
A new survey of the most valuable sports teams in the world finds that America’s NFL teams rank in as some of the top moneymakers in sports with the Dallas Cowboys in second place overall. But Real Madrid soccer tops them all as the most valuable professional sports team.
by Warner Todd Huston18 Jul 2015, 12:05 AM PST0

ABC airs the NBA in a new primetime package next year called Saturday Night NBA on ABC. The Saturday night game, which premieres on January 23 transitions ABC from the college football season, which sees the network air primetime games on Saturday night, in the fall to basketball in the winter.
by Breitbart News18 Jul 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

Rain and Tom Watson served as the biggest stories of the the second round of the 144th Open Championship played Friday on the old course at St. Andrews in Scotland.
by Robert Wilde17 Jul 2015, 7:37 PM PST0

On ESPN Radio’s “The Dan Le Batard Show” ESPNW writer Sarah Spain reacted to the response to the ESPYs speech given by the athlete formerly known as Bruce Jenner in which Jenner used the platform to inspire other transgendered people.
by Trent Baker17 Jul 2015, 9:23 AM PST0

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. has decided to shorten its name to Jr. Jr.—not that Dale Earnhardt Jr., the driver, had anything to do with Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., the band, altering its moniker.
by Daniel J. Flynn17 Jul 2015, 9:06 AM PST0

Now that the Confederate battle flag has been removed from the South Carolina capitol, football coaches at Mississippi’s major universities are being asked to weigh in on removing the state flag, the only flag in the union that contains the Confederate battle flag.
by William Bigelow17 Jul 2015, 8:14 AM PST0

We ran the Value Add Sports calculations on all returning Virginia athletes and emailed 109 sports writers and other experts in the state to help rank the 20 state players to watch.
by John Pudner17 Jul 2015, 6:38 AM PST0

When ESPN’s ESPY awards announced that it was giving a “courage” award to Bruce Jenner, Bob Costas and others deemed it a transparent effort to boost viewership. Now, it looks like Jenner’s appearance to accept the award did just that.
by Warner Todd Huston17 Jul 2015, 12:08 AM PST0

Dustin Johnson playing in the 144th Open Championship at St. Andrews in Scotland turned the most iconic golf course in the world into a pitch-and-putt.
by Robert Wilde17 Jul 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

LSU star running back Leonard Fournette took a different stance on the Confederate battle flag from some of the white coaches at SEC Media Days, telling reporters that he does not have a problem with it.
by Trent Baker16 Jul 2015, 1:11 PM PST0

On Wednesday, University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban joined the Confederate flag debate when he said that he does not advocate “symbols that are not positive toward human rights.” Saban later clarified his comments about the flag Wednesday on ESPN
by Trent Baker16 Jul 2015, 12:26 PM PST0

On Wednesday, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill requiring professional sports teams to offer cheerleaders minimum wage, workers’ compensation, paid sick leave and rest breaks.
by William Bigelow16 Jul 2015, 11:28 AM PST0

On Thursday’s airing of “The Thundering Herd” on ESPN Radio, host Colin Cowherd responded to the backlash for ESPN promoting Bruce Jenner and the acceptance speech for the Arthur Ashe Courage Award Wednesday night during ESPN’s ESPYs awards show that was aired on ABC.
by Trent Baker16 Jul 2015, 9:38 AM PST0

The Internet sears with outrage over ESPN’s bestowal of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award on the Athlete Formerly Known as Bruce Jenner rather than giving it to Lauren Hill, the utterly courageous 19-year-old woman who battled inoperable brain cancer while playing basketball for Mount St. Joseph’s.
by William Bigelow16 Jul 2015, 8:44 AM PST0

In reacting to former gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner’s Wednesday night speech at the ESPYs and the Bob Costas comments in June that the Arthur Ashe Courage Award given to Jenner was just for the ratings because others were more deserving, CNN “Reliable Sources”
by Trent Baker16 Jul 2015, 7:55 AM PST0

LAKE ELSINORE — Southern California baseball fans came together Wednesday night to support Wolfee Donuts, the doughnut shop where pop star Ariana Grande was caught on tape earlier this month licking and spitting on several doughnuts before remarking, “I hate Americans. I hate America.”
by Daniel Nussbaum & Kelli Serio16 Jul 2015, 6:51 AM PST0

Every time you turned around this offseason, another San Francisco player had followed their coach out of town. Is the sky really falling in 49erland?
by Daniel Leberfeld16 Jul 2015, 6:00 AM PST0

Caitlyn Jenner called for acceptance on Wednesday night as she delivered a powerful speech at the ESPY Awards.
by Breitbart News16 Jul 2015, 5:34 AM PST0

The money rolling in for college athletics just took another step upwards as the University of Michigan announced a new $169 million deal with sports apparel giant Nike. The new contract now stands as the richest sponsorship deal in all of college sports.
by Warner Todd Huston16 Jul 2015, 1:00 AM PST0

Bruce Jenner won the Male Athlete of the Year Award from the Associated Press in 1976. Last night, Jenner won ESPN’s Arthur Ashe Courage Award as a female. Confused? Siri’s not.
by Daniel J. Flynn16 Jul 2015, 12:05 AM PST0

LSU has a top-four football team according to ESPN, and a top 4 basketball team according to Value Add Basketball, and two of the four top returning scorers in the country play up the road at Northwestern State.
by John Pudner16 Jul 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

On Wednesday, the recently transitioned Caitlyn Jenner accepted the “Arthur Ashe Courage Award” during ESPN’s ESPYs award show, broadcasted on ABC. He was introduced by United States Women’s National Soccer Team captain Abby Wambach and gave a speech that said was meant to inspire
by Trent Baker15 Jul 2015, 9:48 PM PST0

RadarOnline.com reported Wednesday that Jenner’s representatives approached ESPN suggesting the network give her the Ashe award in exchange for plugs on her upcoming E! docuseries. ESPN and ABC are owned by Disney.
by Breitbart News15 Jul 2015, 9:12 PM PST0

After being introduced as the ESPY winner for Best Fighter, UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey took a shot at runner-up Floyd Mayweather Jr. “I wonder how Floyd feels being beat by a woman for once,” she said about the boxer who has
by Trent Baker15 Jul 2015, 8:12 PM PST0

Two of the NFL’s top receivers signed contracts before Wednesday’s 4 p.m. deadline for franchised players to come to terms on long-term deals.
by Breitbart News15 Jul 2015, 2:06 PM PST0