NEW YORK � No sport reveres statistics more than baseball, and no statistic could have been more alarming for the sport than this one: In 2017, the Sports Business Journal reported the average age of a fan watching a baseball game on television was 57 years old. It was one number in a sport drowning in numbers. But it was the one number that indicated the sport itself could be drowning. If ...

The future of the NCAA as the governing body for college athletics continues to be uncertain following a Friday ruling in Tennessee district court regarding name, image and likeness. U.S. District Judge Clifton Corker granted a preliminary injunction forbidding the NCAA from punishing any athletes, boosters or school-affiliated collectives for negotiating NIL deals with prospects during their ...

Millions of dollars are being spent to add sand to Southern California beaches � but a new study suggests technology can give a better understanding of how sand moves, offering data decision-makers could use in planning how to fix the eroding coastline. A new paper published recently by University of California, Irvine researchers in the Coastal Engineering Journal analyzed beaches between ...

LAS VEGAS � Tom Brady’s purchase of a minority share of the Raiders is on target to be approved by the NFL at the league’s annual meetings in March, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed Sunday. A spokesman for the NFL said the “matter remains under review,� but the NFL finance committee is expected to review the details of Brady’s purchase in early March. If everything goes as ...

For fans of losing teams, it is already NFL draft season. The College Football National Championship between the No. 1 Michigan Wolverines and the No. 2 Washington Huskies will be on Jan. 8 at NRG Stadium in Houston. College sports tend to focus more on the coaches instead of the players. Although Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and Washington coach Kalen DeBoer are two of the best around, there ...