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There’s no sphere of television more depressingly homogenous than sports broadcasting, not only in demographics, but also in formatting. Ninety percent of the content on channels like ESPN involves ex-athletes and talk-radio hosts batting around scripted talking points, and the lack of new voices is one reason there’s so little real discourse about controversial issues in sports. But since it debuted in March, Fox Sports 1’s Garbage Time With Katie…

BBC Sport talks to a variety of professional female sports coaches about their experiences in professional sport. New research by Leeds Beckett University suggests there’s a much bigger chance of burnout if you’re female, with careers in sports coaching lasting only five years. So how can elite women coaches be supported to stay in the high performance world so that they, in turn can become role models…

<!– remove the whitespace added by escenic before end of tag –> By Charlotte Proudman 10:30AM GMT 04 Nov 2015 Comments Michelle Payne made history this week as the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup in its 155-year history. Horseracing is a rare example of a sport where men and women compete together on more or less equal terms. Payne is only one of four women jockeys to…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. LA Galaxy midfielder Steven Gerrard, 35, could return to Liverpool – perhaps as a player – after discussions with manager Jurgen Klopp. (Independent)  Monaco have had a £35m bid for Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho rejected by Blues owner Roman Abramovich, who could be interested were the offer doubled….

As part of the St. Louis Rams and the National Football League’s commitment to enhance sports safety, during the 2015 high school football season, the Rams partnered with Shadowman Sports ─ a global company that creates smarter sports environments with products developed through preventive design. Each week of the regular season, one local high school football game was selected as the St. Louis Rams’ High School Game of the Week,…

There’s no sphere of television more depressingly homogenous than sports broadcasting, not only in demographics, but also in formatting. Ninety percent of the content on channels like ESPN involves ex-athletes and talk-radio hosts batting around scripted talking points, and the lack of new voices is one reason there’s so little real discourse about controversial issues in sports. But since it debuted in March, Fox Sports 1’s Garbage Time With Katie…

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has a place on a midseason list he’d probably prefer to avoid.(Photo: Daniel Mears, Detroit News) Looks like Jim Caldwell and the Lions are getting hit with negativity from the national media now, too. Sports Illustrated released its “NFL Midseason All-Overrated Team” on Tuesday, and it was colored in Honolulu blue and silver. Included on the team are quarterback Matthew Stafford, the entire offensive line and…

My hunch is that, like me, many of you have fond childhood memories that involve playing recreational pickup games and sports. Over time, youth sports have become more organized, more structured, more costly, more time consuming, and include more parental involvement. How did we get here and how do we right the youth sports ship? Tens of millions of children participate in youth sports, and tens of millions of parents…

There’s no sphere of television more depressingly homogenous than sports broadcasting, not only in demographics, but also in formatting. Ninety percent of the content on channels like ESPN involves ex-athletes and talk-radio hosts batting around scripted talking points, and the lack of new voices is one reason there’s so little real discourse about controversial issues in sports. But since it debuted in March, Fox Sports 1’s Garbage Time With Katie…

There’s no sphere of television more depressingly homogenous than sports broadcasting, not only in demographics, but also in formatting. Ninety percent of the content on channels like ESPN involves ex-athletes and talk-radio hosts batting around scripted talking points, and the lack of new voices is one reason there’s so little real discourse about controversial issues in sports. But since it debuted in March, Fox Sports 1’s Garbage Time With Katie…

This baseball season I cheered for the Seattle Mariners, the Oakland A’s, the Toronto Blue Jays, the New York Mets, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. On the ice, I’ve rooted in the last year for the Vancouver Canucks, the Chicago Blackhawks, and the New York Rangers; I once screamed for Canada to pummel the U.S. in the Olympics because I happened to be visiting British Columbia that weekend. I had…

A lawmaker plans to introduce a bill that would regulate daily fantasy sports in the state, putting an agency widely considered the toughest gambling regulator in the country in charge of it. Sen. Jim Whelan, a Democrat and former Atlantic City mayor, said Monday he’ll introduce a bill after conferring with the state Division of Gaming Enforcement, which would oversee daily fantasy sports play in New Jersey. His plans come…

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was in peak form during his pregame meeting with the media on Monday, revealing that he, a professional sports coach, actually isn’t all that much of a sports fan. Pop, asked about the World Series, “Why would I want to watch a baseball game when I can go to dinner and relax…sports are boring.” — Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixSI) November 2, 2015 Of course, this is the same…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United play “disgusting” football and resemble “robots” under manager Louis van Gaal, according to the club’s former winger Andrei Kanchelskis. (Sun)  Chelsea will sack under-pressure manager Jose Mourinho, 52, if there is evidence of the club’s fans turning against him. (Daily Star)  Mourinho will…

(Grantland / ESPN) A genial windbag named Grantland Rice was the pre-eminent voice of America’s first golden age of sports, larding his newspaper columns, radio shows, speeches, and newsreel appearances with metaphors and pseudo-classical allusions that included this famous (though typical for him) lede: “Outlined against a blue-gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only…

Bryan Tucker who recently took over the head writer position at Saturday Night Live, just unveiled a new sports comedy website, the Kicker. The site is part of SNL head honcho Lorne Michaels’s Above Average digital network – home to web series like Hudson Valley Ballers and Vanessa Bayer’s Sound Advice – hopes to become the go-to digital destination for fans of sports, comedy, and naturally, sports comedy. The site…

(Grantland / ESPN) A genial windbag named Grantland Rice was the pre-eminent voice of America’s first golden age of sports, larding his newspaper columns, radio shows, speeches, and newsreel appearances with metaphors and pseudo-classical allusions that included this famous (though typical for him) lede: “Outlined against a blue-gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only…

Every now and again, there happens one day per year when no sports fan should go wanting, and many have taken to calling it the “Sports Equinox.” It is a perfect confluence of schedules where every major North American, and many European, sports compete. According to fivethirtyeight.com, there have been 15 of them since 1971, and Nov. 1, 2015, was the first one since 2010. Additionally, it appears that the…

Game 5 of the World Series is tonight, and it could be a deciding one: The Kansas City Royals are looking to finish off the New York Mets after going ahead 3-1 in the series. But Sunday also includes 12 NFL games, seven NBA matchups, and five NHL contests. That makes today a very special day: a sports equinox. A sports equinox occurs when the four major U.S. leagues —…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Former England boss Fabio Capello wants to replace Jose Mourinho if he is sacked by Premier League champions Chelsea. (Sun)  Mourinho will be given a stay of execution as Blues manager – but must win back the players. (Daily Mirror)  Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is…