World Sports

It’s hard to believe that the youth sports market is worth $14 billion—that’s a lot of halftime orange slices—but if you think about how much time parents spend shuttling their little ones from practice to practice, it starts to make sense. So it comes as no surprise that Sports Illustrated, the venerable sports magazine (and sister title to Fortune), wants a piece of it. The brand this morning released a…

The next several days will make sports history. Russian athletics are facing global accusations of the existence of a state-sponsored doping system, and at least some of the charges appear grounded. The most outspoken opponents of doping recommend banning Russia from the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, while international sports officials are trying to formulate a compromise. For its part, the global sports community must make certain ethical…

Photo credit: Michael Steele/Getty Images The hubris and planet-sized egos of lunatic sports owners is a core Deadspin beat, from Joe Lacob’s horniness for the Larry O’Brien trophy, to Stan Kroenke’s dead raccoon hair, to Dan Gilbert’s simpering evil. When the Panthers’ owner gets a dang statue of himself with two actual panthers built out front of his stadium, you should expect us to make fun of him. However, Tinkoff…

Today, the sports media, most notably television, is more powerful than ever. As an example, approximately 75 percent of NFL revenues come from television rights fees, up from 45 percent in 1979.

LONDON — With just over two weeks until the opening ceremony, Russia still doesn’t know whether its athletes — all or even some — will be competing in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. It may all come down to the lawyers. While the International Olympic Committee decided Tuesday to ban from the Rio Games all Russian Sports Ministry officials and other administrators implicated in…

Photo credit: Michael Steele/Getty Images The hubris and planet-sized egos of lunatic sports owners is a core Deadspin beat, from Joe Lacob’s horniness for the Larry O’Brien trophy, to Stan Kroenke’s dead raccoon hair, to Dan Gilbert’s simpering evil. When the Panthers’ owner gets a dang statue of himself with two actual panthers built out front of his stadium, you should expect us to make fun of him. However, Tinkoff…

Chip Kelly’s vision in Philadelphia is officially dead, from the players — like DeMarco Murray, Byron Maxwell, and Kiko Alonso, all of whom were traded this offseason — to the sports science. The player purge happened earlier this offseason, but the Eagles‘ decision to move away from sports science is a recent development. Until now, it looked as if it would be the only surviving remnant from the Kelly era,…

It’s hard work for a country to get turfed out of the Olympics. You must seriously dedicate yourself to the task. It’s not enough to have a brutal, devious autocracy that flagrantly intimidates its domestic critics and is author of miseries all over the world. It’s not even enough to dope your athletes until they virtually glow in the dark. You really need to get caught in the act so…

LONDON (AP) — Summer Olympic sports federations said on Tuesday they are ready to deal with “individual cases” of Russian doping, rather than endorse a total ban on the Russian team for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, which represents the 28 sports in the games, said it recognized the “gravity and extent of the doping activities in Russia” as detailed in Monday’s report…

It’s hard work for a country to get turfed out of the Olympics. You must seriously dedicate yourself to the task. It’s not enough to have a brutal, devious autocracy that flagrantly intimidates its domestic critics and is author of miseries all over the world. It’s not even enough to dope your athletes until they virtually glow in the dark. You really need to get caught in the act so…

Photo credit: Michael Steele/Getty Images The hubris and planet-sized egos of lunatic sports owners is a core Deadspin beat, from Joe Lacob’s horniness for the Larry O’Brien trophy, to Stan Kroenke’s dead raccoon hair, to Dan Gilbert’s simpering evil. When the Panthers’ owner gets a dang statue of himself with two actual panthers built out front of his stadium, you should expect us to make fun of him. However, Tinkoff…

Sports Authority is scrambling to close the doors on most or all of its stores by the end of the month, according to multiple store employees and managers, an abrupt move that comes amid a fight over cash between lenders and suppliers. Managers have been instructed on procedures for wiping the computers, locking up and walking away, as the dying athletic gear seller prepares for the final stage of its…

(Photo: The Associated Press) The Latest on the Russian doping case (all times local to Rio de Janeiro): 2:30 p.m. Russia’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko says he welcomes the International Olympic Committee’s decision to open investigations into allegations of Russian doping. A day after a World Anti-Doping Agency report accused Russia — and its sports ministry — of covering up hundreds of doping cases, the IOC opened investigations into top…

Erika Nardini, former chief marketing officer of AOL, has been hired as CEO of Barstool Sports — the churlish, sports-and-smut website for males that’s majority-owned by Chernin Group. Her hiring, announced Tuesday, may be a bid to blunt Barstool detractors who have criticized the site for its unapologetically sexist tone. Barstool Sports will now operate under the leadership of Nardini “while still maintaining its anti-establishment nature,” according to the company. Barstool Sports,…

(Photo: The Associated Press) LONDON (AP) — International Olympic officials will “explore the legal options’” for a potential total ban on Russia from the games in Rio de Janeiro, and are taking measures to punish athletes and officials involved in the state-run doping conspiracy. The IOC executive board announced steps on Tuesday following a scathing report by a World Anti-Doping Agency investigator who accused Russia’s sports ministry of overseeing doping…

Russian government officials engineered the drug-fueled corruption of nearly 30 Olympic sports, an investigator found, prompting the World Anti-Doping Agency to call for a ban of the country’s entire team from the Rio de Janeiro Games. The scheme lasted at least four years, covered 28 Olympic sports — both summer and winter — and involved at least 312 positive tests that went unreported at the behest of higher-ups in the…

The Sports Authority, a 28-year-old retailer, is shutting its doors in August. Getty Images The Sports Authority is shutting down its more than 400 stores by the end of August, so NinthDecimal ran a study to figure out which retailers may benefit from the 28-year-old sports gear brand’s absence. The measurement player said it tracked 135 million shoppers recently and learned that—based on their behavior—Big…