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Anyone with a drop of San Diego sports blood dancing in their veins remembers Jan. 15, 1995. Specifically, they remember three goosebump-inducing words: Dennis Gibson’s deflection. The Chargers were backed up in the rain-soaked AFC championship game at Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium with just a little more than a minute to play and 3 nail-chewing yards left to decide which team would reach the Super Bowl. On fourth down, quarterback…

College Football Playoff executives said they were going to change the paradigm of New Year’s Eve in America and instead Americans changed the paradigm of the College Football Playoff. Many of them didn’t watch. There are 12.5 million reasons why 12.5 million fewer people tuned into the first semifinal game this year than last. There’s another 10 million why they didn’t watch the second one. The most obvious is that…

If Barbara Wilson didn’t understand the unhappiness of University of Illinois sports fans when she took over as interim chancellor in August, the emails that flowed to her over the next three and half months provided an education. Wilson took over after the abrupt exit of Phyllis Wise just three weeks before football coach Tim Beckman was fired on Aug. 28. On Nov. 9, Wilson fired athletic director Mike Thomas….

Sports(Photo: File) COLLEGE FOOTBALL 12 p.m. ESPN — Penn St. vs. Georgia, at Jacksonville, Fla. 3:20 p.m. ESPN — Kansas St. vs. Arkansas, at Memphis, Tenn. 6:45 p.m. ESPN — Oregon vs. TCU, at San Antonio 10:15 p.m. ESPN — West Virginia vs. Arizona St., at Phoenix MIXED MARTIAL ARTS 8 p.m. FS1 — UFC 195, prelims, at Las Vegas NBA BASKETBALL 5 p.m. NBA — Phoenix at Sacramento 7…

Channel 4 racing presenter Clare Balding with trainer Nicky Henderson Television coverage of horse racing is set for a major change next year with ITV to replace Channel 4 as the free-to-air broadcaster. ITV has won rights to cover fixtures including the Cheltenham Festival, Grand National, the Derby and Royal Ascot, from January 2017. It will broadcast a minimum of 34 days annually on the main ITV channel, with another…

What will 2016 bring to the sports world? USA TODAY Sports has an idea and shares its silly, serious and sublime predictions for the coming year: 1. Stephen Curry becomes the sixth player in NBA history to score at least 70 points in a game, joining Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, David Thompson, Elgin Baylor and David Robinson. 2. Nick Saban does the Dabo when Alabama beats Clemson in the College…

Channel 4 racing presenter Clare Balding with trainer Nicky Henderson Television coverage of horse racing is set tor a major change next year with ITV to replace Channel 4 as the terrestrial broadcaster. ITV has won rights to cover fixtures including the Cheltenham Festival, Grand National, the Derby and Royal Ascot, from January 2017. It will broadcast a minimum of 34 days annually on the main ITV 1 channel, with…

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1. For the NFL simplify its rule book, because right now it’s going the way of the U.S. tax code and we have no idea how they expect a casual fan to understand the game if they keep adding more and more rules. 2. For FIFA to reconsider the Qatar World Cup. It may be a pipe dream, but we shouldn’t reward countries for violating worker’s rights, and there’s a…

Happy New Year. In honor of Peter Finney, the great oracle of New Orleans sports and this tradition’s curator for more than 50 years, let’s dust off the crystal ball and see what lies ahead in the 2016 sports year. And as Peter always advised: Do not bet the kids’ tuition money on this inside information.  JANUARY On New Years Day, Notre Dame beats Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl, Stanford beats…

The cyclists keep going round at the London Six Day event – 21 October35mm lens 1/800 f4 ISO 3200 Six-day cycling had returned to London, the first time the event, which is so popular on the continent, had appeared in Britain for 35 years. It was a real marathon for the riders as they competed in various events over each consecutive night. Wembley’s tribute to France after the Paris terror…

The cyclists keep going round at the London Six Day event – 21 October35mm lens 1/800 f4 ISO 3200 Six-day cycling had returned to London, the first time the event, which is so popular on the continent, had appeared in Britain for 35 years. It was a real marathon for the riders as they competed in various events over each consecutive night. Wembley’s tribute to France after the Paris terror…

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 15: Holly Holm of the United States celebrates victory over Ronda Rousey of the United States in their UFC women’s bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 193 event at Etihad Stadium on November 15, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)(Photo: Getty Images) As much as any sports fan will tell you to expect the unexpected during any big event, we’re still always surprised….

The cyclists keep going round at the London Six Day event – 21 October35mm lens 1/800 f4 ISO 3200 Six-day cycling had returned to London, the first time the event, which is so popular on the continent, had appeared in Britain for 35 years. It was a real marathon for the riders as they competed in various events over each consecutive night. Wembley’s tribute to France after the Paris terror…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Red Star Belgrade midfielder Marko Grujic, 19, will become Jurgen Klopp’s first signing at Liverpool, after he was granted a work permit. (Daily Star) Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, 52, has told Real Madrid president Florentino Perez he has no interest in returning to manage the Spanish club.(Diario Sport via Independent) The Daily Star leads its back…

Read If the sports video industry held a tech awards show, you’d have to give content delivery networks (CDN) the Most Valuable Partner (MVP) trophy for their fast-expanding role in getting captivating content from its origin to an array of fan-owned consumer electronic viewing devices. Read Though they weren’t specifically created back around for sports, it’s beyond difficult to imagine sports viewing options we enjoy today – 15 years later-…

It’s almost 2016, which is actually quite sad. 2015 gave the sports world so much, and given some time, it’ll likely go down as the best sports year in history so far. Think about it. What year even comes close? There was the Super Bowl and that painful, game-ending interception from Malcolm Butler. There was the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight of the century which, for all its subsequent disappointment among general boxing fans,…

Dec 30, 2015 0 Shares print The 2015 sports year was crammed from beginning to end with so many incredible, absolutely must-see moments that not even DraftKings and FanDuel could have filled all the commercial breaks. The Kansas City Royals won their first World Series in 30 years. American Pharoah won horse racing’s first Triple Crown in 37 years. The Golden State Warriors won their first NBA championship in 40…

The cyclists keep going round at the London Six Day event – 21 October35mm lens 1/800 f4 ISO 3200 Six-day cycling had returned to London, the first time the event, which is so popular on the continent, had appeared in Britain for 35 years. It was a real marathon for the riders as they competed in various events over each consecutive night. Wembley’s tribute to France after the Paris terror…

American Pharoah, ridden by Victor Espinoza, wins the Breeders’ Cup Classic. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images) 2016 is nearly here, and there is one thing we already know about the 12 months to come: they have a very tough act to follow, at least in the world of sports. In fact, in terms of achievement and impact, one could easily argue that 2015 was the greatest year ever in U.S. sports. The four major U.S….