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PRO FOOTBALL ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) The Denver Broncos have upped their offer to Von Miller by offering to guarantee the Super Bowl MVP a record $70 million of the six-year deal, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity to share candid details of the blockbuster offer that also was reported by ESPN and the NFL Network….

Major league sports teams are recruiting a new kind of player: one who can score with a joystick. In the past two months, Manchester City and West Ham United, two of the top English Premier League soccer teams, have signed professional video gamers to represent the clubs when playing FIFA, a hugely popular Electronic Arts soccer video game. In Germany, VfL Wolfsburg has outfitted a pair of top FIFA game…

Sports attorney Daniel Wallach joined Herald Radio this afternoon to shed some light on Tom Brady’s legal battles, past and forthcoming. Wallach practices sports and gaming law out of Florida, and opened the interview by saying he doesn’t believe Brady’s case is dead to rights by any means. “I don’t think he’s going to be serving his suspension just yet. He’s got a couple more legal avenues,” Wallach said. “They’re…

Additive manufacturing (AM), commonly called 3D printing, is a $4 billion business set to quadruple by 2020. One day, manufacturers may print everything from cars to medicines, disrupting centuries-old production practices. …

Companies are apparently lining up to consult with Tinley Park officials on the feasibility of a sports complex on the grounds of the former Tinley Park Mental Health Center. The village has set an Aug. 2 deadline for consulting firms that want to be considered for the job of doing the study, which would examine whether the 280-acre site at the northwest corner of Harlem Avenue and 183rd Street would…

“Hosts Alex, Chris and Zach Lupica are three brothers living in NYC who use sports and pop culture as a medium to brighten the darkness of your morning” is how In The Loop, a new sports podcast brought to you by the progeny of pocket egotist Mike Lupica, is billed on its official Facebook page. The Lupica boys do not have any episodes to share with us yet, but they…

While the lineup of content is still being sorted out, the Pac-12 says streams will cover events in Olympic sports of soccer, volleyball, gymnastics, baseball, ice hockey, swimming and diving, softball, track and field, wrestling, lacrosse, tennis and water polo. You’ll notice that football is absent from that list. No, it’s not an Olympic sport, but it is the most popular college athletic action besides basketball — which also isn’t…

Read about the latest sports tech news, innovations, ideas and products that impact players, fans and the sports industry at SportTechie.com. The NHL recently reached an agreement with Fox Sports for in-market streaming. Although not finalized, an agreement has been reached after negotiations spanning the course of five years. The agreement will allow in-market streaming of NHL games that are broadcast on Fox’s regional sports networks (RSNs). In order to…

“Hosts Alex, Chris and Zach Lupica are three brothers living in NYC who use sports and pop culture as a medium to brighten the darkness of your morning” is how In The Loop, a new sports podcast brought to you by the progeny of pocket egotist Mike Lupica, is billed on its official Facebook page. The Lupica boys do not have any episodes to share with us yet, but they…

BT are set to launch their answer to Sky’s Soccer Saturday next season Fast-talking Mark Pougatch has signed up to be the show’s anchor PGA hosted corporate day at Donald Trump-owned Turnberry Trump has made series of controversial comments regarding immigration  Colin Murray and Stan Collymore have left their roles with talkSPORT By Charles Sale for the Daily Mail Published: 16:30 EST, 13 July 2016 | Updated: 19:42 EST, 13 July 2016…

Pac-12 Networks announced Thursday it has reached an agreement with Twitter Inc. to make the social media hub the leading partner for Pac-12 Plus, a broadband network that will will live stream events from UCLA, USC and the other 10 schools in the conference. At least 150 games are to be streamed live to fans over Twitter during the 2016-17 academic year. The deal covers school-produced Olympic sporting events such as soccer, baseball, volleyball, gymnastics, swimming and diving. Such sports…

A national campaign has been launched to encourage and support disabled people, along with their friends and families, to become more active. The “Together We Will” campaign is designed to address the low numbers of disabled people who regularly take part in sport or physical activity. A recent Sport England Active People Survey showed disabled people are half as likely to be active as non-disabled. Will Mellor, whose disabled sister…

BT are set to launch their answer to Sky’s Soccer Saturday next season Fast-talking Mark Pougatch has signed up to be the show’s anchor PGA hosted corporate day at Donald Trump-owned Turnberry Trump has made series of controversial comments regarding immigration  Colin Murray and Stan Collymore have left their roles with talkSPORT By Charles Sale for the Daily Mail Published: 16:30 EST, 13 July 2016 | Updated: 19:42 EST, 13 July 2016…

To keep its nationwide bankruptcy liquidation from crashing to a halt, Sports Authority Holdings Inc. has cut a deal with senior lenders that portends bad news ahead for landlords and suppliers to the failed sports retailer. Going-out-of-business sales are still in full swing at many stores, as liquidators sell off the last bicycles, skateboards and rest of the gear and apparel still on the shelves. Sports Authority auctioned off its…

Think, for a second, about the most famous fans of D.C. sports teams. There’s Wolf Blitzer and Chris Wallace, Luke Russert and David Gregory, Alan Greenspan and Chuck Todd, Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid, Charles Krauthammer and Ben Bernanke. These are household names in many cases, important and serious men from Official Washington. But they’re not exactly Jack Nicholson or Spike Lee. Which isn’t to say D.C. teams have no celebrity supporters. The…

Think, for a second, about the most famous fans of D.C. sports teams. There’s Wolf Blitzer and Chris Wallace, Luke Russert and David Gregory, Alan Greenspan and Chuck Todd, Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid, Charles Krauthammer and Ben Bernanke. These are household names in many cases, important and serious men from Official Washington. But they’re not exactly Jack Nicholson or Spike Lee. Which isn’t to say D.C. teams have no celebrity supporters. The…

‘Xavi Torres of Spain sets off at the start of the 200-meter freestyle heats,’ by Bob Martin Paralympic Games, Athens, 2004 Mr. Martin wrote numerous letters to the Paralympic Games committee seeking permission to shoot from a catwalk above the swimming events. From that vantage, he saw that a swimmer at the far end of the pool, Xavi Torres, had taken off his prosthetic legs as he prepared to race….