World Sports

“Sometimes it’s not enough to change laws, you have to change hearts. And sports has a way of changing hearts.” — Barack Obama What a nice thought. What bunk. The times being what they are, and what they are unsettles the times, sports is here to take credit for being a place where, as a Supreme Court justice once mused, we can find people’s accomplishments. Actually, Earl Warren was talking…

The Dallas Cowboys is examining whether to become the first NFL team to purchase an e-sports team. Credit: James D. Smith/Dallas Cowboys “America’s team” might be on the cusp of entering another competitive arena: e-sports. The organization has quietly spent more than a year mulling over whether it should buy an established e-sports team of teens and 20-somethings who competitively play video games in front of fans for cash prizes….

Delia Bushell, Managing Director, BT TV and BT Sport Delia Bushell became managing director of BT TV and head of BT Sport in 2014, moving from a role as chief commercial officer at Sky Italia. BT has invested large sums of money in recent years in seeing off its competitors – particularly Bushell’s former employer, Sky – by securing exclusive rights, and notably acquired the rights to the UEFA Champions…

WHEN JOE Greenspan, a standout soccer player out of Westfield (N.J.) High, chose to attend the Naval Academy over offers from William and Mary and other Division I programs, he knew he would be pursuing one dream at risk of possibly abandoning another. Yes, he would have the opportunity to serve his country, armed with a degree in economics. But he also knew that his five-year postgraduate active duty requirement…

Alibaba Group Founder and Executive Chairman, China’s Jack Ma speaks during a panel session on the second day of the World Economic Forum, on January 18, 2017 in Davos. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images In 2014, billionaire Jack Ma said that “China’s soccer industry needs somebody to help stir up things.” Whether he had been thinking about stirring up the Olympics at the time is unknown. The Financial Times reports that e-commerce giant Alibaba has…

Delia Bushell, Managing Director, BT TV and BT Sport Delia Bushell became managing director of BT TV and head of BT Sport in 2014, moving from a role as chief commercial officer at Sky Italia. BT has invested large sums of money in recent years in seeing off its competitors – particularly Bushell’s former employer, Sky – by securing exclusive rights, and notably acquired the rights to the UEFA Champions…

Edwin Pope did not reach puberty before recognizing his life’s calling. By 11, he was writing about sports for his hometown Athens (Georgia) Banner-Herald. By 15, he was the newspaper’s sports editor, the youngest person in America to hold that position. By 28, he was crafting columns for The Miami Herald, destined to become universally recognized among the premier sportswriters of his generation. Pope, who chronicled South Florida sports, Super…

Alibaba Group Founder and Executive Chairman, China’s Jack Ma speaks during a panel session on the second day of the World Economic Forum, on January 18, 2017 in Davos. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images In 2014, billionaire Jack Ma said that “China’s soccer industry needs somebody to help stir up things.” Whether he had been thinking about stirring up the Olympics at the time is unknown. The Financial Times reports that e-commerce giant Alibaba has…

Giving the show’s high priestess, Sue Barker, her P45 would be like sacking the Archbishop of Canterbury because only OAPs took any notice of his Christmas Day sermon – which, come to think of it… Well, I have a message for the professors of demography, with such longevity and so little change beyond the premise of two resident team captains, a pair of sporting guests each and questions we can…

Image copyright PA BT has announced price rises for its broadband and landline services, while television customers will start having to pay for BT Sport. Broadband charges will typically rise by between 5% and 6% from 2 April, the company said. From August, BT TV subscribers will pay £3.50 a month for BT Sport, which has been free for broadband customers. Landline customers will see phone plans increase, and the…

Delia Bushell, Managing Director, BT TV and BT Sport Delia Bushell became managing director of BT TV and head of BT Sport in 2014, moving from a role as chief commercial officer at Sky Italia. BT has invested large sums of money in recent years in seeing off its competitors – particularly Bushell’s former employer, Sky – by securing exclusive rights, and notably acquired the rights to the UEFA Champions…

For eight years President Barack Obama was America’s sports-fan-in-chief. There was no pretending – his passion for sports was long and deep. Like presidents before him, Obama was an athletic president who threw out first pitches and invited championship teams to the White House. But Obama was the first president who prominently and purposefully advocated for women in sports. No other president has spoken more often about the benefits of…

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Russell Westbrook has won the All-Star Game MVP award in each of the past two seasons, and he’s averaging a triple-double so far this season. But he won’t be in the starting lineup for the West on Feb. 19 in New Orleans. The voting was done by a combination of fans, media members and players, and they collectively decided that Stephen Curry and James Harden were both more deserving…

Viewers may soon see a big change coming in the way they experience the chills and thrills of live sports broadcasts. It’ll be customizable, interactive, and it will put them at the center of the experience. If it goes as envisioned, Intel’s multi-year plan will allow viewers to tailor their own live sports broadcasts, and watch events as if they were on the field. The live sports broadcasts will be…

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Hokie basketball standout among seven set for induction January 19, 2017 PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame has announced that Virginia Tech men’s basketball great Bimbo Coles will be inducted into its class of 2017, as chosen by the statewide Honors Court committee. Coles played at Virginia Tech under Virginia Sports Hall of Fame coaches Charlie Moir and Frankie Allen for his four years. Coles…

As a sportswriter, I live in a strange place: a realm where facts are still facts. And fans of sports live there, too. How is this possible? Aren’t we living in the well-publicized “post-fact age”? Hardly a week passes when we don’t see more theories on how our Information Age devolved into a post-truth disinformation pox. Americans are divided, often angry and sometimes enraged about the basic facts under discussion…

USA TODAY Sports’ Lorenzo Reyes breaks down Sunday’s matchup between Pittsburgh and New England. USA TODAY Sports

This is not a great quarterback class.  It lost one of its top prospects, Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen, and added more than a few that could have used another year of maturation in college.  But it’s the most important position in football, and that, combined with the lack of a clear pecking order makes this exercise fun. For the first time in a long time (the Jets are excluded…