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Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh.(Photo: Julian H. Gonzalez, DFP) Fox Sports wanted to make its season-opening game a spectacle and put all its efforts into promoting Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh’s return to college coaching Thursday at Utah. There was a bus dressed up like him, khaki pants and all, with five Michigan students on board, also dressed like him, roaming the country the past two weeks. There was a pregame show centered around…

Greg Stremlaw, the former CEO of Curling Canada, has been named the new head of CBC Sports. Stremlaw’s priority will be to lead CBC Sports’ strategy, placing emphasis on multi-platform sports journalism, amateur sports and a collaborative partnership approach to marquee events. “It is a privilege and an honour to be joining such a world-class team and an organization synonymous with broadcasting excellence,” said Stremlaw. “I am very proud to be a…

Tim Tebow made Matt Barkley expendable. The Philadelphia Eagles traded Barkley to the Arizona Cardinals on Friday, clearing a roster spot for Tebow after he won a preseason competition for the No. 3 quarterback job. The news was first reported by FOX NFL Insider Jay Glazer. Arizona sent a conditional seventh-round draft pick to Philadelphia for Barkley. A person familiar with the deal said Barkley has to be on the…

Free-agent guard Kendall Marshall has agreed to a multiyear contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, league sources told Yahoo Sports. View photo . Kendall Marshall (Getty Images) The deal includes a fully guaranteed salary for the 2015-16 season, sources said. Marshall has been rehabilitating a torn anterior cruciate ligament in Chapel Hill, N.C., over the past few months and worked out this past week for the 76ers in Philadelphia. Marshall is…

Greg Stremlaw, the former CEO of Curling Canada, has been named the new head of CBC Sports. Stremlaw’s priority will be to lead CBC Sports’ strategy, placing emphasis on multi-platform sports journalism, amateur sports and a collaborative partnership approach to marquee events. “It is a privilege and an honour to be joining such a world-class team and an organization synonymous with broadcasting excellence,” said Stremlaw. “I am very proud to be a…

By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer at Monza Leading Formula 1 drivers have been asked to stop criticising tyre supplier Pirelli, at a meeting with the sport’s boss Bernie Ecclestone. Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel were told not to…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea, 24, will be given a new start by manager Louis van Gaal, even if he fails to sign a new deal. (Mirror)  Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says the Red Devils “lacked experience” in their handling of De Gea’s failed transfer to…

By Rob Moseley Editor, GoDucks.comRendering courtesy of SRG Partnership The latest cutting edge facility enhancement for Oregon athletics is designed to improve performance for all UO student-athletes, while honoring the legacy of their most distinguished recent colleague. On Thursday, the university’s Board of Trustees was presented with documentation of the proposed Marcus Mariota Sports Performance Complex. The enhancement to 29,000 square feet of the Casanova Center’s first floor…

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Hop on the hype train, Baltimore. lRelated Ravens Insider 5 things to watch in the Ravens’ preseason finale vs. the Atlanta Falcons See all related At a time when locals seem to be most concerned with the health of first-round pick Breshad Perriman and generally blasé about the preseason in general, the Ravens have the distinct honor of being Sports Illustrated’s pick to win Super Bowl 50. The pick comes…

Longtime WGN-AM 720 sports host David Kaplan is leaving the station to join rival ESPN-owned WMVP-AM 1000, according to sources familiar with the situation. lRelated Sports Columnists Cubs’ TV and radio ratings surging See all related Kaplan, who started at WGN Radio in 1995, agreed to a multi-year deal to stay with the station in December 2013. But his duties, and the station’s direction, shifted this year with the loss…

A spokesman for BT said: “We wrote to all BT Sport customers to ensure that they could choose their preferred option before the start of the season. Customers are able to leave BT Sport with no penalty. Those who call in to cease the BT Sport Pack can get a full refund of the cost.” BT expanded its sports offering on 1 August, giving customers the choice of a four-channel…

Michael Waltrip Racing filed notice Sept. 1 with the state of North Carolina that it intends to permanently lay off 217 employees at its race shop in Cornelius, North Carolina, as early as Nov. 1. The notice of layoffs appeared in the Sept. 2 WARN Notice produced by the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The WARN Notice is a report of pending major layoffs employers have filed with the state….

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NEW YORK — Tom Brady learned Thursday he will start the season on the field after a judge lifted the league’s four-game suspension of the star quarterback for a scandal over deflated footballs, saying he was treated unfairly by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The league quickly appealed. U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman criticized Goodell for dispensing “his own brand of industrial justice” as he found multiple reasons to reject…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United will make one last attempt to persuade David De Gea to commit his long-term future to the club by offering the 24-year-old Spain goalkeeper a new deal in October. (Mirror)  United’s fall-out with Real Madrid over the De Gea deal has ended their chances of signing…

Judge Richard M. Berman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled in favor of Tom Brady and the NFLPA in its case against the NFL, overturning Brady’s four-game suspension for his alleged role in Deflategate. The latest from SportsLine What Brady ruling means for Patriots, Week 1, Vegas Based upon the foregoing and applicable legal authorities, the Court hereby denies the Management…

The golden era for British athletes is not about to end. The likes of Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford have followed up their triumphs at the London 2012 Olympics with gold medal glory at last week’s World Championships in Beijing. And the future is brighter than ever for the nation’s young athletes as they prepare for the Rio Olympics in 2016. According to long-distance runner Jo Pavey, who…

NBC Sports next week will unleash its first major website redesign in five years — a rejiggering of the digital furniture largely designed to promote live-streaming video available only to authenticated subscribers of the Peacock’s pay-TV partners. The new NBCSports.com, slated to go live Monday, Sept. 7, will provide a “clean, streamlined experience” that will more prominently feature live and short-form video in the left rail, including upcoming events, as…