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Huddle Up and See How Much Money Sports Stars Make
Ever wonder how much money your favorite sports stars make? We’ve worked out the Xs and Os to reveal how much Steph Curry, Patrick Mahomes, Caitlin Clark and more athletes rake in from competing. The guy on the Chiefs is running straight to training camp. Travis Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs teammates kicked off…
President Trump takes aim at college sports with a new executive order
Becky Sullivan WASHINGTON — President Trump has taken aim at college sports with a new executive order signed Thursday that seeks to empower federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education, which disburses funds to public universities, to help enforce new provisions on athletic scholarships and “pay-for-play” licensing deals for athletes. The order directs the…
Sports CEO Timothy Leiweke charged in Texas arena bid-rigging scheme
Leiweke, ex-president of Denver Nuggets and former CEO of MLSE, which owns Toronto’s major sports franchises, indicted over $388m arena A prominent sports executive has been criminally charged with organising a conspiracy to ensure his own company won the bid to build a $388m sports arena in Texas. Timothy Leiweke, the former president of the…
Allez, allez, allez! Quebec gives go-ahead to cheer ‘go!’ in English at provincial sports games
Province’s language police had a petite contretemps when it challenged Montreal transit agencies use of word on buses Quebec’s mercurial and controversial language police have decided that using the word “go” is a legitimate way to cheer on sports teams in the province, paving the way for excited fans – and Montreal’s transit agency –…
John Feinstein, sports writer and author of ‘A Season on the Brink,’ dies at 69
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — John Feinstein, one of the country’s foremost sports writers and the author of numerous bestselling books, including the groundbreaking “A Season on the Brink” about college basketball coach Bob Knight, died unexpectedly Thursday. Feinstein was 69. He died of natural causes at his brother’s home in McLean, Virginia, according…
As sports betting has soared, more people search online for help with gambling addiction
By Katia Riddle More and more people are looking for help managing gambling addiction. That’s a finding from a new study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday. The study looks at the impact of a Supreme Court decision in 2018 that loosened restrictions around online sports betting. Before 2018’s Murphy v National Collegiate Athletic…
If a Sports Bra & Tank Top Had a Baby It’d Be This Cami- Get 3 for $19
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Wales trails behind most European countries in arts and sports funding, report finds
Cross-party Senedd report finds Wales is third from bottom in spending on culture and sports, with Iceland biggest spender It is known as the land of song and as one of the world’s most passionate sporting nations. But a report has concluded that despite its proud heritage, Wales is languishing behind almost all other European…