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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….

The two days after the All-Star Game is what’s known in my household as the worst sports days of the year. None of the four major professional sports leagues based in the U.S. have regular-season games scheduled (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL). With due respect to soccer, I’m just a casual fan of the U.S. national teams — a silly American if you will. Probably a dozen times between Monday and…

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PENN STATE ABUSE HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, told by a teenage boy in 1976 that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky molested him in a shower, responded that he didn’t want to hear about it and had ”a football season to worry about,” according to court documents. The boy, now a man identified as John Doe 150, said in 2014 that other boys in a shower heard…

Dan Lauria, left, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Kylie Bunbury play San Diego Padres in the fall Fox drama, ‘Pitch.’(Photo: Ray Mickshaw, Fox) Professional sports and Hollywood entertainment have so much in common — big-name stars, big-money lifestyles and big-time drama — that it only makes sense they share something else: scripted TV shows that focus on pro athletes. NFL and NBA players, respectively, populate HBO’s Ballers, returning for a second season Sunday (10 ET/PT) and Starz’s Survivor’s…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Some teams and players just can’t deal with prosperity. They reach the brink of success and then implode spectacularly. And when it happens, it becomes a part of sports lore, unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. We asked a panel of ESPN.com experts to determine which flameouts were the most excruciating, taking into account the magnitude of the event, the size of the blown…

Minneapolis start-up Sport Ngin has been sold to NBC Sports Group, capping years of rapid growth and plentiful financing for the software company. Sport Ngin is the nation’s largest provider of web software and mobile applications to manage youth, amateur and professional sports. More than 500,000 sports teams, leagues, clubs and associations use the platform. CEO and co-founder Justin Kaufenberg said NBC Sports is “the most visible company” within the…

Amazon Prime Day is here! The magical time of the year where already ludicrously cheap prices get even cheaper. Wading through the hundreds upon hundreds of deals can be a real chore — so we’ve assembled the 12 best items you should consider today. Not all sports fans are created equal. We know that some of you want to just sit on the couch and watch the game, while other…

PRO BASKETBALL SAN ANTONIO (AP) San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan is finally calling it a career. Duncan announced his retirement after 19 seasons, five championships, two MVP awards and 15 All-Star appearances. It marks the end of an era for the Spurs and the NBA. Duncan was the No. 1 overall pick out of Wake Forest in 1997 and teamed with Gregg Popovich, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili to…

Fifteen years ago, mixed martial arts league Ultimate Fighting Championship sold for $2 million. Back then, the sport featured bone-crushing, blood-smearing action that was dismissed as “human cockfighting” by Sen. John McCain. Now, the UFC is changing hands for $4 billion. Hollywood mega-talent agency WME/IMG’s acquisition of the league is a major bet on the power of live sporting events in an increasingly fragmented media landscape. And the deal is viewed by sports business experts…

Fifteen years ago, mixed martial arts league Ultimate Fighting Championship sold for $2 million. Back then, the sport featured bone-crushing, blood-smearing action that was dismissed as “human cockfighting” by Sen. John McCain. Now, the UFC is changing hands for $4 billion. Hollywood mega-talent agency WME/IMG’s acquisition of the league is a major bet on the power of live sporting events in an increasingly fragmented media landscape. And the deal is viewed by sports business experts…

PRO BASKETBALL SAN ANTONIO (AP) San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan is finally calling it a career. Duncan announced his retirement after 19 seasons, five championships, two MVP awards and 15 All-Star appearances. It marks the end of an era for the Spurs and the NBA. Duncan was the No. 1 overall pick out of Wake Forest in 1997 and teamed with Gregg Popovich, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili to…

Your teams on the go or at home. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS or Android. A new service academy policy will allow athletes who graduate from Army, Navy and Air Force to pursue professional sports immediately after graduation, the Air Force confirmed Monday. The Colorado Springs Gazette first reported the new policy. The academies made the change in its policy in May. Previously, athletes who graduated…

Fifteen years ago, mixed martial arts league Ultimate Fighting Championship sold for $2 million. Back then, the sport featured bone-crushing, blood-smearing action that was dismissed as “human cockfighting” by Sen. John McCain. Now, the UFC is changing hands for $4 billion. Hollywood mega-talent agency WME/IMG’s acquisition of the league is a major bet on the power of live sporting events in an increasingly fragmented media landscape. And the deal is viewed by sports business experts…

The $4-billion sale of the UFC to Hollywood talent agency WME-IMG was made official Monday. “We’ve been fortunate over the years to represent UFC and a number of its remarkable athletes,” WME-IMG co-CEOs Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell said in a prepared statement. “It’s been exciting to watch the organization’s incredible growth over the last decade under the leadership of the Fertitta brothers, Dana White and their dedicated team. We’re…

Complicating matters further was the fact that Caruthers, like all teenagers, was struggling to accept and love his body, and feared exposing it in public. “My body has never felt ordinary to me, as I have always been thin and fragile,” he said. “Being born with a bone deformity in my chest called pectus excavatum only contributed to this. Due to this condition and my skinny frame I was petrified…