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Your teams on the go or at home. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS (iOS or Android) Unless you are an American with predilection for Canadian sports television, you likely had little knowledge of the popularity of sportscasters Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole prior to the duo landing at Fox Sports 1 in 2013. It was only until I spent a week in Toronto late last year for…

Mike Ashley will go before MPs to “defend the good name” of Sports Direct on Tuesday in a change of plan just days after he said he would defy a parliamentary summons. The billionaire founder of the retail chain has written to the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) committee to say that he had a change of heart after careful consideration over the weekend. On Friday MPs said they would…

Image copyright Martin Rickett/PA Image caption Sports Direct boss and Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley had initially refused to appear before MPs Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley says he will now go before MPs to defend the firm’s “good name”. It reverses the billionaire’s previous decision not to appear before the business, innovation and skills select committee on Tuesday to answer questions on working conditions. In a letter, Mr Ashley…

Vardy scored one Premier League goal fewer than Tottenham’s Harry Kane in helping Leicester win the title Jamie Vardy is expected to decide whether he will join Arsenal from Leicester City before leaving for Euro 2016 with England on Monday. The 29-year-old striker is set to tell the Gunners of his decision prior to flying to the national team’s base for the tournament in Chantilly, France. England depart from Luton…

Image copyright Martin Rickett/PA Image caption Sports Direct boss and Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley had initially refused to appear before MPs Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley says he will now go before MPs to defend the firm’s “good name”. It reverses the billionaire’s previous decision not to appear before the business, innovation and skills select committee on Tuesday to answer questions on working conditions. In a letter, Mr Ashley…

Kerala Sports Minister EP Jayarajan (left) and legendary boxer Muhammad Ali A day after being extensively trolled in the social media for his gaffe describing late legendary boxer Muhammad Ali as a Keralite, Sports Minister E P Jayarajan today admitted his “mistake.” In a Facebook post, the minister, who was mauled on social media, said “a mistake is a mistake” and hoped the state’s enlightened people and sports personalities would…

Media playback is not supported on this device A look back at the life of boxing legend Muhammad Ali To be sport’s greatest must perversely be about more than sporting achievement. For running or jumping or kicking or fighting to matter to us, we have to be touched by the human soul behind the biomechanics. No sportsman has touched more lives than Muhammad Ali. No sportsman has been celebrated so…

Jason Levien is managing general partner of Major League Soccer side DC United The American takeover of Swansea City worth around £100m has been completed, subject to Premier League approval. Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan lead a consortium which has bought a controlling stake of 60% in the club. They must now pass the Premier League’s test for prospective owners for the takeover to be officially approved. A statement said….

Smith won the WBO title against John Thompson in October Liam Smith set his sights on Mexico’s Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez after defending his WBO light-middleweight title with a second-round knockout of Predrag Radosevic in Liverpool. The Liverpool fighter felled Radosevic with a left hook to the body and the Montenegrin failed to beat the count. It was the 13th knockout victory of his career and and extends his unbeaten record…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. The death of Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion known as much for his political activism as his boxing brilliance, triggered a worldwide outpouring of affection and admiration for one of the best-known figures of the 20th century. Ali, who had long suffered from Parkinson’s syndrome which impaired his speech and made the once-graceful athlete almost a prisoner in his own body, died on Friday at age 74….

It’s better to be famous than infamous when it comes to your value in the sports memorabilia market. Whatever you do off the field cannot hurt the value of your rookie card, but run afoul of the rules and no one wants your autograph, according to a new study. While scuttlebutt about marital infidelity (hello, Tiger Woods) or accusations of murder (like former football player O.J. Simpson’s trial) may grab…

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Join Carson Palmer in celebration of high school sports on Sunday at the Orpheum Theatre.(Photo: The Arizona Republic) It’s finally here. The Arizona Sports Awards, presented by Valley Chevy Dealers, begins at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Phoenix. The night will celebrate the best in Arizona high school sports, from the student-athletes who compete at the highest level to those who propel their success. For the…

Last orders for sports clubs as they’re being replaced by ‘sportsvilles’ Kevin Jenkins – chairman of Poneke Football Club The traditional rugby clubrooms, a community oasis where victors and vanquished come together to toast wins and drown sorrows, could soon be a thing of the past. Rugby, football, cricket and netball clubs are being forced to join forces to cope with skyrocketing costs and dwindling player and volunteer numbers.  To cope with rising maintenance…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. The death of Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion known as much for his political activism as his boxing brilliance, triggered a worldwide outpouring of affection and admiration for one of the best-known figures of the 20th century. Ali, who had long suffered from Parkinson’s syndrome which impaired his speech and made the once-graceful athlete almost a prisoner in his own body, died on Friday at age 74….

The 2015-16 spring season for high school sports concludes the 31st year of The San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic Team. The names of 7,790 student-athletes appear on these pages. For the 2015-16 school year, about 16,000 All-Academic Team certificates were awarded among the approximately 160,000 high school students in the San Diego Section. Share Photo All-Academic Team Badminton Baseball Softball Boys track Girls track Boys lacrosse Girls lacrosse Boys tennis Boys…

Every athlete dreams of gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated at one point in his or her career. For Muhammad Ali, the boxing legend who died Friday night at the age of 74, that dream is a reality 40 times over. The three-time world heavyweight champion will be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated for the 40th time in the upcoming June 13 issue, which will hit stands Wednesday,…

TV(Photo: Dynamic Graphics, Getty Images) ARENA FOOTBALL Philadelphia at Jacksonville, 6 p.m., CBS SN AUTO RACING Xfinity Series qualifying, 8 a.m., Fox Sports 1 Sprint Cup practice, 10:30 a.m., Fox Sports 1 Xfinity Pocono 250, Noon, WZTV-17, 104.5-FM NHRA qualifying, 1:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1 IndyCar Dual in Detroit, 2:30 p.m., WKRN-2 BOXING Vargas vs. Salido, 9:30 p.m., HBO Beterbiev vs. Maderna, 10 p.m., ESPN COLLEGE BASEBALL NCAA regionals, 11…

I play it cool/I dig all jive/That is how I stay alive —Langston Hughes There is no real place to begin with him and no ending fit enough for the life he led. Muhammad Ali died on Friday, true enough. They will take him to his final rest on Wednesday in Louisville, which was only his first hometown in a world that he made his true hometown. So he was…