College vs. NFL: Which games will bring in more viewers?
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Serie B club Bologna nears sale to North American group led by New York lawyer Joe Tacopina
Cash-strapped Serie B club Bologna is nearing a sale to a North American group.
Friedman leaves Rays for Dodgers; Silverman takes over as president of baseball operations
The Tampa Bay Rays expect to keep rolling without Andrew Friedman.
Dodgers hire Rays' Andrew Friedman as president of baseball operations; Colletti to stay on
Fresh off another early playoff exit, the Los Angeles Dodgers overhauled their front office Tuesday.
Los Angeles City Council extends deal to build stadium, land NFL team
The Los Angeles City Council has given developer AEG another six months to bring pro football back to the nation's second-largest city.
Goodell and NFL to meet with Smith and players' union about personal conduct policy
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and players' union chief DeMaurice Smith will meet Tuesday to discuss the league's personal conduct policy.
IceArizona agrees to sell majority stake of Arizona Coyotes to Andrew Barroway
IceArizona has agreed to sell a majority stake of the Arizona Coyotes to Philadelphia hedge fund manager Andrew Barroway.
NFL owners to discuss personal conduct policy, vote on Bills sale, examine international play
NFL owners will meet Wednesday to discuss the league's personal conduct policy, vote on the sale of the Buffalo Bills and look at further international play.
Human growth hormone testing finally begins in NFL after long delay
The NFL has begun testing for human growth hormone for the first time, three years after the league and players' union tentatively agreed to do so.
For baseball, local TV viewership and revenue stays strong even as it dips nationally
From April to September, from Boston to Seattle, people sat down night after night after night to watch their hometown baseball team more than everything else on television.
Judge refuses NCAA, Penn State bid to toss suit over $60 million fine in Sandusky scandal
A judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania senator and the state treasurer over the $60 million fine imposed on Penn State for its handling of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.
Orlando City's Kaka 1st to top $7 million in annual earnings from Major League Soccer
Kaka is Major League Soccer's highest-paid player.
FCC drops sports blackout rule, but NFL can still bar airing of games that don't sell out
For years, football fans have bemoaned the rule barring NFL home games that haven't sold out from being televised in the local market.
Buffalo Sabres Owner Terry Pegula Has Tentative OK to Buy Bills
Buffalo Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula are closing in on their purchase of the Buffalo Bills.
Nike Ends Business Relationship with Ray Rice
Nike is severing its business ties to Ray Rice a day after he was let go by the Baltimore Ravens and suspended indefinitely by the NFL following the release of a video showing him striking his then-fiancee in February.
People familiar with talks to AP: Sabres owners have tentative approval to buy Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula are closing in on their purchase of the Buffalo Bills.
FIFA VP Jeffrey Webb says organization's bad image over 'ethics and morals' affecting football
FIFA Vice President Jeffrey Webb says the governing body's image problems are harming football and it must work to regain trust over "ethics and morals." But Webb stopped short of criticizing Sepp Blatter, who has led FIFA since 1998 and is standing for a fifth term, instead praising the president for driving up revenue.
NFL ventures overseas, to the West Coast and online in quest for bigger and bigger bucks
In the not-too-distant future, a football fan might be able to take a seat at the stadium, punch up any game on a seatback monitor, keep tabs on the real-time stats of a fantasy team, order up a hot dog and beer and even have a brand-new jacket brought to the seat if the wind kicks up.
Half of NFL teams move to variable pricing, charging more for desirable games, less for others
Many NFL teams are following the leads of other sports — dropping prices for less desirable games while jacking up costs for the biggest matchups.
NFL suspends Irsay 6 games, fines him $500,000 after Colts owner pleads guilty in drug case
The NFL suspended Jim Irsay for the first six games of the season and fined him $500,000 for violating its personal conduct policy, coming down hard on the Indianapolis Colts owner Tuesday just hours after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor stemming from an embarrassing March traffic stop.