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Fox Sports 1 relaunched Fox Sports Live tonight in hopes a revamped format might spark the highlight show’s inexplicably bad ratings. What we got instead was hosts Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole in a miniscule studio repeatedly mocking the previous incarnation’s failures with their signature brand of Canadian, um, humour. Not that we expected any differently; after all, this is a show that responded to our piece illustrating FS1’s disastrous…

(By Nick Wass / AP) The Capitals are the NHL’s best team. It isn’t close. That development has prompted a range of emotions from local sports observers, including this one: We’ve seen this before, regular-season dominance doesn’t much matter, please get back to me in June. And by the way, do you like my fashionable new hairshirt, made with only the coarsest of goat hair? I’d like to congratulate those cynics…

The daily fantasy sports market rose dramatically in the past few years with the rise of DraftKings and FanDuel. But in 2015, regulators closed in, with some declaring the betting on sports outcomes amounted to illegal gambling, rather than legal skill-based wagering as the companies alleged. A total of 29 states are considering legislation related to daily fantasy sports, according to a report by market analyst firm Eilers & Krejcik Gaming….

View photo . Donatas Motiejunas runs up the court during a December 2015 game. (AP) After forward Donatas Motiejunas was unable to get physicians’ clearance for his troublesome back, the Detroit Pistons rescinded their three-team trade with Houston and Philadelphia. The physicians and specialists examining Montiejunas’ back refused to clear him, pushing Pistons executives to kill the deal agreed upon at Thursday’s trade deadline, league sources told The Vertical. Motiejunas…

Archer’s three female lead characters appear on SI.com’s Swim Daily. FX If this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue feels a little more animated than usual, it’s likely because of the characters from FX’s Archer. As part of the marketing campaign for the hit animated comedy’s upcoming seventh season, the network partnered with Sports Illustrated to feature faux swimsuit shots of its female characters in both…

TAMPA, Fla. — FOX Sports Sun, the statewide television home of the Tampa Bay Rays, announced the network will televise five Rays Spring Training games throughout March. The five game slate will provide Rays fans with their first look at the Rays as the they prepare for Opening Day. Full schedule below: Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. More from FoxSports Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs….

(By Nick Wass / AP) The Capitals are the NHL’s best team. It isn’t close. That development has prompted a range of emotions from local sports observers, including this one: We’ve seen this before, regular-season dominance doesn’t much matter, please get back to me in June. And by the way, do you like my fashionable new hairshirt, made with only the coarsest of goat hair? I’d like to congratulate those cynics…

Archer’s three female lead characters appear on SI.com’s Swim Daily. FX If this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue feels a little more animated than usual, it’s likely because of the characters from FX’s Archer. As part of the marketing campaign for the hit animated comedy’s upcoming seventh season, the network partnered with Sports Illustrated to feature faux swimsuit shots of its female characters in both…

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Monday: FIFA Infantino to visit Robben Island in FIFA campaign finale FIFA presidential candidate Gianni Infantino will round off his election campaign with a visit to Robben Island, the former apartheid-era prison in South Africa, a source close to the Swiss’s campaign told Reuters. (SOCCER FIFA/INFANTINO, moved, by Simon Evans, 300 words) We have also moved factboxes on the five candidates in the…

Would the world be different if Neil Armstrong had worn a Fitbit wristband when he set foot on the moon? What if Nixon had been equipped with a cardiac sensor during Watergate? Quantified self for all The Sports & Innovation series n°1 on high-level athletes described how technologies have become essential to monitor athletic performances. Technology is also becoming a part of regular sports practice: Sophisticated high-tech equipment is now accessible for…

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers are starting to get comfortable in marquee games under new coach Tyronn Lue. Kevin Love scored 29 points to help the streaking Cavaliers roll past the Oklahoma City Thunder 115-92 on Sunday. On Jan. 30, the Cavaliers beat the San Antonio Spurs, who have the NBA’s second-best record. Now, they have beaten the Thunder, who entered the game with the league’s fourth-best mark….

Because an incident involving Peyton Manning at Tennessee — previously settled out of court — emerged into the public domain following his run to a Super Bowl win with the Broncos, a number of old legal documents are suddenly becoming relevant. This includes a 2003 affidavit from Manning detailing the 1996 incident in question and now a deposition of Manning from 2003 in the defamation suit filed by Jamie Naughright,…

Here are the best highlights from #THON2016, featuring @Dev_Still71‘s speech & and a dance-off. snpy.tv/1owifNL — Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) February 21, 2016 Penn State sports teams flashed their dance moves on the stage Saturday at THON 2016, the world’s largest student-run philanthropy. [ MORE: Follow @THON on Twitter! ] Needless to say, the student-athletes were a hit, entertaining the dancers and volunteers roughly halfway through their annual 46-hour fundraiser at the…

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England 171 (19.4 overs) Buttler 54 (28), Morgan 38 (23) Root 34 (17) Bowling figures: Rabada 3.3-0-29-1; Abbott 4-0-26-3; Morris 4-0-33-2; Wiese 3-0-40-0; Tahir 4-0-25-1; Duminy 1-0-16-1 Fall of wickets: 10-1 (Roy 9), 60-2 (Root 34) , 61-3 (Hales 16), 157-4 (Buttler 54), 157-5 (Morgan 38), 158-6 (Stokes 1), 160-7 (Moeen Ali 1), 166-8 (Jordan 1), 166-9 (Billings 5) 171 all out (Rashid 2) (Topley not out 1) Full scorecard

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Veteran forward David Lee is expected to sign with the Dallas Mavericks, league sources told The Vertical. View photo . David Lee played in 30 games for Boston this season. (AP Photo) Lee, a two-time All-Star, is planning to sign with the Mavericks for the prorated NBA room exception of $2.1 million after he clears waivers Sunday. Lee was bought out by the Celtics on Friday and has said he…

View post on imgur.com There have been a lot of Sports Dogs. Good Sports Dogs with pedigree and prowess — abilities beyond our imagining. This Sports Dog has taken their legacies and crumpled them up. You watch this and say “that’s a pretty good jump,” and then you realize the second jump is coming. The jump that sends this pup into the stratosphere. We love you,…