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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, from left, Chris Ilitch, Ilitch Holdings, President and CEO, Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and NBA commissioner Adam Silver attend a news conference in Detroit, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. The Pistons announced they will move downtown Detroit and begin playing at the new Little Caesars Arena, home of the Detroit Red Wings, starting next season. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) On this Thanksgiving morning, residents of Detroit have…

Barbarian Days, a “compelling, elegiac and profound” memoir about surfing by the veteran New Yorker war reporter William Finnegan, has won this year’s William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. The book, which took nearly 20 years to write and has already won the Pulitzer Prize for literature, charts the story of Finnegan’s near 50-year immersion in the sport, starting in 1960s California and Hawaii and continuing to the…

By bringing artificial intelligence to its wearable tech, PIQ is looking to improve on its design. Whether you are playing golf, tennis, skiing, or kiteboarding, this new technology will help you get better in any sport Until now, sports wearables have largely boiled down to high-tech sensors recording basic data. With the addition of GAIA Intelligence, the company will be able to make the PIQ Robot that much better at improving your…

BASEBALL RYE, N.Y. (AP) Ralph Branca, the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up the home run dubbed the ”Shot Heard `Round the World,” has died at the age of 90. Son-in-law Bobby Valentine, a former major league manager, says Branca died at a nursing home in Rye, New York. More from FoxSports The home run that Branca gave up on Oct. 3, 1951, became one of the most…

BASEBALL RYE, N.Y. (AP) Ralph Branca, the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up the home run dubbed the ”Shot Heard `Round the World,” has died at the age of 90. Son-in-law Bobby Valentine, a former major league manager, says Branca died at a nursing home in Rye, New York. More from FoxSports The home run that Branca gave up on Oct. 3, 1951, became one of the most…

It’s Thanksgiving, and while most will use this time to think about all the things in their lives they’re thankful for, For the Win is taking the opposite approach. Here are all the things we are definitely NOT thankful for in sports… 1. Commercial-kickoff-commercial This might be the worst television viewing experience in all of sports. A team scores a touchdown or a field goal, the network cuts to commercial,…

Thanksgiving, we’ve heard, may be rough for many families around America this year. But don’t despair. Politics may divide the dinner table. But sports can unite you and uncle Freddie. Here are seven sporty reasons to give thanks this holiday season. 1. Neither The Cowboys Nor The Lions Stink. For once, you might want to fight off the tryptophan and stay awake for Thanksgiving football. The Detroit Lions and Minnesota…

CHICAGO – If you are a sports fan in the Windy City, you’ll have a lot to talk about at the dinner table this week. The Bulls have been a bit better than some might have expected early in the season. You could make an argument that Jimmy Butler is one of the best players in the NBA at the moment. Meanwhile the Bears are a making all the news…

Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant (88) is unable to catch a pass against Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields (37) in the fourth quarter in the 2014 NFC Divisional playoff football game at Lambeau Field. (Photo: USA TODAY Sports) It’s Thanksgiving, and while most will use this time to think about all the things in their lives they’re thankful for, For the Win is taking the opposite approach. Here are all…

Three sporting sisters from Brooklyn have been named Sports Illustrated Kids‘ 2016 SportsKids of the Year in the award’s 10th year of celebrating young athletes. Tai, Rainn and Brooke Sheppard, aged 11, 10, and 9, all qualified for this year’s AAU Junior Olympic Games in Houston and won individual track and field medals. The SportsKids of the Year award recognizes not just their athletic prowess but also their determination to…

He’s gearing up for a Thanksgiving showdown with the Colts, but Steelers RB Le’Veon Bell found some time to join the guys on “TMZ Sports” and spit a quick verse.  Bell opened up about his rap career, his Cincinnati Bengals diss and working with Snoop … it’s all on the “TMZ Sports” TV show (airs Wednesday on FS1).   We also asked him straight-up — who’s the better rapper ……

Allegations of academic fraud in the Missouri athletic department are being investigated after the resignation of a former tutor. “The University of Missouri has received allegations of potential academic rules violations by a former tutor in the Athletics Academic Services area,” the school announced Tuesday night. “Consistent with our commitment to rules compliance and to operating our athletics program with integrity, we are conducting a review of the allegations. We…

Allegations of academic fraud in the Missouri athletic department are being investigated after the resignation of a former tutor. “The University of Missouri has received allegations of potential academic rules violations by a former tutor in the Athletics Academic Services area,” the school announced Tuesday night. “Consistent with our commitment to rules compliance and to operating our athletics program with integrity, we are conducting a review of the allegations. We…

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Christine Ohuruogu won three medals at three Olympics, including gold at Beijing 2008 Barriers exist for black, Asian and minority ethnic people entering sports administration, says former Olympic and world 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu. A Sporting Equals audit found 26 of 601 board members – just over 4% – are from BAME backgrounds. Only two of 68 chairpersons or chief executives are BAME. “Talking to other athletes and sportspeople, they…

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It’s probably safe to assume Indiana coach Tom Crean won’t agree to schedule another road game at Fort Wayne anytime soon. Not after the Mastadons sprung one of the biggest upsets of the season Tuesday night at the third-ranked Hoosiers’ expense. Guards Bryson Scott and John Konchar scored a combined 33 points to help Fort Wayne control the game from start to finish en route to a 71-68 overtime victory. Indiana…

Allegations of academic fraud in the Missouri athletic department are being investigated after the resignation of a former tutor. “The University of Missouri has received allegations of potential academic rules violations by a former tutor in the Athletics Academic Services area,” the school announced Tuesday night. “Consistent with our commitment to rules compliance and to operating our athletics program with integrity, we are conducting a review of the allegations. We…

Allegations of academic fraud in the Missouri athletic department are being investigated after the resignation of a former tutor. “The University of Missouri has received allegations of potential academic rules violations by a former tutor in the Athletics Academic Services area,” the school announced Tuesday night. “Consistent with our commitment to rules compliance and to operating our athletics program with integrity, we are conducting a review of the allegations. We…

Doppler Labs is also partnering with the New York Mets, MADE Fashion Week, JetBlue, Gimlet Media and Coachella, promising “unique, contextual content and other enhanced acoustic experiences.” For instance at the Philharmonic, attendees with Here One earphones will get a curated “custom audio commentary layered perfectly over the performance … be it a deep dive on Tchaikovsky or the soloist performing Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons,” it said in a press…