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Two brothers who ran an international sports betting ring have been sentenced in California to federal prison. A judge in San Diego sentenced Jan Portocarrero to 18 months on Friday. Erik Portocarrero was given 22 months. They also were fined $50,000. The two pleaded guilty to racketeering. Prosecutors say the brothers ran an Internet and telephone gambling enterprise called “Macho Sports” for more than a decade from a headquarters in…

i Gold medalist Katie Ledecky (left) of the United States poses with silver medallist Federica Pellegrini of Italy during a medal ceremony at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. Matthias Hangst/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Matthias Hangst/Getty Images Gold medalist Katie Ledecky (left) of the United States poses with silver medallist Federica Pellegrini of Italy during a medal ceremony at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. Matthias…

0 Shares Print They’re called immortals, after all. So before we ask ourselves which of the traditional Big Four pro sports Halls of Fame is the truest to its history, let’s take a flight of fancy. Imagine a picnic at which all of the players have gathered. They are alive and well, in the good company and cheer of their peers. Picture Babe Ruth hugging Lou Gehrig around the neck…

Buy Photo Gazelle Sports CEO Chris Lampen-Crowell at his new Gazelle Sports store on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, in Northville.(Photo: Salwan Georges Detroit Free Press)Buy Photo It’s a bold move that Chris Lampen-Crowell has been pondering for a decade. Should Gazelle Sports, a respected retailer of running, soccer and sports apparel in Kalamazoo, Holland and Grand Rapids, expand beyond its home turf of west Michigan to challenge a host of established competitors in metro Detroit?…

0 Shares Print They’re called immortals, after all. So before we ask ourselves which of the traditional Big Four pro sports Halls of Fame is the truest to its history, let’s take a flight of fancy. Imagine a picnic at which all of the players have gathered. They are alive and well, in the good company and cheer of their peers. Picture Babe Ruth hugging Lou Gehrig around the neck…

As you know by now, Meek Mill died last week. After engaging Drake in a social media tiff over a retweet (or lack thereof), Meek took a single, solid, lyrical fist (some language NSFW) to the throat and melted into spaghetti. He just fell over, laid there long enough for ice caps to melt and children to be born, grow old and die, and then sort of tried to get…

The never-ending feud between boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and burgeoning MMA star Ronda Rousey continued Thursday night as Mayweather attempted to plug his “final” fight with Andre Berto on ESPN’s SportsCenter. The questioning, as it apparently must, turned to Rousey, who competes in a different sport, in a different weight class and is a different gender than the boxing legend. Required to say something, he did his best to smack away the question, and perhaps…

0 Shares Print They’re called immortals, after all. So before we ask ourselves which of the traditional Big Four pro sports Halls of Fame is the truest to its history, let’s take a flight of fancy. Imagine a picnic at which all of the players have gathered. They are alive and well, in the good company and cheer of their peers. Picture Babe Ruth hugging Lou Gehrig around the neck…

Riccardo Fraccari, President of World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) gives a presentation during the interview session on August 7, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. The delegates from the eight shortlisted international federations -Baseball/Softball (WBSC), Bowling (WB), Karate (WKF), Roller Sports (FIRS), Sport Climbing (IFSC), Squash (WSF), Surfing (ISA), Wushu (IWUF) – were interviewed to be considered for inclusion at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Tokyo’s final choice of events to be…

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Buy Photo Fireworks burst over the Detroit city skyline June 23, 2015.(Photo: Diane Weiss, DFP)Buy Photo It’s been kind of a slow Friday for Detroit sports news, so we have an interesting question for you to ponder as you get ready for the weekend. Which Detroit major pro sports team will win the city’s next championship? It’s been eight years now since a Detroit team’s won a title (the Red…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – A test event for 2016 Olympic equestrian began in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, following an outbreak of the highly contagious and deadly disease, glanders. Authorities have insisted the disease, which was discovered this year among horses stabled near Rio’s Olympic Equestrian Center and can also infect humans, poses no threat to horses or riders. The exact details of the outbreak at the Deodoro military…

iStock iStock iStock iStock iStock iStock With the summer sun beating down and temperatures soaring from morning until late afternoon, you might be tempted to take your workout into an air conditioned gym. The height of summer can be tough on outdoor workouts like running and cycling, but that doesn’t mean you need to take it inside. You can actually get an intense and effective workout, while staying cool, if…

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Chicago Blackhawks superstar Patrick Kane is the subject of a police investigation into an alleged rape in the Buffalo area, The Buffalo News reported on Thursday, citing two law enforcement sources. The report says a woman reported being assaulted over the weekend and had testing done via a rape kit at a hospital. WKBW-7 in Buffalo, citing sources, reported that the alleged incident involves Kane and a woman that began…

TOKYO (AP) — Baseball called on Japanese home run king Sadaharu Oh, and karate used a live demonstration as eight sports made their case on Friday to be included in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Baseball and softball are making a combined bid. The other sports are squash, surfing, bowling, roller sports, sport climbing, and wushu. Under the “Olympic Agenda 2020” reforms, the IOC agreed to abolish the 28-sport limit to…

Many people have figured out how they can leverage their social media followings for economic gain.  In fact, the growth of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter Twitter and other social networks has led to the creation of the “social media celebrity” — an individual who is able to leverage his or her followers in engaged communications with either overtly sponsored material or undisclosed, paid posts. Teenagers are purportedly more enamored by YouTube…

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The race to pair mobile technology with sports continues to speed up. There are apps that offer a Twitter-like feed tailored to a game, apps for group-messaging friends during a game, and apps for booking an athlete to come watch a game with you in person. Now Alex Beckman, who sold one startup to Yahoo YHOO in 2013, believes he has a winning horse in GameOn, which combines several functions…