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print LOS ANGELES — The dump will jump no more. The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, the building Bruce Springsteen affectionately dubbed “the dump that jumps,” was sent off with one last national anthem and a champagne toast from city leaders on Thursday. In recent decades, it has lived in the shadow of the younger, sexier Forum and Staples Center. But the Sports Arena was once home to the Lakers,…

Two-time world cross-country world champion Emily Chebet is among the Kenyan athletes to have been banned for doping offences Kenya has been declared in breach of global anti-doping rules. The surprise move will mean some of the world’s top athletes are at risk of missing August’s Olympic Games in Rio. Kenya, one of the major forces in world athletics, has already missed two World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) deadlines to show…

In answering whether the NFL would allow betting in Las Vegas should the Oakland Raiders relocate to Las Vegas, the director of the largest sports book operation on The Strip may have created the town’s new catchphrase. “You come to Vegas, you take Vegas the way Vegas is,” said MGM Resorts’ Jay Rood, who sets the betting lines at some of its best-known properties, including MGM Grand, Mirage, Mandalay Bay…

England cricket players give bland interviews because Andy Flower took fright at David Warner’s attack on outspoken batsman Joe Root, said Graeme Swann. Swann, the former England cricketer and Ashes winner, said  ex coach Flower, who stepped down in 2014 after five years, “got very frightened of his young stars being in the media spotlight.” Root had been hit in a nightclub in 2013 by Australia player and Ashes rival David…

“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…