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Phil Pepe, a revered baseball writer and radio voice who spent more than five decades covering sports in New York, died Sunday. He was 80. Pepe died of an apparent heart attack at his home in Englewood, New Jersey, his son, David, told The Associated Press. A longtime New York Yankees beat writer who chronicled franchise greats from Mickey Mantle to Reggie Jackson and Derek Jeter, Pepe also authored dozens…

Yes, sport is about scorelines, but we overestimate the extent to which the score reflects performance © Hardy’s Arguing that sport can learn from philosophy sounds improbable. Superficially, sport and philosophy have little in common: one is allegedly purely physical, the other (according to cliché) a matter of thinking about thinking. But professional sport, casting its net ever wider in the search for…

I’ve always been fascinated by the job of sports radio producer given their many hats and roles, from the managing and planning of daily content to serving as amateur shrinks for talent. While you won’t find their names on the show’s marquee—you might occasionally hear their voices—the group of panelists below are the lead producers of some of the most popular sports talk shows in the U.S. and Canada. Last…

Since 1954, Sports Illustrated has declared the most groundbreaking, important person in sports each year, starting with British runner Roger Bannister, the first known person to ever run a mile in under four minutes. This year the magazine has named its ninth woman ever to the list: tennis champ Serena Williams. While it may not be a shock that this dominant female athlete was named Sports Illustrated’s 2015 Sportsperson of…

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0 Shares print Serena Williams, who won three Grand Slam events en route to a 53-3 record and her seventh WTA Player of the Year award, was named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year on Monday. She was the first female athlete to be honored on her own by the magazine in more than 30 years. “She was the most deserving person for the award. She had an amazing year….

(Photo: The Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Phil Pepe, a revered baseball writer and radio voice who spent more than five decades covering sports in New York, died Sunday. He was 80. Pepe died of an apparent heart attack at his home in Englewood, New Jersey, his son, David, told The Associated Press. A longtime New York Yankees beat writer who chronicled franchise greats from Mickey Mantle to Reggie…

The crisis at Sports Direct escalated once again on Monday as the retailer was rounded on by MPs during an urgent parliamentary debate and the company was deserted by some of its leading City cheerleaders. Former shadow business minister Chuka Umunna branded the retailer as “a bad advert for British business” and said it had “a culture of fear in the workplace that we would not wish to see repeated…

Serena Williams suddenly regained her composure and her strokes, coming back to win the last four games and beat No. 1-ranked Victoria Azarenka in three sets to win the U.S. Open on Sunday night. (Sept. 9) AP

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A Treasury minister has been summoned to the Commons to explain what the government is doing to ensure Sports Direct pays the minimum wage. The Speaker, John Bercow, granted a request for an urgent question on Monday afternoon from the former shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna to ask ministers what they are doing to enforce the minimum wage in this case. Related: Revealed: how Sports Direct stripped USC assets before…

Infosys, the India-headquartered consulting and IT firm, is getting into sports and wearables after it announced a $3 million strategic investment in Whoop, a Boston-based company that provides performance data to professional athletes and sports teams. Whoop was spun out of the Harvard Innovation Lab and raised $12 million back in September, when it also announced the availability of its data evaluation system for athletes. Its core product, which is currently being…

No. 10: Grand Rapids, Michigan iStock.com/benkrut This Midwestern city, nicknamed River City for its location on Michigan’s Grand River, has a lot to offer retirees who enjoy winter sports such as ice fishing and cross-country skiing. Downtown Grand Rapids is less than 30 miles away from Lake Michigan and thus benefits from lake-effect snow. The city gets an impressive 75 inches of the white stuff every year, which means there…

Adler’s conclusion: Changing coaches has minimal, if any, impact on team success. In fact, among the worst teams, Adler found, those that changed coaches won about the same amount over five years as those that didn’t. For mediocre teams, those that changed coaches actually fared worse. There are, of course, examples of coaching changes that turn around football programs, Adler acknowledged, such as Nick Saban‘s hire at Alabama in 2007…

Some advice for injury-prone or hypochondriac teens: Stick with swimming; it’s safer than the other sports. This data on high school sport safety was included in a new study in the journal Pediatrics. The study primarily focused on the relative dangers of cheerleading in America. Turns out cheerleading has lower injury rates than most other high school sports, and tumbles cause more injuries than pyramids. Who knew?…

Buy Photo Register Media publisher David Chivers(Photo: Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register)Buy Photo We have a long-standing tradition of celebrating and showcasing high school sports from across Iowa. We understand the positive impact that sports have on young athletes and our local communities. We’re regularly out at games, writing stories and shooting photos that highlight the players and the action. We’re proud to be expanding this coverage to include 13 sports, honoring…

Adler’s conclusion: Changing coaches has minimal, if any, impact on team success. In fact, among the worst teams, Adler found, those that changed coaches won about the same amount over five years as those that didn’t. For mediocre teams, those that changed coaches actually fared worse. There are, of course, examples of coaching changes that turn around football programs, Adler acknowledged, such as Nick Saban‘s hire at Alabama in 2007…