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Reuters/David MoirChina’s Vice-President Xi Jinping kicks a football during a visit to Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland February 19, 2012. Over the summer the Chinese market experienced a major hiccup, causing concern that many Asian industries would be slow, or unable to recover. Since the June collapse, however, there is one sector that continues to score with investors, both here and overseas – sportswear. The Great Soccer Revival Back in…

Reuters/David MoirChina’s Vice-President Xi Jinping kicks a football during a visit to Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland February 19, 2012. Over the summer the Chinese market experienced a major hiccup, causing concern that many Asian industries would be slow, or unable to recover. Since the June collapse, however, there is one sector that continues to score with investors, both here and overseas – sportswear. The Great Soccer Revival Back in…

(Photo: The Associated Press) PARIS (AP) — Another day, another reason to think that professional sports no longer deserve the adoration of their fans. With police in Switzerland hauling away yet more soccer officials suspected of taking bribes and prosecutors in France investigating track and field administrators alleged to have hushed up doping, fans would be right to think they’ve been mugged. Much of 2015 has felt like a long,…

      Editor’s note: The following column originally appeared on NewsBusters.org. It is reprinted with permission. Tim Tebow’s alleged relationship with former Miss USA model Olivia Culpo is over. Because, according to reports, Culpo is allegedly upset that the couple isn’t having sex, since Tebow has decided to remain abstinent until marriage. So long story short, it’s a report that should have come as no…

Join us at Entrepreneur magazine’s Growth Conference, Dec. 15 in Long Beach, Calif. for a day of fresh ideas, business mentoring and networking. Seats are limited–Register now to secure your spot and receive exclusive reader rate (expires 12/8). Evan Brandoff grew up a sports fanatic. He played sports all the time. He decided at an early age to pursue a career in sports. He had a radio show on Long Island called ‘“Sports Heaven with…

i Yes, the Little Brown Jug harness race lives on. The horse in the lead here, Vegas Vacation, driven by Brian Sears, holds on to win the 2013 race in Delaware, Ohio. Mark Hall /AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Hall /AP Yes, the Little Brown Jug harness race lives on. The horse in the lead here, Vegas Vacation, driven by Brian Sears, holds on to win the 2013 race…

Is it Brocktoberfest? Not quite, but Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler is getting notice. Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler is featured on the regional cover of the Dec. 2, 2015 issue of Sports Illustrated. (Provided by Sports Illustrated) A week after he was named the AFC offensive player of the week, the 25-year-old will be gracing the regional cover of this week’s cover of Sports Illustrated, which will be released Wednesday. Cleveland…

Peter Nelson completed a meteoric rise through the HBO Sports department on Tuesday when he was named executive vice president, landing its top spot. View photo . Peter Nelson (Getty) He will not have the title of president, but replaces Ken Hershman, who resigned in October, in leading HBO Sports. Nelson, who joined HBO Sports in August 2011 as director of programming, will oversee the network’s boxing franchise as one…

Some of Poland’s finest athletes posed nude to show off their chiselled and toned physiques for saucy calendar In one dark haired 400m sprinter Edyta Litwiniuk is pictured naked running at full speed barefoot next to a lake Another shows rower Anna Wierzbowska glancing coyly over her shoulder sitting on the floor surrounded by oars  Biathlonist-turned-photographer Dominika Cuda launched photo project to raise money for country’s rising stars  By Ed Wight…

The Miami coaching search has heated up in the past week. Sources tell FOX Sports that former Miami head coach Butch Davis and ex-Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano, a former ‘Canes DC, interviewed in the past few days. The Sun-Sentinel reports that Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen also has interviewed for the job and that ex-Georgia head coach Mark Richt, a Miami QB in the early ’80s, also is…

Motorola today announced that its Moto 360 Sport smartwatch will be available for purchase starting on January 7th in the US. It will be available in the UK and France a couple of weeks earlier, starting on December 18th. The $299 Moto 360 Sport is based on the Moto 360 that was released earlier this year and adds built-in GPS, sweatproof construction, and more fitness tracking features. The 360 Sport…

Let’s begin with a quiz question: name the British athletes who retained their world title this year with a comfortable victory – their 28th in a row – to remain the reigning Olympic, European and world champions in their sport? Here’s a clue: you won’t read their names on the Sports Personality of the Year award shortlist. In May this year, Helen Glover and Heather Stanning became the world, Olympic…

In late spring, a group of college sports and Olympic sports officials met at Duke University. Topic A: What is the future of our sports now that we’re paying extra for our student-athletes? The conclusion: we must hang together or be left hanging separately. The immediate issue: paying “full cost of attendance,” – which adds travel and other expenses to the value of a scholarship – on top of the…

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How difficult is it to work on a piece where the subject is a dying child? How do you tell the story of that child’s life with honor and poignancy? How can you be respectful of grieving parents while reporting an accurate piece? Those were some of the questions facing Kristen Lappas, an associate producer in the features unit for ESPN, as she reported and edited a piece for College…

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