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OLATHE, Kan. –  A man has been charged with murder in what some witnesses described as a racially motivated shooting at a crowded suburban Kansas City bar that left one Indian man dead and two other men hospitalized. Local police are working with the FBI to investigate the shooting Wednesday night in Olathe, Kansas, but have declined to describe the attack as a hate crime. A bartender at…

“She is 67 and she started boot camp when she was 60,” Sport England chief executive Jennie Price told Telegraph Sport. “She was walking her dog in the park and decided she would like to try it. And, seven years later, there she still is. “That’s a great message, too, because we don’t see many positive, everyday, role models for women as they get particularly into their 60s.” New mother Stephanie…

I’ve always had the sense that Fox Sports knows it has a special television personality in Katie Nolan. If the network didn’t have that figured out before the Framingham native won an Emmy in 2016 for her program “Garbage Time,” that little gold trophy should have been the final clue. But while Fox Sports figured out that Nolan is a host of quick humor and uncommon on-camera charisma, it seems…

Media playback is not supported on this device Ranieri didn’t lose dressing room – Leicester City caretaker Leicester City caretaker boss Craig Shakespeare has denied a player revolt led to the sacking of Claudio Ranieri. BBC Sport understands some players were summoned to meet the chairman after the 2-1 loss to Sevilla and Ranieri’s fate was sealed by the negative reaction. The Italian was sacked by Leicester on Thursday nine…

Nico Siragusa, a football player headed to the NFL, was born in San Diego, attended high school in Chula Vista and spent the past five years at San Diego State. So if Nico opines on San Diego sports, no yellow flags fly for illegal participation. Opine Nico did this week, via the electric Twitter device. What got the 22-year-old to typing was the ire that local fans directed at his SDSU football teammate Donnel Pumphrey for wearing…

I’ve always had the sense that Fox Sports knows it has a special television personality in Katie Nolan. If the network didn’t have that figured out before the Framingham native won an Emmy in 2016 for her program “Garbage Time,” that little gold trophy should have been the final clue. But while Fox Sports figured out that Nolan is a host of quick humor and uncommon on-camera charisma, it seems…

OLATHE, Kan. –  A man accused of shooting two Indians in a crowded suburban Kansas City bar, killing one man and injuring two others in an attack that some witnesses said was racially motivated, has been charged with murder and attempted murder. Authorities repeatedly declined at a Thursday news conference to say whether the shooting was a hate crime although local police said they were working with the FBI…

The Southwest Florida area will welcome a women’s soccer team, the Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions FC, in partnership with the Dutch Women’s Premier League club – the ADO Den Haag Women.

I’ve always had the sense that Fox Sports knows it has a special television personality in Katie Nolan. If the network didn’t have that figured out before the Framingham native won an Emmy in 2016 for her program “Garbage Time,” that little gold trophy should have been the final clue. But while Fox Sports figured out that Nolan is a host of quick humor and uncommon on-camera charisma, it seems…

Reports suggest that Facebook is in talks with Major League Baseball to live stream one game per week on its platform. Both Facebook and Twitter are looking at live sports as a key catalyst to drive user engagement, growth and eventually revenues. Last year, Twitter won the rights to broadcast the NFL’s Thursday Night Football games on its platform, and has been constantly looking for similar deals since. In broadcasting live…

If you’re considering the LG Watch Sport as a health-and-fitness tracking sport watch, I won’t blame you. But if you have small-ish wrists, I will dissuade you. This new smartwatch, made by Google and LG, seems like it would be the platonic form of a fitness-focused smartwatch. It has an always-on display. It has GPS. It has LTE. It has built-in heart rate sensors. It has a barometer. It’s waterproof…

FIFA 17 gaming matches are to be be broadcast live on television after BT Sport announced they had won the rights to show the remaining four EA FIFA Majors in this year’s Ultimate Team Championship Series. Pitting the best FIFA 17 competitors in the world, fans will be able to watch virtual football on TV for the first time as competitors on BT Sport strive to become the ultimate champion,…

An online commercial released by Nike (NKE.N) this week that showed Arab women fencing, boxing and spinning on ice-skates has stirred controversy over its attempt to smash stereotypes about women leading home-bound lives in the conservative region. It begins with a woman nervously peering out of her doorway and adjusting her veil before going for a run in the street, while a female voice narrates in a Saudi dialect: “What…

MLB spring training is here, meaning its time for another round of God’s gift to photography: baseball team pictures. Teams throughout the league continue to send in the results of their roster shoots, and the following are 25 of the greatest individual (and joint!) head shots of the 2017 MLB season. We do not deserve Colby Rasmus or his disgusting neck beard. 

Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored but had to leave the pitch nine minutes later Manchester United eased into the last 16 of the Europa League with victory at Saint-Etienne but goalscorer Henrikh Mkhitaryan could be out of Sunday’s EFL Cup final after limping off. Leading 3-0 from the first leg thanks to a Zlatan Ibrahimovic hat-trick, United started sharply in front of a noisy home support at a stadium often referred to…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment sports + biz + culture + lifeGet REDEF delivered to your inbox rantnrave:// The NFL’s ratings problem — down 9 percent this past season — has drawn endless scrutiny. NASCAR is in trouble. The NBA’s regional sports networks have seen theirs fall by 15 percent this season and 20 of 30 teams have flat or lower numbers. Ratings have been used as…

Two professional soccer teams could move in to the area over the next couple of years, said Trey Brantley, CEO of First Team SC. A men’s team could move there in 2018, and he hopes for a women’s team in 2019.

Some of the Cubs‘ most impressive stats belong to “Cousin Eddie.” That would be the name of Joe Maddon‘s RV, which he drives from his home in Florida to spring training every year. This year, broadcaster Bryant Gumbel of HBO’s “Real Sports” series joined the Cubs manager for part of the trip, giving fans a glimpse of how Maddon lives when he’s on the road. The episode first aired Tuesday. “It’s…

New Los Angeles Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson is a busy man.  Bucking the trend of pro athletes struggling to find purpose after sports, Johnson has become a renaissance man with a daunting list of achievements and a resume that’s a bit hard to believe. Not only has he built multiple successful businesses outside of sports, Johnson has joined ownership groups for several pro sports teams in…