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(CNN)Grab some buddies. Stock up on the beer and pizza. And put fresh batteries in the remote. This Saturday is a sports fan’s dream — an all-you-can-watch TV buffet of big sporting events, from the NFL Draft to Red Sox-Yankees to the NBA and NHL playoffs to the Kentucky Derby to the long-anticipated Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight. Whew! It’s the greatest sports day of 2015 and arguably the most action-packed…

This first weekend of May this year overflows with major sporting events. The NBA and NHL playoffs are in full swing and the NFL draft begins Thursday. In baseball, the New York Yankees visit the Boston Red Sox for a three-game series beginning Friday night. Saturday brings the Kentucky Derby and, in Las Vegas, the “Fight of the Century” between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. According to a Harris Poll…

(CNN)Grab some buddies. Stock up on the beer and pizza. And put fresh batteries in the remote. This Saturday is a sports fan’s dream — an all-you-can-watch TV buffet of big sporting events, from the NFL Draft to Red Sox-Yankees to the NBA and NHL playoffs to the Kentucky Derby to the long-anticipated Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight. Whew! It’s the greatest sports day of 2015 and arguably the most action-packed…

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been stripped of his title effective immediately and is suspended from the promotion indefinitely. UFC president Dana White made the announcement via “FOX Sports Live” on Tuesday night. Jones was arrested on Monday in Albuquerque on allegations of leaving the scene of an accident, which is a felony charge in New Mexico due to one of the drivers suffering a fractured wrist and…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Arsenal have banned the mother of promising midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 17, from the club’s training ground following suggestions that she hit a member of staff. (Daily Telegraph)  Paris St-Germain are prepared to pay £45m for Manchester United’s Argentina midfielder Angel Di Maria, 27, who cost £59.7m when he…

The most-anticipated fight of all time. The best-known horse race. The premier baseball rivalry. The NFL draft. And those are just the highlights. Super Saturday — perhaps a day unlike any other in the history of sport — awaits. Stock the refrigerator, replace the remote batteries, get the weekend errands done early, invite your friends, fire up that grill and if you’re very fortunate, confirm those flights. For the sports…

The 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year will be held in Belfast on Sunday, 20 December. An 8,000-capacity audience at the city’s Odyssey Arena is expected to attend the annual awards show. It will be the first time that Northern Ireland has hosted the event, which first went on the road in 2006. The programme will reflect on a packed year which includes…

Sports Direct publicly shames employees for ‘not working hard enough’ Punishes people for spending too long in the toilet or even for falling ill ‘Six strikes’ rule can see staff sacked for too many minor infringements Unite has dedicated hotline to help workers take action against bosses By Sam Creighton for the Daily Mail Published: 13:44 EST, 29 April 2015 | Updated: 01:05 EST, 30 April 2015 655 View comments…

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Florida’s Billy Donovan have started discussing the framework of a contract to bring the two-time national championship coach to the NBA, league sources told Yahoo Sports. View photo . The Thunder are hoping to persuade Billy Donovan to wave bye to college hoops. (AP) There’s confidence on both sides that a deal can be reached, but none is yet in place, sources told Yahoo Sports….

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. The FA Cup is set to be rebranded as the Emirates FA Cup in a new £30m sponsorship deal. (Daily Mail)  Manchester United are confident they have won their battle to keep goalkeeper David De Gea for at least one more season by offering the 24-year-old an improved…

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Last night’s Dispatches, The Secrets of Sports Direct (Channel 4), delved into the discount chain that turned the football into a disposable commodity: at £3 each you can kick one into next door’s garden all day. The first time your neighbour refuses to throw it back promptly, go buy two more and kick them over. Then four. He’ll move house in the end. Along with cheap trainers, Sports Direct is also…

NBC Sports Live Extra is the newest “channel” available on Apple TV, and it promises to deliver over 3,000 live streams to viewers each year. Arriving in time for the ongoing Stanley Cup playoffs, the Live Extra app is now available on Apple’s set-top box as well as Roku’s product lineup. NBC says you’ll see much more than hockey in the months ahead; Live Extra will stream the upcoming Summer…

Not all glass is created equal. While the more expensive Apple Watch models come with Sapphire glass, the cheaper Apple Watch Sport uses less resilient Ion-X Glass. The video below from US-based Ukrainian YouTuber TechRax shows what happens if you drop your brand new Apple Watch Sport face down onto concrete. Spoiler: It’s not good. Apple says Ion-X glass is “hardened down to its molecules…[creating] an extremely hard surface layer…

Bridge, the genteel and physically unchallenging card game played by millions, may exercise the brain muscle, but is it a sport? That is the question taxing legal minds as a high court ruling on Monday paved the way for a courtroom battle to decide. The row centres on a refusal by Sport England to recognise the trick-taking game as a legitimate sport and thus eligible for lottery grants. The English…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Chelsea’s Belgian forward and the PFA Player of the Year Eden Hazard, 24, who is a target for Real Madrid, has insisted he is happy at Stamford Bridge. (Sky Sports)  Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is to embark on a substantial rebuilding job this summer with PSV Eindhoven’s Dutch…

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The PFA Premier League Team of the Year was unveiled on Sunday night  It included six Chelsea players including captain John Terry Man United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham and Southampton represented The EA Sports team sees Diego Costa and Nemanja Matic miss OUT But Blues midfielder Cesc Fabregas is included  Sergio Aguero, Santi Cazorla, Aaron Cresswell and Phil Jagielka also in  CLICK HERE for all the latest Premier League news  By David…

While the Cleveland Cavaliers completed their sweep of the Boston Celtics, the real story of the game was the tension that had been building the entire series coming to an ugly, often dirty head.  LeBron James was magnificent with his 27-point, 10-rebound, eight-assist performance, but much of his brilliance was overshadowed by the loss of Kevin Love and the machismo-fueled stupidity of Kendrick Perkins and J.R. Smith.  Best example of…

Fox Sports 1 suspended Oregon State great Gary Payton earlier this week amid an allegation he assaulted a woman in January. The woman reportedly filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that the 46-year-old Payton assaulted her three times after she attended the 80th MTR Western Sports Star of the Year Awards with him Jan. 21 in Seattle. According to TMZ, which obtained a copy of the lawsuit, the woman claims Payton…