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Any statement that follows, “I’m not trying to be racist,” is always racist.  “I didn’t even know Mexicans were that smart,” says now-former Fox Sports Florida sideline reporter Emily Austen in a since deleted Barstool Sports’ Rundown broadcast Thursday evening. SEE ALSO: Gun stores banning Muslims prompts calls for Dept. of Justice investigation While the sports website usually prerecords its episodes, this week’s iteration, unfortunately for Austen, was broadcast on Facebook Live. Throughout the broadcast,…

(iStockphoto) Competitive youth sports is a huge business — estimated to be at least $5 billion a year — and increasingly consumes the time and energy of families with children who want to play or with parents who want their children to play. It has become a way for some parents to try to get their athletically able children into prestigious colleges in a process that sometimes asks young teens to commit…

 Gamers participate in a 2012 eSports tournament. (Photo: Zone eSports/CC-BY-2.0) Russian gamers, time to pop the champers and lock the door—there’s cause for celebration. In an announcement released this week, the Russian Sports Ministry has recognized competitive video-gaming as an official sport in the country. While the decision may seem like a bid for the hearts and minds of basement-dwelling teens, competitive gaming—commonly referred to as eSports—is a fast-growing and…

The Twitter crowd will have to find someone else to make fun of on NFL Sundays, because it won’t have Mike Carey to skewer anymore. Bob Raismann of the New York Daily News reported on Saturday that CBS would not be brining back Carey, its in-studio rules analyst, for the 2016 season after two less-than-stellar years. The Big Lead has a network spokesperson confirming the news, saying CBS and Carey…

Sin City is betting on a makeover. Las Vegas has long been the gambling capital of America, but it now wants to become a big-time sports town, reports CBS News’ Mark Albert. Even in Vegas, where the wagers are big and the odds even bigger, Bill Foley has made one heck of a bet. “I am the man that wants to bring hockey to the desert,” Foley said. “And we’re…

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Emily Austen, a 27-year-old Fox Sports Reporter, was fired Friday after making insensitive remarks about Mexican, Jewish and Chinese people. Austen’s troubles stemmed from an appearance on Barstool Sports’ “Rundown” Thursday where, according to Deadspin, she disparaged Mexican and Chinese people after being asked about a high school valedictorian who used Twitter…

ST. PETERSBURG — Emily Austen, a sideline reporter on Rays television broadcasts, will no longer appear on Fox Sports Sun because of questionable comments the Tampa native made on the Facebook Live page for Barstool Sports, a sports website. Related News/Archive Rainout in Baltimore causes pitching problems for Rays 2 Months Ago Shortstop situation one of questions Rays still need answered 3 Months Ago Alex Colome looks like answer to…

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CLEVELAND – Stephen Curry slid underneath the basket, watched his layup roll into the hoop, then hopped up. He looked around at the stunned Cleveland Cavaliers bench, a silent crowd at Quicken Loans Arena and calmly slid his mouthpiece into his sock. No showboating or commentary was necessary. Curry and the Golden State Warriors made a loud enough statement with their play Friday night, defeating the Cavaliers 108-97 in Game…

From calling Kevin Love “a little bitch” to saying she “didn’t even know that Mexicans were that smart” and the “Chinese guy is always the smartest guy in the class,” a Fox Sports Florida sideline reporter’s derogatory spew likely has cost her a job. Emily Austen appeared on a Barstool Sports video Thursday, and made a series of racist remarks during the 35-minute broadcast. In another segment, Austen was asked whether…

This has been an especially tough year and you better get used to it. In just the last week, the world lost sports legends Muhammad Ali and Gordie Howe. They were the latest in a too-long list of celebrities who died in 2016, a year that also claimed icons like Prince and David Bowie. Indeed, this has been an especially tough year in terms of…

Alan Shearer played for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle in the Premier League Former England footballer Alan Shearer and England cricket captain Alastair Cook have been made CBEs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Formula 1’s Claire Williams and former jockey Hayley Turner become OBEs. Davis Cup captain Leon Smith and player Jamie Murray, Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson and Welsh Rugby Union president Dennis Gethin are made OBEs. There are…

The new broadcast partner for Conference USA is known as beIN Sports. Its original owner, Al Jazeera, launched the sports network in 2012. beIN Sports supposedly claims 45 million subscribers in the United States, yet to receive the network, one must subscribe to a premium sports package. It primarily airs soccer, and other European-based sports, and it’s not really known for its involvement with U.S.-based sports. Still, beIN Sports is…

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From calling Kevin Love “a little bitch” to saying she “didn’t even know that Mexicans were that smart” and the “Chinese guy is always the smartest guy in the class,” a Fox Sports Florida sideline reporter’s derogatory spew likely has cost her a job. Emily Austen appeared on a Barstool Sports video Thursday, and made a series of racist remarks during the 35-minute broadcast. In another segment, Austen was asked whether…

Friday morning, hundreds of mourners and admirers gathered at an Ali memorial outside the Muhammad Ali Center in downtown Louisville. They added wreaths and banners and signs to a pile of others that had accumulated over the past week. Louisville resident Vanessa Moore and her daughter, 26-year-old Marcela, stood shoulder to shoulder and stared at the photos and drawings of the city’s hero. ‘We just can’t tear ourselves away,’ Vanessa…

In one corner, the House of Thani; in the other, Waffle House. As you might imagine, what rocks the socks off of Hattiesburg doesn’t necessarily translate in Doha. Or even London, much to John Duff’s chagrin. “When I was selling it internationally and on the discussion (phase) of it, I had to first start at the beginning and explain what college sports was,” Duff, the director of business development and…

Some 340,000 more people got active in the last 12 months – exercising one or more a week. And 75 per cent of that increase has come from women, in particular women over 40. That huge surge – equivalent to over 260,000 women and girls – actually means women are now as active as they were just after the London 2012 Olympic Games.  But we don’t just report the numbers. We spend a…