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Ultimate Frisbee has gone pro: In 2012, the American Ultimate Disc League appeared, and now boasts twenty-five teams in North America, including the D.C. Breeze, pictured here during tryouts. Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY PRESTON KERES / MCT VIA GETTY Since the early nineteen-seventies, when it first appeared on a high-school lawn in New Jersey, Ultimate Frisbee has been kicked around like the frayed hacky sack of the sports world, getting called…

Ultimate Frisbee has gone pro: In 2012, the American Ultimate Disc League appeared, and now boasts twenty-five teams in North America, including the D.C. Breeze, pictured here during tryouts. Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY PRESTON KERES / MCT VIA GETTY Since the early nineteen-seventies, when it first appeared on a high-school lawn in New Jersey, Ultimate Frisbee has been kicked around like the frayed hacky sack of the sports world, getting called…

0 Shares Print The evolution of American sports betting prior to the Internet can be traced back to a garage office in the suburbs of Philadelphia. At its peak, in the early 1980s, Mickey Charles’ garage was receiving 20 million phone calls a month and generating millions of dollars in revenue. The calls, costing as much as 50 cents apiece, came from across the nation. Many were placed from the…

EA Sports will release NHL 16 on Sept. 15 and their original cover art featuring Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks holding the Stanley Cup will be changed due to the ongoing investigation involving Kane. [Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football: Sign up and join a league today!] On Wednesday, EA Sports announced in a statement that Kane’s image would be removed from their promotional materials going forward:  “In…

Fox Sports has confirmed what most of the sports-media world already knew: Former ESPN host Colin Cowherd will join the organization and host a program that will be broadcast simultaneously on Fox Sports 1 and radio. The three-hour program, to be titled “The Herd,” will start airing Tuesday, Sept. 8, on Fox Sports 1 and the Fox Sports Radio Network weekdays between noon and 3 p.m. ET. Fox Sports Radio…

2015 CBS Sports Preseason 128 Rankings: 1-25 | 26-128 With a loaded roster including plenty of starters returning from last season’s national title team, Ohio State will begin the 2015 season as the No. 1 team in the CBS Sports Preseason 128 rankings. The rankings, as voted on by CBS Sports’ college football experts, feature the Buckeyes at the top followed by the two teams left out of last year’s…

Andretti Sports Marketing, LLC has filed a lawsuit against Andretti Autosport Holding Co., Inc. in Marion County (In.) Superior Court, which has prompted a statement from Michael Andretti against two Andretti Sports Marketing top level individuals in John Lopes and Starke Taylor. The lawsuit was filed on July 30. Michael Andretti also is named as a defendant. Most recent titles for both are president of Andretti Sports Marketing for Lopes,…

The Sports Show, a new exhibition at the School of Visual Art opening on Aug. 22 and curated by graphic designer Todd Random with Jane Nuzzo, brings together the work of 32 alumni – prominent photographers and artists – who have explored the theme of sports in recent years. There’s little doubt that Henri Cartier-Bresson’s concept of the “decisive moment” – a picture masterly composed to seize the essence of…

Imagine the CEO of a Fortune 500 company walking towards an elevator at the end of a long, arduous day.  From the other direction, the janitor approaches that same bank of doors. Both hop on and ride 40 stories below to the lobby floor.  Both have the same destination.  They just want to go home and retire for the evening. Now ask yourself, what could those two seemingly polar opposite…

MADRID (AP) — Tales Azzoni, an AP sports writer in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has been appointed as the AP’s sports reporter in Madrid, responsible for covering Spain and Portugal. Azzoni has been working for The Associated Press since 2002, covering general news and sports. He started covering the Brazilian national team in 2004 and has helped the AP cover dozens of sporting events across the globe, including three World Cups…

The idea that data plays a role on sports teams isn’t new, and the number of teams relying on data and the level to which they are doing so both seem to be growing. Perhaps one of the most memorable stories (largely because it made it to the big screen) was the unlikely success of Billy Beane and the low-budget Oakland A’s. Beyond that, a recent feature in The Atlantic…

British sports bodies are queueing up to urge caution as athletes race to prove their innocence by publishing the results of blood doping samples with the elite funding agency UK Sport among those encouraging athletes to think carefully before revealing details. Related: Mo Farah calls for his anti-doping blood test data to be made public The double Olympic champion Mo Farah is one of a number of top stars set…

NBC Sports Group extended its exclusive agreement to carry England’s Premier League soccer in the U.S. for an additional six years under a new deal announced Monday. The Comcast Corp.-owned sports unit will air England’s top league through the 2021-2022 season. Ahead of the 2013 season, NBC scored a three-year deal for roughly $250 million,…

“This is Your Brain on Sports” is a new podcast from Sports Illustrated in which SI executive editor Jon Wertheim and Tufts University psychology professor Sam Sommers look at the hidden side of games, athletes, owners, and officials. In this week’s episode we take the title of the podcast quite literally, peeking under the hood at the mind of the sports fan. Our guest is Mina Cikara, a social neuroscientist…

SEATTLE—You know an e-sports event has made it when a crowd’s patriotic chants swell into the tens of thousands. But the bigger surprise at this week’s The International, currently the largest annual Dota 2 gaming tournament, was that those cries weren’t loudest for the usual e-sports titans like Korea or China. This week, capacity crowds celebrated an American squad. On Wednesday night of The International 2015’s main event, I was squeezed into the giant Key…

CINCINNATI – As schools reopen, students and parents should take steps to prevent sports injuries. Physicians in the Division of Sports Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center say preparation before the first day of practice is critical in reducing the risk of injury. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, approximately 3.5 million 14-and-unders get hurt in sports or   recreational activities. More than 775,000 are treated in hospital…

Prepped Blog Post Preps photos Prep, stats, roster, schedule All Colorado high school team sports will use a Rating Percentage Index (RPI) system to determine postseason playing fields beginning during the 2016-17 season, the CHSAA board of directors adopted Saturday and announced Monday. The RPI formula is as follows: 25 percent of a team’s winning percentage, plus 50 percent of the winning percentage of their opponents, plus 25 percent of…

The Premier League on NBC Sports is here to stay. On Monday, NBC Sports Group announced that it will remain as the exclusive home of the Premier League in the U.S., as a six-year extension has been signed with the Premier League to continue the coverage which began ahead of the 2013-14 season. [ MORE: Latest news from Premier League ] The partnership will be extended through the 2021-22 Premier League season and once…

UPDATED: 3:40pm ET – Additional clarity added in tables to show viewership numbers for year 2 of each network As the cliché goes, Rome wasn’t built in a day. For 24/7/365 sports channel FOX FOX Sports 1, the climb to catch Walt Disney Walt Disney-owned ESPN ESPN won’t be either, but there are clear signs there is progress being made. FOX Sports 1 launched in August of 2013 with just a…