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For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Manchester United are pondering a move for Barcelona’s Dani Alves, 31, despite making Southampton’s Nathaniel Clyne, 24, their number one target for a new right-back. (Daily Mirror)  The Sun says West Brom are in for Gignac of Marseille However Clyne and his Saints…

Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon makes his debut as a live race analyst for FOX Sports on Friday, calling the NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on FOX Sports 1 (8:30 p.m. ET).   Friday’s race marks the first of two consecutive full-race appearances in the FOX Sports 1 booth for Gordon, currently in his final full year of Sprint Cup Series competition. He also…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Manchester City want to strengthen their midfield and bring Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere, 23, and Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson, 24, to the Etihad Stadium this summer. (Daily Mail)  England team-mates Jordan Henderson and Jack Wilshere could line up at Manchester City next season if reports are…

So Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said some sorta poor-sport-y stuff after his Badgers lost the NCAA championship game to Duke last night. In the video below, he can’t get through the pro forma talk of how much his graduating players meant to him without tossing in a passive-aggressive aside about how “we don’t do a rent-a-player.” In the next one, he can’t even get a full sentence into how proud…

Driven Sports says it plans to start selling Craze v2 in April. The firm’s longtime marketing partner, Predator Nutrition, has posted this image on its website.(Photo: Predator Nutrition) A controversial maker of sports supplements, undeterred by a long-pending federal criminal charge, is poised this month to sell a new version of a popular workout powder pulled from the market in 2013 after tests found it contained a methamphetamine-like compound. Driven…

Driven Sports says it plans to start selling Craze v2 in April. The firm’s longtime marketing partner, Predator Nutrition, has posted this image on its website.(Photo: Predator Nutrition) A controversial maker of sports supplements, undeterred by a long-pending federal criminal charge, is poised this month to sell a new version of a popular workout powder pulled from the market in 2013 after tests found it contained a methamphetamine-like compound. Driven…

So Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said some sorta poor-sport-y stuff after his Badgers lost the NCAA championship game to Duke last night. In the video below, he can’t get through the pro forma talk of how much his graduating players meant to him without tossing in a passive-aggressive aside about how “we don’t do a rent-a-player.” In the next one, he can’t even get a full sentence into how proud…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Tuesday’s Mirror back page Manchester United striker Robin van Persie, 31, will be sold this summer and replaced by 28-year-old Paris St-Germain forward Edinson Cavani as Red Devils boss Louis van Gaal spends £150m to overhaul his squad. (Star)  Real Madrid are monitoring…

What do the media giant Disney, the cable colossus Comcast, the storied private equity firm KKR, and the National Basketball Association have in common? Not much really, in the scheme of things, besides a willingness to invest in the absolutely booming industry of American fantasy sports. Fantasy sports has been around for years and traditionally involved groups of friends or colleagues competing against each other as the owners or general managers of imaginary…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Daily Star back page on Monday Chelsea are monitoring the situation of Liverpool vice-captain Jordan Henderson, after the 24-year-old midfielder turned down a new contract worth £80,000 a week. (Daily Star)  The Anfield side are in talks with Manchester United striker Radamel Falcao,…

(CNN)Since Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, women have been barred from attending most sports events involving men. But the situation appears set to improve in the coming months after a top Iranian sports official said that the ban will be lifted for some events. A plan to allow “women and families” to enter sports stadiums will come into effect in the next year, Deputy Sports Minister Abdolhamid Ahmadi said Saturday,…

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For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Former Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye, 29, is a £10m target for Arsenal after failing to secure a regular first-team place at Paris St-Germain . (Sunday Mirror)  Manchester United have been offered the chance to sign Germany midfielder Sami Khedira, who is out of contract at…

It’s an important lesson to remember when you’re sitting down in front of a microphone: Your mic is always on. So when a reporter asks about Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky and you’re Andrew Harrison and you just lost a tough, hard-fought game and the dorkiest looking guy in Indianapolis dominated all night, it’s probably best not to say, “F— that n—-.” That’s sure what it sounds like Harrison says in the…

Skip the protein bars and sports drinks after your run—you might as well go ahead and grab a burger. A study published March 26 in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise found that fast food is just as good at stimulating recovery from the depleted nutrients after a workout as foods marketed as post-exercise meals. In the study, conducted by researchers at the University of Montana, 11 male recreational…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Former Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye, 29, is a £10m target for Arsenal after failing to nail down a place at Paris St-Germain . (Sunday Mirror)  Manchester United have been offered the chance to sign Germany international midfielder Sami Khedira, who is out of contract at…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Manchester United are ready to make a £50m bid for Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling, 20, who has stalled on contract talks at Anfield. (Sun – subscription only)  The Sun back page United will also step up their chase for Germany defender Mats Hummels,…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Manchester United are ready to make a £50m bid for Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling, 20. (Sun – subscription only)  The Sun’s back page on United move for Sterling Manchester United will also step up their chase for Germany defender Mats Hummels, 26, after…

The more I think about it, the more appalled I am that we even knew that Josh Hamilton faced a possible suspension from baseball. Not that I would have declined to report that he met with league officials in New York about a disciplinary issue, or that he suffered a relapse involving cocaine, if I had been first with either piece of information. Both developments qualified as news, and it…