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Want Backheel Breakfast in your inbox? Sign up for the email version here. Good news for fans of German football in America: FOX Sports has you covered. After several years of mediocre coverage on hard-to-get GolTV, the broadcast rights for the Bundesliga got snapped up by FOX for the next few seasons. The network unveiled their coverage plan on Thursday, and it pretty much kicks ass. FOX Sports 1…

Most of the millions of numbers uttered on Sports Phone are long forgotten — scores of games no one cares about now, results that led to ill-fated wagers and shaped standings from another millennium and another world. But for many New York-area sports fans of a certain age, seven digits are seared in memory, a phone number that resonates still: 976-1313. …

Choosing from two authoritarian countries to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee has favored the one that lacks snow, water, or winter sports: Beijing. The other choice was Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan. The committee made the decision at a session in Kuala Lumpur on Friday (July 31). In a last-minute statement before the vote, Chinese president Xi Jinping appeared in a pre-recorded video to sway…

(Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images) Mo’ne Davis may be only 14, but she’s already become a bona fide sports star, landing the cover of Sports Illustrated and an ESPY award for her performance in the Little League World Series last summer. While she’s likely pleased with her success so far, she’s not pleased with how the broadcast world treats women’s sports. In particular, Davis has a problem with the lack of women’s…

Capitalizing on their history of success and baseball’s skyrocketing value as real-time TV, the Cardinals have reached a deal with Fox Sports Midwest that will guarantee the team more than $1 billion and assert for years to come their televised presence in a broad, devoted region. The team and its exclusive local broadcast partner are expected to announce a new, 15-year agreement Thursday morning, officials on both sides confirmed. The…

Here’s your viewer’s guide to TV coverage of Germany’s Bundesliga. This season marks the long-awaited debut of Fox’s multi-year rights deal that finally brings one of the world’s best and most popular soccer leagues into mainstream American homes. For some years now, the Bundesliga has drawn the biggest crowds and produced among the highest goals-per-game averages in Europe. I’ve been a fan of the league for a long time,…

Ivan Drago – Rocky IV (1985) “Whatever he hits, he destroys.” Dolph Lundgren is a fearsome sight in Rocky IV; a sweaty, dead-eyed killing machine with rippling muscles and a peroxide flat-top. In the most adventurously-scripted of all of Stallone’s boxing films he played the seemingly bionic Ivan Drago, a Soviet Olympic champion and infantry captain whose punches are said to be more than twice as punishing as the average…

The American video game developer, Electronic Arts , is slated to release its first quarter fiscal 2016 earnings results on July 30. The company has been beating the market estimates for the last couple of years, driven by the success of its sports titles. EA’s stock has more than doubled over the last 12 months. According to Wall Street estimates, EA is expected to report an EPS of $0.02 in Q1…

The impending arrival of a new sports channel featuring Uefa Champions League and Europa League games has boosted BT’s television business. The company said its TV section is at a two-year high after 60,000 customers were added in the three months to the end of June. In its first-quarter results, BT said it is on track to meet full-year expectations following solid demand for TV and broadband services. In 2013,…

Capitalizing on their history of success and baseball’s skyrocketing value as real-time TV, the Cardinals have reached a deal with Fox Sports Midwest that will guarantee the team more than $1 billion and assert for years to come their televised presence in a broad, devoted region. The team and its exclusive local broadcast partner are expected to announce a new, 15-year agreement Thursday morning, officials on both sides confirmed. The…

In FootGolf, players try to kick a soccer ball into a 21-inch diameter cup. (Carlos Osorio/AP) The other week we brought you the story of Red Whittington, a three-time disc golf world champion. What’s disc golf? Well, it’s scored like golf, but instead of putting a ball into a hole, players throw a Frisbee-like disc into a metal basket. Whittington’s story left us wondering about other hybrid sports that have gained popularity. Here are…

An estimated 27 percent of high schools will not have sports by the year 2020 if current trends continue, a group says.

This story first appeared in the August 7 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe. Sports drives the best arguments. Not just the usual ones ­(Who is No. 1 in college hoops? Is Serena the best women’s tennis player ever?), but the real drama that unfolds outside the locker room: Did the NFL go easy on Ray Rice in his domestic abuse…

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Tom Brady not only violated his sport’s integrity by participating in a scheme to tamper with the inflation levels of footballs but actively tried to cover up the conspiracy, National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell ruled Tuesday, upholding the Patriot quarterback’s four-game suspension. In a stunning statement, Goodell alleged that Brady’s “very troubling’’ coverup effort involved instructing his assistant to destroy his cellphone less than 24 hours before he was…

Like many team coaches, Mark Zimmerman oversees practice sessions, analyzes game footage and makes sure his players get along. Only his players use keyboards, not muscle, as they compete in videogame contests with the hope of reaching lucrative championship matches that draw thousands of spectators to arenas and millions more online. Last spring, 6,200 students from 460 colleges in the U.S. and Canada participated in…

i The sporting options in Finland are everywhere. Here, two people take advantage of the ice on Lake Hiidenvesi to get some exercise. Sami Uskela/Flickr In Helsinki, sports facilities pop up all over the place, sometimes in some pretty odd nooks and crannies. One bomb shelter hosts an archery club, another an underground swimming pool and an ice hockey rink. Though they hardly need it, there’s a national plan in…

Jon Gruden looks at the present and predicted future of youth sports. It makes him cringe. The Super Bowl-winning coach and current ESPN football analyst got involved with the Sports Matter program through the DICK’s Sporting Goods Foundation last year. In just more than a year, Sports Matter has repaired fields, bought uniforms and equipment as part of DICK’s $25 million multiyear commitment. More needs to be done, Gruden says,…

Facts can be your best friend or your greatest enemy—it all depends on the situation. Of course, sometimes “the facts” aren’t really the facts, which makes knowing how to separate the good from the bad as important as knowing when to use them. This obviously applies to almost any part of life, but it is essential to holding your own when talking about sports or staying afloat in a high-stakes…

Juice is power. Juice is influence. Juice is also subjective. Each summer, sports columnist Steve Politi ranks the most influential people in New Jersey sports — a list that includes team owners, coaches, politicians and athletes from all levels of competition. No. 1 on the Juice List will be revealed July 29. Today: Nos. 2-5. Last year’s ranking in parentheses 5. Chris Christie (3):Okay, you can insert a wisecrack here…