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• WSC Sports Video Company Adds $23M To Its Own Highlight Reel To Fund Gambling, Other Expansion
  
  WSC Sports, which uses artificial intelligence to create live highlights of sports broadcasts, has scored a $23 million Series C funding round to expand and pursue areas such as sports gambling.
  Forbes.  Saturday, 17 Aug 2019.
• Income inequality is causing poor and middle-class kids to drop out of sports
  
  With some parents spending as much as $35,000 a year on sports lessons and camps, middle-class and poor students can't keep up.
  CBS News.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. will take a break from NBC sports analyst duties to 'be with wife and daughter'
  
  Earnhardt Jr., 44, had been flying to Bristol with his wife, Amy, their 15-month-old daughter Isla, and their family dog, Gus, when his private plane skidded off the runway, crashed through a fence.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• Paddy Doherty's family react angrily as BMW driver avoids jail for killing star's nephew
  
  Billy Budd, 31, killed Michael 'Mikey' Connors, 30, when his sports car ploughed into his horse-drawn cart on a dual carriageway in Thamesmead, London, in July last year.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• Why is Playboy making Bluetooth headphones? - CNET
  
  Playboy thinks its readers would love to sport the Playboy logo around town on a pair of $150 Bluetooth headphones.
  CNET.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• In EA Sports' NHL 20, The Emphasis Is On The Individual
  
  With NHL stars like Auston Matthews carving out higher profiles on and off that ice, EA Sports incorporates that new attitude into NHL 20.
  Forbes.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• Analysts Estimate Hibbett Sports (HIBB) to Report a Decline in Earnings: What to Look Out for
  
  Hibbett (HIBB) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
  Zacks.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• R Kelly misses court hearing in Chicago after transport mix-up
  
  The R&B singer's lawyer says moving him is a "large undertaking" after he misses a hearing.
  BBC News.  Friday, 16 Aug 2019.
• U.S. kids are quitting sports amid rising costs, inequality
  
  Youth sports participation is rising among richer families, as children lower down the ladder exit the field
  CBS News.  Thursday, 15 Aug 2019.
• Chinese paramilitary forces seen exercising across border from Hong Kong
  
  Hundreds of members of China's People's Armed Police could be seen conducting exercises on Thursday at a sports stadium in Shenzhen, as the U.S. ...
  CBC News.  Thursday, 15 Aug 2019.
• Barstool Sports founder hits back at AOC after unionization comments
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is unlikely to accept Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy's debate challenge over the merits of unionization of journalists, according to the media mogul.
  Fox News.  Thursday, 15 Aug 2019.
• AOC Goes After Barstool Sports Founder Over Labor Unions
  
  'Welcome to the thunder dome'
  Daily Caller.  Thursday, 15 Aug 2019.
• The richest car sale of the year: $380 million of wheels set for auction at Pebble Beach
  
  For the wealthy collectors who converge from across the globe on Monterey Car Week, the biggest spectator sport over the weekend is the auctions.
  CNBC.  Wednesday, 14 Aug 2019.
• Anderson casino hiring for sports betting, live dealers
  
  ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) - A horse track casino in central Indiana is looking to add 170 new workers for the start of sports betting and the addition of live table games. ...
  Washington Times.  Wednesday, 14 Aug 2019.
• Rail fares set to rise again in January
  
  The rail fare increase for 2020 is set to be announced by the Department of Transport on Wednesday.
  BBC News.  Tuesday, 13 Aug 2019.

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