World Sports

In a Los Angeles barbershop taping a promotional spot for his new TV show, the country’s most divisive sports commentator was in an argument, naturally. There was Skip Bayless, igniting a fury by insisting that Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is overrated. A Super Bowl champion! A former MVP! The barbers and customers were apoplectic. It’s just the type of sports sacrilege Bayless uses to excite and enrage viewers. The…

Showtime has a number of sports-related shows premiering or returning in the coming weeks, and today Chris DeBlasio was promoted to SVP Sports Communications at Showtime Networks. He has guided the sports PR department since joining Showtime in 2005 and will continue to oversee the premium cabler’s sports media, talent and public relations, sports awards, live event production support and sports messaging. DeBlasio led the publicity campaign for the Floyd Mayweather Jr-Manny…

Ecclestone ran the Brabham F1 team from 1972-1987 The end of Bernie Ecclestone’s stewardship of Formula 1 has appeared close on a number of occasions over the last few years, so it is with a degree of caution that one discusses the latest episode that may seem to signal it again. But the likely takeover of the sport’s commercial arm by US giant Liberty Media does look like one of…

Last spring, a student I was tutoring told me his back hurt. The boy, a 14-year-old in Northwest Washington, had played on school and travel soccer teams in the fall. Despite his pain, he was still playing travel ball, competing in weekend tournaments and practicing twice a week. I watched him struggle to squeeze in schoolwork around these commitments — even when he was reduced to lying on the floor…

Wayne Rooney became England most-capped male outfield player in the win over Slovakia Wayne Rooney should have retired from international football after Euro 2016, says ex-England captain Peter Shilton. Rooney, 30, made his 116th appearance for England in Sunday’s World Cup qualifying victory over Slovakia. But his value to the team has become a hot topic after he spent most of the game playing in a deep midfield role. “I…

Sports Direct has said it will offer casual retail staff guaranteed hours instead of zero-hours contracts and has apologised for conditions at its warehouse, including the “six strikes” policy that put workers in fear of losing their jobs. But Britain’s biggest sportswear retailer has not offered guaranteed hours to more than 4,000 agency workers at its warehouse in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, where working conditions have been compared with those of a…

Last spring, a student I was tutoring told me his back hurt. The boy, a 14-year-old in Northwest Washington, had played on school and travel soccer teams in the fall. Despite his pain, he was still playing travel ball, competing in weekend tournaments and practicing twice a week. I watched him struggle to squeeze in schoolwork around these commitments — even when he was reduced to lying on the floor…

Wayne Rooney became England men’s most-capped outfield player in Slovakia England captain Wayne Rooney says the debate over his role in the team has been an “overreaction”. Rooney, winning his 116th cap, mainly played a deep midfield role in Sunday’s 1-0 win over Slovakia, which was new boss Sam Allardyce’s first in charge. Allardyce said post-match it was “not for me to say” what Rooney’s position was and he “played…

‘Only goal of Paralympic ban was not to see any Russian flag hanging in Rio’ – sports lawyer “I have no doubt that the attack on our athletes will continue in the same direction. Right now we have created an independent anti-doping commission headed by Vitaly Smirnov,“ Zhukov told journalists in Novosibirsk. “That is the first step, which we absolutely must take, in order to fully restore the reputation of…

Seeing Canada’s elite athletes compete — whether in the recent Rio Olympics or the upcoming Paralympics — can be inspiring to many young Canadians, leading kids to want to get off the couch and try something new. But that inspiration does not always reach the finish line. “Every two years [we] get this great momentum and attention on physical activity and sports, which is fantastic,” Shaunna Taylor, co-chair of the Canadian Sport…

Last spring, a student I was tutoring told me his back hurt. The boy, a 14-year-old in Northwest Washington, had played on school and travel soccer teams in the fall. Despite his pain, he was still playing travel ball, competing in weekend tournaments and practicing twice a week. I watched him struggle to squeeze in schoolwork around these commitments — even when he was reduced to lying on the floor…

Wayne Rooney became England men’s most-capped outfield player in Slovakia England captain Wayne Rooney says the debate over his role in the team has been an “overreaction”. Rooney, winning his 116th cap, mainly played a deep midfield role in Sunday’s 1-0 win over Slovakia, which was new boss Sam Allardyce’s first in charge. Allardyce said post-match it was “not for me to say” what Rooney’s position was and he “played…

Last spring, a student I was tutoring told me his back hurt. The boy, a 14-year-old in Northwest Washington, had played on school and travel soccer teams in the fall. Despite his pain, he was still playing travel ball, competing in weekend tournaments and practicing twice a week. I watched him struggle to squeeze in schoolwork around these commitments — even when he was reduced to lying on the floor…

New handsets expected to be unveiled this week to feature a faster processor and new True Tone color display, Ming-Chi Kuo predicts.

Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Sunday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT: – AUSTIN, Texas – Unsettled at quarterback and stung by off-field troubles in training camp, No. 10 Notre Dame opens the season at Texas, where coach Charlie Strong is facing a pivotal third year. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos. Starts 7:30 p.m. – NEW YORK –…

The nation’s richest athletic departments — those in the Power Five conferences — pulled in a record $6 billion last year, nearly $4 billion more than all other schools combined, according to an Outside the Lines analysis of NCAA data. The gulf between college sports’ haves and have-nots has never been greater. Powered by multimillion-dollar media rights contracts and rising ticket-sales revenue, the richest schools have spent aggressively: on private…

He doesn’t like sports. I don’t know why. I don’t care. I can guess, but really, that’s not the point. The point is that he doesn’t like sports, so when people ask him which sports he plays, it takes that moment of, “Yes, you see me; I am part of this world,” and crushes it into another uncomfortable, and quite honestly, annoying moment.

Sports Direct is braced for a fierce investor revolt at the company’s annual shareholder meeting this week as another influential City investor declared it would vote against the reappointment of chairman Keith Hellawell. Hermes Investment Management, which manages and advises on £215bn of assets, is the latest to call for Hellawell to go, saying it will vote against his reappointment on Wednesday. A year ago, the UK fund manager had…