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All good buildings must meet the wrecking ball, unfortunately, and if you are gonna finish, you may as well go out with a Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band show. The Los Angeles Sports Arena — aka the joint that don’t disappoint — opened in July of 1959. What once was state-of-the-art has turned into a testament to what classic arenas used to be. Saturday night’s third Springsteen show…

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Let’s go to sports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) BLOCK: Get your brackets out, for all will be revealed over the next few minutes. That’s right. It’s March Madness. Among today’s games, Yale plays last year’s champion Duke this afternoon. Connecticut takes on Kansas this evening. And here this morning is NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman to tell us all about it. Tom, good morning. TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: Hi….

Poor Davina McCall got quite a bit of attention on last night’s Sports Relief as she suffered an embarrassing on-screen wardrobe malfunction. The TV presenter was rocking some major camel toe during the BBC’s live telethon on Friday night and it didn’t escape the attention of viewers. Luckily for Davina she isn’t the only one to deal with an unfortunate on air mishap. BBC The red jumpsuit wasn’t Davina’s best…

Jamie Fullarton won just three of his 12 games in charge of Notts County Jamie Fullarton has been sacked by League Two side Notts County after just 70 days as manager at Meadow Lane. The 41-year-old’s 12-game spell in charge was brought to an end following Saturday’s 4-1 home loss to Exeter, which left Notts 19th in the table. Notts have taken just one point from a possible 15 at…

A Florida jury awarded Hulk Hogan a staggering $115 million in his invasion of privacy lawsuit against Gawker Media, founder Nick Denton and former Deadspin editor A.J. Daulerio. Many sports personalities who have been exposed by Deadspin, Gawker’s sports media arm, over the last decade are probably popping champagne in spirit with Hogan. It’s no coincidence most are connected to ESPN — one of the take-no-prisoners sports blog’s chief targets over the past…

It’s time for the NCAA basketball playoffs, and they’ve earned their name, providing some genuine surprises. NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman stops by to tell us what’s worth our watch.

There are times when sports don’t allow us to escape reality, and one of those happened Thursday night. That’s when Ravens cornerback Tray Walker was involved in a dirt bike accident. He died at 5 p.m. today in a Miami hospital. Reality had set in. No one cared about how the Ravens finished 5-11 last season, or which free agent or draft pick they are going to select. A sport…

Poor Davina McCall got quite a bit of attention on last night’s Sports Relief as she suffered an embarrassing on-screen wardrobe malfunction. The TV presenter was rocking some major camel toe during the BBC’s live telethon on Friday night and it didn’t escape the attention of viewers. Luckily for Davina she isn’t the only one to deal with an unfortunate on air mishap. BBC The red jumpsuit wasn’t Davina’s best…

Welbeck scored his fourth goal in nine games since returning from injury Arsenal responded to their exits from both the Champions League and FA Cup with a comfortable victory over Everton at Goodison Park. Danny Welbeck opened the scoring on seven minutes, put through by Alexis Sanchez to round Joel Robles and slot home for his fourth of the season. On 42 minutes, teenager Alex Iwobi marked his maiden Premier…

There are times when sports don’t allow us to escape reality, and one of those happened Thursday night. That’s when Ravens cornerback Tray Walker was involved in a dirt bike accident. He died at 5 p.m. today in a Miami hospital. Reality had set in. No one cared about how the Ravens finished 5-11 last season, or which free agent or draft pick they are going to select. A sport…

There are times when sports don’t allow us to escape reality, and one of those happened Thursday night. That’s when Ravens cornerback Tray Walker was involved in a dirt bike accident. He died at 5 p.m. today in a Miami hospital. Reality had set in. No one cared about how the Ravens finished 5-11 last season, or which free agent or draft pick they are going to select. A sport…

Efimova has been temporarily suspended after testing positive for meldonium Swimming is “not a clean sport” and needs an athletics-style investigation to ensure fair racing at Rio 2016, according to a leading coach. Briton Jon Rudd guided Plymouth-based Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte to Olympic gold at London 2012. Meilutyte’s main rival, Yuliya Efimova, faces a possible lifetime ban after testing positive for a banned substance for the second time in her…

What are the highlights of Sport Relief?  David Walliams is bringing back Little Britain’s Emily Howard for a sketch with comedian Micky Flanagan and striker Peter Crouch. In a one-off Luther special, Idris Elba will star alongside Lenny Henry and sportsmen such as Rio Ferdinand, Denise Lewis, Louis Smith, Ian Wright and David Haye. Michael Crawford also dons his beret as Frank Spencer for Some Mothers Do Ave ‘Em sketch…

“The end of old school.” That’s how Bruce Springsteen described the imminent demise of his beloved Los Angeles Sports Arena, where Thursday night he played the second of three concerts to close the place down before it’s demolished to make way for a new soccer stadium. Given the little chuckle with which he said it, Springsteen was clearly also poking a bit of fun at himself — or at the…

There are times when sports don’t allow us to escape reality, and one of those happened Thursday night. That’s when Ravens cornerback Tray Walker was involved in a dirt bike accident. He died at 5 p.m. today in a Miami hospital. Reality had set in. No one cared about how the Ravens finished 5-11 last season, or which free agent or draft pick they are going to select. A sport…

As celebrations after epic upsets go, Middle Tennessee’s Friday was March Muted more than March Madness. There was no wild dog pile of players. No frenzied coaches running around in search of someone to hug. No Blue Raiders lost their minds. It was like they expected to beat Michigan State, and in the process plunge office pools everywhere into complete chaos. And across two unbelievable hours, you could see why….

Sky has announced that it will launch a free sports channel for all of its subscribers, with Sky Sports Mix serving as a showcase for the broadcaster’s subscription sports offering. Sky Sports Mix, which will launch in the summer, will show a ‘select number’ of Premier League matches as well as football, golf, international cricket and, brilliantly, continue the great strides taken into televising women’s sport. The channel will be…

I love the arts. I also love sport. And I don’t think I am unique in having a passion for both activities. In fact, I think there are millions of us who do. And yet, there are still those who love to pit the one against the other, who find it unthinkable that anyone could enjoy what they see for some bizarre reason as incompatible pleasures. The latest person to…

ZURICH — FIFA finally revealed Sepp Blatter’s pay deal, which was $3.76 million in 2015 as soccer’s embattled governing body reported a loss of $122 million for a year marred by scandal. After years of secrecy about presidential earnings, FIFA disclosed its disgraced former leader’s pay package three weeks after his employment officially ended. Blatter, who was suspended on full pay last October and later banned for unethical conduct, had…

1) Chris Scott, Warwickshire v Durham, 3 June 1994 Brian Lara strolled out the crease at Edgbaston on Friday 3 June 1994 with six centuries in his previous seven first-class innings. Earlier in the summer he had relentlessly compiled 375 against England in Antigua to beat Garry Sobers’ record of 365 for the highest Test innings. To say he was in decent nick was to somewhat understate the matter. He…