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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…

Rangers Captain, the baseball team’s mascot, pulls out the broom Wednesday night after Texas swept the Astros. Just the latest example of why Dallas is, indeed, a top sports city in America! (DMN Photo) Whatever North Texas team(s) logo adorns your cap, you might want to tip it to this great news: We’ve just been named the #3 sports town in America. As so often happens, the city of Dallas gets the…

CHICAGO – One of Chicago’s biggest names was back in the news for the wrong reasons. On Thursday the Buffalo News reported that Patrick Kane was under investigation for rape by the Hamburg (N.Y.) Police Department. Little details have emerged about the alleged incident but it did cause plenty of buzz among those in Chicago. Jason Goch of Yahoo Sports Radio was one of those talking about it Thursday and he…

Lionel Messi made all sorts of headlines Wednesday night during Barcelona’s 3-0 win over Roma in their preseason friendly. There was the good: the 28-year-old Argentine scored his first goal of the season; the bad: he headbutt his opponent just minutes before; and the ugly: is Messi wearing a sports bra?! The answer is no. At 158 pounds, Messi clearly doesn’t need any extra support up top. He’s wearing the tight crop…

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Benjamin Hochman, a St. Louis native and graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, has been hired as a sports columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Hochman returns home from Denver, where he held the same position for The Denver Post. In the past six years, Hochman, 35, has received six national honors from the Associated Press Sports Editors, the “APSEs,” considered the Oscars of sportswriting. Hochman covered…

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The government has launched a public consultation on sport participation as it seeks to address a worrying decline in the number of people taking part in regular exercise since a post-2012 Olympics high. While there are now 1.4 million more people playing sport in England than in 2005 – when the UK won the right to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games – this increase came in two short…

Befitting a man who espoused homophobic beliefs during a failed Senate run, believes himself to be Christian martyr, and has been dogged by allegations that he killed five hookers while at SMU, Craig James sued Fox Sports on Monday for religious discrimination, alleging that he was fired because of his “religious beliefs about marriage.” Craig James, if you remember, is the former ESPN college football analyst best known for when…

She says: “We eschew regular exercise at our peril. It can make a massive difference in an ageing population such as ours: it keeps hearts healthy, strengthens joints, helps in the fight against long-term conditions such as strokes and cancer, and improves psychological wellbeing. “Exercise can even combat depression and help to overcome loneliness – something which can have a worse impact on health than smoking and obesity. “The trouble…

DRB Images, LLC via Getty Images Ultimate Frisbee, a sport that was literally invented as a joke, is now a sport that’s eligible for inclusion in the Olympic Games, the IOC announced on Sunday. The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF), which serves as the international governing body for disc sports like Ultimate Frisbee, Disc Golf and Guts, has been officially recognized by the IOC. While Ultimate Frisbee won’t be showing up…

College football analyst Craig James filed suit against Fox Sports in a Dallas court this morning contending religious discrimination for his 2013 termination over his stance on gay marriage. “Fox Sports fired James for one reason only: his religious beliefs about marriage,” the 35-page suit charges. “In so doing, Fox Sports violated the law. Specifically, Fox Sports violated the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (‘TCHRA’) and Texas contract law…

Former college football television analyst Craig James on Monday filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against Fox Sports that contends he was fired because he had expressed opposition to gay marriage during a failed run for the U.S. Senate. The former running back for Southern Methodist University and the New England Patriots is seeking at least $100,000 in damages. Fox hired him in August 2013 — months after he lost the…