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Less than a year after giving Chip Kelly full personnel control in addition to his head coaching duties, the Philadelphia Eagles announced they’ve fired their head coach. And with that, one of the NFL’s biggest experiments is over, before Kelly even completed his third season. Kelly came from the University of Oregon and was a bold hire because he had no NFL experience. He had an innovative offense that was a huge…

For the third time in 25 years, the Sport Zone soccer dome on Hill Avenue in Aurora has collapsed. “There’s quite a bit of damage in and around the dome,” owner Tom Clifford said on Tuesday after surveying the damage. No one was injured during the incident. Around 3 p.m. Monday, the giant, white fabric dome caved under the weight of the rain, snow and sleet. By Tuesday morning, all…

Would you rather watch AB or go to the opera? © Getty Images Doping, match-fixing, cover-ups, corruption: the story of sport in 2015 in a few words. Only, it isn’t. The bigger story is expansion, brilliance and robustness. Each time you hear that sport is facing “an existential crisis”, be thankful that sport’s general health is so good that its crises are often…

The League had threatened Leeds with action if they followed through with their plan to lock Sky out, but the club’s statement read: “The Football League regulations are supposed to be there to protect the integrity of the sporting competition, not to be used as a stick to beat the club on behalf of Sky. “Leeds United season-ticket holders have had enough of these fixture changes, the players and staff…

The reporter behind a blockbuster expose that accused Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning and other top athletes of sports doping defended the story in an interview with MSNBC on Monday. Al Jazeera reporter Deborah Davies said Manning has not denied that he had HGH (human growth hormone — a drug banned by the NFL) secretly shipped to his wife in 2011 while he was still with the Indianapolis Colts and…

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…