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Greg Rutherford and Tyson Fury have become embroiled in an explosive public row after the long jump champion told the BBC that he did not want to share a stage with the controversial boxer at next week’s Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Offended by Fury’s homophobic and sexist remarks, made during an interview with the Mail on Sunday, Olympic when he even equated homosexuality with paedophilia, Olympic, world, European…

A panel of college football writers, analysts and experts across CBS Sports convened and now present the CBS Sports 2015 College Football All-America team. While Alabama and Florida led the way with three first-team selections each, Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey holds the distinction of being the only unanimous selection, receiving every first-team vote as the top all-purpose player in college football this season. McCaffrey became the sport’s all-purpose king with 3,276…

Mike Francesa invited New York Assemblyman Dean Murray on his show to talk about Daily Fantasy Sports and in typical, rather entertaining Mike Francesa fashion, proceeded to shout over Murray for not agreeing with him. Murray has been an outspoken defender of Daily Fantasy Sports, claiming they aren’t a form of a gambling and even sponsoring bills to protect these companies from the Attorney General’s claims that they are (a New York court…

Greg Rutherford and Tyson Fury have become embroiled in an explosive public row after the long jump champion told the BBC that he did not want to share a stage with the controversial boxer at next week’s Sports Personality of the Year Awards. Offended by Fury’s homophobic and sexist remarks, made during an interview with the Mail on Sunday, Olympic when he even equated homosexuality with paedophilia, Olympic, world, European…

At a hearing in Albany on Tuesday, members of the New York State Assembly gathered to discuss daily fantasy sports. And discuss. And discuss. And discuss. (The hearing lasted nearly five hours.) Its purpose, according to a public notice, was to “examine daily fantasy sports games in New York State and their impact on New York consumers and the State.” DraftKings and FanDuel, the market-share leaders of an exploding industry,…

He feels the same way about digital photography and Photoshop, two tools he said have elevated the ways in which we are able to appreciate sports photography. He doesn’t believe photographers should use those tools to add or remove parts of an image, but feels basic adjusting, including contrast or saturation, should be allowed, pointing out that when photos were printed in the darkroom, dodging and burning were standard practice….

Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Wednesday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EST: – LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The political and economic turmoil in Brazil will ”inevitably” affect next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, a senior IOC official said, as Brazilian organizers declared that preparations remain on track for the games. With the opening ceremony less than eight…

Greg Rutherford has spoken out against fellow BBC Sports Personality of the Year nominee Tyson Fury’s homophobic and sexist remarks.  Rutherford has issued a statement confirming he entered talks with the broadcaster, where he raised concerns about Fury who ‘had views that are so strongly against my own’. The 29-year-old confirmed on Wednesday that he had initially pulled out before reversing his decision. The boxer’s invite to the British Sports…

Greg Rutherford has threatened to withdraw from the Sports Personality of the Year award list unless Tyson Fury is removed over his homophobic comments. The boxer’s invite to the British Sports Awards also taken away by the Sports Journalists’ Association due to previous ‘threats’ made towards members. Fury was a controversial addition to the BBC list after securing the world heavyweight boxing title because of comments he made about the…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Former Fifa referee Graham Poll says Manchester United’s disallowed goal in their Champions League defeat by Wolfsburg would have stood last season. (Daily Mail) United captain Chris Smalling, 26, was blanked during the pre-match handshake in Wolfsburg on Tuesday. (Metro) Red Star Belgrade midfielder Marko Grujic, 19, says he has received an approach from Liverpool but wants…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Former Fifa referee Graham Poll says Manchester United’s disallowed goal in their Champions League defeat by Wolfsburg would have stood last season. (Daily Mail) United captain Chris Smalling, 26, was blanked during the pre-match handshake in Wolfsburg on Tuesday. (Metro) Red Star Belgrade midfielder Marko Grujic, 19, says he has received an approach from Liverpool but wants…

(Photo: The Associated Press) LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Recent scandals are undermining the credibility of sports and casting suspicion on millions of clean athletes, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday. Bach called on all sports organizations to follow rules of “good governance” to prevent the type of corruption cases that have rocked the global governing bodies of soccer and track and field. In an op-ed piece published…

The chairman of a state legislative committee with authority over gambling predicted Tuesday that New York will legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports, no matter how a court fight centered on the lucrative industry turns out. Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow, who leads the Committee on Racing and Wagering, said the approach state lawmakers take will depend on the outcome of a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman…

As an Olympic medalist, I find recent developments in some sports particularly upsetting. What saddens me most as a former athlete is that they erode the trust in the clean athlete. Clean athletes who push themselves day in day out pursuing their dreams see the finger of suspicion pointing at them. This is the very worst “side effect” of doping. We must do everything we can to protect these millions…

Clemson quarterback, Heisman finalist and USA TODAY Sports first-team All-American Deshaun Watson.(Photo: Jeremy Brevard, USA TODAY Sports) All three Heisman Trophy finalists and stars from each of the four teams in this year’s College Football Playoff highlight the USA TODAY Sports college football All-America teams. The first-team offense is headlined by Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson and running backs Derrick Henry of Alabama and Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey. The first-team defense features…

Challenger Muhammad Ali watches as defending world champion George Foreman goes down to the canvas in the eighth round of their WBA/WBC championship match in Kinshasa, Zaire, on Oct. 30, 1974. Foreman is counted out by the referee and Ali regains the world heavyweight crown by KO in the bout dubbed “Rumble in the Jungle.” (AP) When President Obama said during his Oval Office address Sunday that “Muslim-Americans are our friends…

In a televised prime-time speech given yesterday (Dec. 6), US president Barack Obama told the American public that “Muslim-Americans are our friends, neighbors, and sports heroes.” He didn’t specify any of the latter, but Muslim-American athletes have been prominent in the US for decades. Here are a few of the most well-known: Muhammad Ali. Originally from Kentucky, the boxer Muhammad Ali converted to Islam after winning the world heavyweight championship…

As many, many people immediately pointed out, Trump appeared to have forgotten that the man who at least at one point was the world’s most famous athlete, Muhammad Ali—who was chosen to essentially represent the entire United States by lighting the Olympic flame the last time the Summer Olympics were held here, in Atlanta in 1996—is Muslim. As are basketball legends Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Hakeem Olajuwon and many other past…

Image copyright Clive Rose Image caption Leaving school is a “cliff-edge” for sport participation, says the report Young people are being squeezed out of sport because a third live in poverty and the cost of taking part is too high, according to a study. Schools could help by opening facilities to community groups out of hours, it says. The National Association of Head Teachers said tight budgets saw many schools…