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The ACC’s decision means eight championships will be relocated from the state, including December’s title football game. The move also adds pressure on other sports and businesses to follow suit. “The ACC Council of Presidents made it clear that the core values of this league are of the utmost importance, and the opposition to any form of discrimination is paramount,” ACC Commissioner John Swofford said in a statement. “Today’s decision…

The ACC’s decision means eight championships will be relocated from the state, including December’s title football game. The move also adds pressure on other sports and businesses to follow suit. “The ACC Council of Presidents made it clear that the core values of this league are of the utmost importance, and the opposition to any form of discrimination is paramount,” ACC Commissioner John Swofford said in a statement. “Today’s decision…

It’s more than a little daunting that, while 55 million Latinos make up 17 percent of the current U.S. population, their number across most major American sports remains staggeringly low. Major League Baseball is, of course, an exception, where according to the Institute of Diversity and Ethics in Sport, Latino players represented upwards of 28.5 percent of the league on Opening Day 2016. But as Latinos continue to grow in…

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For the first time, fans of Thursday Night Football can turn to Twitter to livestream the game wherever they are. The NFL–Twitter deal marks one of many high-profile sports league content distribution contracts with social media networks, a new strategy to reach younger, digital-minded viewers. “As your audience diversifies, as their viewing habits diversify, your distribution models have to follow,” said Elizabeth Lindsey, Wasserman Media Group’s managing partner of brands…

COLLEGE SPORTS CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) The Atlantic Coast Conference has followed the NCAA’s lead and is removing all its athletic championships from North Carolina over a state law limiting protections for LGBT people. The ACC Council of Presidents voted to relocate the league’s championships until North Carolina repeals the law. The decision includes 10 neutral-site championships this academic year, which means relocating the ACC football title game that was scheduled…

Feyenoord have won six games in a row after beating Manchester United Manchester United produced a lacklustre display as their Europa League campaign began in defeat at Feyenoord. Jose Mourinho made eight changes from the team beaten by Manchester City and an Anthony Martial shot going wide was their only first-half chance. Zlatan Ibrahimovic came on for the visitors and headed wide as he failed to turn around his side’s…

NBCUniversal Chief Executive Steve Burke has shuffled the management team that oversees the nuts and bolts of the company’s broadcast TV business. As part of the move, one of Burke’s most trusted lieutenants, Mark Lazarus, received a substantial promotion. Lazarus, chairman of the NBC Sports group for the last five years, becomes chairman of NBC Broadcasting and Sports. Lazarus, 53, gains oversight of the NBC broadcast portfolio previously managed by Ted Harbert. In…

For the first time, fans of Thursday Night Football can turn to Twitter to livestream the game wherever they are. The NFL–Twitter deal marks one of many high-profile sports league content distribution contracts with social media networks, a new strategy to reach younger, digital-minded viewers. “As your audience diversifies, as their viewing habits diversify, your distribution models have to follow,” said Elizabeth Lindsey, Wasserman Media Group’s managing partner of brands…

Women’s cricket was held up as one of the positives by the study “No real progress” is being made to address gender inequality in sport, says a body set up to get more women into leadership roles. Women on Boards carried out a study in 2014 which looked at how many governing bodies had women among their leaders. Its first report since that study has found the number of women…

USA TODAY Sports’ Lorenzo Reyes looks at the three biggest story lines heading into this week’s games. USA TODAY Sports

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USA TODAY Sports’ Lorenzo Reyes looks at the three biggest story lines heading into this week’s games. USA TODAY Sports

Women’s cricket was held up as one of the positives by the study “No real progress” is being made to address gender inequality in sport, says a body set up to get more women into leadership roles. Women on Boards carried out a study in 2014 which looked at how many governing bodies had women among their leaders. Its first report since that study has found the number of women…

The father of former NASCAR driver Robby Gordon died Wednesday in apparent murder-suicide in Orange, Calif., according to multiple news reports. The bodies of Robert Gordon, 68, and his wife Sharon, 57, were found Wednesday afternoon in a home in the 1400 block of North Kennymead Street, CBS news in Los Angeles reported. Robert Gordon was known to race fans as “Baja Bob.” Police reported that they received a 911…

Major League Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. on Wednesday cautioned parents against believing their high-spending on athletics will pave their kids’ way to a professional sports career. The Baltimore Oriole turned entrepreneur counts a youth sports tournament company among his post-baseball business pursuits. Ripken said he’s come across some parents who harbor outsize expectations. “Sometimes the fever to say, ‘OK, I’ve got to have my kid playing more baseball…

Major League Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. on Wednesday cautioned parents against believing their high-spending on athletics will pave their kids’ way to a professional sports career. The Baltimore Oriole turned entrepreneur counts a youth sports tournament company among his post-baseball business pursuits. Ripken said he’s come across some parents who harbor outsize expectations. “Sometimes the fever to say, ‘OK, I’ve got to have my kid playing more baseball…

<!– FOOTBALL GOSSIP The Scottish Professional Football League and top clubs were left staggered by Stewart Regan’s decision to help Slovenia’s Aleksander Ceferin win the vote to become Uefa’s new president when they were expecting the Scottish FA chief executive to back Dutchman Michael van Praag, who had promised to rip up controversial plans to restructure the Champions League.(Daily Record) Scottish FA chief executive Stewart Regan has condemned the “misbehaviour”…