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Coming off a season in which star after star was lost to serious injury, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and NBA Players’ Association executive director Michele Roberts have made player health one of the top priorities to address this offseason. With that in mind, the union hired Joe Rogowski, a former athletic trainer and strength and conditioning coach with the Orlando Magic and the Houston Rockets, as the director of sports…

iStock iStock iStock iStock iStock When you’re at the game or watching sports on TV, what is one of the products you see advertised most?  Sports drinks.  At major football and soccer games, the water bottles players drink from have sports drink logos slapped on the front. On television, you see sport drinks at almost every commercial break. Each sports drink ad makes a lot of claims about how the…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Chelsea are likely to make a late attempt to beat Manchester United to the signing of Barcelona forward Pedro, 28. (Mail)  The Spain international has given United a time limit of three days to sign him. (Mundo Deportivo – Spanish)  Chelsea will consider making a…

Former Olympic 1500m champion Lord Coe is the new president of the IAAF, the body that governs world athletics. The 58-year-old Briton beat rival Sergey Bubka, a former Olympic pole vault champion, by 115 votes to 92. One of Coe’s first tasks will be to deal with the fall-out from a series of doping allegations to hit athletics. Double Olympic champion Mo…

The U.S. Tennis Association, NCAA and NFL along with a number of other sports organizations have teamed together in a new ad aimed to educate parents and coaches. The ad warns that kids who specialize in sports early on may not be on the best path for success, and writer Jennifer Wallace agrees. She said that even with the best intentions, parents of young athletes can be misguided. “The idea…

In the 1980s and ’90s, competitive figure skating enthralled me. The sport’s balletic arm movements and glittery-glam unitards, along with its powerful leaps and dizzying triple axels, guaranteed that I’d be seated in front of a TV during every Winter Olympics of my childhood. But not even in my most far-fetched girlhood fantasies did I ever imagine myself on the ice. Early awareness of my athletic limitations aside, figure skating…

(CNN)Whoa, who knew the debate over participation trophies — those awards children get just for showing up and playing sports — would strike such a chord? After NFL linebacker James Harrison took to Instagram this weekend, announcing he would be sending back the trophies his sons, 6 and 8, received “until they earn a real trophy,” parents on social media responded in droves, with the majority applauding Harrison, who plays…

The day before Milwaukee Brewers minor league player David Denson announced he is gay, the first openly gay professional football player walked away from his sport. Michael Sam said he worried for his mental health. The juxtaposition of these two events shows just how far pro sports has to go to accept a gay athlete. Related: Michael Sam says he’s stepping away from football citing ‘mental health’ Just 20 months…

Matt Kenseth drubbed the competition in Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway, giving Joe Gibbs Racing its fifth victory in the last six races. The race triumph was Kenseth’s third win of the year and second in the last three races, as he started from the pole and dominated all day. In winning the 34th race of his career, Kenseth, the 2003 series…

In modern media, as in sports, there’s a winner and loser to every story. On Monday, when the National Labor Relations Board overturned a March 2014 regional ruling allowing Northwestern football players to unionize, it marked a “clear victory for the college sports establishment” and a “tough break for the Northwestern football team.” Sorry, but an issue this complicated doesn’t fall neatly into a simple win-loss column. Northwestern football players…

The unanimous ruling by the five-member National Labor Relations Board concludes that letting Northwestern football players unionize could lead to different standards at different schools — from amounts of money players receive to the amount of time they can practice. That would, it says, create the competitive imbalances. The ruling applies to private schools, like Northwestern, which is a member of the powerful Big Ten Conference. Public…

The day before Milwaukee Brewers minor league player David Denson announced he is gay, the first openly gay professional football player walked away from his sport. Michael Sam said he worried for his mental health. The juxtaposition of these two events shows just how far pro sports has to go to accept a gay athlete. Related: Michael Sam says he’s stepping away from football citing ‘mental health’ Just 20 months…

Photo: Warrick Page/NBC NewsWire/Getty Images The Noise Report SI.com examines some of the biggest sports media stories of the week 1. ESPN named college football analyst Danny Kanell to be the new co-host with Ryen Russillo for the ESPN Radio slot from 1–4 p.m. ET. The new three-hour show, Russillo & Kanell,debuts Aug. 31 and will be televised on ESPNews starting at 1 p.m. When Kanell isn’t doing his anti-SEC,…

If you hadn’t noticed, drones and quadcopters are rather popular right now. Hardly a day goes by without some kind of automated or remotely piloted aircraft somehow causing a ruckus, or providing a new way for militaries and cinematographers alike to get the shot they need. What you might not have noticed, however, is that there is an underground movement to turn drone flying into a sport. Known as FPV (first-person view)…

Today’s sports fans live in a world of smash-mouth talk shows, scorched-earth Twitter wars and so-called “fantasy leagues” that make it possible for everybody’s laptop to be transformed into the old-fashioned corner bookie. In the end, though, sports are still about escapism. It’s not really the end of the world if our team doesn’t win. It’s just the end of the day. Deep down, we know this to be true….

Ray: I offer another comment on the starting QB battle. I have faith that the Buckeyes coaching staff will make the decision on whom they feel will give our team the best opportunity to repeat as national champs. If No. 16 wins the battle, it will be another exciting season. The same with 12 Gauge. But if J.T. Barrett gets the job, we can scratch (Ezekiel Elliott’s) spot on the…

Prepped Blog Post Preps photos Prep, stats, roster, schedule AURORA — An already abbreviated summer for Colorado high-schoolers is officially over. Preseason practice for fall begins Monday for eight additional fall sports, notably football. Boys golfers opened last week. The first of three sports seasons for 2015-16 is here and thousands of in-staters had been anticipating it, some even counting the days. “Yes, sir, I’m so excited,” Legacy senior quarterback…

He helped launch an American fashion trend, guided an iconic but flailing footwear company to find its cool again, and worked to establish Seattle as a bastion of professional sports. But beyond all his business accomplishments and civic contributions, Walter E. Schoenfeld’s true character was found in his inherent decency and unflagging optimism that drew people to his side for counsel and camaraderie, his friends and family members say. “The…

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has mocked Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger as the Blues prepare to play Manchester City on Sunday. City boss Manuel Pellegrini signed a new contract recently after finishing a second in the league last season. When asked if he was surprised by the deal, Mourinho said: “Why? Some other clubs, they have disappointed for…