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OLYMPICS The U.S. Olympic Committee will hire two infectious disease specialists to advise potential Olympians who are worried about the Zika outbreak in Brazil. USOC CEO Scott Blackmun sent a letter to all possible Olympians, acknowledging the growing worries over the virus. The letter spells out much of the information that’s already been relayed by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The virus…

Jose Mourinho (left) and Benni McCarthy (right) won the Portuguese league twice and the Champions League while at Porto Jose Mourinho is the “perfect man” to help Manchester United compete with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City next season, according to former Porto striker Benni McCarthy. The BBC has learned ex-Chelsea boss Mourinho is in talks to replace Louis van Gaal as United manager this summer. McCarthy, 38, played under Mourinho during…

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Daily fantasy sports companies say their industry remains viable despite a rocky start to 2016. The industry’s top companies, DraftKings and FanDuel, are on the defensive after taking hits to their businesses in recent weeks as scrutiny by state policymakers across the country continues to intensify. This week, it was disclosed that ESPN and DraftKings ended an exclusive advertising deal and FanDuel confirmed Wednesday it had laid off 55 workers…

Apple has published four job postings that reveal the company’s intent to make its Siri personal digital assistant more capable when it comes to fielding queries about sports. Potentially, that could make Siri a more essential companion for resolving debates at the water cooler. The job postings, with the job title “Siri Software Engineer — Sports,” are identical. People chosen for the jobs will work at Apple headquarters in Cupertino,…

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Liverpool fans made their point to owners Fenway Sports Group – who replied with a 937-word open letter Liverpool’s owners have scrapped their controversial £77 ticket and apologised for the “distress caused” by last week’s pricing announcement. Thousands of fans left 77 minutes into Saturday’s draw with Sunderland at Anfield in protest at the planned top-price £77 ticket in the new main stand. Club owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG) said:…

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Caption Close UC Berkeley has been overspending by millions of dollars a year since 2013, a precarious course that prompted Chancellor Nick Dirks to announce Wednesday the possibility of layoffs and cuts to intercollegiate athletics to balance the budget. The campus will also receive a financial infusion from University of California headquarters and will spend the next several months working with UC officials, faculty and the campus’ fundraising foundation to…

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President Barack Obama is trying (again) to take federal taxpayers off the hook for financing new sports stadiums. In the 2017 budget proposal the White House released Tuesday, Obama proposed repealing a federal tax exemption on the bonds cities and states use to finance new stadiums. That exemption allows cities and states to pay for stadiums with tax-free bonds that have discounted interest rates, a practice that will cost federal taxpayers…

ESPN, the sports network that drives Disney’s profit engine, has hit a soft patch. Subscribers have fallen by about 7.2 million over the last three years, according to Nielsen, and it’s coming off a round of layoffs in the latest quarter. As more people cut the cord to watch programming online, its perch on top of the pay TV empire is looking unsteady at best. The network’s troubles are a…

Saudi Arabian Women’s Sports Bust Stereotypes Playlist MP3 – 128.0kb/s – 4.3MB wav – 1.0Mb/s – 34.6MB MP3 – 64.0kb/s – 2.2MB Women athletes in Saudi Arabia say sports are helping to break down traditions that crush the voices of many women. In the city of Jeddah, a group of basketball players is urging women and girls to…

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Saudi Arabian Women’s Sports Bust Stereotypes Playlist MP3 – 128.0kb/s – 4.3MB wav – 1.0Mb/s – 34.6MB MP3 – 64.0kb/s – 2.2MB Women athletes in Saudi Arabia say sports are helping to break down traditions that crush the voices of many women. In the city of Jeddah, a group of basketball players is urging women and girls to…