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Post-MLB, ESPN rebooting its Sunday night with 'Women's Sports Sundays'
As NBC builds a year-round Sunday night live-sports portfolio of NFL, NBA and — coming next month — MLB, ESPN is rolling out its own innovative Sunday night programming strategy, hubbed around the top two women's pro sports leagues.
Alysa Liu's defining Olympic night and a shine that bucks her sport's expectations
MILAN — The gold Alysa Liu seemed to care most about was her dress. She couldn't wait to show off the custom sleeveless costume covered in shimmering sequins. It sparkled like a strobe light under this Olympic fluorescence. That's what she…
Nevada legal battle against prediction markets it calls 'unlicensed sports gambling' is moving forward
Nevada's effort to block the prediction market platform Kalshi is moving through multiple courts, and that could have major ramifications for the brewing battle over sports betting. A judge on Tuesday denied the company's request to block the state…
Bobsled costs are skyrocketing. Can the U.S. keep up in a bedrock Olympic sport?
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — When Frank Del Duca decided to commit to bobsled, the former Division-I track walk-on sold his dream car, an Audi TT, and his beloved mountain bike to fund his Olympic dream, moves that befuddled his family. A…
New Year's sport supplement buying drives January retail sales surge
An increase in demand for sports supplements likely driven by New Year's resolutions helped lift retail sales by more than expected in January. Sales volumes across Britain rose by 1.8% over the month, news figures from the Office for National…
York Sport Club padel courts proposal rejected over noise fears
Joe GerrardLocal Democracy Reporting Service Plans for padel courts to be be built at a sports club have been blocked amid residents' concerns they could be disturbed by 'gunshot' noises from the game. City of York Council refused the proposal by…
New Year's sport supplement buying adds to January retail sales surge
An increase in demand for sports supplements likely driven by New Year's resolutions helped lift retail sales by more than expected to 1.8% in January. Continuing strong sales from online jewellers after a recent spike in gold prices was a key…
After Vonn's Winter Olympics crash, sports stars explain what it's like to be injured on a global stage
Those who watched Lindsey Vonn's crash during the women's downhill in Cortina d'Ampezzo a week ago will never forget it. Whether live from the foot of the Olimpia delle Tofane course or via a screen, the millions who saw her clatter a gate 13…
Wes Rucker, longtime Tennessee sports journalist, dies at 43
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It is with great sadness that we share WBIR sports journalist Wes Rucker has died. He was 43. A longtime and deeply familiar voice in Tennessee Athletics coverage, Rucker covered the Vols for more than two decades. Above…
YouTube TV subscribers complain sports programming needs better labeling
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority YouTube TV viewers are taking issue with insufficient labeling for some sporting events. Individual matches are not always identified as men's or women's. College sports seem particularly impacted, and it's not…
AI System To Revolutionise Training, Injury Tracking In Indian Sports
India launches AI-driven SPEEED platform to track athlete performance, predict injuries, tackle age fraud and revolutionise sports science nationwide. From dietary recommendations to injury predictions and from age verification to psychological…
Have F1's new-for-2026 regulations made the sport too complicated?
BAHRAIN -- Formula 1 's new generation of cars haven't completed a competitive lap yet but have already been singled out for criticism by the sport's star drivers. F1's careful messaging around its brand-new cars was shattered a week into the first…
It's One of the Greatest Rivalries in Sports. Now, the Americans Own It.
This is part of Slate's 2026 Olympics coverage. Read more here. About two minutes into the shambolic three-on-three overtime format that decides Olympic hockey games, the Americans saw their lives flash before their eyes. The player who has…
Will the Olympics bid farewell to one of its toughest winter sports?
Jens Luraas Oftebro, of Norway, from right, Eero Hirvonen, of Finland and Johannes Lamparter, of Austria, compete in the nordic combined team sprint at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty…
Olympics-Nordic combined-Norway dominate, women absent, in sport's possible last hurrah
PREDAZZO, Italy, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Nordic combined closed on a bittersweet note at the Winter Games, with these Olympics possibly the sport's last and women glaringly missing from competition. With the International Olympic…
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