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reader comments 19 Jabra, the audio company that has an impressive line of fitness tracking earbuds, has embraced wireless technology. The $250 Jabra Elite Sport wireless buds are similar to Samsung’s Gear IconX and the Bragi Dash earbuds in that they are made of two modules that stick in your ears without any wires connecting them. They all use embedded heart rate monitors to track both cardio and strength workouts, making…

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WASHINGTON — The head of the casino industry’s trade association expressed optimism Tuesday that incoming President Donald Trump and federal lawmakers will act to allow states to legalize sports betting. “We are entering a perfect storm,” said Geoff Freeman, president and chief executive of the Washington-based American Gaming Association, claims Caesars Entertainment and Borgata owner MGM Resorts International as members. “I think we have everything coming together to support a regulated environment.” Efforts…

Speaking of his final individual race, Phelps told Sports Illustrated’s Tim Layden how he knew it was time for a change. ”I’m coming into my last four or five strokes, and I remember thinking, Whatever happens, this is how it’s supposed to end,” Phelps said. “Maybe I’m going 6-for-6 and that’s perfect, or maybe Joe [Schooling] is going to hang on and I’m O.K. with that. That’s when I knew I was ready…

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x Embed x Share Michael Phelps is back on Sports Illustrated’s cover, but this time with his 23 Olympic gold medals. Time_Sports Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps on the cover of “Sports Illustrated” with all 23 of his Olympic gold medals.(Photo: Sports Illustrated) Michael Phelps appears on the cover of the latest edition of Sports Illustrated for a 12th time in his career, this time with all 23 of his record Olympic gold medals draped around…

The Dodgers flexed their prospect power at the non-waiver deadline, trading three right-handed pitchers to the Athletics for left-hander Rich Hill and outfielder Josh Reddick. They might be on the verge of doing it again. Oh, the Dodgers do not appear close to acquiring the Twins’ Brian Dozier or any other second baseman. But their willingness to part with top pitching prospect Jose De Leon for Dozier, as first reported…

31. San Francisco 49ers (1-13, LW: 31) Chip Kelly has lost 13 in a row, and many reasons for that streak are totally out of his control. But does it seem like the 49ers are getting better under him? When Colin Kaepernick talked about how the culture of the team needs to change, that has to reflect back to Kelly. I want Kelly to succeed in the NFL, because I…

Alistair Brownlee has admitted his surprise that Mo Farah yet again failed to make the top three of the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday night and suggested it might be because “some people don’t see him as British”. Brownlee said he would have voted for Farah, who came fourth in the awards despite retaining his Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m titles in style in Rio, and felt it…

SOCCER MOSCOW (AP) Players from Russia’s under-21 national soccer team had suspicious drug-test samples covered up, emails released by a World Anti-Doping Agency investigation show. The emails, released this month as part of WADA investigator Richard McLaren’s report on Russian doping, state that there were five suspicious samples in the Russian men’s under-17 and under-21 national teams in 2013 and 2014. More from FoxSports Another case in the…

4:31 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Ringstar Sports promoter Richard Schaefer — back in boxing after 2 1/2 years away after resigning as chief executive of Golden Boy Promotions, which he co-founded with Oscar De La Hoya — continued to beef up his stable of young talent on Monday. Schaefer announced that he has signed 22-year-old welterweight Eimantas Stanionis, a highly coveted 2016 Lithuanian Olympian. “Being able…

Alistair Brownlee has admitted his surprise that Mo Farah yet again failed to make the top three of the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday night and suggested it might be because “some people don’t see him as British”. Brownlee said he would have voted for Farah, who came fourth in the awards despite retaining his Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m titles in style in Rio, and felt it…

4:31 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Ringstar Sports promoter Richard Schaefer — back in boxing after 2 1/2 years away after resigning as chief executive of Golden Boy Promotions, which he co-founded with Oscar De La Hoya — continued to beef up his stable of young talent on Monday. Schaefer announced that he has signed 22-year-old welterweight Eimantas Stanionis, a highly coveted 2016 Lithuanian Olympian. “Being able…

Just 61 days before the Clash kicks off the 2016 season at Daytona, NASCAR’s top series finally and officially has a new name. At 4 p.m. ET, NASCAR announced that the new series will be called the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Earlier this month in Las Vegas, NASCAR and Monster Energy announced that Monster would replace Sprint as the Premier Series title sponsor. At the time the deal was…

If I’ve got the first pick in the draft, out of all the sports, if I can take anybody and start a team, I go with LeBron, just because it’s always going to be easier for a basketball player to dominate, because it’s only five to a side. What we’re basically talking about here is picking the guy you think is better than everybody in team sports the way Serena…

CHICAGO – Fans have seen this ending before. In this season, against this team and especially the quarterback. Aaron Rodgers has made a habit of ripping out Bears’ fans hearts for the majority of his career and on Sunday he did so again on a frigid day at Soldier Field. A long completion to Jordy Nelson in the closing seconds set up the game-winning field goal for the Packers who…

4:31 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Ringstar Sports promoter Richard Schaefer — back in boxing after 2 1/2 years away after resigning as chief executive of Golden Boy Promotions, which he co-founded with Oscar De La Hoya — continued to beef up his stable of young talent on Monday. Schaefer announced that he has signed 22-year-old welterweight Eimantas Stanionis, a highly coveted 2016 Lithuanian Olympian. “Being able…

“I would have voted for Mo to win,” said Brownlee, a prodigiously talented 10,000m runner himself, with a personal best of 28min 32sec. “His achievements are incredible. What stands out about them is that no one from Britain has done them before, and there is a good chance that no one will again. It’s not as if someone does it every year. This is a complete one-off in what are…

Just 61 days before the Clash kicks off the 2016 season at Daytona, NASCAR’s top series finally and officially has a new name. At 4 p.m. ET, NASCAR announced that the new series will be called the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Earlier this month in Las Vegas, NASCAR and Monster Energy announced that Monster would replace Sprint as the Premier Series title sponsor. At the time the deal was…

“I would have voted for Mo to win,” said Brownlee, a prodigiously talented 10,000m runner himself, with a personal best of 28min 32sec. “His achievements are incredible. What stands out about them is that no one from Britain has done them before, and there is a good chance that no one will again. It’s not as if someone does it every year. This is a complete one-off in what are…