World Sports

Gossip column: Sterling, Depay, Klopp, Allardyce – BBC News

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Juventus are willing to pay £50m to sign Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling, 20, while 22-year-old midfielder Paul Pogba could leave the Serie A side for Manchester United or Chelsea. (Sun – subscription required)  The Sun’s back page As many as 10 players could leave Liverpool this…

Gossip column: Henderson, Depay, Klopp, Allardyce – BBC News

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Liverpool have agreed a £100,000-a-week contract with midfielder Jordan Henderson, 24, which he is expected to sign later this week. (Telegraph)  The Sun’s back page Juventus are willing to pay £50m to sign Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling, 20, while 22-year-old midfielder Paul Pogba could leave the…

Gossip column: Falcao, Begovic, Cresswell, Moreno – BBC News

Monday, April 20, 2015

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Radamel Falcao’s agent Jorge Mendes has made contact with Liverpool over a permanent deal this summer, after Manchester United told Monaco they will not be making a bid for the 29-year-old striker at the end of the season. (Daily Express)  Newcastle United goalkeeper Tim Krul, 27, and defender…

China Cracks Down on Golf, the ‘Sport for Millionaires’ – New York Times

Monday, April 20, 2015

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China Cracks Down on Golf, the ‘Sport for Millionaires’ – New York Times

Monday, April 20, 2015

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Tom Boswell, Gary Williams among those inducted into DC Sports Hall of Fame … – Washington Post (blog)

Monday, April 20, 2015

Washington Post columnist Thomas Boswell waves after being inducted into the Washington D.C. Sports Hall of Fame. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) Before the Nationals players took the field for Sunday’s game, a group of legends took it first. The Washington D.C. Sports Hall of Fame inducted its class of 2015 in a pregame ceremony, and a line began to form on the infield that included some of the most well-known figures…

Glazer: Eagles plan to sign QB Tim Tebow – FOXSports.com

Monday, April 20, 2015

Tim Tebow is back in the NFL. And Chip Kelly’s offseason just got juicier. The Philadelphia Eagles plan to bring in quarterback Tim Tebow and sign him Monday as they begin their offseason program, FOX Sports NFL insider Jay Glazer reports. Multiple outlets later confirmed the report. The Eagles are looking for a fourth quarterback for their offseason program. After spending time with Tebow’s quarterbacks coach Tom House, the Eagles…

Gossip column: Falcao, Begovic, Cresswell, Depay – BBC Sport

Monday, April 20, 2015

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Radamel Falcao’s agent Jorge Mendes has made contact with Liverpool over a permanent deal this summer, after Manchester United told Monaco they will not be making a bid at the end of the season. (Daily Express)  Newcastle United goalkeeper Tim Krul, 27, and defender Daryl Janmaat, 25, are…

China Cracks Down on Golf, the ‘Sport for Millionaires’ – New York Times

Monday, April 20, 2015

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Lewis Hamilton cruises to Bahrain GP win, Raikkonen second – BBC News

Monday, April 20, 2015

By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer Lewis Hamilton took a controlled win in the Bahrain Grand Prix as team-mate Nico Rosberg was beaten to second by Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. Hamilton led from the start and was always in control as he took his third victory in four races…

Racing in light rain proves costly for Team Penske teammates – FOXSports.com

Monday, April 20, 2015

After a lengthy delay for rain, the Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes and Stand Up To Cancer went green at 2:30 p.m. ET, but did not go well for Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano. Racing inside the top five, Keselowski was driving to the outside of the lapped car of Alex Kennedy off Turn 4 when the rear end of the No. 2 Ford came…

China Cracks Down on the ‘Sport for Millionaires’ – New York Times

Sunday, April 19, 2015

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China Cracks Down on the ‘Sport for Millionaires’ – New York Times

Sunday, April 19, 2015

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China Cracks Down on the ‘Sport for Millionaires’ – New York Times

Sunday, April 19, 2015

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China’s Crackdown on Corruption Targets Golf, a ‘Sport for Millionaires’ – New York Times

Sunday, April 19, 2015

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Sports agent tells students to strive for creativity, ethics – Jackson Clarion Ledger

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Legendary sport agent J.B. Bernstein, marketing pioneer and inspiration for Disney’s “Million Dollar Arm” speaks during Thursday’s forum at the Else School of Management at Millsaps College in Jackson.(Photo: Greg Jenson/The Clarion-Ledger) Using the true story on which the Disney movie “Million Dollar Arm” was based, celebrity sports agent and marketing pioneer J.B. Bernstein shared why “the worst idea” his friends and associates said they had ever heard turned out…

Report: Aaron Hernandez placed on suicide watch at prison – FOXSports.com

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been placed on suicide watch, TMZ reports. Hernandez, who was convicted of first-degree murder on Wednesday and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, is currently being held at MCI Cedar Junction in Massachusetts. He will stay there until he’s transferred to Souza-Baranowkis prison in Shirley, Mass. A suicide watch is not uncommon in situations such as this…

Pete Rose joining FOX Sports 1 as special guest analyst – FOXSports.com

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Pete Rose watches “Inside the NBA,” the postgame show for NBA on TNT broadcasts. The banter between analysts Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal, Rose says, “is very entertaining to me.” Could Rose be baseball’s Barkley? FOX Sports is about to find out. Rose will serve FOX as a guest analyst for the MLB on FOX pregame show on FOX and FOX Sports 1 and will also appear on…

Goalball, a sport invented for blind WWII vets, catches on at Cal – Los Angeles Times

Saturday, April 18, 2015

The athletes wear plastic black-out goggles and throw or block a ball filled with bells. Just outside the boundaries of the playing court in UC Berkeley’s recreational gym, two guide dogs rest on the floor, and several sets of canes are propped against the wall. This is a practice session for goalball, a little-known sport that was invented as rehabilitation for blinded military veterans in Europe after World War II….

Illegal Sports Surveillance By Drones Is Inevitable – Forbes

Saturday, April 18, 2015

What is the connection between the two sentences below? “ Insect-size drones are busily being developed Insect-size drones are busily being developed .” “Professional sports are highly competitive.” The first quote is from a recent Wall Street Journal article by Gabriella Blum and Benjamin Wittes. The second is my statement of the obvious. The connection, if nowhere else but in my mind, is that eventually a professional sports team or…