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“We’re also bringing BT Sport to a new generation of younger sports fans who view their entertainment online, through social media and on their mobile devices.  We plan to make these finals the most social sports broadcast ever, with lots of exciting content in the build-up and on the night across YouTube, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Vine.” Stephen Nuttall, YouTube’s senior director in Europe, the Middle East and Africa,…

Braden Holtby lies on the ice after giving up the game-winning goal on Tuesday. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/ The Washington Post) This post was originally published after the Nationals, who owned the best regular season record in the National League, were eliminated by the Giants in the 2014 National League Division Series. It is far from a perfect account of how the Capitals added to D.C.’s playoff disappointment with their season-ending,…

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More than three months have passed since Peyton Manning ended his career and Denver’s search for his replacement has been an ongoing story. After Brock Osweiler went to the Texans, the Broncos signed Mark Sanchez, reportedly kicked the tires on Colin Kaepernick, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Sam Bradford, and drafted Paxton Lynch. Yet while the Broncos have temporary patched their QB hole with Sanchez and hope to have plugged for the…

Braden Holtby lies on the ice after giving up the game-winning goal on Tuesday. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/ The Washington Post) This post was originally published after the Nationals, who owned the best regular season record in the National League, were eliminated by the Giants in the 2014 National League Division Series. It is far from a perfect account of how the Capitals added to D.C.’s playoff disappointment with their season-ending,…

BASEBALL WASHINGTON (AP) Max Scherzer struck out 20 batters, matching the major league record for a nine-inning game as he pitched the Washington Nationals past the Detroit Tigers 3-2. Scherzer had a chance to break the mark when James McCann stepped to the plate with two outs in the ninth inning. McCann, who whiffed his previous three times up, grounded to third for the final out. The astounding performance came…

Braden Holtby lies on the ice after giving up the game-winning goal on Tuesday. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/ The Washington Post) This post was originally published after the Nationals, who owned the best regular season record in the National League, were eliminated by the Giants in the 2014 National League Division Series. It is far from a perfect account of how the Capitals added to D.C.’s playoff disappointment with their season-ending,…

Braden Holtby lies on the ice after giving up the game-winning goal on Tuesday. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/ The Washington Post) This post was originally published after the Nationals, who owned the best regular season record in the National League, were eliminated by the Giants in the 2014 National League Division Series. It is far from a perfect account of how the Capitals added to D.C.’s playoff disappointment with their season-ending,…

Fantasy Sports Trade Association chairman Peter Schoenke testifies on Capitol Hill.(Photo: Jacquelyn Martin, AP) WASHINGTON — The House subcommittee hearing was labeled “Daily Fantasy Sports: Issues and Perspectives.” The real purpose, however, for the nearly two-hour long hearing on Wednesday became clear minutes in: the decriminalization of sports gambling nationwide. “The biggest thing for me is that I would like us to legalize sports betting,” Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) said after the…

Braden Holtby lies on the ice after giving up the game-winning goal on Tuesday. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/ The Washington Post) This post was originally published after the Nationals, who owned the best regular season record in the National League, were eliminated by the Giants in the 2014 National League Division Series. It is far from a perfect account of how the Capitals added to D.C.’s playoff disappointment with their season-ending,…

A panel of doping experts and a former Metropolitan Police commissioner have said more needs to be done to regain public trust in sport. Former Metropolitan Police commissioner, Lord Stevens said “there is a crisis of confidence in sport” and called for the taking of performance-enhancing drugs to be made illegal.  Lord Stevens added: “I believe some of the integrity breaches should be drafted into criminal law, including the taking…

A panel of doping experts and a former Metropolitan Police commissioner have said more needs to be done to regain public trust in sport. Former Metropolitan Police commissioner, Lord Stevens said “there is a crisis of confidence in sport” and called for the taking of performance-enhancing drugs to be made illegal.  Lord Stevens added: “I believe some of the integrity breaches should be drafted into criminal law, including the taking…

Olden time hot-taker Jay Mariotti, now lost to history. Yesterday, we found Mt. Take, a place brimming with the hottest sports takes anyone on this good earth has ever seen. Some may have seen the discovery of this dark heart of sports opinions as a sign that the Take Industrial Complex is only getting stronger. I submit a different theory: the takes are dying. http://deadspin.com/we-have-found-… We Have Found It, The…

It’s a simple question that demands an array of responses: Which sports lose the most appeal on television? Or, to flip it: Which are best to view in person? The NFL is absolutely the king of the tube, especially with an HD set. I’ll never forget the first time I saw the breath coming from players on a cold day. Might have been Brian Urlacher at Lambeau Field. The NFL…

WASHINGTON — Concussions and football have become synonymous. But as it turns out, athletes who play the perceived most-violent sport may not have the most danger for concussions. At the Knight Commission forum on Intercollegiate Athletics, former United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan asked panelists who were discussing the health, safety and well-being of college athletes to rank their level of concern for concussions in specific sports. Football was…

Whether young or old, rich or poor, Canadians are less active these days. In fact, according to a new study, our participation in sports is at an all-time low. But why? Are Canadians getting lazier? More complacent? More distracted?  In the first of two parts, we examine some of the problems with our approach to youth athletics. Part 2 will look at why adults are dropping out of sports. At…

On paper, a description of LawBreakers—the next game from ex-Epic and Gears of War developer Cliff Bleszinski—sounds niche at best, stale at worst. “An exhilarating role-based first-person shooter where the laws of physics can be shattered, creating unprecedented gravity-based combat in an ever-evolving bloody arena,” reads LawBreakers’ Steam page, sounding like something aimed at teenage boys with a penchant for the SyFy channel and a simple understanding of base adjectives….

There’s a lot of money in sports. Usually, that adage is associated with negativity — high player salaries, ticket prices, concessions — but on another level, it’s true on a small business level. Sports present a lot of small business opportunities to entrepreneurs and there are plenty of sports business ideas that don’t require any athletic ability whatsoever. In fact, there are a number of businesses that are…

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