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Most notably, Zepp redesigned the sensor to be smaller and round, something it needed to do make it fit in baseball bats and and tennis rackets. This is part of the company’s efforts to create an open-source standard for integrated sensors, as we saw in a recent partnership with Old Hickory, one of the biggest manufacturers of wood and aluminum bats. Eventually, Zepp hopes to partner with other companies to…

The increasingly competitive Denver sports talk radio scene is shaking yet again with the addition of a long-expected power player: Altitude, the Stan Kroenke-owned regional media outlet. Altitude Radio will debut on Friday — the day of the Rockies’ home opener — on KRWZ 950 AM. KSE Radio Ventures, a division of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, purchased the frequency from Entercom Communications in December. Mile High Sports Radio president James…

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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…

Cedar Point will begin construction on its new Cedar Point Sports Center this Friday.(Photo: Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio) Cedar Point is about to get sporty. The Sandusky, Ohio-based amusement park will begin construction on its new Cedar Point Sports Center this Friday. Phase one of the development project, located on outside the park on Cleveland Road in Sandusky, will include an outdoor sporting facility called Sports Force Parks bringing together nine multi-purpose, synthetic turf…

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…