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Enlarge Image NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick are creating a new e-sports league centering on the popular NBA 2K video game. NBA Gamers now have a chance to win an NBA title. The NBA said Thursday that it’s teaming up with Take-Two Interactive to create a competitive e-sports league centered on Take-Two’s popular NBA 2K video game. The league would be the first of its kind…

Earlier this winter, word got out that Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria was willing to sell the team for $1.7 billion. I’m guessing several other owners would be willing to sell their clubs for a similar sum. Nothing wrong with being ambitious, right? Well, according to Mike Ozanian of Forbes, the Marlins currently have a “handshake agreement” in place to sell the team for $1.6 billion. A sale does not appear…

The 2017 NBA All-Star Game rosters have been set for a while now, but this week has finally delivered who will be playing in the annual Celebrity Game on Friday night. This year’s batch of celebs and basketball alums isn’t quite as impressive as we’re typically used to seeing during All-Star Weekend. Heck, even Kevin Hart said no this time around, and that guy never says no to anything….

CLOSE x Embed x Share Bob Costas is stepping down from hosting the Olympics on NBC and Mike Tirico will replace him. USA TODAY Sports Bob Costas is stepping down as host of NBC Sports’ coverage of the Olympics and Sunday Night Football. Mike Tirico will take over those duties for the network.(Photo: Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports) Bob Costas, the face of NBC Sports for decades, is stepping away…

The Houston sports agent who got Roger Clemens the highest single-season Major League Baseball contract was among the nearly 200 people arrested by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office during a multi-state sex sting. Randal “Randy” Hendricks, 71, is charged with misdemeanor prostitution and is out of jail on bond. According to court records, the entertainment lawyer and agent answered a Craigslist ad and then went to the Greenspoint Hilton, prepared…

Major League Baseball plans on testing a rule change in the lowest levels of the minor leagues this season that automatically would place a runner on second base at the start of extra innings, a distinct break from the game’s orthodoxy that nonetheless has wide-ranging support at the highest levels of the league, sources familiar with the plan told Yahoo Sports. A derivation of the rule has been used in…

I’ve worn almost every smartwatch worth the name, and I’m still waiting for that life-changing, never-going-back moment that leaves me incapable of imagining life without one. Instead, I’ve found that smartwatches excel at little things: Checking the weather, remembering where I’m supposed to be, switching songs on Spotify. The best I can say about them is they make life easier a few milliseconds at a time. LG Watch Style and Sport 5/10 Wired Android Wear…

Two of the ATP World Tour’s biggest stars have been nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards, following a ballot of the world’s media. Scot Andy Murray has been nominated for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award and is competing against Usain Bolt, already a three-time Laureus winner, 5k and 10k Olympic champion Mo Farah, Cristiano Ronaldo and basketball duo Stephen Curry and LeBron James. Juan Martin del…

The smartwatch landscape is dramatically different from the one that greeted the first batch of Android Wear devices in the summer of 2014. It’s a lot harder to be bullish about the whole thing these days. Shipments are down, declining 51.6 percent in Q3 of last year, by IDC’s count, while some big names have seemingly abandoned the space altogether, including, notably, Pebble, which recently gave up the ghost altogether….

“They’re saying ‘no, I will not, because my life is not just sports. Sometime, at some point, I’ll hang up the gym shoes, I’ll hang up my helmet, put down the baseball bat, and I’ll become a normal, prudent human being in American society. And what I see going on is not acceptable. And I cannot in good conscience, although we won this as a team – and I…

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CLOSE x Embed x Share Gonzaga will spend another week atop the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll. USA TODAY Sports Florida Gators forward Devin Robinson (1) slam dunks the ball over Missouri Tigers guard Jordan Geist (15) as Gators guard Canyon Barry (24) and Tigers forward Reed Nikko (14) and forward Kevin Puryear (24) look on during the half of an NCAA basketball game at Exactech Arena at the Stephen…

“My kids think I walk on water, so let’s not mention the apple box concealed just under the surface”, she said. Christie Brinkley first appeared on the cover of the magazine in 1979. She said: “My first thought was, ‘At my age? No way!’ When I turned 30, I was like, ‘This is the last time I’m posing in a bathing suit! When this issue comes out, I’ll be 63. I…

“My kids think I walk on water, so let’s not mention the apple box concealed just under the surface”, she said. Christie Brinkley first appeared on the cover of the magazine in 1979. She said: “My first thought was, ‘At my age? No way!’ When I turned 30, I was like, ‘This is the last time I’m posing in a bathing suit! When this issue comes out, I’ll be 63. I…

Judging by how many Ram special editions, exterior trim packages, and glitzy high-end models the company offers, Ram would have everybody believing that every auto show should be treated like SEMA. The truck company is carrying that spirit right into the Chicago auto show by showing two new looks for its pickups: the Heavy Duty Night editions and this, the Ram 1500 Copper Sport. This is the first time Ram has offered…

New England PatriotsDownload App Bob Levey/Getty Images Joseph ZuckerFeatured ColumnistFebruary 8, 2017 In a series of tweets he posted Tuesday evening, New England Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett defended his decision to be outspoken about various social issues.  Bennett wrote that he strives to be more than an athlete and create a legacy beyond his career in the NFL: When you look at me what do you see? I know…

The Golden State Warriors will never live down blowing a 3-1 lead to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA Finals. The negative reaction has gone well beyond social media jokes. No matter what this franchise accomplishes over the next few years — and it’s likely to be a lot — plenty of critics will say that Golden State couldn’t beat Cleveland once in three tries with a chance to…

PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Penguins and NHL teamed up with the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh for the first ever “You Can Play” night at PPG Paints Arena, as the Pens took on the Calgary Flames on Tuesday evening. Gary Van Horn, president of the Delta Foundation, an advocacy organization for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Pittsburgh, says it is a big step toward inclusion….

New England PatriotsDownload App Bob Levey/Getty Images Joseph ZuckerFeatured ColumnistFebruary 8, 2017 In a series of tweets he posted Tuesday evening, New England Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett defended his decision to be outspoken about various social issues.  Bennett wrote that he strives to be more than an athlete and create a legacy beyond his career in the NFL: When you look at me what do you see? I know…

“My kids think I walk on water, so let’s not mention the apple box concealed just under the surface”, she said. Christie Brinkley first appeared on the cover of the magazine in 1979. She said: “My first thought was, ‘At my age? No way!’ When I turned 30, I was like, ‘This is the last time I’m posing in a bathing suit! When this issue comes out, I’ll be 63. I…