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Nearly 40 million kids play organized team sports in the US. For many of them, that means practice multiple times a week (sometimes late into the night), weekend games, and stiff competition to win a coveted spot on the local travel team or private club. It might mean driving hours to a single game or flying around the country for tournaments. Younger siblings, meanwhile, are left vying for their parents…

As 2015 rolls to an end, FTW looks back at the top 10 sports moments of 2015. Our list doesn’t necessarily contain every great moment (sorry USWNT) or every champion (apologies, Chicago Blackhawks), but the moments that best defined the year in sports or introduced us to the stars of tomorrow. Click here for more Best of 2015 coverage. 10. The rip-off of the century (USA TODAY Sports Images) A…

The 2015 Moto 360 is an excellent Android Wear smartwatch to use with Android and iOS. The Moto 360 Sport is the same watch with a few optimizations for those who want to use their smartwatch to track running sessions. Since I am a runner I was hoping the Moto 360 Sport would be a smartwatch that I could use to track my runs with GPS, measure my heart rate,…

Each sports season keeps Barbie Nonte of Aurora, Illinois, busy as she tries to follow the games of her three children. Luckily, she has found a way to follow the kids’ games even during those times when she can’t be in multiple places at once. Just as fans of professional sports teams can read news articles that describe a game’s highlights after it takes place, Nonte can read summaries of…

Over the past two Decembers I’ve paneled a group of sports media people to answer the following question: Who will be the most fascinating sports person of the following year?  The answers have been interesting, some even prescient, and I’ve decided to make it an end-of-the-year tradition as long as I have a place to write. Once again, the 30-plus panelists (I added some new ones this year) were given…

Peyton Manning said a report by Al Jazeera set to air Sunday that suggests he obtained performance-enhancing drugs was “completely fabricated, complete trash, garbage.” Manning angrily denied allegations to ESPN on Sunday morning he used HGH in 2011. The report is based on secret recordings made by a former intern at an Indianapolis anti-aging institute who now says he fabricated the allegations. Al Jazeera sent British hurdler Liam Collins undercover…

After owner Robert Sarver and general manager Ryan McDonough met with starting players and coaching staff on Sunday, management has fired two assistant coaches close to head coach Jeff Hornacek, league sources told Yahoo Sports. The Suns fired top assistant, Mike Longabardi, along with Jerry Sichting on Sunday night, and Hornacek’s future is teetering on the brink, league sources said. Hornacek was adamantly against the dismissal of his staff, but…

A Triple Crown. A near grand slam in tennis. Not one, but two no-hitters. We had controversy about deflated footballs and inspiration in the form of a college football team. But the biggest national sports story of 2015 is one you probably didn’t see coming. We would bet on it. Here’s our list of the top 10 national sports stories of 2015. Related News/Archive Top 10 Tampa Bay sports stories…

After owner Robert Sarver and general manager Ryan McDonough met with starting players and coaching staff on Sunday, management has fired two assistant coaches close to head coach Jeff Hornacek, league sources told Yahoo Sports. The Suns fired top assistant, Mike Longabardi, along with Jerry Sichting on Sunday night, and Hornacek’s future is teetering on the brink, league sources said. Hornacek was adamantly against the dismissal of his staff, but…

Over the past two Decembers I’ve paneled a group of sports media people to answer the following question: Who will be the most fascinating sports person of the following year?  The answers have been interesting, some even prescient, and I’ve decided to make it an end-of-the-year tradition as long as I have a place to write. Once again, the 30-plus panelists (I added some new ones this year) were given…

Over the past two Decembers I’ve paneled a group of sports media people to answer the following question: Who will be the most fascinating sports person of the following year?  The answers have been interesting, some even prescient, and I’ve decided to make it an end-of-the-year tradition as long as I have a place to write. Once again, the 30-plus panelists (I added some new ones this year) were given…

Inside a hotel room in Austin, Texas, a pharmacist advises a professional athlete on taking performance-enhancing drugs. “One anabolic, and I can give you something to use right now, is this Delta 2 stuff. It’s a steroid. There’s a bunch of football players who take this,” he tells Liam Collins, a British hurdler reporting undercover. In another conversation, a Vancouver pharmacist poses a question to the same athlete. “Have I…

Serena Williams wins the women”s singles final at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Saturday, July 11, 2015. (AP Photo / Kirsty Wigglesworth) This past year saw no shortage of people who tried to leverage the sports world to boldly speak out on issues beyond the field of play. The football players at Missouri going on strike against racism; the remarkable activists in Boston—led in many neighborhoods…

Joe Strauss, a relentless reporter and feisty writer who earned respect throughout baseball for his distinctive and revealing coverage of historic moments, died at approximately 3:30 a.m. Sunday from complications related to leukemia. He was 54. Before becoming a sports columnist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 2012 and flexing his knowledge beyond the ballpark, Strauss spent nearly three decades covering baseball. His was the voice that chronicled, day by…

1. MAVTV Format: Formerly Maverick Television, the “MAV” stands for “Movies, Action and Variety.” Although it’s really a motorsports channel and a landing spot for some of the shows orphaned when Fox Sports axed the Speed Channel domestically in the summer of 2013. Headquarters: Corona, California. Satellite options: DirecTV, Channel 214. Cable options: Verizon Fios, Channel 810. Cord-cutting options: Visit MAVTV.com for a channel finder. Is it 24 hours? Nope….

Tweet of the year @SeppBlatter feeling good about the world in May – six days before the first of 2015’s FBI raids: “Fifa is 111 years old today. The next 2 months will showcase some of our key events.” Single best Fifa performance Came from Concacaf – making it three presidents in a row arrested on corruption charges. Jeffrey Webb replaced Jack Warner in 2012 pledging “a new dawn, a…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Louis van Gaal, 64, plans to resign as Manchester United manager if they lose a fifth game in a row – against Chelsea on 28 December. (Mail on Sunday) The Mail on Sunday suggests that Louis van Gaal may walk out on Manchester United Former United striker Dwight Yorke said his old club were “painful to watch”…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Louis van Gaal, 64, plans to resign as Manchester United manager if they lose a fifth game in a row – against Chelsea on 28 December. (Mail on Sunday) The Mail on Sunday suggests that Louis van Gaal may walk out on Manchester United Former United striker Dwight Yorke said his old club were “painful to watch”…