World Sports

Leicester has long been a trying name that travels badly. An overelaborate spelling of “Lester” for Americans. A tongue-twisting “Less-es-tur” or “Lie-chest-er” for continental Europeans. So thank you Jamie Vardy and Co. for putting us on the map. When trying to enlighten the confused, being able to say “you know, the team doing incredible things in the Premier League …” is so much more effective than “the motorway town in…

The inferior results aren’t an indictment on Kilts, who enjoyed success elsewhere, including as the head football coach at Snow College. Ben Lomond has struggled to generate competitive relevance for many years. “I certainly heard things about Ben Lomond,” said football coach Eric Alder. “People saying, ‘You shouldn’t go there.’ “ Since Kilts assumed his role in 2008, the major team sports — football (11-64), boys’ basketball…

The national anthems in the Six Nations game between Wales and Scotland have been brought to life by 360-degree video Watch England from a seat at Wembley without leaving your sofa? Throw a Super Bowl-winning touchdown pass from the back garden? It’s possible. Well, virtually possible. The release last month of the Oculus Rift, a headset designed to make users feel as if they are immersed in a virtual world,…

the associated press web_lead_Devin Wilson, Kamari Murphy Virginia Tech guard Devin Wilson (11) is fouled by Miami forward Kamari Murphy (21) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sheldon McClellan, Devin Wilson, Zach LeDay Virginia Tech’s 6-foot-4, 190-pound guard Devin Wilson (11), who was a quarterback at his Pennsylvania high school, is trying…

Take a look at some special teams that have won multiple titles in a row — sometimes more than once: UConn Huskies Championship streaks: 2002-04, 2013-16 Thanks to seniors Breanna Stewart, Morgan Tuck and Moriah Jefferson, the Huskies are fresh off their fourth consecutive championship — the 11th in school history. Over the past 3-plus years, the UConn women are 122-1 with an average victory margin of 38. Every win…

CHICAGO – Since the show’s debut in June of 2015, Jarrett Payton and Josh Frydman have covered a lot of hockey. Whether it’s reading highlights during the show on CLTV or going out to practice for the Blackhawks, covering the sport is a priority for the guys. But how would they do actually playing the sport? That had to be left up to the imagination for the first nine months…

When Eric Sondheimer was cut from the basketball team at James Madison Middle School in North Hollywood, he joined the school newspaper and covered sports. Since then, he has reported on the Super Bowl, the World Series and the NBA Championships. But these high-profile events have just been diversions, he says, in more than 40 years as a high school sports reporter. To honor his “integrity, work ethic, sportsmanship, and decency,” the…

A few months ago, Blizzard launched a closed beta for its upcoming shooter Overwatch—and I’ve been engrossed in the PC version ever since. For all its faults—and there are many faults—it’s hard not to be impressed with not just how much fun Overwatch is, but how Blizzard has managed to successfully combine a solid first-person shooter along the same lines as Team Fortress 2 with the mechanics of a modern…

David Vonderhaar remembers the moment he first realized the potential of competitive gaming. Vonderhaar — the design director at Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty offshoot series Black Ops — had travelled to an event organized by MLG in Anaheim. It was a competitive tournament for the first Black Ops game, played on the PlayStation 3, and he was struck by how the players and organizers had set up…

David Vonderhaar remembers the moment he first realized the potential of competitive gaming. Vonderhaar — the design director at Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty offshoot series Black Ops — had travelled to an event organized by MLG in Anaheim. It was a competitive tournament for the first Black Ops game, played on the PlayStation 3, and he was struck by how the players and organizers had set up…

A few months ago, Blizzard launched a closed beta for its upcoming shooter Overwatch—and I’ve been engrossed in the PC version ever since. For all its faults—and there are many faults—it’s hard not be impressed with not just how much fun Overwatch is, but how Blizzard’s managed to successfully combine a solid first-person shooter along the same lines as Team Fortress 2 with the mechanics of a modern MOBA (Multiplayer…

A recent scandal involving chocolate milk, football concussions and a news release based on an industry-funded medical study that didn’t go through the peer-review process, has rocked the University of Maryland in recent months. University officials last week agreed to return more than $200,000 from a chocolate milk manufacturer in western Maryland — Fifth Quarter Fresh — which funded a study conducted by university researchers that concluded drinking chocolate milk…

BASEBALL SAN DIEGO — Japanese pitcher Kenta Maeda homered in the second at-bat of his major league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers and beat the Padres 7-0, making San Diego the first team in major league history to be shut out in its first three games. There wasn’t anything for the Padres to celebrate. They were outscored 25-0 in the opening three games by their biggest rivals and set…

Cormac Byrne Twitter Email Published 07/04/2016 | 12:56 0 Comments Share Facebook Twitter Google Email Conor McGregor. Photo: Getty Images The Irish Sports Council has conducted testing on Irish UFC fighters despite not recognising Mixed Martial Arts as a sport. MMA does not receive any government fundung because it is not recognised by the Irish Sports Council. That stance may be about to change after the Council revealed in its…

Officials at the University of California, Santa Cruz said Tuesday they’ll let students help decide whether to keep or scrap the school’s NCAA sports programs, which could mean less work for its beloved mascot: the banana slug. “Our intercollegiate athletics program is at a crossroads. Over the last several years, the campus has had to make hard choices about how to spend our limited resources,” university spokesman Scott Hernandez-Jason told Fox News….

Fantasy football, and every other form of fantasy sports, amounts to illegal gambling in Tennessee, according to a new opinion from the Tennessee Attorney General.(Photo: Getty Images / iStockphoto) Any fantasy sports contest amounts to “illegal gambling” in Tennessee, argues state Attorney General Herbert Slatery in a new opinion released Wednesday. The sweeping opinion covers all fantasy sports, the massive industry where contestants choose individual players from professional sports teams to compose…

Wolfsburg are competing in their first Champions League quarter-final Wolfsburg stunned an out-of-sorts Real Madrid by comfortably beating the Spanish team in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie. The hosts were awarded a controversial penalty when Casemiro was deemed to have fouled Andre Schurrle, and Ricardo Rodriguez converted from the spot. Real were poor defensively and a rapid attack ended with Bruno Henrique setting up Max Arnold…

I respect and enjoy women’s sports – particularly women’s basketball and women’s soccer. Still in the last week, two storylines involving those sports have made me feel chauvinistic because I don’t support the premise of them. Last Friday, five members of the United States Women’s National Team filed a wage discrimination lawsuit against the…