Read more sports stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/105/sports.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:12:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74642/domestic-violence-linked-to-football-upsets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLosses by local NFL teams may trigger episodes of domestic violence among their fans, a new study suggests. Researchers examined domestic violence reports in 1995-2006 and found that upsets of home teams matched up with an 8% bump in incidents of domestic violence. The surge in violence almost doubled when...http://www.newser.com/story/74642/domestic-violence-linked-to-football-upsets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 18:42:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74303/im-like-that-is-not-me-dirty-soccer-player.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagElizabeth Lambert is confused, remorseful, and a little defensive about some much-publicized bad behavior on the soccer field that got her suspended from the University of New Mexico team. “There were times in the game where I was literally like, ‘All right, Elizabeth, you’ve got to get control’ of myself,...http://www.newser.com/story/74303/im-like-that-is-not-me-dirty-soccer-player.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 11:10:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73629/quidditch-scores-big-on-college-campuses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHeads up, NCAA: Quidditch has cast its spell on America's campuses. Technically known as Muggle Quidditch—due to the lack of actual flying brooms—the game looks like "a mixture between ultimate Frisbee and dodgeball," one player tells the Chicago Sun-Times . And if it sounds like a fringe sport, think...http://www.newser.com/story/73629/quidditch-scores-big-on-college-campuses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73069/for-owners-horse-racing-a-sure-bet-to-lose.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThoroughbred racehorses aren’t cheap to buy—and then you have to house them, feed them, pay the vet, the trainer, the jockey, etc. And if you actually intend to make money, they have to win. And even then, since most horses never make the elite high-stakes races, owners have to...http://www.newser.com/story/73069/for-owners-horse-racing-a-sure-bet-to-lose.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 12:55:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73109/for-female-umps-no-field-of-dreams.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForget blown calls. The real problem with umpires in the MLB, says Perry Barber: A complete lack of females. Barber, who has been in the business since 1981, works high school, college, spring training, and Independent League games—and tells DoubleX , “ We’re just going to have to storm the Bastille,...http://www.newser.com/story/73109/for-female-umps-no-field-of-dreams.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 11:38:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72446/umps-under-fire-after-rash-of-botched-calls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis year’s postseason has featured the usual thrills—pitchers' duels, come-from-behind victories—and an outbreak of something unusual: botched calls by umpires. The threat of more gaffes in next week’s World Series has the tradition-bound sport considering expanding the use of instant replay beyond the verification of home runs. And...http://www.newser.com/story/72446/umps-under-fire-after-rash-of-botched-calls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72345/espn-must-fire-steve-phillips.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagESPN knew exactly what it was getting in Steve Phillips, and it has to know that it's time to cut him loose. When the network hired him, "ESPN, already having gained a well-earned reputation as the Sodom and Gomorrah of sports television, must have informed Phillips of the World Wide...http://www.newser.com/story/72345/espn-must-fire-steve-phillips.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 14:47:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72336/michael-jordans-son-could-cost-college-3m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Jordan’s son wants to wear the shoes his dad made famous when he plays college basketball this season—but if he does, he could wind up costing the University of Central Florida $3 million. Marcus Jordan insists on wearing Nike Air Jordans, but UCF has a deal with adidas....http://www.newser.com/story/72336/michael-jordans-son-could-cost-college-3m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 13:11:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72216/tailgating-the-new-picnic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe good old-fashioned picnic—a blanket, a thermos, the countryside—is a thing of the past. Its replacement: Tailgating, “jammed together, on asphalt, amid exhaust fumes and exhausting vulgarities,” writes Frank Deford for NPR. This new American tradition “crosses all ethnic, racial, and religious lines. You just have to like...http://www.newser.com/story/72216/tailgating-the-new-picnic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 12:17:12 CDT