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Sky Sports News are using Football Manager to rate players. Football is done. — Gaz Phiz (@blueboi1987) August 3, 2015 Feel like a proud mum seeing sky sports news using football manager as a way of looking at how good players are — jack (@JackHowell97) August 3, 2015 Sky Sports News actually using Football Manager stats to talk about new signings, it either shows how reliable FM is or how…

It wasn’t exactly “The Shot Heard ’Round the World,” but it sure made it to Chicago in a hurry. After Wilmer Flores’s soap-operatic home run ended Friday’s Nationals-Mets game, even Michael Kay and Paul O’Neill, working the Yankees-White Sox game on YES, couldn’t resist recapping and marveling at “Wilmer’s Excellent, Tear-Filled Four-Day Adventure.” Just when it seems time to swear off sports as a business predicated on doing one-way bad business,…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has dismissed reports linking Real Madrid’s 27-year-old striker Karim Benzema with a move to the club. (Evening Standard)  However, according to (AS),  Wenger has set aside £45.6m to bring the France international to London. The Gunners have beaten Manchester United to…

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BT Sport were left embarrassed on the opening day of what they are hoping will be their breakthrough season after the broadcasters’ website and app struggled to cope with the demand for coverage of Sunday’s Community Shield between Arsenal and Chelsea. BT, whose £350m investment in exclusive rights to the Champions League and Europa League for the coming season has upped the stakes in their rivalry with Sky, had offered…

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) says it is “very alarmed” after fresh allegations of suspected doping emerged in a leak of test data. The Sunday Times  and German broadcaster ARD/WDR have obtained access to the results of 12,000 blood tests from 5,000 athletes. According to the newspaper, the evidence – which has been seen by the BBC – reveals the “extraordinary extent of cheating” by athletes…

LOS ANGELES — “USA. USA. USA.” The chants echo at a jam-packed Balboa Sports Park field as 16-year-old Ordray Smith drapes an American flag over his back following his team’s bronze-medal winning victory Friday against China. Autographs are next. Kids greet him with sharpies. Then it’s team photo time and his teammates embrace him with pride. His smile tells several invigorating stories. Ordray Smith signs autographs for fans at the World Games (Aaron Mills/Special Olympics…

FOOTBALL GOSSIP Manager Ronny Deila believes he will be allowed to invest any cash Celtic bring in if they qualify for the Champions League group stage. (Sun) And midfielder Stefan Johansen thinks Celtic must score in Baku on Wednesday to progress against Qarabag, having established a 1-0 lead in Glasgow. (Mail on Sunday) Striker Leigh Griffiths says he’s answered all the questions asked about…

LOS ANGELES — “USA. USA. USA.” The chants echo at a jam-packed Balboa Sports Park field as 16-year-old Ordray Smith drapes an American flag over his back following his team’s bronze-medal winning victory Friday against China. Autographs are next. Kids greet him with sharpies. Then it’s team photo time and his teammates embrace him with pride. His smile tells several invigorating stories. Ordray Smith signs autographs for fans at the World Games (Aaron Mills/Special Olympics…

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) says it is “very alarmed” after fresh allegations of suspected doping emerged in a leak of test data. The Sunday Times  and German broadcaster ARD/WRD have obtained access to the results of 12,000 blood tests from 5,000 athletes. According to the newspaper, the evidence – which has been seen by the BBC – reveals the “extraordinary extent of cheating” by athletes…

Red Sox president and chief executive Larry Lucchino said Saturday he will be stepping down at the end of the season, ending a remarkable 14-year run that saw the team win three World Series titles in 10 years. “Fourteen years in a 24/7 job is a lot. I’ll be 70 in September,’’ Lucchino told the Globe Saturday evening. “That’s sort of why I’m ready to step back.’’ Continue reading below…

LOS ANGELES — “USA. USA. USA.” The chants echo at a jam-packed Balboa Sports Park field as 16-year-old Ordray Smith drapes an American flag over his back following his team’s bronze-medal winning victory Friday against China. Autographs are next. Kids greet him with sharpies. Then it’s team photo time and his teammates embrace him with pride. His smile tells several invigorating stories. Ordray Smith signs autographs for fans at the World Games (Aaron Mills/Special Olympics…

Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Saturday. A full Sports Digest will be sent about 3 p.m. All times EDT: – Shattered cellphones. Fireworks accidents. Failed drug tests. The NFL’s endless aggravation raged through an offseason marked by more crime and punishment, rules violations by owners, and the never-ending ”Deflategate” saga. SENT: 800 words, photos. – RIO DE JANEIRO – The governing body of world sailing…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Manchester United will not give up on their pursuit of Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale, 26, despite the Spanish side wanting a world-record fee of £86m for the player. (Sunday Express)  Ligue 1 side Lyon are close to signing Red Devils full-back Rafael, 25, for £7m. (Daily…

We understand that we watch sports as a release. We don’t watch sports to be intellectually challenged. Sports is a visceral thing. Sports makes us feel good (or awful). Sports make us yell in joy (or agony). Sports is not supposed to be the periodic tables. Which is a good thing. Because in our little landscape of sports, in New York City, we have been surrounded by stupidity lately. No,…

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As I walked into a banquet hall in the Hilton hotel Friday to speak at the annual NWA Wrestling Legends Fan Fest, I received a message that my friend “Rowdy” Roddy Piper had unexpectedly died, apparently in his sleep the night before, at age 61.  My speech was immediately erased from my memory.  Every image in my mind was that of “Hot Rod.” The notes for my…

OLYMPICS KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Throughout more than 120 years of Olympic history, no city has hosted both the winter and summer games. Now, Beijing will be the first do it – and in the span of just 14 years. The Chinese capital was awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics, beating Kazakh rival Almaty 44-40 in a surprisingly close vote marred by technical problems, taking the games back to the city…

For many sports fans, nestling into their seats at an arena to root for their team is a comfort zone of American sports tradition. But for others, spectatorship is a quest. “As a kid, my family would say, ‘We don’t have to spend a lot of money to go to that event. We’ll watch on TV together and everyone can enjoy it,’” said Mike Jennings of South Holland. “I did…