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Butch Duhe Playground in Kenner will now become known as a sports academy after the Kenner City Council approved the status change during its meeting Thursday(March 3).  The new designation means the former playground can become a training facility for more skilled athletes and elite travel sports team. “When people pass a playground and see the lights off, that’s not good for the community,” said council president Dominick Impastato, III who sponsored…

Image copyright Google A hidden camera found in an Edinburgh sports centre changing room had been put there by a visiting sports club that was trying to catch a thief. The club that uses Meadowbank Sports Centre installed the camera while training but forgot to remove it at the end of the session on Tuesday. The camera was revealed when a school pupil threw his shoe and dislodged a ceiling…

BBC Sport’s football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season. Lawro’s opponent for this weekend’s Premier League fixtures is American hip hop artist Fatman Scoop, who has been taking part in Sport Relief’s Battle of the Five-A-Sides. During the match, Fatman Scoop had a few words to say about one game in particular this weekend. He told BBC Sport: “Arsenal are going…

Butch Duhe Playground in Kenner will now become known as a sports academy after the Kenner City Council approved the status change during its meeting Thursday(March 3).  The new designation means the former playground can become a training facility for more skilled athletes and elite travel sports team. “When people pass a playground and see the lights off, that’s not good for the community,” said council president Dominick Impastato, III who sponsored…

Photo via Getty On February 18, construction crews began knocking down sections of St. Elizabeth’s, the Washington, D.C. psychiatric hospital famous for having housed, among others, John Hinckley, Josh Gibson. and the Shotgun Stalker. Mayor Muriel Bowser got in an excavator to kick off the demolition of Buildings #124 and #119 on the federally-owned campus, which opened in 1855 as the Government Hospital for the Insane. They had to disappear…

About a quarter of Sports Authority stores in New Jersey are among the locations nationwide the sporting goods chain plans to close down, according to a bankruptcy filing cited in a published report. The troubled sporting-goods chain, which is more than $1 billion in debt, announced Wednesday it was entering bankruptcy and would be closing 140 of its 463 U.S. locations over the next few months. An estimated 3,400 of its…

Hundreds of student-athletes at St. Cloud State University were called into a campus auditorium Wednesday and told that six athletic programs are being eliminated in a cost-saving move that also will require roster reductions in football and other men’s sports. The programs shutting down after this school year, affecting about 80 athletes, are men’s and women’s tennis, women’s Nordic skiing, men’s cross-country and men’s indoor/outdoor track and field. The cuts…

Sports Authority filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection early Wednesday and will close or sell about 140 stores and two distribution centers, including several Chicagoland locations. The Englewood, Colo.-based sporting goods chain has 463 stores in 41 states and Puerto Rico. The store closings are expected to take up to three months. Closing sales could begin as soon as Thursday. Sports Authority will seek to close or sell several Chicago-area…

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Trump played the part of golf’s savior, swooping in and buying a number of prestigious-but-failing courses in the United States and abroad. He renovated the properties and marketed them to golf’s ruling bodies, which, swayed by promises of profit, lined up to stage exhibitions, tour stops, and major championships on Trump courses. Among those events is the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral…

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Six athletic programs at St. Cloud State University are being eliminated in a cost-saving move that also will require roster reductions in football and other men’s sports, school officials announced Wednesday. The programs shutting down after this school year, affecting about 80 student-athletes, are men’s and women’s tennis, women’s Nordic skiing, men’s cross-country and men’s indoor/outdoor track and field. The cuts were announced by athletic director Heather Weems at a…

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In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Trump played the part of golf’s savior, swooping in and buying a number of prestigious-but-failing courses in the United States and abroad. He renovated the properties and marketed them to golf’s ruling bodies, which, swayed by promises of profit, lined up to stage exhibitions, tour stops, and major championships on Trump courses. Among those events is the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral…

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Sports Authority Inc. on Wednesday filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and said it would close 140 stores, as the big-box chain struggles with a shift to online shopping. The retailer, which has about 450 stores, could shut down in the coming weeks unless it finds a buyer for the rest of its business, according to people familiar with the matter. In a news release, Chief Executive Michael E. Foss…

Media playback is not supported on this device A guide to My Sport in the BBC app. Whoever you support, whichever sports you follow, you can now get all the sport that matters to you on one page. In the BBC Sport app and website, you can now create a My Sport page, this page becomes your one-stop shop with news, live coverage and stats tailored to your interests. The…

Yahoo has launched a new section on its network dedicated to covering esports. The company hopes that it will eventually become the “premiere destination for all things” in the gaming world, providing not only original and syndicated content but also a bounty of video interviews and livestream of matches. It makes sense for Yahoo to enter the esports arena, which could be worth $463 million this year and $1.1 billion by 2019,…

Sports Authority, the troubled Englewood-based sporting goods retailer, is expected to file for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday morning, sources familiar with the plans told The Denver Post. The Chapter 11 filing would confirm months of speculation that Sports Authority had overextended itself and was nearing the brink of bankruptcy. The company, which was taken private by Leonard Green & Partners LP in 2006, has been negotiating with bondholders on a…