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UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) has begun an investigation and expressed “grave concern” over claims by two Kenyan doctors they gave banned performance-enhancing drugs to British athletes. The medics were secretly filmed by the Sunday Times, which has investigated allegations of doping in the African country in collaboration with German broadcaster ARD/WRD. Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has also reportedly made arrests in connection with the claims. Ukad has also sent…

We got out of school early and when I got home, I found out we were going to Grandma’s house in Skiatook, Oklahoma. Those were the kinds of things that mattered to a third-grader when President Kennedy was assassinated on the streets of Dallas. So 53 years later — including 31 at the News — I was less curious about my place in this city but equally useless, not that…

Twitter has been dabbling with sports streaming as of late, and the company wants to do more. According to a report from Recode, Twitter is currently talking to a number of major sports leagues and cable networks—including the NBA, Major League Soccer, and Turner Broadcasting—to acquire the rights to broadcast more sporting events on its platform. Turner Broadcasting seems like the odd one out in that list, but not…

View photo . James Harden (AP) Houston Rockets All-Star guard James Harden has agreed to a four-year, $118 million renegotiation that could keep him under contract through 2020, league sources told The Vertical. The deal assures the Rockets of one additional year of Harden under contract in 2018-19 because of a player option that could return him to free agency in 2019, sources said. Rockets owner Leslie Alexander made the…

The day after the baseball’s all-star game is traditionally the slowest in sports, though that’s changing.

<!– For a list of all the completed deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United have agreed to pay Paul Pogba £11m a year and are ready to make a £100m offer to Juventus for the France midfielder, 23. (AS) United manager Jose Mourinho will sell up to eight players to finance the deal for Pogba, with Marcos Rojo, Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger among those at risk at…

UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) has begun an investigation and expressed “grave concern” over claims by two Kenyan doctors they gave banned performance-enhancing drugs to British athletes. The medics were secretly filmed by the Sunday Times, which has investigated allegations of doping in the African country in collaboration with German broadcaster ARD/WRD. Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has also reportedly made arrests in connection with the claims. Ukad has also sent…

NPR’s Lynn Neary speaks with Andrea Kremer of HBO’s Real Sports, about the European soccer finals happening Sunday, and whether Cristiano Ronaldo can win the trophy for Portugal.

Wasserman, a 15-year veteran of Sun Valley, also weighed in on the hot topics among the business leaders here. The vote on Brexit will have an impact on Wasserman’s business, which is global, representing athletes and brands around the world. “I think the challenge of Brexit is there’s a lot of unknowns still today. In the sports world there’s a lot of things that depend on the movement of talent,…

High-quality local sports coverage isn’t dead. At least that’s the premise upon which The Athletic is building its business. The young startup, part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2016 class, is trying to reinvent local sports media – an industry that has been on the decline ever since newspapers realized that advertising revenue wouldn’t be enough to support a team of writers to cover local sports teams. So when regional newspapers began to cut costs the…

Twitter wants to stream more TV-like live video around major sporting events, so it’s approaching the folks who control those rights to cut a deal. The company is in talks with the NBA, Major League Soccer and cable network Turner about acquiring digital streaming rights for content related to live sports and events, according to several sources familiar with the discussions. That could include things like actual game footage similar…

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A dozen years ago, the athletic director at Syracuse was a gray-haired, cardigan-wearing, Winston-smoking man named Jake Crouthamel. The job he held immediately prior was head football coach at Dartmouth. Crouthamel’s tenure ended in 2005, which doesn’t seem that long ago. In the realm of college sports, it might as well be eons. That was when sports people ran athletic departments, because the most prominent feature of college sports was…

A dozen years ago, the athletic director at Syracuse was a gray-haired, cardigan-wearing, Winston-smoking man named Jake Crouthamel. The job he held immediately prior was head football coach at Dartmouth. Crouthamel’s tenure ended in 2005, which doesn’t seem that long ago. In the realm of college sports, it might as well be eons. That was when sports people ran athletic departments, because the most prominent feature of college sports was…

Sports talk continued its dominance of Boston radio in the spring as 98.5 The Sports Hub finished first and WEEI second during the three-month Nielsen Audio Ratings period. The Sports Hub earned an 11.0 share overall in the men 25-54 demographic from the period of March 24-June 15. WEEI earned an 8.1. Last spring, the Sports Hub was first (9.0) and WEEI was fifth (6.8). The Sports Hub has been the…

Kevin Durant signing with the loaded Golden State Warriors invites all kinds of on-court analysis. How much will Durant improve the Warriors’ already fearsome “death lineup”? Can Durant be a capable rim protector when the Dubs roll out those small, terrifying fivesomes? And how the hell is anyone going to stop a Steph Curry-Kevin Durant pick-and-roll? That’s not what the masses are talking about, though. The visceral reaction to Durant…

Syracuse’s Carrier Dome is one of college basketball’s largest venues. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli) A dozen years ago, the athletic director at Syracuse was a gray-haired, cardigan-wearing, Winston-smoking man named Jake Crouthamel. The job he held immediately prior was head football coach at Dartmouth. Crouthamel’s tenure ended in 2005, which doesn’t seem that long ago. In the realm of college sports, it might as well be eons. That was when sports…

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/ NCAA Logo Posted: Thursday, July 7, 2016 12:32 pm ‘Power 5’ conferences reach agreement on limiting time students spend on sports From staff reports Richmond Times-Dispatch Commissioners of the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC have agreed in principle on new regulations designed to limit the amount of time college students can be required to participate in athletics. The changes, which will be considered at…

Kevin Durant signing with the loaded Golden State Warriors invites all kinds of on-court analysis. How much will Durant improve the Warriors’ already fearsome “death lineup”? Can Durant be a capable rim protector when the Dubs roll out those small, terrifying fivesomes? And how the hell is anyone going to stop a Steph Curry-Kevin Durant pick-and-roll? That’s not what the masses are talking about, though. The visceral reaction to Durant…