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Facebook launches real-time sports platform – The Guardian

Friday, January 22, 2016

Facebook is tackling the sports arena with a new platform called Facebook Sports Stadium, which the social media site said will provide real-time updates on games, popular posts from fans, statistics and commentary from experts. “With 650 million sports fans, Facebook is the world’s largest stadium,” it wrote in a post Wednesday announcing the feature. Facebook, which said it had an average 1.01 billion active daily users as of September,…

How to make your kid hate sports without really trying – CNN

Thursday, January 21, 2016

MUST WATCH The early recruiting by colleges combined with parents’ unwillingness to stand up and say no to such practices is just one example of how youth sports has changed and for the worse, coaches, players, authors and parents I interviewed for this story say. And, there are plenty of stats to back up how concerning the problem should be for parents who want the best for their kids. Seventy…

Facebook Takes On Twitter and ESPN With New Sports Feature – WIRED

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Facebook has big news for sports fans—and potentially bad news for ESPN and Twitter. Late Wednesday night, the social networking giant announced the launch of Facebook Sports Stadium, a new hub on Facebook that will aggregate all the Facebook buzz about live sporting events in one place. Fans can follow games, get live stats, see what their friends are saying, and view expert commentary from journalists, the leagues, and the…

Dick’s Sporting Goods’ potential $238M windfall – CNBC

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Late last week, privately owned Sports Authority skipped a $21 million interest payment, as it tries to work with lenders on ways to address its debt maturities that begin in May 2017, according to Moody’s. It has a 30-day grace period to complete the missed payment; otherwise, it will trigger a default. “We have been working with Rothschild, our outside financial advisor, for the past several months to evaluate our…

How 2 Washington Post journalists blew open excess spending in college sports – Poynter.org

Thursday, January 21, 2016

This is low-hanging fruit for reporters who cover a college sports program at public universities. Make that expensive fruit. If they haven’t already, reporters should make an open-records request to gain access to the financial report of their school’s athletic department that gets filed annually to the NCAA. In many cases, the numbers will be illuminating, if not eye-popping. “These reports can be a great tool for any sports reporter…

Gluten-free sports diets do nothing, study suggests – Ars Technica

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Ditching the notorious complex of proteins known as gluten is a popular diet plan nowadays. Besides people with celiac disease, a severe autoimmune disorder triggered by the proteins, athletes have been particularly smitten with the gluten-free fad. But, according to a recent study, the diet is unlikely to give them the results they expect. Completely cutting out gluten didn’t improve cyclists’ workout performance, digestive health, or overall fitness in a…

Facebook launches Sports Stadium, a hub for chatting about the game in real time – VentureBeat

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Facebook has introduced a new place for all our sports conversations. Called the Sports Stadium, it’s a virtual area where you, your friends, and 650 million sports fans on the social network can talk about games, teams, stats, and more. It’ll also feature live play-by-play action — just like you’d see on ESPN, but with more of a community around it. This new sports-only area is rolling out today for…

Facebook launches Sports Stadium hub for you to chat about the big game – The Verge

Thursday, January 21, 2016

As anyone trying to read their timeline during the recent NFL playoffs knows, Twitter has become the de facto place for people to liveblog their thoughts on sporting events. But now Facebook is making a play for the sports market. The social network tonight launched Facebook Sports Stadium, a dedicated section of Facebook that aims to serve as a central hub for all your second-screen activity. Users of Facebook…

Mark Cuban stands up for daily fantasy sports industry – USA TODAY

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Mark Cuban, photographed in 2015, told members of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, “You need to mobilize your fans.”(Photo: AP) DALLAS – Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has reached a verdict on certain politicians in New York, Illinois and Texas. They’re wrong about daily fantasy sports, he said. “Absolutely wrong.” Since October, the attorneys general in each of those states have declared that paid daily fantasy sports games are illegal…

Sports Equality Foundation launches to help gay athletes, coaches come out – USA TODAY

Thursday, January 21, 2016

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SNYDER: If there’s a perfect sport to rig, it would have to be tennis – Washington Times

Thursday, January 21, 2016

ANALYSIS/OPINION: I was talking to my 16-year-old daughter about the match-fixing scandal that rocked tennis this week on the eve of the Australian Open. “You mean some of games were rigged?” she asked. “Doesn’t that happen in all sports?” SEE ALSO: Match-fixing allegations have players past and present wondering who’s involved Well … uh … I don’t know. Movie fans enter theatres fully aware that the next two hours could…

The day Glenn Frey played sports broadcaster with Dodgers’ Vin Scully [Video] – Los Angeles Times

Thursday, January 21, 2016

It’s been a miserable start to 2016 for rock ’n’ roll, first with the loss of David Bowie and now the Eagles’ Glenn Frey. Frey, who died Monday at age 67, was a huge sports fan who adopted Los Angeles as his home. He could often be seen at Lakers games, and like many, he let his mind run to what it would have been like to have a career…

Doping in football: Ukad would ‘value’ Arsene Wenger talks – BBC Sport

Thursday, January 21, 2016

By Richard Conway BBC Radio 5 live sports news correspondent The chief of UK Anti-Doping would “value the opportunity” to talk to Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger about his comments on doping in football. Wenger spoke out on the topic last year, saying he believed football was not immune to doping issues….

Texas Attorney General Deems Daily Fantasy Sports Illegal – New York Times

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

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Tennis match-fixing ‘a secret on the tour everybody knows’ – BBC Sport

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

“This is like a secret on the tour that everybody knows, but we don’t talk about it,” said the player A South American tennis player has told the BBC that match-fixing is commonplace and even some elite players are “a little bit dirty in some way”. He also claimed fixing is not just limited to lower-ranked professionals and is “a secret that everybody knows”. The player, who requested anonymity, said…

Deeper with ESPN’s John Skipper on Apple, Sling and Sports Rights – Wall Street Journal

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

These days, ESPN faces two questions more than any others: When are you going to go “over the top” by offering the sports network to cord-cutters? And how are you possibly going to make enough money in the future to cover ever-rising sports rights payments if cable subscribers are declining? John Skipper, the network’s president, outlined in an interview with The Wall Street Journal why the sports behemoth won’t be…

Cavaliers prove to be no match for Warriors – Yahoo Sports

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

CLEVELAND – The visitors’ locker room at Quicken Loans Arena was much drier, much quieter on Monday night than the last time the Golden State Warriors were here. No plastic was needed to cover the stalls or the carpeted floor. The only bottles being opened were waters and sports drinks to help them down plates of chicken wings and catered food from Morton’s steakhouse. There certainly wasn’t much of a…