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Even in an ever-growing digital age, the cover of Sports Illustrated can still make an impact and generate conversation in the sports world and beyond. If a report from US Weekly is true, the cover of SI is about to stir things up again. The magazine reports that Caitlyn Jenner will pose nude on the cover of Sports Illustrated to mark the 40th anniversary of Jenner’s world record setting decathlon…

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This election has had a little bit of everything: alums turning on their schools to pander to primary voters in other states, candidates destroying children with footballs to the head, ACC teams burning candidates on Twitter, and governors trying to let you know how much they care and sometimes misspelling the names of the iconic players they’re trying to convince you they adore. As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton…

Photo via George Frey/Getty. Over the past decade, television broadcasters have bet that DVR-proof live sports will remain highly profitable, and shelled out tens of billions of dollars to acquire broadcast rights to the NFL, NBA, MLB, Olympics, World Cup, college football and basketball, and all other sports imaginable. Fox, CBS, and NBC all created sports-only cable channels, and the Longhorn Network, SEC Network, Big 10 Network, and Pac-12 Network…

Sports Authority is still pursuing a “robust” sale process and is not yet ready to settle for liquidation, attorneys for the sporting goods retailer told a federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday. Judge Mary Walrath could have forced the retail giant into Chapter 7 liquidation. Last week, she struck down $595 million in bankruptcy financing that did not account for rent and administrative fees, but Sports Authority and its lenders ironed…

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No lead bidder has stepped forward to rescue Sports Authority from bankruptcy, but the distressed athletic-gear retailer expects “substantial parties” to make offers for all “or at least major portions” of its operations, company lawyer Robert Klyman told a judge Tuesday. “Contrary to rumors and certain press reports, the debtors are not liquidating today,” Mr. Klyman said at a hearing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington,…

Sports Authority is still pursuing a “robust” sale process and is not fully liquidating just yet, attorneys for the sporting goods retailer told a federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday. Several parties have expressed interest in all or most of the Englewood-based company’s assets, attorney Robert Klyman told Judge Mary Walrath at a hearing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del. “The liquidation word is not in our vocabulary,” Klyman…

Heads up, ESPN: Amazon wants to get into sports on the web. The giant retailer, which tried but failed to land a deal to stream live NFL games, wants to stream other sports via its growing web video operation. That’s why it has hired an executive to head up a new sports group: James DeLorenzo started working at the company as head of sports in March, per his LinkedIn bio….

Katie Nolan refuses to be a victim. All the TV host needs to do is scroll through her Twitter feed, read YouTube comments, or turn on some sports radio show to hear people say how annoying, slutty and talentless she is. Once, when she hosted her first radio show, a caller phoned the station, shouted “Fuck you, cunt!” live on air, and hung up. Nolan could be discouraged. Pissed off….

Heads up, ESPN: Amazon wants to get into sports on the web. The giant retailer, which tried but failed to land a deal to stream live NFL games, wants to stream other sports via its growing web video operation. That’s why it has hired an executive to head up a new sports group: James DeLorenzo started working at the company as head of sports in March, per his LinkedIn bio….

Heads up, ESPN: Amazon wants to get into sports on the web. The giant retailer, which tried but failed to land a deal to stream live NFL games, wants to stream other sports via its growing web video operation. That’s why it has hired an executive to head up a new sports group: James DeLorenzo started working at the company as head of sports in March, per his LinkedIn bio….

Monday, Leicester City just clinched what might be the most improbable championship in sports history: We watch sports for improbable things, but things as unlikely as Leicester City’s win almost never happen. I’m not being hyperbolic. This is one of the most ridiculous things ever to happen in sports. Leicester City faced ridiculous odds Leicester City faced the longest odds ever to pay off at a…

Heads up, ESPN: Amazon wants to get into sports on the web. The giant retailer, which tried but failed to land a deal to stream live NFL games, wants to stream other sports via its growing web video operation. That’s why it has hired an executive to head up a new sports group: James DeLorenzo started working at the company as head of sports in March, per his LinkedIn bio….

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Monday, Leicester City just clinched what might be the most improbable championship in sports history: We watch sports for improbable things, but things as unlikely as Leicester City’s win almost never happen. I’m not being hyperbolic. This is one of the most ridiculous things ever to happen in sports. Leicester City faced ridiculous odds Leicester City faced the longest odds ever to pay off at a…

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (KDVR) — It soon could be the end of the road for Sports Authority. Instead of cutting back or restructuring, the company will sell off its assets and could close all of its stores across the country, including the three in Denver, according to Forbes. A decision to close more than 450 stores nationwide has not been made. The sporting goods giant filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in…

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ATTENTION! The following is not about politics. It’s about sports ignorance. Signed, the management. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday to show his appreciation for Bobby Knight’s campaign support. One problem: He misspelled the Basketball Hall of Fame coach’s name: “I will be campaigning in Indiana all day. Things are looking great, and the support of Bobby Night has been so amazing.’’ A possible typo might…