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If any coach, player or parent feels inclined to lose their composure and start yelling at football official Thomas Harris, trying to provoke a response, good luck. He has been trained to be cool under pressure. That’s because when you’ve gone through Navy boot camp and served in a nuclear submarine as a sonar technician, you’re ready for anything. Harris, 42, is a first-year football official and part of a pilot…

Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton identified a complex problem, and addressed it with a deceptively, elegantly simple solution. How to address the growing problem of boys stopping reading, while keeping them engaged enough to tear eyes away from videogames and television and the plethora of immediate entertainment 21st century life is set up to provide? Their answer was to write a football book, in name only—football presented in an entertaining,…

The latest sports phenomenon sweeping the globe wasn’t represented at the Olympic Games in Rio; it doesn’t require an intense physical training regimen or even traditional sports equipment. We’re talking about e-sports — competitive video gaming — and the opportunities for huge windfalls for players and advertisers are immense. Corporations plan to spend $325 million on sponsorships and marketing of e-sports this year, hoping to reach gaming’s huge millennial demographic as the…

I hate golf. It’s the sport of Donald Trump. It’s the sport of environment trashing. It’s the sport of rightwing suburbia (Fidel Castro’s affection for the game was, I’m sure, just a case of knowing the enemy). And it’s a sport that’s really a leisure industry (though some of the outfits are rather dishy). But there is one too often neglected aspect of the game that even I have to…

Patriots quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is inactive for Sunday’s game against the Bills, meaning rookie Jacoby Brissett will his second straight start.  ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported the news. Garoppolo injured his shoulder in Week 2 and missed last Thursday’s game against the Texans. Brissett is the only active quarterback, leaving wide receiver and former college quarterback Julian Edelman as the backup.  Brissett, a third-round pick from NC State, made his…

Joe Allen scored his first goal for Stoke in last weekend’s meeting with West Brom Stoke snatched a point at Manchester United as Joe Allen capitalised on a spill from David de Gea to punish the hosts’ lax first-half finishing. After a string of saves from Lee Grant before the break, United made the breakthrough when substitute Anthony Martial swept home a curling shot. It appeared to be a fatal…

CLEMSON, S.C. — The first month of the college football season doubled as a highlight tape for the Louisville football program. There was Lamar Jackson leaping over helpless cornerbacks, connecting with streaking receivers and catapulting the Cardinals to unprecedented heights. Few teams have ever streaked into the national consciousness as violently and surprisingly as Louisville. It crashed the top five of the polls, emerged as a College Football Playoff darling…

T: TRUMP was NEVER labeled a racist by liberal media and crooked Hillary until his running for POTUS. DONALD TRUMP, as the Republican presidential candidate, is truly an OUTSIDER who goes against the corrupt PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS who have led USA on a wrong track of economic and military disadvantage for the last eight years. SINCE CROOKED HILLARY BECAME SECRETARY OF STATE IN 2009 WITH FAILED FOREIGN POLICY, USA has been…

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Did you hear that? I think that loud screaming you heard was Knoxville celebrating the latest Tennessee comeback win. After falling behind 17-0 in the game, Tennessee closed out the game on a 34-14 run, stealing the game from the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens with a Hail Mary pass from Joshua Dobbs to Jauan Jennings. If you listen closely, you can hear a lone voice screaming “OMAHAAAAAAAAAAA!” This is the Volunteers…

Michigan defensive back Jourdan Lewis made a ridiculous one-handed catch to intercept Wisconsin quarterback Alex Hornibrook and seal a 14–7 victory. Lewis was back covering wide receiver George Rushing, and as he fell to the ground he reached up to get the ball with his right hand. He then puled it into his body to complete the catch, as Rushing tried to deny that he had possession. How he didn’t drop…

John Hanley has made a living by balancing his two childhood loves — baseball and art. The 54-year-old veteran sports artist has sold hundreds of Cubs-related paintings and prints to baseball fans across the country in a decadeslong career that began at a Chicago advertising agency. As a child in Crystal Lake, Hanley doodled on whatever he could get his hands on, from napkins to envelopes. But art really didn’t…

PRO FOOTBALL HOUSTON (AP) A person familiar with J.J. Watt’s condition said the Houston Texans’ star defensive lineman had back surgery and is expected to miss the rest of the season. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t announced the surgery. Watt was placed on injured reserve Wednesday with a back injury. It’s his second back surgery in two months after he…

PRO FOOTBALL HOUSTON (AP) A person familiar with J.J. Watt’s condition said the Houston Texans’ star defensive lineman had back surgery and is expected to miss the rest of the season. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t announced the surgery. Watt was placed on injured reserve Wednesday with a back injury. It’s his second back surgery in two months after he…

Last Monday night, it’s estimated that over 81 million viewers tuned in for the first presidential debate of 2016, which would be a record number for any debate in U.S. history. A huge part of the reason for that is the spectacle put on during this election year between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, but a significant boost came from the fact that you didn’t have to be at home,…

PRO FOOTBALL HOUSTON (AP) A person familiar with J.J. Watt’s condition said the Houston Texans’ star defensive lineman had back surgery and is expected to miss the rest of the season. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t announced the surgery. Watt was placed on injured reserve Wednesday with a back injury. It’s his second back surgery in two months after he…

PRO FOOTBALL HOUSTON (AP) A person familiar with J.J. Watt’s condition said the Houston Texans’ star defensive lineman had back surgery and is expected to miss the rest of the season. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t announced the surgery. Watt was placed on injured reserve Wednesday with a back injury. It’s his second back surgery in two months after he…

If this is the future of sports media, folks, well — good luck!  Welcome to the strange saga of the former porn star and the fake sports columnist.  SEE ALSO: How Lagunitas dodged a drug bust to become a craft beer powerhouse Last we checked in on former porn star Mia Khalifa, she was putting a college football player on blast for sliding into her DMs. As good ol’ Wikipedia…

Last Monday night, it’s estimated that over 81 million viewers tuned in for the first presidential debate of 2016, which would be a record number for any debate in U.S. history. A huge part of the reason for that is the spectacle put on during this election year between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, but a significant boost came from the fact that you didn’t have to be at home,…