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Mrs Boyers posted the clip of Daniel’s unexpected triumph saying: “Well this afternoons Sports Day at St Oswald’s primary was amazing, after Daniel telling me he didn’t want to run the flat race, he ended up doing it in amazing style… surrounded by the best mates he could have. “Truly magical! This is inclusion, but the kind that you can’t teach, this comes from the heart. “Daniel LOVES the fact…

4:19 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Richard Schaefer, the former longtime CEO of Golden Boy Promotions who left after a nasty breakup with close friend, business partner and majority shareholder Oscar De La Hoya in June 2014, is returning to the boxing promotional business two years later. Schaefer has founded Ringstar Sports and plans to promote his first event late this summer, he told ESPN on Wednesday….

After over 50 long, long, long, long, LONG years, Cleveland’s title drought is over. The Cleveland Cavaliers are champions of the world, and all the disappointments — from the Shot to the Drive, from Jose Mesa to Johnny Manziel — have been washed away. The saddest sports city in American can finally smile. But now that Cleveland is happy, somebody must take their spot. Who will we mock when…

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7:59 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER that I started work at the University of Central Florida in Orlando on Aug. 8, 2001. It was a joyous time. We were launching the school’s DeVos Sports Business Management Program. Thirty-four days later, the world forever changed on Sept. 11. It was unimaginable to me that America’s shores could be attacked. While the inconceivable has become…

i Fans react to a play during the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA Finals Game Seven watch party at Quicken Loans Arena on June 19. Jason Miller/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jason Miller/Getty Images Fans react to a play during the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA Finals Game Seven watch party at Quicken Loans Arena on June 19. Jason Miller/Getty Images The curse was over. On Sunday Night, the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the…

Today’s American sports leagues don’t have the same problem of abundance. For example, there are only 32 teams in the NFL and 30 teams in Major League Baseball. There is no 33rd football team that can compete with the Tennessee Titans for a spot in the league. If a baseball team is bad for an extended period of time, they might lose fans or move to a new city (which…

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Getty Images With the NBA’s Cavaliers stunning the Warriors on their own home floor with a surprising Game Seven win last night, it ended Cleveland’s 52-year title drought. But the new civic leader in pro sports futility isn’t the same as the rest of the places near the top of that list. According to Michael Gehlken of the San Diego Union-Tribune, his town is now the city with the longest gulf…

Defunct sporting-goods retailer Sports Authority is trying to auction naming rights to the home stadium of the NFL’s Denver Broncos — an unusual move that’s raising eyebrows in the world of sports marketing. The company wants to capture some of the appreciation in the value of naming-rights deals since striking its agreement for Sports Authority Field at Mile High back in 2011, a time when the market for such arrangements…

x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Sam Amick and Jeff Zillgitt break down the Cavaliers’ historic Game 7 win over the Warriors in the NBA Finals. USA TODAY Sports LeBron James and the Cavaliers won Cleveland’s first team title in 52 years.(Photo: Cary Edmondson, USA TODAY Sports) OAKLAND – LeBron James’ tears of joy were unstoppable as he held the Larry O’Brien championship trophy at Oracle Arena on Sunday….

A decade ago, Madden NFL still published on PC. EA Sports took a chance on a management simulation called NFL Head Coach, not only for that platform but also on consoles. It published MVP NCAA Baseball 06, still the only licensed video game for a non-revenue (i.e. not football or basketball) college sport. And, thanks largely to the persistence of an Australian who is now the CEO for all of Electronic…

It’s Game 7 of one of the most anticipated NBA Finals in recent history. Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers will face Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors in a playoff season that can be described as both thrilling and heart-wrenching. Ironically, some of the world’s best players will never step foot on a professional basketball court or put on an NBA uniform. What then of the many talented…

A decade ago, Madden NFL still published on PC. EA Sports took a chance on a management simulation called NFL Head Coach, not only for that platform but also on consoles. It published MVP NCAA Baseball 06, still the only licensed video game for a non-revenue (i.e. not football or basketball) college sport. And, thanks largely to the persistence of an Australian who is now the CEO for all of Electronic…

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Tonight’s deciding game of the NBA playoffs pits the defending champion Golden State Warriors against their 2015 opponents, the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs are also battling a disappointing Cleveland sports legacy. It’s been five decades since a Cleveland professional team has won a championship. David C. Barnett of WCPN Ideastream says fans are desperate to break that losing streak. DAVID BARNETT, BYLINE: Linda Marshall dresses the part…

A decade ago, Madden NFL still published on PC. EA Sports took a chance on a management simulation called NFL Head Coach, not only for that platform but also on consoles. It published MVP NCAA Baseball 06, still the only licensed video game for a non-revenue (i.e. not football or basketball) college sport. And, thanks largely to the persistence of an Australian who is now the CEO for all of Electronic…

MOSCOW Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Sunday the world athletics’ governing body, IAAF, had unfairly shifted blame for the doping scandal to Russia’s athletics federation and should be disbanded, R-Sport agency reported. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Saturday backed the IAAF’s decision to extend its ban on Russia for systematic doping, ending any slim hopes that Russian athletes might have had of competing at the Rio Games…

Playing a sport can help children in many ways. But poor children often cannot play sports because their families do not have the money to buy the equipment their children need. Max Levitt wanted to change that. He had worked in college athletics and youth sports. These experiences helped him find a solution to the problem. Levitt created a group called Leveling the Playing Field four years ago. The non-profit…

Image copyright EPA Image caption Accused of doping: Russia’s Mariya Savinova (right) won the Olympic 800m at London 2012 and Ekaterina Poistogova came third When I used to live in central Moscow quite often I would visit the giant swimming pool built for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. And as I used to breast-stroke or crawl my way – embarrassingly slowly I have to say – up and down the lane,…