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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will implement a "Rooney Rule" requiring that women be interviewed for executive positions with teams around the league and in his own office, too. Goodell made the announcement Thursday in his opening remarks at the first NFL Women's Summit, part of Super Bowl 50.

... In his first interview since Blake Griffin punched out the team's assistant equipment manager, the Clippers owner [Steve Ballmer] sounded as if he was prepared to discipline his All-Star forward. Asked Wednesday night if he felt it necessary for the Clippers to take the kind of action that would represent what they stand for, Ballmer didn't hesitate. "There need to be consequences," he said. "It's the right thing to do." ...

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday the league is going to institute a Rooney Rule for women when it comes to all NFL executive positions. He announced the decision in opening remarks at NFL Women's Summit, where roughly 250 men and women associated with the league are gathered to listen to a slate of speakers on issues affecting women in sports.

Stephen Curry put together one of his finest performances Wednesday night, scoring 51 points on 68% shooting while going 11-for-16 from 3-point range, as the Warriors beat the Wizards 134-121. Even more impressive is that Curry accomplished this feat relatively quickly — he played just 36 minutes and dumped in 25 points in the first quarter alone. The climax of his game-opening explosion came on a broken play off an inbounds that Curry turned into another dazzling highlight. After a Draymond Green layup, the Wizards inbounded the ball quickly to try to push the pace. As they got the ball...

The Toronto Maple Leafs unveiled a new logo on Tuesday that will be used to commemorate their 2016-17 centennial season. The logo, inspired by the classic Maple Leaf worn by the team from the 1940's to the 1960's, was introduced to viewers in Tuesday night's episode of 'The Leaf: Blueprint' on TSN4. The Maple Leafs' current logo has remained largely unchanged since 1970. "As an organization, we wanted to get back to our roots, when Conn Smythe first changed the team logo to the Maple Leaf in 1927," said Toronto Maple Leafs President and Alternate Governor Brendan Shanahan in a...

The 12 San Diegans will be the only team comprised of cancer survivors to run April's Ragnar Relay Series Source: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Cancer-Survivors-Train-to-Run-200-Mile-Race-as-a-Team-367469541.html#ixzz3z5ke8nzv Follow us: @nbcsandiego on Twitter | NBCSanDiego on FacebookA group of 12 San Diegans are planning to collectively run nearly 200 miles from Huntington Beach to San Diego. What makes their feat even more impressive: They are all cancer survivors. Ragnar Relay Series officials confirm for their upcoming Southern California race, the local group will be its first team consisting of only cancer survivors. “They’re living proof this does happen, but we can fight it. We can battle it,...

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Avocados from Mexico has spent some big bucks to buy an ad during Super Bowl 50, which debuted on early on Facebook. In the spot, an alien tour guide is showing his fellow extraterrestrials “the bounty of Earth,” which includes “the cube of Rubik described as a “simple puzzle [that] was actually considered unsolvable by the humans.” There are also airplane seats, “a 21st century torture device”; the alphabet, which is made up entirely of emojis; the infamous “white and gold dress that caused a civil war”; and Scott Baio in a cage

Troy Haupt is a 47-year-old nurse anesthetist here in North Carolina's Outer Banks. He has a secret to reveal about Super Bowl I: He owns the only known recording of its broadcast. CBS and NBC, which televised the game, did not preserve any tapes. But the copy that Haupt owns -- of a broadcast that launched the Super Bowl as an enormous shared spectacle that attracts more than 100 million viewers -- might never be seen on any network. The N.F.L. does not want to buy the tapes and has warned Haupt not to sell them to outside parties or...

Hernandez also offered advice for the "fake fans" (who really just aren't fans of convicted murderers, which Hernandez is) to commit suicide in gruesome ways, such as making their heads explode with firecrackers or tying a cinderblock to their ankles and jumping into a “deep body of water." But he wasn't all negative; he took some words to (crudely) compliment Brady and his other former Patriots teammates. “The closest [teammate] I was with was probably Brady in whom [sic] I love to death and always will and only hope the best for them. But [I] was cool with Julez [Edelman],...

Felger & Massarotti were joined by Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio on Monday afternoon on radio row in San Francisco, and he discussed what’s at stake this Sunday in the Super Bowl for Peyton Manning. “If Manning gets to 2-2 all time in the Super Bowl, Tom Brady’s at 4-2, Manning’s got all the records now, do you have a potentially vigorous debate as to which is the best of all time?” Florio asked. “There’s going to be people out there that throw asterisks on Tom Brady’s championships. That’s one of the beauties of sport, it’s like politics and red...

Cancer has struck the WWE wrestling world. Bret "Hit Man" Hart revealed Monday he is battling prostate cancer on Facebook, but says he has beat the odds before. "I suffered my stroke in 2002, but it is now yet again, that I draw upon the many adults and young children I've met throughout my life who courageously fought and usually lost in their battles against this deadly disease," Hart writes.

SUNNYVALE (CBS SF) — Two Denver Broncos team buses were involved in an accident on Highway 101 in Sunnyvale Monday afternoon that sent a CHP officer to the hospital as a precaution, according to the California Highway Patrol. The California Highway Patrol Golden Gate division tweeted about an injury accident on southbound U.S. Highway 101 at the State Route 237 interchange shortly after 2 p.m.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Denver may be closer to San Francisco than Charlotte, but there is no home field advantage in the Super Bowl. It's a good thing that the Levi's Stadium grounds crew has two weeks to prepare for the Feb. 7 contest, because it goofed on its end zone paint jobs over the weekend. Multiple reporters and media outlets snapped pictures of the snafu, which featured the Denver Broncos logo and team name painted in both end zones. One of those end zones belongs to the Carolina Panthers. Luckily, the grounds crew eventually caught the...

What is it about the Detroit Lions and generational players retiring in the middle of their prime? It appears that Calvin Johnson could join Barry Sanders as Lions greats who walked away from football in their very early 30s, according to this report from ESPN's Adam Schefter. The report says that Johnson told his family and close friends that the 2015 season would be his final one in the NFL, reiterating the message to Lions head coach Jim Caldwell the day after the regular season was over.

I think that a lot of Democrats don't understand what it is that Hillary has done wrong. Most Democrats don't have experience handling secret material. Most Democrats are not experts about computers or networks. They do know what Anne-mail is, but they see it in the context of what they know. They get e-mails. Hillary got e-mails. So what? Remember, they have no experience in dealing with communications security. Let's say LeBron James gets mad at an opposing player and hits him in the mouth in a game. That would be an intentional flagrant foul. LeBron would be penalized. He...

Once again, police met up with Johnny Manziel about an alleged assault -- and once again, it involved a young woman. This incident was in Texas, the state where Manziel earned the nickname "Johnny Football." Fort Worth police put out a press release about officers being dispatched an apartment in that Texas city around 2 a.m. (3 a.m. ET) Saturday "in reference to a report of a possible assault."

We may have a future Olympian on our hands – at least that’s what her parents are hoping for. Sloan Henderson, a 14-month-old from North Salt Lake, Utah, is learning to shred some slopes. Her father, Zach Henderson, recorded Sloan’s first snowboarding attempt at Park City Mountain Resort on Thursday and shared the video on YouTube. She was a natural. “Yes, Sloan. You’re cruising, babe,” Henderson said in the video. “You’re a boarder.” Henderson and his wife, Katie, both snowboarders, agreed that, as soon as Sloan could walk, they would see how their daughter fared on the snow. The couple...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Angelique Kerber upset Serena Williams 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to win the Australian Open title on Saturday, ending the six-time champion's unbeaten streak in finals here and winning a major title for the first time. Williams was an overwhelming favorite at Melbourne Park, where she had won all six previous times she'd reached the final, and was trying to equal Steffi Graf's Open-era record of 22 Grand Slam singles titles. For the second time in as many majors, though, she fell short. Williams won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles last year before losing to...

Kenny Sailors, who many credit with inventing the jump shot, died Saturday in Laramie at the age of 95 ... 'There are several people that claimed to have invented the jump shot. Kenny doesn't make that claim, but he does claim that he developed the jump shot (that) is being used today.' ...