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TAMPA — The results came two months ago showing why former NFL and Alabama fullback Kevin Turner likely died from Lou Gehrig’s disease. Boston University researchers studied Kevin’s brain and found the most severe form of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a traumatic brain disease linked to repeated hits to the head. Kevin’s CTE was “extraordinary and unprecedented for an athlete who died in his 40s,” neuropathologist Ann McKee said in…

Sports Direct is mulling the sale of more of its tired brands as it seeks to pursue a highly ambitious move to  become the “Selfridges of sports”. Sources have said that Dunlop is the first in a list of brands to be dumped as part of Mike Ashley’s strategy to move the company more upmarket. Analysts have suggested that Everlast and Lonsdale could be disposal candidates too, while questions were…

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In this week’s sports roundup: The start of NFL playoffs, the fate of running back Joe Mixon, who was caught on video punching a woman in 2014, and a 105-year-old Frenchman still on his bike.

Reading manager Jaap Stam: “It is certainly a lesson for my team. You have got to start aggressively against a team like this, otherwise they will make you pay. We started better in the second half, possession-wise, but we do not create many chances. But credit to the opposition they have a lot of quality, skill and speed up front. You learn something from the movement of their players. On why…

When P.J. Fleck was hired by Minnesota on Friday, you knew it was only a matter of if — not when — his recruiting presence would be felt at his new school. No one knows how quickly the wins will come for Fleck in the Big Ten, but as one of the most dogged recruiters in the sport (one who brought some of the best recruiting classes in MAC history to…

No Manchester United player has scored more goals for the club than Wayne Rooney. Not after Saturday, when Rooney found the back of the net in the Red Devils’ 4-0 FA Cup thrashing of Reading to equal Sir Bobby Charlton atop the club’s all-time goal scoring list. Rooney’s goal was his 249th goal in a United shirt. Amazingly, he did it in just 543 matches, which is 215 fewer than…

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After an unforgettable and relentless year for sports news, what does 2017 hold in store? Plenty, as sports editor Dan Roan explains: Events There’s no football World Cup, and it may not be an Olympic year, but expect 2017 to revive fond memories of the London Games, with a host of major sports events on the horizon. Buoyed by Britain’s remarkable success in Rio last year, track and field will…

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The defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers have reached an agreement on a deal to acquire guard Kyle Korver from the Atlanta Hawks, league sources told The Vertical. The Cavaliers and Hawks are still finalizing the terms of the trade, with a 2019 first-round pick and Mike Dunleavy Jr. going to Atlanta, league sources said. The Cavaliers and Hawks are planning on a trade call with the league office in New York to finalize…

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ST. LOUIS, MO – DECEMBER 6: Jake Allen #34 and Alexander Steen #20 of the St. Louis Blues defend the goal against Phillip Danault #24 of the Montreal Canadiens at the Scottrade Center on December 6, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri.  Off the ice, Blues top brass are defending their position for the need of public financing to help pay for significant renovations to Scottrade (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/ Getty…

Sport is a serious matter. If you have any doubts on that score, shed them now, because this is to be a South African year. The South African cricket team comes to England in the summer to play four Test matches, three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 games, and as they do so they will ask a million questions — not only about cover drives and reverse swing, but also…

Sports advertisers who’ve been befuddled by the opportunities Time Warner offers at the various sports ventures it has taken on over the last few years will finally have a one-stop shop to do business. The entertainment company today unveiled Turner Ignite Sports, which will “deliver enhanced value and solutions directly to brands, mitigating the waste of working across multiple properties and agencies,” Turner Sports EVP  of Sales and Property Sponsorships…

The buzz for the NFL’s wild-card weekend might be a bit cool, but at least we appear to be getting what could be some classic January football weather in a few spots. People love the cold while watching football on TV, right? Yes, the opening Oakland Raiders-Houston Texans game might be balmy compared to the other three wild-card games, but the roof should be open (no rain expected) and temperatures…

Jose Fonte has made 19 appearances for Southampton this season Southampton club captain Jose Fonte has handed in a transfer request. The 33-year-old Portugal defender has 18 months left to run on his current deal, which he signed in October 2015. Southampton’s director of football Les Reed says the player has had the chance to sign an improved deal, but Fonte has now asked to leave the club. “He’s had…

Keith Hellawell, the embattled chairman of Sports Direct, has been rejected by independent shareholders for the second time in four months, as outside investors repeated calls for the former police chief constable to be ousted from the sportswear retailer’s board. In a second poll, forced by independent investors under new City rules, 54% of the group’s outside shareholders voted against Hellawell’s re-election to the group’s board. They had defeated a…

Just 22 years old, Giannis Antetokounmpo already has a signature moment at Madison Square Garden. And I’m not sure how anyone was supposed to defend it. With eight seconds remaining in the Bucks game against the Knicks on Wednesday night and the Bucks trailing 104-103, Antetokounmpo calmly took the ball at the top of the key. He backed down defender Lance Thomas, knowing his 6-foot-11 frame was going to be impossible…