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9:32 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment OWINGS MILLS, Md. — When Adam Vinatieri broke the NFL record for consecutive field goals made, one of those applauding from afar was Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker. “It’s so cool to see him doing as well as he’s doing,” Tucker said. “He’s always been one of my favorite players to watch. He’s one of my sports heroes ever since I…

Sunday’s game between the Washington Redskins (4-3) and Cincinnati Bengals (3-4) at Wembley Stadium is the third and final regular-season game to be staged in London this fall as part of the NFL’s International Series, which was launched a decade ago. Earlier this week, I spoke with Mark Waller, executive vice president of NFL International, about the NFL’s interest in overseas markets and London, specifically, where league has targeted most…

MOUNT TREBEVIC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Sports enthusiasts and former athletes in Bosnia have taken it upon themselves to reclaim some of the glory Sarajevo savored as host of the 1984 Olympics — and in the process rekindled the flame of international cooperation. Since the country lacks the resources to rebuild the Olympic facilities that were destroyed in the deadly war that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia, volunteers bought tools, rolled…

5:50 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment TORONTO — LeBron James has played in the NBA Finals seven times and the Olympics three times, racking up experiences as a competitor like few ever have. Now he wants to round out his resume as a spectator. James attended the Cleveland Indians 5-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs in Game 2 of the World Series this week and called it…

It’s BBC Sport and A Question of Sport’s weekly quiz – have you been paying attention to what’s been going on in the world of sport in the past week? If you missed last week’s sports quiz, try it here. Picture credits: Getty, AP, REX

I always have thought the Cubs logo with the little bear inside the “C,” the one that seems to be a beast on the prowl, looks more like an orphan animal seeking its mother. Other Cubs logos with frowning cubs or snarling cubs never really have represented fierceness because, after all, they are cubs. They tend to show confusion or curiosity. Most commonly the Cubs use no animal at all…

I first met Larry Website, which is not his real name, when he was pretending to be an old woman on Twitter. He had his reasons, of course, the most salient of which was Being In College At The Time and the most obvious of which was the urge to irritate right-wing people by repeatedly claiming to be a veteran because he’d served in the U.S. Postal Service. Larry was…

I always have thought the Cubs logo with the little bear inside the “C,” the one that seems to be a beast on the prowl, looks more like an orphan animal seeking its mother. Other Cubs logos with frowning cubs or snarling cubs never really have represented fierceness because, after all, they are cubs. They tend to show confusion or curiosity. Most commonly the Cubs use no animal at all…

It’s BBC Sport and A Question of Sport’s weekly quiz – have you been paying attention to what’s been going on in the world of sport in the past week? If you missed last week’s sports quiz, try it here. Picture credits: Getty, AP, REX

The Sports Ministry on Thursday announced that financial assistance to the 26 disciplines under ‘others’ category, which was stopped in 2014, will be restored. The decision was taken after Sports Minister Vijay Goel met representatives of the various National Sports Federations (NSFs) here. The participants in the meeting also unanimously supported inclusion of sports in the concurrent list of the Constitution, which they felt will encourage promotion of sports in…

TODAY’S BIG IDEA is by Breanne Deppisch: UPPER DUBLIN, Pa.–Donald Trump’s narrowing path to the presidency depends on winning Pennsylvania. One of his advisers was quoted just yesterday saying that he will be “ cooked” if he cannot prevail in the Keystone State. The GOP nominee is counting on Rust Belt voters in western Pennsylvania, who have traditionally voted Democratic but been battered by deindustrialization, to come out in droves for…

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said he is “really grateful” for quick action that kept all passengers and crew safe when his campaign plane skidded off the runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Thursday night. “Thank God everybody was fine,” Pence, Donald Trump‘s running mate on the Republican presidential ticket, said today on “Good Morning America.” “I’m just really grateful, really grateful for some quick action,” he said. “Not only by…

U.S. economic growth picked up in the third quarter after an uninspiring first half of the year as a build in inventories and a soybean-related jump in exports helped cushion softer household spending. The 2.9 percent annualized increase in gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced, was the biggest in two years and followed a 1.4 percent gain the prior quarter, Commerce Department data showed Friday….

“I had been telling my client you can count on being convicted,” said Matthew Schindler, a lawyer for one of the men on trial for the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. “You don’t walk into a federal court and win a case like this. It just doesn’t happen.” But win they did and even Schindler thought it “off the charts unbelievable,” he told the Seattle Times. “I…

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Vine, Twitter’s platform full of six-second looping videos, is dead. Long live Vine. If you’re a devoted follower of Sports Twitter, you know how important Vine is. It was everyone’s go-to platform for sharing sports highlights, and everyone used it because it was so easy. All you had to do was rewind your DVR to a moment you thought needed to be shared, film your TV with your smartphone, write…

Vine announced Thursday that it will be shutting down in the near future, after making the internet a better place for three years. We used Vines constantly at SB Nation, for sports highlights and … other things. (Please read that sentence with Ginuwine’s “Pony” running through your head.) Now, we wish it farewell with a few of our favorites, in no particular order. Seth’s Vine Corner COKE HORSE: ♫ This…