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Can An Astrophysicist Change The Way We Watch Sports? – FiveThirtyEight

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Illustration by Mike McQuade Truth No. 1: Most of us watch sports to see the unexpected. Truth No. 2: Plenty of us want to predict the future. Somewhere, where those two contradictory truths meet, there has been a movement afoot. For decades now, sports-crazed statheads — the sabermetricians and forecasters and moneyballers bent on winning their fantasy leagues, assembling an actual professional team or simply understanding the sports world —…

Does playing fantasy sports amount to gambling? Debate intensifies – Los Angeles Times

Monday, October 26, 2015

Anyone watching sports on television can see that the business of daily fantasy sports contests has exploded. Fueled by incessant TV advertising, the daily fantasy sports market — led by the two privately held online giants of the sector, FanDuel Inc. and DraftKings Inc. — has swelled into a multibillion-dollar business in just a few years. Now the U.S. government and some state authorities, responding in part to a recent…

The Offshore Game of Online Sports Betting – New York Times

Monday, October 26, 2015

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Sharing a lifelong love of Wisconsin sports – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Monday, October 26, 2015

It was the summer of 1964 when I walked into County Stadium for the first time, marveling at the greenest grass I’d ever seen, choking on the pungent odor of cigar smoke and staring in wide-eyed wonder as my heroes, the Milwaukee Braves, spilled out of the dugout and onto the field. My Little League teammates and I sat on the edge of our seats in the right-field lower…

Lewis Hamilton wins his third F1 World Championship – BBC News

Monday, October 26, 2015

By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer in Austin Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won a thrilling United States Grand Prix to seal his third World Championship. Hamilton pressured team-mate Nico Rosberg into a mistake during a frantic last 10 laps after a safety car and swept by to take his 10th win of…

Steve Ross unveils RISE to use sports to combat racism – Sun Sentinel

Monday, October 26, 2015

Steve Ross revealed details Sunday of his plans to use athletes, sports venues and television broadcasts to combat racism in America through the Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE). The Miami Dolphins owner, who said the initiative is an outgrowth of the Dolphins’ Bullygate chapter involving players and racist language, unveiled an all-encompassing organization from educating youth on racism through public-service announcements involving sports stars like LeBron James and…

Timberwolves say head coach Flip Saunders has died at 60 – FOXSports.com

Monday, October 26, 2015

MINNEAPOLIS — Flip Saunders, who rose from the backwaters of basketball’s minor leagues to become one of the most powerful men in the NBA as coach, team president and part owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves, died Sunday, the team said. He was 60. Saunders was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in June and doctors called it “treatable and curable.” But he took a leave of absence from the team in September…

Tragedy and sports have intertwined all too often at Oklahoma State – FOXSports.com

Saturday, October 24, 2015

The tragic news of fatalities and scores of injuries caused when a speeding car crashed into a crowd of revelers at Saturday morning’s Oklahoma State Homecoming parade quickly reminded of other sports-related tragedies that have too often affected the school. Every year thousands of people attend the Homecoming parade in Stillwater, Okla., just one of the weekend’s events that make Oklahoma State’s Homecoming one of the largest in the nation….

Massachusetts considers ‘robust’ regulations for daily fantasy sports sites – Fox News

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Sept. 9, 2015: An employee in the software development department of DraftKings, a daily fantasy sports company, walks past screens displaying the company’s online system stats in Boston. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) BOSTON –  If fantasy sports websites are allowed to continue operating in Massachusetts, they would likely have to do so under a “robust” regulatory framework, state Attorney General Maura Healey said Friday as her office continued an examination of…

The 2015 World Series schedule is set – Yahoo Sports (blog)

Saturday, October 24, 2015

With the Kansas City Royals clinching the ALCS on Friday at Kauffman Stadium, the 2015 World Series is now set. The Royals, who knocked off the Toronto Blue Jays in six games, will meet the National League champion New York Mets, who swept the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS. For the Royals, it’s a quick return to the World Series after falling in seven games to the San Francisco Giants…

Massachusetts considers ‘robust’ regulations for daily fantasy sports sites – Fox News

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Sept. 9, 2015: An employee in the software development department of DraftKings, a daily fantasy sports company, walks past screens displaying the company’s online system stats in Boston. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) BOSTON –  If fantasy sports websites are allowed to continue operating in Massachusetts, they would likely have to do so under a “robust” regulatory framework, state Attorney General Maura Healey said Friday as her office continued an examination of…

Sports TV/radio for Oct. 24-25 – Springfield News-Leader

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Buy Photo File Art(Photo: News-Leader)Buy Photo Today Auto Racing NASCAR: Camping World Truck Series, qualifying, at Talledega, Ala., 9:30 a.m. – Fox Sports 1 NASCAR: Camping World Truck Series, The Fred’s 250, at Talledega, Ala., 11:30 a.m. – Fox Formula One: U.S. Grand Prix, qualifying, at Austin, Texas, 11:30 a.m. – NBCSN NASCAR: Sprint Cup Series, qualifying, at Talledega, Ala., 3 p.m. – NBCSN Figure Skating Skate America: Grand Prix…

9 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes For Sports Fans – Huffington Post

Friday, October 23, 2015

Sports fans, you’re on the clock. Halloween is just days away and you, in all likelihood, still need to draft a costume. Aside from New Year’s Eve, Halloween is generally the day people spend the most time outfit planning for. While the pressure’s already on to think of a killer costume to impress with, sports fans face a unique problem: Do you mail it in, wear your favorite athlete’s jersey…

The global elite is taking over sport – Financial Times

Friday, October 23, 2015

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The Joy of Six: iconic sports photos – The Guardian (blog)

Friday, October 23, 2015

1) Diego Maradona faces six fiercely focused Belgians Camp Nou in Barcelona at the 1982 World Cup in Spain. With the ball at his feet, his famous left foot caressing it as he ponders his next move, Diego Maradona balances on the toes of his right foot surveying the scene ahead of him. Front and centre stands Belgium midfielder Franky Vercauteren with five of his team-mates fanning out in formation…