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bbc.co.uk — David Beckham's 20-year playing career ends after he is not named in Paris St-Germain's squad to play Lorient.

bbc.co.uk — England hooker Dylan Hartley could miss the Lions' tour to Australia after being sent off in the Premiership final.

mlbtraderumors — The Yankees and Dodgers have far and away the game's highest Opening Day payrolls, but have had polar opposite results thus far. While the Yanks were supposed to be the team that failed to deliver performance commensurate with its big spending, they sit atop the AL East with a robust...

thebiglead — What a season for Harvey.

bbc.co.uk — As Borussia Dortmund face Bayern Munich in the Champions League final, manager Jurgen Klopp predicts a "special" Wembley occasion.

thebiglead — Dayton Moore wants Royals fans to be patient. We've crossed the line to incompetence, though.

withleather.uproxx — For this UFC 160 Live Discussion, which has been hailed by Queen Elizabeth II as the second-best UFC PPV live discussion on the Internet behind her own, I decided to lead with the Taylor Swift/Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva mashup because it’s a lot better than the other video than I’ve included,...

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mlbtraderumors — We'll keep track of Friday's minor transactions right here... The Norfolk Tides, the Triple-A affiliate of the Orioles, have announced the release of left-hander Zach Braddock (on Twitter). The 25-year-old Braddock has a 4.41 ERA, 10.4 K/9 and 5.3 BB/9 in 51 Major League innings -- all coming with the...

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thebiglead — Borussia Dortmund game stamp themselves among game's best sides with a win in the Champions League final.

thebiglead — The Cardinals need all the publicity they can get. Bridgewater wants the focus on the team. But the team may only go as far as his publicity takes them.

mlbtraderumors — The Mariners have placed Robert Andino on outright waivers to clear a 40-man roster spot for Jesus Sucre, according to Dave Cameron of Fangraphs and the U.S.S. Mariner (on Twitter). The team announced yesterday that Sucre would be called up to replace Jesus Montero, who was demoted...

bbc.co.uk — Outgoing Manchester United chief executive David Gill says "every bit of work" is being done to resolve Wayne Rooney's future.

withleather.uproxx — As we’ve previously discussed, because the NHL does not have an exclusive contract with the big, ol’ fancy pants sports talkers and debate embracers at ESPN, it doesn’t get as much attention as the NBA Playoffs. It also doesn’t help that the NHL Playoffs are airing on NBC Sports and...

thebiglead — The Hall of Famer is getting a divorce ... if you believe these initials belong to his family.

thebiglead — Second summer in a row ESPN has taken a college news writer from CBS.

withleather.uproxx — After we watched Jon Jones’ big toe roll in a direction that toes aren’t supposed to roll during his first round victory against Chael Sonnen at UFC 159, we figured that it would be a while before he fought again, because it had been reported that he had suffered a...

thebiglead — Torts delivers once again.

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nba.si — Dwight Howard has become one of the most vilified NBA players. So why hasn't Chris Paul, who has done many of the same things, received the same scrutiny? asks Ben Golliver.

thebiglead — Adam Goodes, the player in question, asked security to remove the fan immediately.

thehockeynews — Oilers will try to move Hemsky; Burmistrov wants out of Winnipeg; and more. -    

mlbtraderumors — There were plenty of headlines made in both the AL East and NL East last night, with Kevin Gausman making his Major League debut and Chase Utley hitting the 15-day disabled list. Here are some more news and rumors from baseball's Eastern divisions... The addition of a second wild...

thebiglead — BAMF.