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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez knocked out Britain’s Amir Khan in the sixth round in Las Vegas to retain his WBC middleweight title. Until the brutal ending, Khan had used his superior speed and movement to frustrate the champion and appeared to be well ahead on points. However, when Khan lost concentration for a split second the champion knocked him cold with a huge right hand. Afterwards, Alvarez said he wanted a…

The Forest Lake school district will cut most junior-high level sports in 2016-17, a decision that has rankled some parents and students who believe school athletics fill a vital role and didn’t feel included in the district’s decision-making process. “Basically, there was no announcement, there was no parent discussion, it was just all the sudden everything was cut,” said Liz Tarlizzo, whose seventh-grade triplets play several sports at Century Junior…

Andy Murray has won 35 career singles titles, including the Madrid Open in 2015 Defending champion Andy Murray will face world number one Novak Djokovic in the Madrid Open final on Sunday. British number one Murray beat nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-4 in the first semi-final. Djokovic then racked up a seventh victory in a row over Japan’s Kei Nishikori, going through 6-3 7-6 (7-4). Murray is…

Media playback is not supported on this device Leicester 3-1 Everton: Foxes lift the Premier League trophy At the King Power Stadium Leicester City celebrated their coronation as Premier League champions and the first title in their 132-year history with victory over Everton on a day of elation at the King Power Stadium. This was the Foxes’ official homecoming after they won the Premier League on Monday when Tottenham failed…

Stanford University freshman Greta Meyer is a talented and thoughtful lacrosse player with a voice that had to be heard. The former Germantown Friends School standout made that known last July when she wrote to ESPN to express her dismay that the boys’ Senior Under Armour All-America high school lacrosse game was televised live on the same day the…

i Neil Leifer took this photograph of sprinter Carl Lewis during the 1984 Olympics. Lewis won four gold medals that year. Photo from Relentless: The Stories behind the Photographs, by Neil Leifer with Diane K. Shah (University of Texas Press, 2016) Neil Leifer/ Courtesy of Sports Illustrated Content Management hide caption toggle caption Neil Leifer/ Courtesy of Sports Illustrated Content Management Neil Leifer took this photograph of sprinter Carl Lewis…

Oregon’s state government released a set of guidelines for schools Thursday informing educators that students must be allowed to use whatever locker rooms they want and play on opposite-sex sports teams as long as they say it reflects their chosen gender identity. Not only that, but if the student doesn’t want his or her parents to know, teachers don’t have to tell them. The 15-page document makes Oregon one of just a handful of…

Estimates vary as to how much promotion to the Premier League is worth. With the new TV deal next season, it’s conservatively worth £170m, but that’s just the broadcast cash. When you add in increased sponsorship, commercial revenue, gate receipts, marketing and the like, it’s considerably more. And when you think Floyd Mayweather took home $100m for beating Manny Pacquiao last year, the £200m-plus payday for getting out of the Championship…

i Neil Leifer took this photograph of sprinter Carl Lewis during the 1984 Olympics. Lewis won four gold medals that year. Photo from Relentless: The Stories behind the Photographs, by Neil Leifer with Diane K. Shah (University of Texas Press, 2016) Neil Leifer/ Courtesy of Sports Illustrated Content Management hide caption toggle caption Neil Leifer/ Courtesy of Sports Illustrated Content Management Neil Leifer took this photograph of sprinter Carl Lewis…

Colin Cowherd finally apologized. On air. It drew gasps, and came only after passionate hectoring by arguably the most famous person in sports media. You can see the reluctance on Cowherd’s face as he says the words: “I apologize right now to John Wall.”  And so ends the extended pillorying of Wall, an ascendent NBA superstar, by Cowherd, one of the loudest voices in sports-talk radio.  Maybe. At least for now. …

The Madison Sports Hall of Fame will induct its 54th class on June 1. The class features hockey goalie Marc Behrend, football player Tyrone Braxton, basketball player Karen O’Malley-Crowley and professional golfer Dennis Tiziani. The dinner and enshrinement ceremony is scheduled June 1 at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. According to a release from the Madison Sports Hall of Fame: Behrend was a multi-sport athlete…

FLORIDA TODAY sports writer Brian McCallum on his Mother’s Day series coming Sunday. Video by Brian McCallum and John Torres. Posted May 6, 2016. Buy Photo Chauncey Gardner stands with his mother Delatron Johnson in their Cocoa home.(Photo: Craig Bailey, Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY)Buy Photo The number of reasons to celebrate Mother’s Day are as many as the number of mothers. The number of stories about the relationships between mothers and…

Amir Khan meets Saul Alvarez for the WBC middleweight title British boxing legend Lennox Lewis says Amir Khan can upset the odds and beat Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez on Saturday, if he sticks to his game-plan. Khan, 29, has jumped two weight divisions to challenge his Mexican rival for the WBC middleweight title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. At Friday’s weigh-in, both men scaled 155lb, bang on the catch-weight…

i Neil Leifer took this photograph of sprinter Carl Lewis during the 1984 Olympics. Lewis won four gold medals that year. Photo from Relentless: The Stories behind the Photographs, by Neil Leifer with Diane K. Shah (University of Texas Press, 2016) Neil Leifer/ Courtesy of Sports Illustrated Content Management hide caption toggle caption Neil Leifer/ Courtesy of Sports Illustrated Content Management Neil Leifer took this photograph of sprinter Carl Lewis…

ALLEN PARK — Draft grades have become a staple this time of year, as analysts and pundits weigh in on how the various teams fared. They’re wrong almost all the time. It drives decision-makers around the league bonkers. They’re being evaluated — called smart or stupid — without waiting for so much as a single practice rep. Many say it takes three years to fairly grade a draft. So in…

Pep Guardiola is attempting to win his third successive Bundesliga title Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola says a dressing-room mole is “damaging” the 25-time German champions, after details of an alleged row were made public. German newspaper Bild claims Guardiola was angry with Bayern’s medical team after Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final exit to Atletico Madrid. The Spaniard is alleged to have accused his physiotherapists of taking too long to get…

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Winger Patrick Sharp scored on the power play—the Stars’ first in 13 chances—and set up Cody Eakin’s overtime winner to tie the second-round series with the Blues at two games apiece. But more importantly than all that, the Stars are headed back to Dallas for Game 5. And Patrick’s headed back to see Sadie: This is almost unfair. Patrick Sharp already has one of the best sports babies in Madelyn,…

Cleveland and Atlanta fans have both waited a long time for a pro sports championship – with Atlanta’s last title coming in 1995 and Cleveland’s in 1964. But there’s far more to the cities than sports. Here’s a comparison of the two areas as the NBA playoff series between the Cavaliers and Hawks moves to Atlanta. We cover pro sports in each town, plus business, education and even which city…

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