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GLENDORA, Calif. — NHRA and FOX Sports officials jointly announced today that starting in 2016 the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will be televised by FOX Sports 1 (FS1) with four events airing on the FOX national broadcast network during each season of the long-term agreement, providing the world’s fastest motorsport with live coverage of a majority of its events. FOX Sports, which is already the home to high-profile…

Used a Rolodex lately? Didn’t think so. For the benefit of young folks, a Rolodex is a plastic wheel loaded with alphabetized cards that store phone numbers of people you may need to contact. Watch “Mad Men.’’ Don Draper’s secretary always flips through her Rolodex after Don asks her to reach a client. Continue reading below I’m not a Rolodex guy, but I still travel with a black leather “At-A-Glance”…

Daily fantasy sports sites are rapidly gaining popularity and investors are lining up to back the few industry leaders. FanDuel is the latest platform to cash in, announcing Tuesday it closed a $275 million Series E financing round. The funding is led by private equity firm KKR KKR along with Google’s GOOG growth equity arm as well as Time Warner TWX properties Time Warner Investments and Turner Sports. The Wall…

Boxer Laila Ali and Pittsburgh Steelers’ wide receiver Antonio Brown were honored with Sports Personality of the Year awards at Variety’s Sports Entertainment Breakfast, presented by Mercedes Benz, on Tuesday at Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles. “She is a woman of many fists, excuse me, of many firsts,” joked former New England Patriots Hall of Famer and sports analyst Willie McGinest, who presented Ali’s award. Laila Ali and Antonio Brown “When…

Steelers’ wide receiver Antonio Brown received another honor on Tuesday when he received Variety’s Male Sports Personality of the Year at their First Annual Sports Entertainment Breakfast. The award, which Brown became the first-ever recipient of, highlights what athletes must do to be “The New All-Star Athlete.” While the award is about on-field accomplishments, it encompasses a whole lot more, including social media followings to reality show competitions, and making…

Used a Rolodex lately? Didn’t think so. For the benefit of young folks, a Rolodex is a plastic wheel loaded with alphabetized cards that store phone numbers of people you may need to contact. Watch “Mad Men.’’ Don Draper’s secretary always flips through her Rolodex after Don asks her to reach a client. Continue reading below I’m not a Rolodex guy, but I still travel with a black leather “At-A-Glance”…

There’s a new obsession taking hold in the world of fantasy sports online: daily games played for cash. The daily twist on traditional online fantasy sports has touched off a wave of investments in startups that are reinventing the season-long…

Late last Friday, common sense finally prevailed in Formula One. It is just a small step, with the FIA World Motor Sport Council approving some of the F1 Strategy Group’s latest recommendations, but even a small step in the right direction is a good sign for the sport after a turbulent year of bankruptcies, double points and threatened boycotts. Last week, we cautioned not to get too excited yet about…

Mediarex Sports & Entertainment said it has raised $4.9 million to “sportify” poker. The London-based company is the parent of the Global Poker Index, a ranking authority for 450,000 professional poker players. Mediarex wants to aggregate the fragmented global audience for poker into a single professional league with a series of poker teams. With more than 100 million poker players around the world, it hopes to build poker into an esport. The…

Having already donned the “mittens of disapproval” and smacked around nefarious ne’er-do-wells at FIFA, the NFL and the NCAA, John Oliver is now turning his attention to the one group that, frankly, we’d all like to get our hands on: greedy owners who strong-arm cities (and taxpayers) into building opulent, oft-ridiculous stadiums for their teams. Sidebar The 15 Worst Owners in Sports » With the Miami Marlins currently playing…

Happy Monday! Netflix wanted to share a couple fun lists, in anticipation of July 15th: That one day a year that sports enthusiasts fear most…The Day Without Sports. On this day, fans will see no professional sports on television as a part of the MLB All-Star break. Men be warned: girlfriends and wives around the U.S. are going to take “no sports on TV” as an invitation to gain some…

There’s a new obsession taking hold in the world of fantasy sports online: daily games played for cash. The daily twist on traditional online fantasy sports has touched off a wave of investments in startups that are reinventing the season-long…

Having already donned the “mittens of disapproval” and smacked around nefarious ne’er-do-wells at FIFA, the NFL and the NCAA, John Oliver is now turning his attention to the one group that, frankly, we’d all like to get our hands on: greedy owners who strong-arm cities (and taxpayers) into building opulent, oft-ridiculous stadiums for their teams. Sidebar The 15 Worst Owners in Sports » With the Miami Marlins currently playing…

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A historic cover for a historic team. SI’s 25 covers honoring @ussoccer_wnt‘s World Cup champs http://t.co/VbLjDneU1h pic.twitter.com/gaN6Fy2TX2 — Sports Illustrated (@SInow) July 13, 2015 Sports Illustrated is creating an unprecedented 25 different covers to honor the USWNT’s stunning win over Japan at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. All 23 players will be honored individually, with a 24th cover going to manager Jill Ellis and the…

John Oliver is a self-professed sports fan. “I love sports,” he said on Last Week Tonight. “In fact, the only times I’ve cried as a grown man have been while watching actors playing coaches deliver inspirational speeches set to stirring music.” Oliver’s love of the game didn’t prevent him from making an impassioned plea to stop spending taxpayer money on lavish stadiums, though. “The vast majority of stadiums are made…

0 Shares Print Fox Sports commentator Donovan McNabb was suspended indefinitely from the TV network following a June 28 arrest for driving under the influence, his second such arrest within the past two years. Fox Sports said in a statement to SI.com Sunday that “it is important that Donovan use this time as best he can to resolve his personal situation.” Police documents released last week show McNabb was cited…

John Oliver is a self-professed sports fan. “I love sports,” he said on Last Week Tonight. “In fact, the only times I’ve cried as a grown man have been while watching actors playing coaches deliver inspirational speeches set to stirring music.” Oliver’s love of the game didn’t prevent him from making an impassioned plea to stop spending taxpayer money on lavish stadiums, though. “The vast majority of stadiums are made…

Getty Images Former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb recently commenced a voluntary leave of absence from his weekday show on NBC Sports Radio, following McNabb’s second DUI arrest in Arizona. His leave of absence from FOX Sports was not voluntary. “Donovan McNabb has been suspended indefinitely,” FOX Sports said in a statement issued to SI.com. “It is important that Donovan use this time as best he can to resolve his personal…

Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin is having a medical ahead of a proposed move to Manchester United in a deal worth in excess of £25m. The Saints have confirmed that an agreement is in place for the transfer. Schneiderlin now looks set to join Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger on United’s pre-season tour of the United States. United have already signed PSV forward…