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The BBC are planning to tamper with the hugely successful format of A Question of Sport, the corporation’s iconic and longest-running TV quiz show. The programme, which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2018, was last week put out to tender to independent producers for next year’s series which starts in the spring. The Beeb effectively asked bidders to come up with proposals to revamp all aspects of the programme,…

Patrick O’Beirne is 6 feet 2, 175 pounds, 16 years old and waking up at 4:30 a.m. to work out. A couple weeks ago, he quit the football team at Monrovia High, where he was a kicker. He says his sports career is over even though he’s a junior. “I want to be different,” he said. “I’ve had many coaches tell me I had potential to be a DI kicker….

Performance Sports Group’s Easton bats have suffered amid declining youth participation in baseball.(Photo: Performance Sports Group) The maker of Bauer hockey gear and Easton baseball equipment filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday after its accounting came under scrutiny, baseball bat sales slumped and retail chain Sports Authority liquidated. Exeter, N.H.-based Performance Sports Group said Monday that it had filed for protection from its creditors in federal court in Delaware and…

British Cycling has benefited from the funds, earning unprecedented success in recent Olympics, with Katie Archibald, Laura Kenny, Elinor Barker and Joanna Rowsell-Shand among the gold medallists in Rio Sporting governing bodies must bring in more women or lose public funding, UK Sport and Sport England have warned. Under the new ‘Code for Sports Governance’, organisations must adhere to “gold standards” of transparency, accountability and financial integrity. The code sets…

“The Walking Dead” might beat the NFL in ratings here and there, but it’s rare for another sport to go head-to-head against the NFL and win. Major League Baseball must be feeling pretty good today. According to Austin Karp of SportsBusiness Daily, the World Series Game 5 between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians posted a monster 15.3 overnight rating, beating a good “Sunday Night Football” matchup between the Philadelphia…

As Alabama Crimson Tide returns from its off week, the discussion in the SEC turns to the biggest tests remaining for the undefeated Tide. LSU Tigers (No. 14 in the new CBS Sports 128 Rankings) steps in the ring next, hosting Alabama for what should be an epic edition of their rivalry on Saturday night in Death Valley, the conclusion of our CBS tripleheader that starts with Notre Dame-Navy and…

UK Sport has conducted independent reviews in other sports recently and its chief operating officer Simon Morton said: “What UK Sport will be doing is looking in the next year at whether we have the right structures in place in terms of an investigatory function. “We understand that there is an increasing need for British sport to have an investigatory function around independent reviews.” Citing Fifa’s ethics committee as one…

You’re reading Back of the Envelope, an experiment that aims to bring shorter, quicker content to FiveThirtyEight. More Sports Today, the NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB all play games. It’s a sports equinox, the 16th in history: Will all four leagues play at the same time? They sure will! Indians-Cubs is scheduled for 8:00 p.m ET. At 8:30 Eagles-Cowboys kicks off, and at least three NBA games and two NHL…

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. and Sagard Capital Partners have agreed to make a joint bid to acquire Performance Sports Group Ltd. for more than $550 million as the sports equipment maker considers a plan to auction itself under bankruptcy court protection, one person familiar with the plans said. Performance Sports is preparing to file for protection from its creditors as early as Monday under chapter 11 in the United States…

The fact he has no experience doesn’t scare NHRA Funny Car driver Robert Hight. On Nov. 6, Hight will debate NASCAR racer Joey Logano at the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR race in Ft. Worth. The debate will kick off at 9:45 a.m., CST. at the AAA display. The great debate, Hight hopes, will determine which is better, racing in a straight line or turning in circles. “No experience whatsoever with…

Southampton boss Claude Puel made nine changes for the EFL Cup win over Sunderland but reverts back to his Premier League side. He makes just one change from the side which drew with Manchester City in the club’s last top flight match as left-back Ryan Bertrand replaces Sam McQueen to face his former club. Southampton’s record signing Sofiane Boufal scored in midweek but is on the bench. Southampton XI: Forster,…

CHICAGO – In one month, Terry Francona has reminded the baseball world that modern managers can be brains more than button pushers. This isn’t simply a matter of Francona following the axiom of using his best players at the biggest times, which, yes, he does quite well, as his Cleveland Indians are one victory from their first World Series title in 68 years. No, this is more than that, bigger…

CHICAGO – In one month, Terry Francona has reminded the baseball world that modern managers can be brains more than button pushers. This isn’t simply a matter of Francona following the axiom of using his best players at the biggest times, which, yes, he does quite well, as his Cleveland Indians are one victory from their first World Series title in 68 years. No, this is more than that, bigger…

Key matchup: Josh Norman vs. A.J. Green While he flies somewhat under the radar, Green has quietly been one of the best receivers in the NFL this season. Norman, on the other hand, has been equally great for the Redskins. This is a marquee matchup that London fans will be treated to, assuming Norman is a full-go after suffering a concussion. Fun fact: Since 2011, the Bengals are…

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One of the watch world’s current obsessions is the period in the early and mid-Seventies which gave us the idea of the sports luxe watch. In retrospect, it’s such an obvious idea that it’s a wonder there was a need to define it in the first place, particularly now that you would be pushed to find a non-luxe sports watch. Nevertheless, there was a gap, both real and perceived, between…

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CHICAGO – They lose hard here. They do it with a tilted head, a hand propping it up, a melancholy groan and a long, sad tuck of beer. Excitement, emotion – all of that is well and good, but when it comes to the Chicago Cubs, or any team for that matter, it is not enough. Paying thousands of dollars for a seat does not allow fans to cause; they react,…

Toxicology reports reveal late Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was intoxicated and had cocaine in his system the night of his death. Fernandez, who died at age 24 after a late-night boat crash in Miami, had a blood alcohol concentration of .147 (nearly double the legal limit) and traces of cocaine in his blood at the time of his death according to the report released by police on Saturday. Reports earlier…

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