approaching his new job with evangelical zeal. “It didn’t feel like a decision,” Pelinka said Friday….

Caption Close After a respite and dusting off the cobwebs of busy lives, the Dayton Sports Hall of Fame is moving forward. The board has met and, with a bit of urgency and resolve, has made headway with the necessary federal and state paperwork to formally organize. With that in hand, they are now armed with the tools to build a space dedicated to those who excelled in athletics and…

LOS ANGELES — During his two-decade career representing Kobe Bryant and other prominent NBA players, Rob Pelinka developed an enormous respect for the Los Angeles Lakers, both as a team and a global phenomenon. Pelinka is getting the chance to restore that tarnished brand as the Lakers’ new general manager, and he is approaching his new job with evangelical zeal. “It didn’t feel like a decision,” Pelinka said Friday. “It felt…

A bloody, shirtless man with what appeared to be a broken wine bottle turned a balmy evening of soccer practice and batting cages into a scene of chaos and panic. It didn’t end until police shot and killed him. A man later identified by authorities as Steven Schlitz, 29, followed an adult soccer player over a 3-foot barrier and onto a soccer field at the Huntington Beach Sports Complex where…

In your Sunday, March 5, edition, Kirk Bohls went over the line when describing Shaka Smart’s problems at UT by saying that they were made worse by Smart’s “regurgitation of his players’ anti-Trump comments.”

reader comments 45 If you’re a DirecTV customer who is annoyed by your monthly “regional sports fee,” get ready to be even more agitated. Depending on what ZIP code you live in, you could pay anywhere from $0 to $7.29 a month (or $87.48 a year) to get the same exact sports networks and watch the same exact teams you watch now. The news site Consumerist published an extensive report about this…

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LOS ANGELES — During his two-decade career representing Kobe Bryant and other prominent NBA players, Rob Pelinka developed an enormous respect for the Los Angeles Lakers, both as a team and a global phenomenon. Pelinka is getting the chance to restore that tarnished brand as the Lakers’ new general manager, and he is approaching his new job with evangelical zeal. “It didn’t feel like a decision,” Pelinka said Friday. “It felt…

Consider the stereotype of the dumb jock: He puts so much effort into sculpting his body that there’s no time for improving his mind. Yet research finds that how we treat our body directly affects our mind. According to a 2013 report from the Institute of Medicine, there is evidence that kids who get regular physical activity have better physical and mental health. “Physical activity is related to lower body fat, greater muscular…

By Laura Leslie Raleigh, N.C. — The boom in fantasy sports shows no signs of abating, so North Carolina lawmakers want to put some regulations on the books to ensure consumers are protected. House Bill 279, which was filed Wednesday, would require companies that operate fantasy sports sites that require money up front and pay out cash prizes to register with the Secretary of State’s Office. The sites would have…

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reader comments 21 If you’re a DirecTV customer who is annoyed by your monthly “regional sports fee,” get ready to be even more agitated. Depending on what ZIP code you live in, you could pay anywhere from $0 to $7.29 a month (or $87.48 a year) to get the same exact sports networks and watch the same exact teams you watch now. The news site Consumerist published an extensive report about this…

A man was shot and killed by police at a sports complex in Huntington Beach Thursday night after witnesses said the man tried attacking families. Authorities said the officer-involved shooting occurred at the Huntington Beach Sports Complex in the 18100 block of Goldenwest Street at about 7:30 p.m. Jose Sanchez said he was coaching two groups of kids – 11-year-old boys and 14-year-old girls – when he saw the man…

Sports(Photo: File) COLLEGES BASEBALL BIG TEN STANDINGS Thursday Northwestern at Portland, cancelled Penn State at Sacramento State, late Friday Purdue at Cal State Northridge Illinois at Coastal Carolina Middle Tennessee at Indiana Iowa vs. Villanova Bryant at Maryland Michigan at Lipscomb Michigan State at South Carolina Minnesota vs. Missouri State Western Carolina at Nebraska Northwestern at Portland (2) Ohio State at Florida Gulf Coast Penn State at Sacramento State Rutgers…

A man was shot and killed by police at a sports complex in Huntington Beach Thursday night after witnesses said the man tried attacking families. Authorities said the officer-involved shooting occurred at the Huntington Beach Sports Complex in the 18100 block of Goldenwest Street at about 7:30 p.m. Jose Sanchez said he was coaching two groups of kids – 11-year-old boys and 14-year-old girls – when he saw the man…

Drones are the leading weapons of the new age of impersonal warfare. They have been touted as being more efficient, accurate and cheaper than using foot soldiers, with the cost of human lives decreasing dramatically when a pilot can kill his target from behind a computer screen thousands of miles away. As such, they have been labeled “the most humane form of warfare ever.” From…