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JD Sports Fashion falls Tuesday, underperforms market
Shares of JD Sports Fashion PLC JD slid 2.99% to 69.50 British pence Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX falling 0.04% to 10,265.32. JD Sports Fashion PLC closed 34.55%…
How mixed-use stadium districts - for work, play and football - became college sports' latest craze
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A giant retaining wall grows, one gray cement block at a time, above the Silas Creek that snakes through Wake Forest and the bank of stadiums that houses Demon Deacon football, basketball and baseball. An erector site…
TelevisaUnivision 2026-27: Don Francisco Return, Scripted, Sports Take Spotlight
Don Francisco returns to Univision after more than a decade. Singer Marc Anthony partners with the network for a new music venture. TelevisaUnivision unveiled its 2026-27 programming slate on Tuesday, May 12, in New York City, with 10 new novelas…
From The Sports Desk: Farewell LeBron?
After the Oklahoma City Thunder completed their sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers last night, all eyes turned to LeBron James, the Lakers' 41-year-old star. Had that been James' final NBA game? His last game in a Laker uniform? We dive in below.
Meet the new women's sports magazine that wants you to step away from the algorithm
NEW YORK — Most mornings, Sophia Mitropoulos, 30, sets off from her apartment, biking through a mix of residential and industrial blocks, past auto shops and a lot “where the ice cream trucks sleep,” to a…
Sports Hub's Mike Felger shares wild Red Sox trade rumor involving Mike Trout
Could a Red Sox team in desperate need of a shakeup — and an impact bat — be on the prowl for a three-time MVP? Longtime 98.5 The Sports Hub radio host Michael Felger shared an interesting trade rumor during Tuesday's episode of…
Exclusive: Prediction markets and sports betting are 'two separate things,' regulator says
The chief U.S. regulator of increasingly popular prediction markets says he'll treat them as financial products, arguing that most people aren't using prediction markets for 'entertainment.' Why it matters: Prediction markets like Kalshi and…
Museum of Natural History to Debut 'For the Win' Sports Exhibit
For the Win: Count New York's American Museum of Natural History as the latest organization to catch sports fever. Although the venerable institution is probably better known for its triceratops or Tyrannosaurus rex displays, the Upper West Side…
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Sports retailer to close 175 underperforming stores so it can focus on key locations
JD Sports is planning to close about 175 Hibbett stores across the U.S. over the next three years to focus on fewer, more profitable locations. The British retailer bought Hibbett, an Alabama-based sporting goods chain, for about $1.1 billion in…
Alix Earle and Hilary Duff Land Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Covers
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit has unveiled its 2026 issue cover stars, tapping a cross-generational mix of entertainment, fashion and digital influence with Alix Earle, Hilary Duff, Nicole Williams English and Tiffany Haddish. The annual franchise…
Jason Collins made NBA and sports history in coming out
With three words, Jason Collins changed everything. Collins, who died Tuesday at 47 after battling Stage 4 glioblastoma, made history 13 years ago when he penned a piece in Sports Illustrated in which he came out as gay. “I'm a 34-year-old…
Consultants are turning full-body health checks into competitive sport
ike many leaders, David Gowans, a partner in the Australian arm of US consulting firm Kearney, is no stranger to the odd medical check-up. But he says that a recent milestone birthday really changed the stakes. Rachael Bolton Work and careers…
Buy a ticket to Sun Sports World Cup Preview Night for just £10
SUN Sport presents an epic World Cup Preview Night on the evening of Monday, June 1. Join us for an unmissable evening hosted by Sun Director of Sport Shaun Custis, as some of football's biggest names share their verdicts, insights and World Cup…
Check Out A'ja Wilson's Cover of Vanity Fair's Sports Issue in Trending Photo
As she embarks on a WNBA title defense and tries to win a fifth MVP, Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson was featured on the cover of the newest Vanity Fair. In the accompanying interview with Erin Vanderhoof, Wilson laid out he broad mission statement…
Too many of us were traumatised by sport at school - but it's never too late to change | Cath Bishop
There is a disconnect between the proliferation of reports recommending we should be more active and actual levels of activity, that are scarcely budging. Sports councils, health bodies, charities and thinktanks are piling up the evidence that…
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