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It’s a strange game with a funny name and rules that seem to have been devised at a commune. But ask some physical education teachers about it, and they’ll call Tchoukball the greatest thing since jumping jacks. Schools throughout the Chicago area have incorporated Tchoukball — pronounced CHOOK-ball — into their gym classes, with teachers saying it is the rare activity that allows super jocks to play on nearly even…

Two men were found shot outside a sports bar in southwest Houston early Saturday morning.

NFL ratings have plummeted this year. Commentators have blamed the election, a changing TV industry, shifts in viewing format, and even a lack of big-name stars. But there may be another factor to add to the list: e-sports. The competitive video gaming industry is certainly taking off. No longer the domain of nerds, it’s turned into big business, with huge cash prizes on offer. And like any sport with free-flowing…

Syracuse, N.Y. — Every Tuesday and Thursday, students gather in a plush new classroom on the Syracuse University campus to analyze sports. They listen to Dr. Rodney Paul use words like “heteroscedasticity,” “regression diagnostics,” “weighted least squares” and “multicollinearity” to analyze the information they will consider to determine, say, what influences a minor league baseball team’s attendance or why one NFL offensive line performs better than another. There are dizzying…

A sales scandal has tarnished Wells Fargo’s (WFC) reputation with customers in recent weeks, but it’s unlikely to knock the embattled company’s name off the arena that the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers and the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers call home, industry experts told FOXBusiness.com. Continue Reading Below The San Francisco-based bank has held naming rights on the eponymous Wells Fargo Center since 2010, two years after its acquisition of Wachovia Bank,…

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The rising popularity of competitive videogaming, or e-sports, is chipping away at viewership of traditional sports, a new study shows. About 76% of e-sports fans say they are spending less time watching games such as football and baseball because they are tuned into videogame competitions instead, according to research firm Newzoo BV. …

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ENLARGE The rising popularity of competitive videogaming, or e-sports, is chipping away at viewership of traditional sports, a new study shows. About 76% of e-sports fans say they are spending less time watching games such as football and baseball because they are tuned into videogame competitions instead, according to research firm Newzoo BV. Viewership is growing. About 144 million people world-wide are expected to watch e-sports online, television or in…

DERRICK ROSE LAWSUIT LOS ANGELES (AP) Lawyers for a woman who filed a lawsuit accusing NBA star Derrick Rose and two of his friends of rape failed to disclose text messages to the defense, but the lapse was not significant enough to derail the civil trial, a judge ruled. Lawyers for Rose had argued that the plaintiff’s lawyers purposely withheld three texts until the woman finished testifying so the defense…

ENLARGE The digital video firm OneUp Sports is quietly trying to make a run at becoming the brand of choice for millennial, social-centric sports consumers who mostly care about their local teams. The company, which is based in Toronto and New York, has acquired Insider Sports Inc., a web publisher that produces Basketball Insiders and Football Insiders, sites which cater to rabid sports team fans. Terms of the deal weren’t…

DERRICK ROSE LAWSUIT LOS ANGELES (AP) Lawyers for a woman who filed a lawsuit accusing NBA star Derrick Rose and two of his friends of rape failed to disclose text messages to the defense, but the lapse was not significant enough to derail the civil trial, a judge ruled. Lawyers for Rose had argued that the plaintiff’s lawyers purposely withheld three texts until the woman finished testifying so the defense…

Jessica Ennis-Hill’s coach has said the 2012 Olympic heptathlon champion has chosen the right time to retire after a glittering career that also saw her crowned world champion twice. The 30-year-old from Sheffield, one of Britain’s most celebrated athletes who returned to the sport following the birth of her son, Reggie, in 2014, confirmed her decision to retire in a statement on Instagram on Thursday morning. “Amazing memories…from my first…

Media playback is not supported on this device Watch the moment Ennis secures a memorable heptathlon gold Jessica Ennis-Hill, who won heptathlon gold for Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics, has retired from athletics. The 30-year-old had hinted at retirement after winning a silver medal at the Rio Olympics in August. In a post on social media, Ennis-Hill – also a double world champion – said it was “one…

DERRICK ROSE LAWSUIT LOS ANGELES (AP) Lawyers for a woman who filed a lawsuit accusing NBA star Derrick Rose and two of his friends of rape failed to disclose text messages to the defense, but the lapse was not significant enough to derail the civil trial, a judge ruled. Lawyers for Rose had argued that the plaintiff’s lawyers purposely withheld three texts until the woman finished testifying so the defense…

Playing team sports, especially soccer, at the elite level may lead to a higher risk for osteoarthritis, but the existing research is of such low quality it’s hard to say for sure, according to a recent review. In an analysis of past studies filled with conflicting results, researchers found that long-distance running was the only elite-level sport that didn’t seem to raise arthritis risk, though even that question requires…

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Thursday will propose a penny-an-ounce tax on sweetened beverages including pop, lemonade and sports drinks to help close a 2017 budget shortfall, a move that comes just 15 months after she pushed through a penny-on-the-dollar sales tax increase, commissioners said. On the eve of her budget speech, Preckwinkle spent much of the afternoon briefing commissioners on her plans for bridging a $174 million…