Atlanta Hawks fans honor Kobe Bryant after the first quarter of a game on December 5 2015.
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There’s a lot of focus on the physical and financial woes of former athletes. But players must also grapple with losing a core part of their identity.
Will sports betting ever expand beyond Nevada?
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Betting on sports has been illegal in most states since 1992. Is it time that changed?
ESPN’s corporate leadership decided to shutter Grantland four years after the boutique site launched.
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Despite the website’s hype, Grantland was never anything more than window dressing for ESPN’s brand.
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is the top-rated fantasy player on Yahoo’s preseason rankings.
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While season-long fantasy football has been around for years, the rise of daily formats has radically changed how fans watch and root for teams.
Some people believe stretching reduces the risk of injury, reduces soreness experienced after exercise, or enhances sporting performance.
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Many people stretch when they exercise or play sport. Others don’t stretch but feel they should. And some people don’t see any reason to stretch at all.
Fans cheer during The International Dota 2 Championships in Seattle, Washington earlier this month.
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The US$17 million prize pool at The International Dota 2 Championships shows how much the industry has grown over the past decade.
Sports viewing: TV no longer required.
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Commercial television broadcasters are no longer solely concerned about TV content being viewed on TV sets.
Upholding Olympic values and ideals?
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The International Olympic Committee will choose between two non-democratic countries – China and Kazakhstan – for the 2022 Winter Olympics. A sign of things to come?
Watching the footy could be in for a change with point-of-view crowd shots and 360 degree vision.
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How you watch the footy could be about to change if Australian sports can embrace the new technologies that online broadcasting can offer.
Icons like Ivory Coast’s Didier Drogba have made a name for themselves playing overseas.
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Africa is perfectly capable of competing with the rest of the world on fields and tracks, and in organisational terms too.
Galen Rupp embraces Coach Salazar after winning the 10,000-meter event last year.
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The unfolding doping scandal involving Alberto Salazar and the Nike Oregon Project follows the same plot as that of Lance Armstrong and the US Postal Service cycling team.
“I’m never gonna stop the rain by complaining”
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It was designed as a way of achieving a result from rain-affected matches, but the Duckworth-Lewis method is not fit for purpose. Here’s a suggested replacement.
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Drug testing has improved but athletes are finding new ways to get around the rules and the technology.
Does training relentlessly and regularly lead to greatness?
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Parents want to simultaneously support and push their kids. But when it comes to sports, this mentality can backfire in subtle ways.
Millions tune in to the Women’s World Cup, but how many follow teams at the club level?
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The Women’s World Cup has become a hugely popular, global event. But what’s happening at the club level?
Even for middle-class families, the growing costs of youth sports can be a huge burden.
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In a $5 billion industry, there’s no longer a level playing field.
At the youth level, the long-term effects of football hits aren’t known.
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When pro football players like Chris Borland quit, it should send a strong message to parents. But there are a host of issues, besides health, to consider.
The FBI’s net may fail to ensnare FIFA’s “teflon don,” but it could inspire other probes.
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Corruption at the pinnacle of sports sets a tone for all the rest. Targeting its roots is the right thing to do no matter what comes of the FBI’s investigation.
Looks pretty bad from where we stand.
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Football is a huge deal in Europe but less so in the states. So why did it take action from Loretta Lynch to topple FIFA?
How long before we start designing our future athletes from scratch – before they are even born?
A breakthrough in genetic of the human embryo raises the question of whether we want to create designer babies with greater athletic abilities.