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The NFL Draft is now just a few weeks away, which means that a whole new crop of former college football stars is about to get paid! But while we as fans only think about the cool side of being a pro athlete — the cars, vacations and women — there is a very real, and much darker, side. It’s one filled with everyone from friends, family members and agents…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Chelsea are considering a move for England forward Raheem Sterling, 20, after his contract talks with Liverpool stalled. (Daily Mail)  Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels, 26, told his Germany team-mates during the recent international break that a summer move to Manchester United is on the…

Apple recently announced the much anticipated Apple Watch in three variations; Watch Sport, Apple Watch and Watch Edition, with the latter starting at £8000. With the Watch Sport and Apple Watch having much lower entry points, £299 and £479 respectively, we decided to compare the two to find out what it is that you’re paying for, and what the differences are between the two models. See also: Apple Watch Review…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. TRANSFER GOSSIP Chelsea are considering a move for England forward Raheem Sterling, 20, after his contract talks with Liverpool stalled. (Daily Mail)  Daily Mail report that Chelsea are considering a bid for Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels, 26, told his Germany team-mates…

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If you’ve ever set foot inside a branch of Sports Direct, the giant, cluttered discount sportswear shop, all neon banners and permanent sales, you’ll probably find the following statement confusing. But here it is: “Sports Direct,” explains Daryoush Haj-Najafi, senior editor at Complex UK, “is the most fashionable shop in the UK right now.” To the average consumer, Sports Direct is the sportswear shop at the crummier end of the…

Republican leaders in Indiana moved today in an attempt to clarify that their newly passed “Religious Freedom” law does not allow businesses to choose not to serve gay customers. A nationwide furor erupted this week with the threat that all national sporting events held in the state would reconsider relocating. Three states suggested boycotting Indiana in a variety of ways. The controversy demonstrates the powerful impact that sports has in…

Final Barclays Premier League live TV matches announced Twelve matches to be shown on Sky Sports in May, three on BT Sport Manchester United vs Arsenal moved to 4pm on Sunday, May 17  CLICK HERE for the latest Barclays Premier League news  Published: 09:15 EST, 2 April 2015 | Updated: 10:40 EST, 2 April 2015 22 View comments The Barclays Premier League have announced the final set of televised fixtures…

Thousands of opponents of Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act gather on the lawn of the Indiana State House to rally against that legislation.(Photo: AP) INDIANAPOLIS – A quote from Nelson Mandela is displayed in the office of Ryan Vaughn, president of Indiana Sports Corp. He thinks the events of the last week – with leaders of the sports world speaking out on a pending Indiana law – prove Mandela’s point…

In this Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 photo, Andreas Lubitz competes at the Airportrun in Hamburg, northern Germany. (AP) The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 appears to have researched suicide methods and cockpit door security in the days before the plane crashed last week, German prosecutors announced Thursday. Duesseldorf prosecutors said investigators found a tablet computer at Andreas Lubitz’s apartment. They said they were able to reconstruct searches from March 16 to…

A window sticker on a downtown Indianapolis business announces objection to the Religious Freedom bill passed by the Indiana legislature. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) WASHINGTON — Indiana lawmakers are set to introduce new language for the state’s “religious freedom” law Thursday, to clarify that the law does not allow businesses to deny goods or services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act, signed last week by…

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A Russian trawler, the same type as Dalny Vostok, is seen in an undisclosed location. The Russian freezer trawler with an international crew of 132 sank on Thursday morning in the Sea of Okhotsk off of the Kamchatka Peninsula, rescue workers said. Photo: Russian Emergency Ministry Moscow: A Russian trawler sank in icy seas off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Thursday, killing at least 56 of the 132 crew,…

AP Photo By Seung Min Kim 4/2/15 10:20 AM EDT NEWARK, N.J.—Bob Menendez was just accused of trading his powers as a United States senator for jaunts to a posh resort home in the Dominican Republic, a $1,500 suite in Paris and more than $750,000 in campaign cash. To which his…

International negotiators made “significant progress” in overnight meetings but have not yet completed the preliminary deal they have been seeking to curb Iran’s nuclear program, Iran’s foreign minister said Thursday morning. As talks between Iran and six world powers entered their eighth straight day, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the diplomats had narrowed their differences in overnight wrangling between Secretary of State John F. Kerry, the Iranian team and…

Gunmen attacked Garissa University College in eastern Kenya early Thursday, shooting indiscriminately in campus hostels, killing at least two people and wounding four others, police said. (April 2) AP

KHOST (Reuters) – A suicide bomber on Thursday blew himself up in the middle of a demonstration against corruption in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost, killing 17 people and injuring at least 50 more, government officials said. Violence has escalated in Afghanistan as most foreign troops withdrew in 2014 and last year was the worst on record, with more than 10,000 civilian casualties, the United Nations says. There was no…

Former California governor Edmund G. “Pat” Brown and his wife, Bernice, after their son, Gov. Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr., was inaugurated to his second term in Sacramento in 1979. (AP Photo/Walter Zaboski, File) In 1979, a balding man with a touch of gray at the temples and glasses like windshields was holding forth on his favorite subject: H2O. Pat Brown, former governor of California — and father of current…

If the indictment unsealed this week lands Sen. Bob Menendez in a prison cell, he will at least have the memory of the $1,536.96-a-night suite with a woman in a five-star Paris hotel—thanks to the generosity of his good friend and now co-defendant, Dr. Salomon Melgen. “King bed, work area with internet, limestone bath with soaking tub and enclosed rain shower,” Menendez wrote in an email allegedly asking his pal…

WASHINGTON — Nothing affects public policy like pressure from America’s corporations, and that muscle was vividly on display this week in Indiana and Arkansas. The states’ governors, facing the threat of dollars, jobs and tourists fleeing their states, quickly and publicly softened their positions on religious freedom acts. We don’t intend to discriminate, they insisted, as Wal-Mart, American Airlines, Marriott, NASCAR, the NCAA and other corporate powerhouses weighed in. Business…