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Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesA fan watches TV in his tent during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway on July 3, 2015 in Daytona Beach, Florida The cost of broadcasting live sports has exploded. As the looming threats of declining ratings and subscriber losses weigh on traditional TV networks, live sports have been a central component of strategies aimed at gaining and retaining existing…

By Peter Schwartz » More Columns These days, the world of sports isn’t just about balls and strikes, goals and saves, or even attendance. There’s so much more that goes into evaluating players, winning games and selling tickets, and it all has to do with analyzing statistics. In other words, if you want to establish a career in sports, you have to have some knowledge of analytics. “I think it comes…

Intel is diving further into 3D technology, and it’s hoping to bring sports fans along for the ride. The company announced overnight that it acquired the Israeli company Replay Technologies, which makes “free dimensional” 3D video technology. Intel has been partnering with Replay since 2013, and most recently the two companies joined forces during the NBA All-Star Weekend, where fans got to experience a full 360 degrees of the popular Slam…

The Sports Direct founder, Mike Ashley,has been warned he could be found in contempt of parliament after failing to give MPs a date to answer questions about his company’s treatment of workers. The move represents the latest setback to the tycoon and owner of Premier League strugglers Newcastle United. Ashley has seen almost £1bn wiped from his personal fortune after a downturn in trading at the store chain and a…

The moments that make sports great are the ones that take your breath away. You remember these moments not only because of the magic you saw unfold on the field or the court or the ice, but because you remember where you were as you watched. You remember who you were with and how you felt. These are the moments that transcend statistics and final box scores, that shaped sports…

Expect to hear a lot more about 3-(2,2,2-trimethylhydrazinium) propionate dihydrate in the coming days, weeks and months. Like a warped version of the Christmas standard, by Tuesday we were up to potentially nine Ethiopian distance runners, six Georgian wrestlers, two Ukrainian biathletes, two Russian speed skaters and a multimillionaire five-times grand slam tennis champion who had tested positive for the Latvian-manufactured heart drug more commonly known as meldonium. It was…

Performance Sports Group Ltd. slashed its earnings forecast on Tuesday, citing weakness in the baseball and softball equipment markets, the bankruptcy of a customer and extra bad debt reserves for U.S. hockey customers. Shares of Performance Sports–which makes gear for a variety of sports sold under brands such as Bauer, Mission and Easton–plunged 31% to $6 in premarket trading. The stock has plunged 55% over the past year, through…

Virginia has become the first state with a law regulating the fast-growing but embattled online fantasy sports industry and specifying that fantasy sports betting is not “illegal gambling.” Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed a bill Monday that formally legalizes and regulates sites such as FanDuel and DraftKings, requiring them to pay a $50,000 initial registration fee and submit to regular outside audits. The law will take effect July 1. McAuliffe…

​I was the first female reporter to travel on the Toronto Maple Leafs’ team charter. It was the 2006/07 season. Some people didn’t care but some made my life hell because of my gender. If I was seen talking to a player, some reporters felt I was flirting. I was trying to get a story to tell; after all, I am a reporter! But because of my gender, I was flirting….

Virginia today signed into law the “Fantasy Contests Act,” a bill outlining how daily fantasy sport sites like DraftKings and FanDuel can operate legally in the state. The law is the nation’s first formal recognition of the industry after months of heated legal activity in multiple states. Regulators and lawmakers around the country have sought bans on the websites on the grounds they constitute illegal online gambling. The Virginia legislature…

The best-selling book Moneyball by Michael Lewis changed the way people thought about sport, particularly for those owners, managers, and players with the biggest vested interests. Lewis’s book helped bring about a revolution in which player performance was measured and assessed using an evidence-based approach rather than a tradition dominated by anecdote and intuition. Since then, sports scientists have attempted to replicate the success of this approach in sports such…

Maria Sharapova has been provisionally banned from tennis after she revealed on Monday she tested positive at the Australian Open for a recently banned drug that she has been taking for 10 years for health reasons. The drug is called meldonium, though Sharapova said she had been using it under the name of mildronate and was unaware of both the different name and the fact it is on the World…

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A jury awarded Erin Andrews $55 million on Monday in her lawsuit against a stalker who bought a hotel room next to her and secretly recorded a nude video, finding that the hotel companies and the stalker shared in the blame. After a full day of deliberations, the panel said the stalker was responsible for 51% of the verdict and that the two hotel companies should share the rest, which…

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Peyton Manning is calling it a career. The two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback will announce the decision Monday, following a FOXSports.com report last week that the team was preparing to move on without Manning ahead of the start of the NFL’s new calendar year on Monday. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Chris Mortensen and confirmed by FOX Sports NFL insider Mike Garafolo. Manning’s Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers…

LAS VEGAS – From his traditional perch at the side of the Octagon on Saturday night, UFC president Dana White could only watch as piles of millions burned in front of him. Holly Holm … choked out. Conor McGregor … choked out. A pair of the sport’s biggest and most bankable stars suffering stunning upsets, turning UFC 196 into a carnage of commerce. Suddenly a year of easy-to-make mega-fights became…

Media playback is not supported on this device Penalty decision tough to take – Alan Pardew Manager Alan Pardew believes Crystal Palace would not have been given the penalty that secured Liverpool a 94th-minute victory at Selhurst Park. The Eagles led 1-0 against 10 men when James Milner was sent off but a Damien Delaney tackle on Christian Benteke saw the striker net a winner from the spot. “He certainly…

Instagram/Sports Authority Sports Authority was once a premiere destination for sporting goods. But on Wednesday, the company announced that it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. “We are taking this action so that we can continue to adapt our business to meet the changing dynamics in the retail industry,” CEO Michael E. Foss said in a release.  It seems almost counterintuitive — in an era that’s practically defined by activewear and…

Luis Suarez celebrates with Lionel Messi Barcelona went 11 points clear at the top of La Liga as Lionel Messi scored twice in a comfortable win at Eibar. Luis Suarez was also on target to take the combined tally for him, Messi and Neymar to 100 goals this season in all competitions. Messi scored his 20th and 21st league goals of the season as Barcelona took their unbeaten run to…