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i WWE women’s champion Charlotte celebrates her victory at WWE WrestleMania 32 on Sunday. Brandon Wade/AP Images for WWE hide caption toggle caption Brandon Wade/AP Images for WWE WWE women’s champion Charlotte celebrates her victory at WWE WrestleMania 32 on Sunday. Brandon Wade/AP Images for WWE In July 2015, World Wrestling Entertainment executive Stephanie McMahon called for better, more important roles for women in professional wrestling. Invoking the success of…

In a tournament that’s been played by everyone from Wilt Chamberlain to Bill Russell to Lew Alcindor to Bill Walton to David Thompson to Ralph Sampson to Michael Jordan to Christian Laettner to Tim Duncan to Carmelo Anthony to Kevin Durant to Anthony Davis and tens of thousands more in between, it might be Kris Jenkins, of all people, who goes down in history as taking the most famous shot…

i WWE women’s champion Charlotte celebrates her victory at WWE WrestleMania 32 on Sunday. Brandon Wade/AP Images for WWE hide caption toggle caption Brandon Wade/AP Images for WWE WWE women’s champion Charlotte celebrates her victory at WWE WrestleMania 32 on Sunday. Brandon Wade/AP Images for WWE In July 2015, World Wrestling Entertainment executive Stephanie McMahon called for better, more important roles for women in professional wrestling. Invoking the success of…

Lauren Magiera Lauren Magiera, a native Chicago sports fan who most recently co-hosted the Green Bay Packers pre-game show, has been hired as a sports anchor and reporter at Tribune Media WGN-Channel 9. Starting later this month, she will succeed Chicago sportscasting veteran Rich King, who last January announced plans to retire June 15. Magiera is the first woman ever hired to report sports for “Chicago’s Very Own,” according…

If you are not familiar with March Madness (because I guess you live under a rock — or don’t live in the U.S.), it’s a single-elimination college basketball tournament played each spring, featuring 68 teams competing for one championship title. It’s one of the most anticipated events in college sports and as we head into tonight’s championship game it’s clear that viewership in person, on TV and online only increased. In 2015, March…

  Meanwhile, Stevens was banned from competition for 21 months instead of two years after a Ukad case summary documented that he had provide “valuable anti-doping information”. The cyclist, whose ban expired in November, told The Telegraph on Sunday night: “I’m sorry, I can’t talk about this.” Bonar, 38, who is based at a private London clinic,  allegedly told undercover Sunday Times reporters that he had a network of secret “clients” included an…

CHICAGO – Fans have been waiting 108 years for expectations like this. Now the Cubs have to go out and live up to their lofty expectations which history proves is not as easy to as one might think. Meanwhile the White Sox enter a season with a hint of potential yet the fear of underperforming that led to the downfall of the team in 2015. Longtime Chicago radio host Harry…

Rugby might be losing popularity, but Richie McCaw is still the nation’s favourite sportsperson. Kiwis are ditching the rugby boots for running shoes as the nation moves away from traditional team sports. A Nielsen survey of New Zealand’s exercise habits has found we’re losing interest in rugby and instead walking, running and going to the gym are favourites. Nielsen’s Sports, Arts and Entertainment Report examined how Kiwis’ interest in various sports have…

CLEVELAND (AP) — The playoffs are close, just around the corner. LeBron James can’t wait for them to begin. James scored 31 points, J.R. Smith matched a season high with 27 and the Cleveland Cavaliers knocked down 16 3-pointers while playing without an injured Kyrie Irving in a 112-103 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday. James, who has jacked his game up to another level lately, added 12 assists…

The British doctor at the centre of allegations about the doping of as many as 150 athletes, including past and present Premier League players, is an unregistered former GP already embroiled in a misconduct hearing with the medical watchdog. Mark Bonar, 38, was recorded and quoted by the Sunday Times as saying he had treated sportspeople, including footballers, boxers, cyclists and tennis players, with banned substances such as erythropoietin (EPO),…

Rugby might be losing popularity, but Richie McCaw is still the nation’s favourite sportsperson. Kiwis are ditching the rugby boots for running shoes as the nation moves away from traditional team sports. A Nielsen survey of New Zealand’s exercise habits has found we’re losing interest in rugby and instead walking, running and going to the gym are favourites. Nielsen’s Sports, Arts and Entertainment Report examined how Kiwis’ interest in various sports have…

LONDON The British government has ordered an inquiry into the way the country’s anti-doping agency handled allegations that a British doctor prescribed banned performance-enhancing drugs to leading sports people. The Sunday Times reported that Dr Mark Bonar prescribed banned drugs to 150 sports figures including several Premier League footballers. The paper said Dr Bonar claimed his “clients” included an England cricketer, British Tour de France cyclists, a British boxing champion,…

Dr Mark Bonar in the Sunday Times footage (Picture: Sunday Times) The government minister responsible for sport has called for an urgent investigation after footage allegedly showing a doctor talking about doping sports stars was published. Dr Mark Bonar was secretly filmed talking about working with athletes who used performance-enhancing drugs, The Sunday Times reports. Mother thought she was pregnant with one baby – five popped out The newspaper said Dr…

Three Premier League clubs have denied “false” doping allegations made by the Sunday Times. The paper claims London-based private doctor Mark Bonar prescribed banned performance-enhancing drugs to over 150 British athletes including footballers. Arsenal said they were “extremely disappointed” by the publication of the claims, “which are without foundation”. Chelsea said the claims are “false and entirely without foundation” while leaders Leicester also denied them. Read more: Footballers ‘doped by…

A retired British doctor has allegedly said that he doped 150 sports stars. Mark Bonar, who works out of a private London clinic, is alleged to have said that he prescribed performance-enhancing drugs a number of top UK sports personalities over the last six years. His ‘clients’ allegedly include Premier League footballers, British cyclists, a boxing champion and an England cricket star. Dr Bonar allegedly charged thousands of pounds for…

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Photo via Kevork Djansezian/Getty. Last week, celebrity gossip website Fameolous posted a video that it said showed Los Angeles Laker Nick Young admitting to cheating on his fiancée, pop star Iggy Azalea. It further claimed that the video was recorded by Young’s teammate, D’Angelo Russell. Normally, something posted on Fameolous wouldn’t merit a second glance. After all, here’s Fameolous’s “Disclaimer” section: Data and information provided on this site is for…

The financial contributions of star NCAA basketball players to universities are well-documented. According to a recent report from the National College Players Association, the fair market value of a Louisville basketball player in the 2011-2012 season was more than $1.6 million. Syracuse, Duke, and UNC players were all worth nearly $1 million each. But these lucrative players contribute much more than just to the bottom line. It’s common belief in…