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Last SlideNext Slide Double Dogs, a casual bar and restaurant chain based in Bowling Green, Ky., is set to open to the Monda at the corner of 21st and Acklen avenues.(Photo: Courtesy of Double Dogs) The newest addition to Hillsboro Village’s restaurant scene features roll-up garage doors, more than 50 draft and bottle beers and 35 television screens. Double Dogs, a casual bar and restaurant chain based in Bowling Green,…

On May 2 at the MGM Grand Las Vegas, the legacies of boxers Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will be on the line, in addition to an estimated $70 million worth of wagers inside Las Vegas casinos alone, an amount rivaling Super Bowl betting. FOXSports.com had the opportunity to chat with vice president of MGM Resorts’ race and sports book, Jay Rood, about Mayweather-Pacquiao wagering, popular prop bets, why books…

This week’s Bahrain Grand Prix marks the second race in Formula 1’s first back-to-back sequence of the season. Here is the NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra TV times and breakdown for this weekend’s coverage: — F1 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX – SUNDAY AT 10:30 A.M. ET ON NBCSN The F1 season rolls on this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN with live coverage of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Last weekend, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) earned his second win of the…

ESPN Sport Science Draft Combine: Leonard Williams John Brenkus and the ESPN Sport Science team gets an up-close look at why the USC defensive end is a highly-sought draft prospect. The ESPN Sport Science Draft Combine Special airs April 27 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) – The intense publicity around Wednesday’s conviction of former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez for a 2013 murder will make it more difficult to seat an impartial jury in the next trial he faces, on charges of a 2012 double slaying. However, the sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole that he received for the first-degree murder of an acquaintance, Odin…

Jameis Winston‘s lofty draft status won’t be the only similarity he’ll share with future NFL Hall of Famer Peyton Manning. His Wonderlic test score rivals Manning’s, too. View photo . Jameis Winston (USA TODAY Sports) Multiple league sources told Yahoo Sports that Winston scored a 27 out of 50 on the league’s general aptitude test that is administered at the annual NFL scouting combine prior to the draft. That’s a…

The Oklahoma City Thunder are expected to spend time evaluating the partnership with coach Scott Brooks before committing to bring him back for the final year on his contract, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Brooks is guaranteed for the 2015-16 season on his deal, with the Thunder holding a team option for 2016-17, sources told Yahoo Sports. View photo . Scott Brooks guided the Thunder to the 2012 NBA Finals….

Sneakers Sports Grille near Baymeadows Road and Interstate 295 has been taken over in foreclosure and closed. The Jacksonville Beach location, which has a different owner, is still open. CenterState Bank filed for foreclosure against the owners last year citing both an overdue loan and unpaid taxes. It received the judgement in January and last week received the property when there were no other bidders in the foreclosure auction. Christian…

Last SlideNext Slide The “Athena Shield” will be Army athletics’ primary logo.(Photo: Army Athletics) WEST POINT — “Black Knights” stays, but the Black Knight goes when it comes to Army athletics. Make that “Army West Point” athletics. Both moves are part of a rebranding effort announced here Monday night at Eisenhower Hall in a ceremony that was part press conference, part laser show (complete with fog machines) and part “Project…

Last SlideNext Slide The “Athena Shield” will be Army athletics’ primary logo.(Photo: Army Athletics) WEST POINT — “Black Knights” stays, but the Black Knight goes when it comes to Army athletics. Make that “Army West Point” athletics. Both moves are part of a rebranding effort announced here Monday night at Eisenhower Hall in a ceremony that was part press conference, part laser show (complete with fog machines) and part “Project…

Last SlideNext Slide The “Athena Shield” will be Army athletics’ primary logo.(Photo: Army Athletics) WEST POINT — “Black Knights” stays, but the Black Knight goes when it comes to Army athletics. Make that “Army West Point” athletics. Both moves are part of a rebranding effort announced here Monday night at Eisenhower Hall in a ceremony that was part press conference, part laser show (complete with fog machines) and part “Project…

This week’s regional Sports Illustrated issue features a one-on-one with newly-minted Bills head coach Rex Ryan. Shot at sports bar mecca Big Tree Inn, Bills icons Jim Kelly and Thurman Kelly join Ryan on the cover to talk shop with The MMQB’s Jenny Vrentas (their roundtable discussion can be viewed here). Following a tumultuous ending with the Jets, Ryan has landed in Buffalo, infusing the “Rex effect” – personality, excitement…

This week, a story on Washington’s “Loss Generation” captured the frustration and anger of many young D.C. sports fans who have not had a single championship team to cheer since the 1992 Super Bowl, a span of 23 years in fandom wilderness. Dan Steinberg interviewed a group of 23-year-old fans who variously described their lifelong experience in Washington sports as “Debilitating. Exhausting. Sickening. Complicated. Abusive.” The Post also ran illuminating, and…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Manchester City will attempt to sign Liverpool’s England winger Raheem Sterling, 20, for over £30m as soon as the summer transfer window opens. The Premier League champions will also get rid of six players to fund new signings and want Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola to…

It’s still early in the week, so this could theoretically get bumped. However, it looks as if 2015 Masters champ Jordan Spieth is getting the Sports Illustrated cover treatment. If you’re scoring at home, he’s the first American golfer not named “Phil Mickelson” or “Tiger Woods” to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated since… Wink of the CBS eye to Laura Neal. Jordan Spieth has the world on a…

There’s a 64 percent chance that if you bought an Apple Watch Sport, this is the one you got. Photo: Apple Apple Watch preorders were off to a bang, with an estimated 1.25 million being ordered on day one. Of those watches, the Space Gray Apple Watch Sport with Black Band was, by far, the most popular. Did Apple screw up its orders? The question is raised by noted Apple…

Sport Science draft combine: Vic Beasley The “Sport Science” team explains why Vic Beasley is one of the coveted edge rushers in this year’s NFL draft. The “Sport Science Draft Combine” special airs April 27 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

A man hiding inside a bathroom stall in the ladies room of a Manhattan sports bar grabbed a woman by the throat and raped her, police said. The suspect walked into the basement bathroom of the Turnmill Bar on East 27th Street on Saturday and hid inside a stall, police said. He then grabbed the 23-year-old woman, pulled her into a stall and raped her. The suspect, who was described…

In 2006, the federal government was determining what to do about an issue that was perceived to be a lingering problem concerning gambling on sporting events.  That perception has been one held by the four major North American professional sports leagues and the NCAA for decades.  Only recently has there been a gradual shift in thinking among some of the leagues, with the National Basketball Association and its Commissioner Adam…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Monday’s Daily Express Inter Milan’s former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is set to try to sign three players from his old club in the summer, with midfielders Samir Nasri, 27, Yaya Toure, 31, and James Milner, 29, on his wanted list. (Daily Mail)  …