World Sports

Fans cheered as players lined up on opposing computer keyboards ready to wage virtual war, while in the background coaches prowled around in the manner of soccer’s Jose Mourinho. Over the road, fans huddled outside the Wembley Hilton hotel for autographs of their favourite players. E-sports is a generic term for events ranging from virtual warfare games to computer-simulated soccer matches, often played for big prize money….

Michigan Wolverines punter Blake O’Neill made one of the most infamous plays you will ever witness on Saturday against Michigan State. O’Neil needed to just punt the ball away and seal a huge win for Michigan. Instead, he fumbled, and the rest is history. Terrible, horrible, no good, very bad history. But O’Neill is in good (in a relative sense) company. Just a day later, the Indianapolis Colts tried one…

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Reuters/Alexandra BeierFinger-pulling championships are a serious sport in some parts of Germany. Baseball may be America’s pastime, but citizens of other countries are entertaining themselves in altogether different ways.  Cultural tradition has informed a whole range of strangely fascinating sports around the world — balancing on bamboos, for example, or wrestling on horses.  While some games are unique to a particular country, others can be found in several nations in…

‘Was it really a life-changing penalty?’, I hear some of you ask. Aren’t I exaggerating the importance of sport just a little? Well, no, actually. The Scottish Number 8, Dave Denton, said afterwards that the result would live with him and his team-mates for the rest of their lives. And so it almost certainly will. “We noticed that he sprinted up the tunnel,” Denton said of referee Craig Joubert. “I…

Maker Faire’s most likely candidate for fame was Loo, a young and photogenic product design engineer with a lifelong obsession with remote control vehicles and an intensive practice regimen. At the races, Loo steered his self-made “Green Meanie” bird to victory, wiping the floor with his opponents and occasionally throwing in a showy flip or turn for the spectators, who’d cheer or gasp at the right intervals. While the audiences…

GoPro is continuing its investment into content production with the hire of Bill McCullough, who previously worked as vice president of creative development and operations for HBO Sports. McCullough is starting Monday as the executive producer for GoPro’s team sports and motor sports channels, which the company distributes across a number of platforms, including YouTube and Facebook — and with 11 Emmy Awards on his shelf, he’s also poised to raise…

Emily Fong, Staff WriterOctober 19, 2015 New York Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada fractured his leg last week during a playoff game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The second baseman for the Dodgers, Chase Utley, caused the injury by sliding hard into Tejada to break up the play. As Tejada lay on the field, waiting to be carted off the basepath, a chorus of disgruntled pundits and commentators jumped in. While…

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For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Real Madrid president Florentino Perez wants to sign Chelsea forward Eden Hazard next summer, before the 24-year-old’s value rises even further. (Fichajes.net via Metro)  Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho wants Sevilla’s 26-year-old winger Yevhen Konoplyanka, according to Shakhtar Donetsk manager Mircea Lucescu. (Sky Sports)  Chelsea forward…

While the public was invited to speak about a company’s desire to move its sports training academy to Cedar Grove, the session abruptly ended after the first comment. Attorney Guido Weber, representing his parents who reside on Anderson Parkway near the proposed location of the Sport Domain Academy, does not believe an open air soccer field is supposed to be erected in the area. According to Weber, the second principle…

Mark Blinch The baseball season isn’t quite over for Alex Rodriguez, who’s joining Fox Sports for the remainder of the postseason. Alex Rodriguez is going to the World Series. The controversial Yankee will join Fox Sports’ postseason  baseball  studio team. He made the deal, which the Daily News first reported,   official  with an appearance Sunday on the network’s “Fox NFL Sunday” pregame show. …

Getty Images Poker is gambling. Everyone knows that. But if poker is a game of “chance,” then why are some people so much better at it than others? For daily fantasy sports sites, that fine line between games of skill and games of chance could determine whether they stay in business. Over the past week, regulators and law enforcement have taken significant interest in the heavily advertised and nominally regulated…

As more states scrutinize the daily fantasy sports industry, the office of Nevada’s attorney general said it used DraftKings’ own words and online images as evidence the sites qualify as gambling. A day after Nevada regulators ordered the sites out of the state unless they get a gambling license, a memo issued Friday cited a three-year-old online “Ask Me Anything” interview on Reddit.com where the office of the state’s attorney…

It keeps getting worse for daily fantasy sports companies and the people and organizations connected to them. Last week, amidst news that the New York Attorney General had launched an inquiry into daily fantasy leaders DraftKings and FanDuel, a Florida gaming attorney, Dan Wallach, reported that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa, Florida had opened an investigation into daily fantasy sports operators and convened a grand jury to do so….

Can San Diego become a hub for the cycling industry? Bob Rief, a 40-year veteran of the sports and active lifestyle industry, thinks it can. The new executive director of San Diego Sports Innovators – an action sports trade group — recently hosted a gathering of about 10 local cycling-related firms to get them talking about how to promote the region for the sport. The meeting highlights San Diego Sports…

Last Updated Oct 16, 2015 1:25 AM EDT LAS VEGAS — Nevada regulators have ordered daily fantasy sports sites like DraftKings and FanDuel to shut down, saying they can’t operate in the state without a gambling license. The decision comes amid growing backlash by investigators and regulators over the sites, which have grown in popularity in the past year. CBS This Morning Insider trading probe launched on DraftKings, FanDuel DraftKings…