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By AppleInsider Staff Sunday, April 12, 2015, 09:42 pm PT (12:42 am ET) Initial Apple Watch numbers are trickling in and among the first to report was research firm Slice Intelligence, which estimates nearly one million customers in the U.S. preordered the device on Friday. Compiling data from a panel of two million online shoppers, Slice Intelligence said 957,000 U.S. customers preordered Apple Watch on its first day of availability….

Fishers officials are considering a significant incentives package for the recreational sports center, including a 10-year tax abatement valued at $2 million annually.(Photo: Provided by Fishers.) GK Sports and Entertainment proposes to build a $76.4 million recreational sports center with a massive fieldhouse and a 6,000-seat arena in Fishers, city officials have told The Indianapolis Star. The Indianapolis-based company would own and operate the facility, but Fishers would have to…

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Now that was a cool win by a 21-year-old kid who has class and character and an awfully good golf game. Not to mention that Jordan Spieth’s victory was a perfect way to cap off a very satisfying Masters week. There are some majors that fulfill through the virtue of tense, competitive action that’s traded back and forth down the stretch. This one registered itself very differently, in a doubly…

Updated April 13, 2015 12:06:33 Photo: The report found the television coverage of women’s sport had fallen in the last decade. (Getty Images: Rob Jefferies) Women feature in only 7 per cent of sports programming in Australia, representing a backwards step compared to a decade ago and highlighting a significant gender gap in a country where sport is king, a new report shows. The Towards a Level Playing…

Sport Science draft combine: Brett Hundley “Sport Science” examines the skills of former UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley. The “ESPN Sport Science Draft Combine” special airs April 27 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

AP Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson says he’s still considering playing baseball — and not just for a cameo appearance in spring training. Wilson told Bryant Gumbel of HBO that it’s still his dream to be a two-sport athlete. “You never want to kill the dream of playing two sports,” Wilson said. “I would honestly play two sports.” Asked what’s stopping him, Wilson said, “I don’t know. I may push the…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP La Liga champions Atletico Madrid may target Everton’s 18-goal forward Romelu Lukaku, 21, if they lose Mario Mandzukic, 28, to Wolfsburg. (Sun on Sunday – subscription)  Chelsea are set to complete the £4.7m transfer of Brazilian midfielder Nathan, 19, next week from Atletico Paranaense, with…

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Don’t expect to get two bands with this. Photo: Apple Recently, Apple sparked a little bit of confusion when they announced that every Apple Watch Sport would contain two separate bands. People interpreted that to mean that it shipped with two complete bands: one for small and medium wrists, and one for large wrists. But the truth is more complicated. Bad news for swappers. The confusion over the Apple Watch…

Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel has been released from an undisclosed treatment center, multiple sources tell FOX Sports 1 Insider Bruce Feldman. Manziel entered the facility — that specializes in drug and alcohol treatment — in late January. One source said the second-year player seems to have really matured quite a bit in the past few months but added that it’s a tough road ahead. ESPN was first to report…

Earlier today, we shared a service called BandSwapper, designed to let people who purchase an Apple Watch Sport trade their extra unused Sport Bands for a Sport Band in a different size and color. As it turns out, Sport Band trading is not going to be possible, due to the way that the bands are configured. Ahead of pre-orders, the Apple Watch Sport was advertised as shipping with two separate…

In recognition of FOX Sports broadcaster Steve Byrnes’ courageous and ongoing battle with head-and-neck cancer, FOX Sports, in coordination with Bristol Motor Speedway, Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI), Stand Up To Cancer and NASCAR, is naming the April 19 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race from Bristol the Food City 500 In Support Of Steve Byrnes And Stand Up To Cancer. The event, which will be aired live on FOX at 12:30…

CINCINNATI — Lauren Hill’s teammates and coaches are remembering the 19-year-old college basketball player with her own inspiring words: “Never give up.” An example she lived by as she fought a brain tumor and rallied those around her to help her achieve her dream of playing in a game. Several hundred students gathered on the grassy quad at Mount St. Joseph on Friday, spelling out Hill’s No. 22 with blue plastic…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling, 20, and Arsenal winger Theo Walcott, 26, are poised to swap clubs in the summer with the Gunners ready to pay an extra £20m to complete the deal. (Daily Star)  Friday’s Daily Star back page Manchester United target and…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has called on captain Wayne Rooney to give a Winston Churchill-style speech ahead of Sunday’s derby against City, reports the Sun Manchester City want to sign three players from Liverpool – 22-year-old playmaker Philippe Coutinho, 20-year-old forward Raheem Sterling and…

Killing a sport body three months before the province hosts the Pan Am Games seems a strange move, especially since Michael Coteau, Ontario’s sport minister, on down to Pachi, the mascot, are constantly pushing the importance of Games legacy and inspiring the next generation of athletes — the very people the alliance already targets.

One of the fastest-growing segments of motorcycling takes a Swiss Army-knife approach to the sport, with bikes that are legal to ride on the highway and also can tackle dirt trails. Dual-sport motorcycles are popular in northern Wisconsin, where there are hundreds of miles of gravel roads and trails through the woods. Some have even called the Town of Wabeno in Forest County the dual-sport capital of the world….