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Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees pitches in the ninth inning of the 79th Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, July 15, 2008. This will be the final All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium before the team moves to a new USD 1.3 billion home across the street. Photographer: Craig Ruttle/Bloomberg News In what way can stress…

MC Sports filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday and will liquidate all 68 of its stores.(Photo: Al Lassen/Battle Creek Enquirer) The sports retail industry’s crisis claimed another victim Tuesday with the bankruptcy filing of Midwest chain MC Sports. The retailer, known legally as Michigan Sporting Goods Distributors, said it plans to immediately begin liquidation sales at all of its 68 stores. The company left open the possibility that it could…

How do you put together a mock draft before free agency even begins? It isn’t easy. But we love mock drafts. So this is my first attempt at putting together a mock for 2017. Don’t hold me to it. I love watching college football, always with an eye on what players can do in the NFL, so I am pretty up to date on the first-round players. But this is…

Sports Illustrated says Kate Upton is this year’s Swimsuit cover model. She’s also “featured on three different covers – a Swimsuit first,” the magazine says. It’s the third time Upton has been on that cover, something only four others have done. Among them: Christie Brinkley, who was photographed with her two daughters for this year’s issue, another SI swimsuit first. In all, SI Swimsuit’s 2017 issue has 32 women, including…

Super chef Gordon Ramsay has designed a special menu, The Simpsons delivered a brand new promo and red-hot director Joseph Kahn’s anthem spot premiered in the fourth quarter of the recent Super Bowl. “Daytona Day,” FOX Sports’ rolling marketing initiative pushing toward the Daytona 500 and the opening of the 2017 NASCAR season is back for Year Two in a big way. “We learned a lot in Year One,” said…

LONDON (AP) — SOCCER The degenerative damage potentially caused by repeated blows to the head in soccer has been highlighted by a rare study of brains of a small number of retired players who developed dementia. Fourteen former players were part of the research that began around 40 years ago and six brains, which underwent post-mortem examinations, had signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Four brains were found…

She’s once, twice, three times a Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover lady. Kate Upton is once again gracing the cover of the annual issue, becoming only the fourth woman to do so three times. This year, she’s making the splash with three different covers. @kateupton is BACK! A post shared by Sports Illustrated Swimsuit (@si_swimsuit) on Feb 14, 2017 at 9:31pm PST “Wow, I feel so honored and excited to be back…

LONDON (AP) — SOCCER The degenerative damage potentially caused by repeated blows to the head in soccer has been highlighted by a rare study of brains of a small number of retired players who developed dementia. Fourteen former players were part of the research that began around 40 years ago and six brains, which underwent post-mortem examinations, had signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Four brains were found…

So much for being too much of a diva. Despite reports that on-set bad behavior caused this Swimsuit edition veteran to fall out of favor, Kate Upton has landed Sports Illustrated’s coveted cover for the third time. The 24-year-old was revealed as the star of the 2017 edition on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday and the issue was immediately projected onto the Empire State Building in New York. Cover star:…

Gabriel Jesus scored in his first two league starts for Manchester City, and had been looking to make it three Manchester City forward Gabriel Jesus broke a metatarsal in Monday’s 2-0 Premier League win at Bournemouth. The 19-year-old was taken off in the 15th minute at Vitality Stadium after appearing to pick up the foot injury. City said in a statement: “He will undergo further examinations in the coming days…

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The divisive political climate roiling the entertainment industry is extending into the sports world. Six members and counting on the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots will skip a trip to the White House. NBA MVP Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors insulted Trump in a recent interview with the Mercury News, saying the president is an asset “if you remove the ‘et.’ ” The Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James…

Sports(Photo: File) COLLEGES MEN’S BASKETBALL BIG TEN STANDINGS Tuesday Rutgers at Purdue, 7 p.m. Ohio State at Michigan State, 9 p.m. Penn State at Nebraska, 9 p.m. Wednesday Maryland at Northwestern, 7 p.m. Indiana at Minnesota, 9 p.m. Thursday Wisconsin at Michigan, 7 p.m. SOFTBALL BIG TEN STANDINGS Sunday Purdue 6, St. Mary’s (Calif.) 1 California 9, Illinois 5 Indiana 2, St. Mary’s (Calif.) 0 Abilene Christian 3, Iowa 1…

Three weeks before the start of this year’s women’s college basketball season, UConn coach Geno Auriemma sat in his office contemplating the prospect of finishing this year without a loss. He considered the suggestion laughable, preposterous, pick your own adjective to describe such crazy. “To think we will go undefeated this year, we would be setting ourselves up for failure,” Auriemma said. “Stewie [Breanna Stewart], Moriah Jefferson and [Morgan]…

Deshaun Watson shredded the vaunted Alabama defense when it mattered most — in the fourth quarter of the national title game — to give Clemson its first championship in three decades. Of all the eye-popping stats that the Tigers’ superstar QB produced, the most jaw-dropping is this: in the fourth quarter when faced with the blitz, Watson went 6-of-7 with two touchdown passes. People talk about being in “the zone,”…

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The NBA has seen enough of the mess that’s become of the relationship between the New York Knicks and beloved former player Charles Oakley. Some sort of resolution appears to be on the horizon, and none other than Michael Jordan was called on by commissioner Adam Silver to broker the peace. [Follow Ball Don’t Lie on social media: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Tumblr] “It is beyond disheartening to see situations…

Slowly but surely, professional sports leagues are warming to the idea of fans gambling on their games, largely as a way to connect with them in a digital world that makes it increasingly hard to get their attention.  Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said last week he was re-examining baseball’s ban on wagering, which dates back nearly a century to the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. That’s when mistreated Chicago White…

With spectacular wins and even more spectacular falls, the Grand National is one of sport’s most dramatic events. This is reflected in Tom Jenkins’ photograph of Jockey Nina Carberry’s theatrical tumble at this year’s race, which won First Prize in the Sports Singles category at the World Press Photo awards. An Iconic Photograph of an Assassination Is the World Press Photo of the Year Kai Oliver Pfaffenbach’s photograph of a…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Chicago native Chance the Rapper accepts the Grammy for Best New Artist on Sunday. Several of the city’s sports teams and players acknowledged the 23-year-old’s acclaim. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The Chicago sports world reacted favorably on Sunday to news that the city’s own Chance the Rapper won three Grammy awards at the 59th annual celebration of popular music. Chance, who grew…